China Stimulus, Troublesome Retail Earnings, Global Economic Woes
China unveiled yesterday (Sunday) what it described as a “massive” economic stimulus package – a planned capital infusion of $586 billion that it plans to use to reverse its slowing growth, to loosen credit and to offset slowing global growth by stoking domestic demand. Xinhua, China’s state-run news agency, said yesterday that the stimulus [more...]
Date: 2008-11-10 12:23:58
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Cambridge 2008
After an always exhausting and worrisome trip over the ‘Pond,’ I arrived in London with three friends on August 16 (or, as the Brits say, 16 August). Exhausting? Yes, because I choose not to go to sleep the night before flights to Europe so that I can sleep on the plane. OK, maybe ‘choose’ is too strong of a word [more...]
Date: 2008-09-29 16:47:36
Pickens Meet Phill: Clean Energy Fuels Buys Natural Gas Vehicle Device Maker
In case you were wondering how T. Boone Pickens was going to break the home distribution bottleneck in his plan to get the U.S ... that it plans to acquire FuelMaker from American Honda Corp. and the FuelMaker Trust for $17 million in cash ... for a tax rebate of $1,000, or 30 percent of the cost. In European countries like France [more...]
Date: 2008-09-08 21:26:11
Dante's Hell is Alive and Well in Gaza
~ Dante Alighieri could never have imagined circles as hellish as the wards of the damned in Jabalia's hospitals ... Aviv hasn't even granted him a pension, only a series of missiles from land and air onto his house. He suffers from shrapnel wounds all over his body. I ask him where he plans to go after [more...]
Date: 2009-01-18 04:20:00
RUSSIA/GEORGIA WAR UPDATES TICKER & VIDEOS: - Russia Cuts Off Access To Georgia’s Main Port - Russians Just Dig In Deeper! Only Handful Have Left - Russians Kidnap Soldiers, Steal U.S. Humvees, Blow Up Top Naval Vessel
A Georgian gestures, whilst waiting for humanitarian aid to be distributed, in Gori, northwest of the capital Tbilisi, Georgia, Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2008. Some 80,000 refugees are in more than 600 centers in and around Tbilisi, primarily sheltered in schools, hospitals and previously abandoned buildings [more...]
Date: 2008-08-15 10:38:47
Stop Stalling: Time to Hit the Reset Button on Detroit
Cross-posted from the Breakthrough Institute and WattHead - Energy News and Commentary Last night, the US House of Representatives approved $14 billion in emergency loans to keep GM and Chrysler ... t have the forced restructuring plans in place, many of us don’t believe that American car companies will come [more...]
Date: 2008-12-11 19:18:53
November 20, 2008
rites of passages for boys where they became men over their fresh kill. These days, that rarely happens in a suburban cul-de-sac, but you do have the opportunity to grant your son responsibility in front of a family gathering. When you decide the time is right for your son to carve the turkey – and that may come because of age, [more...]
Date: 2008-11-21 05:37:45
DrumBeat: July 17, 2008
Oil futures: Know when to hold 'em NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- In the last three days oil prices have fallen by roughly $10 a barrel ... deliveries by about 40 percent. House rejects bill to require drilling on leases WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives failed to approve legislation on Thursday that would have pushed oil [more...]
Date: 2008-07-17 13:02:18
Surging Into Syria: American Incursion Opens New Front in Quagmire
(UPDATED BELOW) Taking a page from the new bipartisan strategy now being employed in Afghanistan -- waging cross-border military raids into sovereign countries in order to protect a failing military occupation in a neighboring country -- the United States has apparently launched its first known incursion into Syria: [more...]
Date: 2008-10-27 13:49:03
Politicians Knew Best…Expected Utopia created an Hell!
Eastern Europe braced for a violent ’spring of discontent’Riots and street battles are set to spread through Bulgaria, ... to the most recent estimates, the economies of some eastern European countries, after posting double-digit ... 13%. Many fear Romania, which joined the European Union with Bulgaria in 2007, may be the next [more...]
Date: 2009-01-18 12:50:21
Bolsheviks Seize Detroit (GM)(F)(TM)
As far as anyone can prove, Henry Ford and Alfred Sloan were not members of the Communist Party. Neither one of them was asked to testify before the House Committee on Un-American Activities ... to GM are primarily Michigan Congressmen led by John Dingell, the Methuselah of the House who has served [more...]
