Archive for July, 2011
America for Sale: Is Goldman Sachs Buying Your City?
July 7th, 2011In general, big is bad. Centralized is bad. Whether it’s public or private doesn’t matter. Now, when it comes to something like a municipal sewer system, or other infrastructure assets where competition isn’t possible, handing those assets over to private corporations should be considered treason, and the politicians responsible should be arrested. (Don’t hold your […]
Usual Suspects Now Heavily Involved with Commodity Warehousing
July 6th, 2011This is beyond ridiculous. It gives a whole new meaning to front running. “There is no evidence to suggest they share information…” Oh sure. My guess is that this is the primary reason that these firms have gotten involved with commodity warehousing. If the left hand isn’t sharing information with the right hand, with hundreds […]
Two-Thirds of Britons Think Economy Is Getting Worse
July 6th, 2011Via: Reuters: Two-thirds of Britons think the economy is getting worse and most are cutting back drastically on their spending to make ends meet in the face of rising food, fuel and energy prices, according to a poll on Sunday. The findings follow a string of retail failures in recent months as shoppers cut back […]
Use of SSRI Antidepressants During Pregnancy Linked to Higher Risk of Autism
July 6th, 2011Via: Time: In a study involving data on more than 1,800 children — fewer than 300 of whom had an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) — and their mothers, the scientists found that women who were prescribed drugs to treat depression in the year before giving birth were twice as likely to have children with an […]
Arizona: Woman Arrested for Speaking at City Council Meeting
July 6th, 2011Via: YouTube: Quartzsite, AZ – The Mayor is challenged under a recall election beginning next month. Accusations have been made. The city council is persecuting the Mayor for giving the people a voice. The Chief of Police is also involved in the scandal. Jennifer Jones is given the floor at a city council meeting open […]
Princess ‘Tried to Flee Three Times’ [???]
July 4th, 2011Via: Sydney Morning Herald: Princess Charlene of Monaco tried to flee home to South Africa three times before her marriage to Prince Albert II, according to reports in French newspapers. Fairytale turns sour The couple’s glittering religious wedding drew crowds of thousands to the Mediterranean principality on Saturday and the guest list included a host […]
Huge Rare Earth Deposits Found in Pacific
July 4th, 2011Update: Map on Io9 See: A map of future undersea mining facilities. —End Update— Via: Reuters: Vast deposits of rare earth minerals, crucial in making high-tech electronics products, have been found on the floor of the Pacific Ocean and can be readily extracted, Japanese scientists said on Monday. “The deposits have a heavy concentration of […]
Mysterious Deaths of Two Staten Island Marines
July 4th, 2011Via: SI Live: New Brighton natives Duane Robert Liburd Jr. and Hamson R. Daniels McPherson never knew each other. But the two young men wound up in the same place a half-world away — as U.S. Marines stationed on the Japanese island of Okinawa. And in a tragic coincidence, Liburd, 22, and Daniels McPherson, 21, […]
Greek Coastguard Forces Canadian ‘Freedom Flotilla’ Vessel Back to Port; Irish, Swedish Ships Sabotaged
July 4th, 2011Nothing resulted from Israel’s slaughter of civilians and piracy last year, so… So it goes… Via: Guardian: An attempt by one of the Gaza-bound “freedom flotilla” ships to defy the Greek government and escape from port was thwarted on Monday when armed coastguard officials caught up with the vessel and forced it back to shore. […]
Grocery Shopping in South Korea
July 4th, 2011Tesco: Homeplus Subway Virtual Store. Via: Youtube: Research Credit: JH
