Archive for May, 2012
Half of Florida High School Students Fail Reading Test
May 19th, 2012Via: Reuters: Nearly half of Florida high school students failed the reading portion of the state’s new toughened standardized test, education officials said on Friday. Results this year from the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test showed 52 percent of freshman students and 50 percent of sophomores scored at their grade levels. Students in the 10th grade […]
U.S. Military Provides Healthcare to Rural Alabama
May 19th, 2012Maybe they could get corporate sponsorship for attractive triage tents. “Brought to you by Brawndo – The Thirst Mutilator.” How about handing out pHoods that make people obese, give them high blood pressure and rot their teeth, along with the goody bags of drugs? You know, get your Pepsi, Poptarts and Plavix all at the […]
Precrime Raid Uncovers Enemy Combatant Homebrewed Beer Plot
May 19th, 2012Via: CBS: Annusek was released Friday morning along with four others reportedly suspected of preparing molotov cocktails. At least one other detainee was released several hours later Friday. Kris Hermes, of the National Lawyers Guild said: “There is absolutely no evidence of molotov cocktails or any other criminal activity going on at this building.” A […]
Facebook IPO
May 19th, 2012Warning: This is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold any financial instrument. Some emails have been coming in about the Facebook IPO. I don’t ever trade IPOs. As a 100% technical trader, there’s nothing to go on with an IPO. The values associated with the IPO are arbitrary and there is often VERY […]
Spain’s Intelligence Services Investigating Role of British and American Media in Fomenting Financial Turmoil
May 18th, 2012Via: Guardian: It is the only economy in Western Europe still in recession: property prices are crashing, unemployment has risen to more than 4 million, and some are already muttering that it could end up with a financial crisis worse than Greece’s. But at least Spain now has someone to blame: the country’s intelligence services […]
Surveillance State Wenlock
May 18th, 2012Via: Forbes: London decided to make its surveillance yen a dominant feature of its otherwise goofy mascots. “Wenlock” and “Mandeville” both have a huge single eye made out of a camera lens so that they can “record everything.” Image at right is from the official London Olympics website. In case that’s too subtle for you, […]
EUR/USD
May 18th, 2012Warning: This is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold any financial instrument. Update: Spot Gold Prints Weekly Bullish Hammer Markets have closed for the week and the scenario I laid out below appears to be underway. On the spot gold weekly interval, we see a bullish hammer with a lower shadow nearly touching […]
Italy Deploys 20,000 to Protect Sensitive Targets After Shooting, Letter Bombs
May 18th, 2012Via: AP: Italy increased security Thursday at 14,000 sites, and assigned bodyguards to protect 550 individuals after a nuclear energy company official was shot and letter bombs directed to the tax collection agency. Under the enhanced measures, Interior Minister Anna Maria Cancellieri deployed 20,000 law enforcement officers to protect individuals and sensitive sites. In addition, […]
Spain: Bankia in Trouble
May 17th, 2012Via: BBC: Shares in Spanish bank Bankia have continued their dramatic decline on concerns over the firm’s finances. The share price was down another 15% on Thursday, taking losses for May to 45%. Spain denied a report in the El Mundo newspaper that customers had taken more than 1bn euros ($1.3bn; £800m) out of the […]
Apple Sends Siri to Re-Education Camp Over Double Plus Ungood Statements
May 17th, 2012Via: BBC: The debate over “what is the best smartphone ever?” took an unexpected twist after Apple’s voice-activated assistant Siri appeared to favour the iPhone’s rival. Over the weekend, users of Siri were told the answer was Nokia’s Lumia 900. But Siri now responds to the same question with a jovial: “Wait… there are other […]
