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Global Dashboard : The window of opportunity on scarcity issues starts to close (updated x3)

Sat, 10 Sep 2011 09:36:10 +0000

What's even more troubling than the increase in food price is the fact that the food quality is on a descending curve, too: http://www.financialcrisistoday.org/forum/Busines.... It seems that the companies decide to put less and less qualitative ingredients in their food, to keep up with the ascending prices and they do it on a regular basis. The biggest change in items like pudding is that they've all switched from real sugar to high fructose corn syrup. The products don't taste the same and don't obviously have the same nutritional value.

Global Dashboard : Modern Piracy - No One Say Arrr

Sat, 10 Sep 2011 09:18:55 +0000

Most probably, the pirates are not attacking ships belonging to richer countries, keeping in mind that they've changed their routes from Asia to Africa. They were just attacking some ships with donations. For those who pay some money for donations, it's quite sad: http://www.financialcrisistoday.org/forum/Taxes/D...

TheStockEnthusiast.com : The Oracle of Omaha wants the richest Americans to pay higher taxes

Fri, 9 Sep 2011 17:13:16 +0000

The richest companies are the one which afford to pay councilors to advise them how to obtain tax deductions unknown to the less lucky. Responsibility isn't their weak point, I may add...

Atlas Sound Money Project : Dr. Judy Shelton Joins Atlas!

Fri, 9 Sep 2011 16:20:53 +0000

Unfortunately, today's world, ridden by fiscal irresponsible acts, doesn't let anyone even dream about the gold-based Bretton Woods system.

MoneySense : How much should you leave the kids?

Fri, 9 Sep 2011 10:01:34 +0000

One should not live with the thought that he will later in life receive an inheritance from his parents. The best inheritance one could have is an investment in his own education and, why not, some money for buying a house and some other investments.

Global Dashboard : Micro-credit scheme fast, simple and direct

Fri, 10 Jun 2011 15:07:29 +0000

I´ve read myself about about microcredit, as a practice of making small loans to poor people so they can start small businesses , I begin to be interested by that. When the , Muhammad Yunus, the founder of Grameen Bank of Bangladesh, won the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize for pioneering microcredit work, I was impressed. Question is: Which microlenders cater to individual donors? And which is the most satisfying place to invest my pennies?

Big Journalism : 'You Pays Your Money and You Takes Your...' No Wait: You Just Pay

Fri, 10 Jun 2011 14:21:41 +0000

Cutting goverment spending could be a solution, but this solution must be thought with great care. Every penny the government spends has to come from those who would otherwise have spent or invested their money in the private sector. To the extent the money is borrowed from non-US residents, the money can no longer be spent on exports or foreign investments in the US private sector . In either case, the net cash flow and net increase in demand generated by government spending is zero. However, the effects do not stop there. Since government spending is not based on mutually beneficial exchanges, it often is wasteful. By displacing the opportunities for wealth enhancing voluntary exchanges, wasteful spending further reduces employment and the overall wealth and income of the American people. For example, labeling government spending as investments in so-called green-jobs is just political spin to cover money-losing investments by elite government bureaucrats with none of their own money on the line who, nonetheless, believe they have an ability to pick winners. But, squandering money on expensive energy gambits reduces our wealth, and therefore shrinks the economy and the number of jobs. The path to more robust growth is first to stop doing what demonstrably has not worked for the past two years

Big Journalism : Muslim Students Declare Trinity University's 'Year Of Our Lord' Must Go

Tue, 24 May 2011 17:40:55 +0000

Although Muslims make up less than 2 percent of the United States population, they accounted for about one-quarter of the 3,386 religious discrimination claims filed with the E.E.O.C. last year. Complaints filed by Jews rose slightly in fiscal 2009, while complaints filed by Catholics, Protestants, Sikhs and Seventh-day Adventists declined. Claims of race, sex and age discrimination also fell.

Big Journalism : Death Wish: Why Are We So In Love with the Apocalypse?

Tue, 24 May 2011 12:56:02 +0000

Apocalyptic literature, whether ancient or modern, is very popular in modern culture and in religious circles. This has serious political implications Fear of an apocalyptic end of the world can easily become a self-fulfilling prophecy - that certainly seems to be what is happening in Jerusalem as events surrounding the Temple Mount are sometimes designed to hasten Armageddon.

