Archive for March, 2009
Texas Makes Emergency Plans in Case Violence Spills Over from Mexico
March 9th, 2009Via: Star Telegram: The state and federal governments have prepared contingency plans to deal with spillover violence from across the border as Mexican troops clash with ruthless drug cartels terrorizing Mexico. “Anything you can think of that’s happened in Mexico, we have to think could happen here,” said Steve McCraw, Gov. Rick Perry’s director of […]
Change We Can Believe In: How About the End of Farmers Markets? Say Hello to H.R. 875: Food Safety Modernization Act of 2009
March 9th, 2009Update: The Husband of the Bill’s Sponsor Does Work for Monsanto Reader CW tipped me off to this. It checks out. Rosa DeLauro is married to Stanley B. Greenberg. Here’s a bio on Greenberg: Stanley B. Greenberg is Chairman and CEO of Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research. He has served as polling advisor to President Bill […]
UK: Why Are We Fingerprinting Children?
March 8th, 2009Via: Guardian: As voters express concern about surveillance technology, is it becoming second nature to the Facebook generation – used to publishing intimate details of their private lives on the worldwide web – who, in later life, may be less vociferous in their opposition to such schemes? An increasing number of today’s schoolchildren are forgoing […]
Population of Sarcramento Tent City Now Over 1,200
March 8th, 2009Via: Telegraph: Sacramento has one of the highest foreclosure rates in the United States. As many as 50 people a week arrive at the tent city and the authorities estimate it is now home to more than 1,200 people. Now its homeless population hope an Oprah TV show about recession, foreclosures and homelessness will help […]
UK: Police Building Photo and Video Database of Protesters, Journalists
March 8th, 2009Via: Guardian: Police are targeting thousands of political campaigners in surveillance operations and storing their details on a database for at least seven years, an investigation by the Guardian can reveal. Photographs, names and video footage of people attending protests are routinely obtained by surveillance units and stored on an “intelligence system”. The Metropolitan police, […]
Worried Wealthy People Buying 100 Ounce Gold Bars (Worth Nearly $100,000 Each Right Now)
March 8th, 2009WARNING: This is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold any financial instrument. Yes, keep some physical metal close by, but also keep some far away. Consider liquidity when you want to sell. Is someone going to be making an efficient market for random 100 ounce gold bars where you are when you decide […]
Monsanto’s Uphill Battle in Germany
March 8th, 2009Via: Der Spiegel: On the other side stand Monsanto’s many adversaries, a heterogeneous alliance that brings together organic farmers, anti-capitalism activists, churches and politicians with the conservative Christian Social Union, the Bavarian sister party to Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats. The dispute between the two camps revolves around the opportunities and risks involved in green […]
‘Run on UK’ Sees Foreign Investors Pull $1 Trillion Out of the City
March 8th, 2009Via: Independent: A silent $1 trillion “Run on Britain” by foreign investors was revealed yesterday in the latest statistical releases from the Bank of England. The external liabilities of banks operating in the UK – that is monies held in the UK on behalf of foreign investors – fell by $1 trillion (£700bn) between the […]
World’s Biggest Banks to Meet in London
March 8th, 2009Via: Reuters: Chief executives of leading Japanese, European and U.S. banks will meet in London to discuss the future of the financial system, the Nikkei newspaper reported, as the global financial crisis prompts a barrage of new regulatory proposals for the sector. The Japanese business daily said the British government would host the meeting on […]
Obama Urges Americans Not to “Stuff Money in Their Mattresses”
March 8th, 2009No, Mr. President. They’re buying gold and guns instead. Via New York Times: In a 35-minute conversation with The New York Times aboard Air Force One on Friday, Mr. Obama reviewed the challenges to his young administration. The president said he could not assure Americans the economy would begin growing again this year. But he […]
