Archive for September, 2011
Gold
September 7th, 2011Warning: This is not a recommendation to buy, sell, or hold any financial instrument. Short termers: Get ready to lock it in, hedge it, pare it down, close it out, etc. etc. going into that high. —Gold Filling the Gap Here’s a picture perfect price/RSI divergence double top at a record high. This is a […]
20 Quotes From European Leaders That Prove That They Know That The Financial System In Europe Is Doomed
September 7th, 2011Via: Economic Collapse Blog: The financial crisis in Europe has become so severe that it has put the future of the euro, and indeed the future of the EU itself, in doubt. If the financial system in Europe collapses, it is going to plunge the entire globe into chaos. … If we see nations such […]
Switzerland Caps Value of Franc
September 7th, 2011Via: Bloomberg: Switzerland opened a new round in a global currency war as fading economic growth forces policy makers to step up efforts to spur expansion. The Swiss National Bank’s decision yesterday to cap the franc’s rate for the first time since 1978 marked a bid to protect trade hurt by the currency that last […]
A 20-Square-Mile Model of a Small U.S. City Will be Built in New Mexico to Test New Technologies
September 7th, 2011Via: Salon: New Mexico, home to several of the nation’s premier scientific, nuclear and military institutions, is planning to take part in an unprecedented science project — a 20-square-mile model of a small U.S. city. A Washington, D.C.-based technology company announced plans Tuesday to build the state’s newest ghost town to test everything from renewable […]
Working-Age Poor Population Highest Since ’60s
September 7th, 2011Via: AP: Working-age America is the new face of poverty. Counting adults 18-64 who were laid off in the recent recession as well as single twenty-somethings still looking for jobs, the new working-age poor represent nearly 3 out of 5 poor people — a switch from the early 1970s when children made up the main […]
More Restaurants Are Targeting Customers Who Use Food Stamps
September 7th, 2011State sponsored transfats, sawdust, sugar, salt and high fructose corn syrup. The Way It Could Be: Urban Farming Guys Via: USA Today: The number of businesses approved to accept food stamps grew by a third from 2005 to 2010, U.S. Department of Agriculture records show, as vendors from convenience and dollar discount stores to gas […]
New Evidence Links Cisco to Jailing and Torture of Chinese
September 6th, 2011Via: Sydney Morning Herald: A human rights group suing Cisco for aiding the tracking and torture of people in China claims it has new evidence proving the tech giant tailored its technology to specifically enable these abuses. If accepted by the court, the revelations, including that Cisco trained Chinese officials in how to surveil net […]
Britain: Tanks Test Infra-Red Invisibility Cloak
September 6th, 2011Via: BBC: Tanks could soon get night time invisibility thanks to a cloaking device that masks their infra-red signature. Developed by BAE Systems, the Adaptiv technology allows vehicles to mimic the temperature of their surroundings. It can also make a tank look like other objects, such as a cow or car, when seen through heat-sensitive […]
Two Mexicans Face 30 Years in Prison Over Tweeting Bogus Information
September 6th, 2011Via: AP: Think before you tweet. A former teacher turned radio commentator and a math tutor who lives with his mother sit in a prison in southern Mexico, facing possible 30-year sentences for terrorism and sabotage in what may be the most serious charges ever brought against anyone using a Twitter social network account. Research […]
Minister Claims Japan Will Phase Out Nuclear Power Plants
September 6th, 2011Via: Kyodo: Industry minister Yoshio Hachiro said Tuesday that the number of Japan’s nuclear power plants would be ”zero” in the future, based on Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda’s policy of not building new nuclear power plants and decommissioning aged ones. ”Considering the premier’s remarks at press conferences, it would be zero,” Hachiro told reporters in […]