Pulse2 - Technology News And Reviews : Google Announces Chrome Operating System

Tue, 24 May 2011 12:20:25 +0000

Some tech specs came out yesterday saying that Chrome OS will not work on a PC, it will require its own hardware configuration. That means all of the folks with PCs that want to try it will have to purchase new hardware. Also it will be basically a super beefed up browser with some nice add-ons, it is not an OS by Apple/Microsoft standards...Google has also announced that in time the Chrome OS and Android are expected to become one single OS. I do think it will help their stock but probably not so much in the short run but more like Apple, the stock will increase as the product catches on IF it is quality. If they produce garbage like MS than it will be detrimental in both the short and long run. Google is doing a lot outside of the computer tech industry as well. they are involved in geothermal drilling in Australia among other places. As well as some other interesting technologies. Not to mention that in September there are going to be several iPad competitors out there running Android 2.2 and possibly even a 2.3 drop this year. All in all Google is really tearing it up right now. And anything that will speed along the fall of Microsoft is a product I am willing to pay to try.

Big Journalism : The Left Should Think Twice Before Charging 'Racism'

Mon, 23 May 2011 07:40:50 +0000

People use concepts like "racist" or "fascist", just to demonize the others and to make themselves look better. It's been done and it will always be done.

Pulse2 - Technology News And Reviews : Yahoo! CEO Carol Bartz Trash Talks Google, Gets $47.2M Annual Salary

Mon, 23 May 2011 07:11:14 +0000

Bartz has proven herself to be agressive, foulmouthed, and utterly likable. But she still has to prove she can fix Yahoo! After a deal with Microsoft, Yahoo! is transforming from a search engine to a Web portal — one that, if Bartz is right, will attract new users (and new revenue) by trimming unwieldy Web searches down to personalized streams of information. She has her skeptics. But Bartz is right a lot, and most CEOs of her caliber don't earn their pay by luck.

Pulse2 - Technology News And Reviews : Bill Nye Is Back and He's Doing A YouTube Channel For VSP Vision

Sun, 22 May 2011 20:49:04 +0000

I certainly don't believe in these myths about eyeglasses, and, in order to prove that, I'm going to insure my glasses I'll certainly do it.

Global Dashboard : Bretton Woods 2: now we're talking

Sun, 22 May 2011 14:47:12 +0000

This global bank which is proposed in order "to balance the dangerous trade imbalances" between world economies would perhaps represent a transfer of power away from the US and towards the multilateral level. But let's wait to see.

MoneySense : Save more for retirement or else: Dodge

Fri, 20 May 2011 09:06:07 +0000

It is crucial that you have set your mind to set aside a part of your salary for your retirement : http://www.financialcrisistoday.org/forum/Persona... It is crucial that you have set your mind to set aside a part of your salary for your retirement. This can be in the form of a bank savings account, a 401k plan, etc. It does not matter how small or how large an amount you will save as long as you set it aside. You can eventually increase the amount that you save for your retirement funds whenever you have extra money, you get a salary raise, or you have finished your payments. This can be in the form of a bank savings account, a 401k plan, etc. It does not matter how small or how large an amount you will save as long as you set it aside. You can eventually increase the amount that you save for your retirement funds whenever you have extra money, you get a salary raise, or you have finished your payments. Too many people have an alarmingly high percentage of their retirement investments in their company's stock. Does Enron ring a bell? Have you looked at what happened to the price of big company stocks like GM? Many people lost almost everything when the bottom dropped out of those stocks: http://www.financialcrisistoday.org Diversify your investments among available investment alternatives. It's one sure way to protect your retirement funds from market risks.

WPRI.com | Eyewitness News : MA Gov. Offers Support To Sales Tax Holiday If State Can Afford It | WPRI.com

Thu, 19 May 2011 07:27:23 +0000

Maybe they will skip the holidays this year, too, especially because it's an electoral year. It wouldn't be that bad at all.

Big Journalism : The Society of Professional Journalists: Why We Never Get the Straight Story on Islamic Jihad

Fri, 13 May 2011 07:01:52 +0000

I wonder why are we so focused on terrorism, when violence is present everywhere in our lives, from the football supporters and to the school fights?

Big Journalism : Obama Can Remove Jihad From the National Security Strategy Document, But Can He Remove It From Islam

Fri, 13 May 2011 06:26:28 +0000

US President Barack Obama is much more popular in the Muslim world, in compared to his predecessors. Muslim leaders and the press will always avoid criticizing Obama: many Muslims strongly believes that Obama is still in fact a Muslim.

20s Money : Preparing Financially For A New Baby

Mon, 9 May 2011 19:33:22 +0000

I don't think mothers in old days had so much work to do, so, no offence to those who say that diapers are worthless, I really enjoy the modern days...

Macleans.ca : Want to be a paperback writer?

Mon, 21 Mar 2011 09:26:55 +0000

Fantastic idea, to give the ideas a body, transforming those abstract e-books into tangible paper...Paper, glorious paper! There are also some people who want to sell some ebooks and they might transform them into paper easier.