Date: 2008-10-28 08:24:49
Refreshments
Of the three Mormon-raised artists I'll be talking about at the Sunstone Symposium on January 31st, painter Wayne Thiebaud is probably the most recognizable and accessible. Thiebaud's brightly lit paintings of cakes, pies, candy, and other American diner delights were shown along side Pop Art from the earliest days of the movement, [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 05:04:54
Production-Side Environmentalism: Can we produce less and consume more?
Introduction: In this important contribution to the ongoing debate over “individual” versus “social” solutions to global warming and ecological destruction, the editor of Synthesis/Regeneration directly and convincingly challenges the mainstream myth that the capitalist economy is based on “consumer sovereignty [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 15:16:02
Chelsea tighten their belt as Roman’s riches are put on display
Comment & analysis round-up Quote of the day: “I was not happy with the football that Dowie was producing, simple as that ... have been a big disaster. I’m not scared to make a decision. Not making a decision is often a bad decision.” ... With Chelsea cleaning house in the current economic slump and firing 15 scouts at the weekend [more...]
Date: 2008-11-03 08:25:24
Deals of the Day: Now, Can Obama Fix the Markets?
By Stephen Grocer and Heidi N. Moore Deals of the Day gathers all the biggest news of the morning related to mergers and acquisitions, bankruptcies, ... to Washington: The dream of heading for the White House will be matched by the nightmare of an imploding economy ... . Reuters BHP-Rio: The European Commission has given BHP a list of objections [more...]
Date: 2008-11-05 14:06:12
Deals of the Day: Now, Can Obama Fix the Markets?
By Stephen Grocer and Heidi N. Moore Deals of the Day gathers all the biggest news of the morning related to mergers and acquisitions, bankruptcies, ... to Washington: The dream of heading for the White House will be matched by the nightmare of an imploding economy ... . Reuters BHP-Rio: The European Commission has given BHP a list of objections [more...]
Date: 2008-11-05 17:05:00
We made it. Now what?
Under a crisp sky, the jubilee rose to its climax as the 44th President took his oath ... of American fuel through Canadian oil, and help to coordinate Obama’s lofty environmental plans. Many ... behind? We are bombarded with news of how European nations are creating jobs and cleaning [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 23:42:22
Iran’s Fantasy: A Renewed Cold War between "Infidels" Russia and America
Following is a short commentary I wrote about the Iranian regime strategic opportunity to dodge the international sanctions and the rise of its own ... a military operation inside South Ossetia in Georgia. Ostensibly, the Georgian incursion ... by the leaderships at the White House and the Kremlin. Almost two decades after the fall [more...]
Date: 2008-09-02 01:04:32
Matthew Rothschild is really, really sick
Isaiah's The World Today Just Nuts "Princess Brat Speaks" went up Sunday morning.Now moving on to Matthew Rothschild who obviously had a mother who over-fed his giant ego and conditioned him to hate women as a result. Below is a section of his "Bush Winks at Israel’s Slaughter in Gaza, While Obama and Clinton Are Silent" [more...]
Date: 2008-12-30 04:00:00
As The Politicians Battle It Out Ukraine’s Economy Tunnels South In Search Of Australia
“In Ukraine, the evidence is still that policymakers do not quite understand the seriousness of the challenges they face,”. Timothy Ash, analyst at the Royal Bank of Scotland. “There is a burgeoning economic crisis in the European periphery,” Krugman said on the ABC network Dec. 14. “The money has dried up [more...]
Date: 2008-12-25 16:06:18
Today in Palestine! ~ Headlines January 10, 2009 ~
15th day under attack: death toll in Gaza reaches 811, journalists attacked by army fire(10 Jan) On Saturday afternoon a new Israeli shelling killed seven civilians from the same family, sources in the Gaza reported. Doctors said that an Israeli missile was fired from an Israeli unmanned drone at a grocery store in the northern Gaza Strip [more...]
Date: 2009-01-11 01:25:00
Crude Oil Rising, Dow Collapsing
Editor's Note: Money Morning's William Patalon III says crude oil prices above $142 a barrel and the 20% slump in the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) since October are the chief concerns for investors. A rate hike by the European Central Bank ... an August rate hike, while others expect no activity until after the November elections. The European [more...]
