Archive for August, 2011
Choose Real Food
August 13th, 2011Via: Whole Health Source: The people who design government dietary guidelines are gagged by the fact that politics and business are so tightly intertwined in this country. Their advice will never directly target the primary source of obesity and metabolic dysfunction– industrially processed food– because that would hurt corporate profits in one of the country’s […]
Pre-Crime: BART Admits Halting Cell Service to Stop Protesters
August 13th, 2011Via: San Francisco Chronicle: BART officials acknowledged this afternoon that they shut down cell phone and wireless data service in its downtown San Francisco stations to disrupt a planned protest. Their announcement sparked denunciations from civil libertarians and the apparent threat of a cyber-attack on the BART website. A statement posted on the transit agency’s […]
Consumer Sentiment Drops to Three-Decade Low
August 12th, 2011Via: Bloomberg: Confidence among U.S. consumers plunged in August to the lowest level since May 1980, adding to concern that weak employment gains and volatility in the stock market will prompt households to retrench. The Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan preliminary index of consumer sentiment slumped to 54.9 from 63.7 the prior month. The gauge was […]
Sarkozy, Merkel in Emergency Meeting
August 12th, 2011Via: AFP: French President Nicolas Sarkozy called a eurozone crisis meeting with his German counterpart while Italy promised cuts and tax hikes Thursday as its part in the battle to save the single currency. Merkel will travel next Tuesday to Paris for the meeting aimed at producing “joint proposals” by September on how to better […]
World Is Witnessing Financial WWIII
August 12th, 2011Via: Russia Today: Following the loss of the US’s triple-A credit score which sparked sell-offs on global markets, a new war using financial derivatives has been waged, which by no means can bear the name of WWIII, financial analyst Max Keiser told RT. Investors however remain unconvinced the country’s finances are solid enough. Problems in […]
Government Pays for Empty Flights to Rural Airports
August 12th, 2011Via: AP / San Francisco Chronicle: On some days, the pilots with Great Lakes Airlines fire up a twin-engine Beechcraft 1900 at the Ely, Nev., airport and depart for Las Vegas without a single passenger on board. And the federal government pays them to do it. Federal statistics reviewed by The Associated Press show that […]
Russia: Government Sponsored Youth Camp
August 12th, 2011Via: Los Angeles Times: They wake up to the Russian national anthem and gather near the main stage lined with huge portraits of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and his boss (on paper at least), President Dmitry Medvedev, where they do their morning exercises to music interrupted periodically by recorded quotations from both leaders. As the […]
Epidermal Electronic System
August 12th, 2011Via: National Science Foundation: Through a combination of careful theoretical modeling and precise micro-manufacturing, a team of engineers and scientists has developed a new type of ultra-thin, self-adhesive electronics device that can effectively measure data about the human heart, brain waves and muscle activity–all without the use of bulky equipment, conductive fluids or glues. The […]
France, Belgium, Italy and Spain Ban Short Selling
August 11th, 2011Via: New York Times: A European market regulator announced on Thursday night that short-selling of financial stocks in several countries would be temporarily banned in an effort to stop the tailspin in the markets. The European Securities and Markets Authority, a body that coordinates the European Union’s market policies, said in a statement that these […]
Ireland Being “Run by Mad People in Brussels”
August 11th, 2011Via: Irish Times: POTENTIAL PRESIDENTIAL candidate Gay Byrne has expressed concerns about the development of the European Union, saying Ireland was being “run by mad people in Brussels”. The veteran broadcaster, who revealed this week he had been asked to consider running for the presidency by Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin, outlined his worries while […]
