Archive for September, 2011
Will Robots Steal Your Job?
September 27th, 2011Via: Slate: They might not know it yet, but some of the most educated workers in the nation are engaged in a fierce battle with machines. As computers get better at processing and understanding language and at approximating human problem-solving skills, they’re putting a number of professions in peril. Those at risk include doctors, lawyers, […]
5 Minute U.S. Dollar Index for Fib Heads
September 27th, 2011Warning: This is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold any financial instrument. I was just examining the recent gold slaughter by looking at the U.S. Dollar Index and I noticed a fantastic series of Fibonacci setups on the current five minute dollar index chart. See: Harmonic Trading, Volume One: Profiting from the Natural […]
Japan: Radioactive Zone Bigger Than That Left by Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
September 27th, 2011Via: Bloomberg: Beyond the police roadblocks that mark the no-go zone around Japan’s wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant, six-foot tall weeds invade rice paddies and vines gone wild strangle road signs along empty streets. Takako Harada, 80, returned to an evacuated area of Iitate village to retrieve her car. Beside her house is an empty cattle […]
‘Firefly’ and Anti-Fascism Posters Get Professor Threatened with Criminal Charges on University of Wisconsin Campus
September 26th, 2011Via: Foundation for Individual Rights in Education: A professor has been censored twice, reported to the “threat assessment team,” and threatened with criminal charges because of satirical postings on his office door. Campus police at the University of Wisconsin–Stout (UWS) censored theater professor James Miller’s poster depicting a quotation from actor Nathan Fillion’s character in […]
49% of Americans Believe Federal Government “Poses an Immediate Threat to the Rights and Freedoms of Ordinary Citizens”
September 26th, 2011Via: Gallup: A record-high 81% of Americans are dissatisfied with the way the country is being governed, adding to negativity that has been building over the past 10 years. … The findings are from Gallup’s annual Governance survey, updated Sept. 8-11, 2011. The same poll shows record or near-record criticism of Congress, elected officials, government […]
Captain Obvious: ‘Massive Jobs Shortfall’ Predicted for Global Economy
September 26th, 2011Via: Guardian: The world’s major economies are heading for a “massive jobs shortfall” by the end of next year if governments do not change their tack on policy, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) said in a study published on Monday. In the report, prepared with the OECD for G20 labour ministers meeting in Paris on […]
Gold Eyes Biggest 3-Day Fall In 28 Years
September 26th, 2011Warning: This is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold any financial instrument. Update: Bullish Gartley Squinting at it on the daily now, I’d call it a quasi bullish Gartley. To see it, I had to exclude the candle shadow from the September high, and the fib ratios aren’t right. Still, close enough. Remember, […]
NYPD Has Anti-Aircraft Capability
September 26th, 2011Update: Barret .50 Caliber Rifle [???] lol Via: New York Post: Police sources told The Post that the weapon that Kelly was referring to involves a Barret .50 caliber rifle, which can be mounted on almost any police chopper. —End Update— Via: New York Daily News: Ten years after the Sept. 11 attacks on the […]
IMF May Need Bailout
September 26th, 2011*chortle* Via: Telegraph: Christine Lagarde has signalled that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) may have to tap its members – including Britain – for billions of pounds of extra funding to stem the European debt crisis. The head of the IMF has warned that its $384bn (£248bn) war chest designed as an emergency bail-out fund […]
The Federal Reserve Plans to Identify “Key Bloggers” and Monitor Billions of Conversations About the Fed on Facebook, Twitter, Forums and Blogs
September 26th, 2011Is there are Federal Reserve link for this document? Here’s the document that ZeroHedge has produced: Sentiment Analysis And Social Media MonitoringSolution RFP Request for Proposal (Event-6994) Event Information Description: Federal Reserve Bank of New York (“FRBNY”) is extending to suppliers an invitation to participate in an Sentiment Analysis And Social Media Monitoring Solution RFP […]