Date: 2008-06-30 13:55:50
"Stimulus bill may ignore Ohio's Train & Transit needs" All Aboard Ohio
All Aboard Ohio is calling on Ohio’s Congressional Delegation to support a list of “Shovel Ready” federal stimulus projects identified last week by the U.S. House of Representatives’ Transportation & Infrastructure Committee. In that list ... for passenger rail. This week the House Appropriations Committee kept the funding levels intact [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 22:15:48
We Will Never Die: The Story of One Man's Attempt To Inform America Of The Ongoing Holocaust
From Jewish Virtual Library:In early 1943, a Gallup poll asked Americans: "It is said that two million Jews have been killed in Europe since the war began. Do you think this is true or just a rumor?" Although the Allied leadership had publicly confirmed that two million Jews had been murdered, the poll found that only 47% believed it was true, [more...]
Date: 2008-12-04 16:15:00
Deals of the Day: Using Legislation to Head Off a Recession
By Stephen Grocer and Heidi N. Moore Deals of the Day includes all the major news of the morning related to mergers and acquisitions and financing ... . WSJ Back to the House: The Senate’s revamped bailout package drew support from 74 lawmakers in a roll call vote. The measure will now return to the House, where it was unexpectedly defeated [more...]
Date: 2008-10-02 13:43:35
Marxism - a Time Line
The Marxist dream of a one world dictatorship is now closer than ever to achieving it’s goal. They’ve been working to achieve their goal for a long, long time - the following time line will give you an idea of how long, as well as showing just how deeply entrenched within the political establishment the Marxist cancer really is! KARL MARX [more...]
Date: 2008-06-11 11:44:01
Marxism - a Time Line
The Marxist dream of a one world dictatorship is now closer than ever to achieving it’s goal. They’ve been working to achieve their goal for a long, long time - the following time line will give you an idea of how long, as well as showing just how deeply entrenched within the political establishment the Marxist cancer really is! KARL MARX [more...]
Date: 2008-06-11 11:45:02
A long overdue 'green' solution
Those of you who've lived or traveled in the Third World will know all too well the many problems faced by rural (and some urban) dwellers.- Sewage works are often not available at all, resulting in a 'night soil' bucket operation that makes the area smell to high heaven;- When sewage treatment works are available, [more...]
Date: 2008-12-29 04:02:00
Noodles Chill Out
Noodles Chill Out Lots of Asian restaurants in the Bay Area offer cold noodle dishes, and most can also be made at home. Learn how! ... American/Latin (13) Southwestern (3) Spanish (19) Steak House (24) Sushi (57) Tapas (11) Teahouse ... ; Phan's plans Food takes backseat to MarketBar's locale California's blue-ribbon cheeses [more...]
Date: 2008-07-23 15:29:14
Chronic Illness = 75% of Health Care Spending
Fighting Off Depression By PAUL KRUGMAN - The New York Times“If we don’t act swiftly and boldly,” declared President-elect Barack Obama in his latest weekly address, “we could see a much deeper economic downturn that could lead to double-digit unemployment.” If you ask me, he was understating the case [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 12:15:00
Our Gold Watch
For the past seven years, this blog has been a pleasure to write, and the response to it has been quite heartening ... friends, spending time with us at our house, or going out to dinner when they were in town (or we were ... , this past summer also saw some of the S&As of OF visit us once more: storm damage to the house [more...]
Date: 2008-09-18 18:03:31
U.S. Foreign Policy: Grim Continuity Guaranteed
Barack Obama’s selection of Joseph Biden as his Vice President, Hillary Clinton’s appointment to State, Robert Gates’ retention at the Pentagon, and the selection of General James Jones as head of the National Security Council point to the President-elect’s willful blindness to the collapsing economic foundation of the American hyperpower [more...]
Date: 2008-12-21 23:49:48
As The Politicians Battle It Out Ukraine's Economy Tunnels South In Search Of Australia
By Edward Hugh: Barcelona“In Ukraine, the evidence is still that policymakers do not quite understand the seriousness of the challenges they face,” ... in the European periphery,” Krugman said on the ABC network Dec. 14. “The money has dried up. That’s the new center, the center of this crisis has moved from the U.S. housing market to the European [more...]
Date: 2008-12-25 16:01:00
Comics & Comics: Charlie Todd Interview
Howdy Inter-Webbers. I’m Matt Cohen and I dig Improv Everywhere. And I am far from the only one ... chapters in countries as varied as some European nations and even the strange mystical land known ... was drinking on the house surrounded by women and his ‘two big fans’ were thrown out of the bar for ’ [more...]
Date: 2008-09-11 04:37:59
DrumBeat: November 26, 2008
Russia’s Comeuppance Any international economic crisis afflicts different countries in different ways, but an unfortunate few experience every painful dimension of it. In the current crisis, Russia is confronting virtually all the negatives at once--sharply declining export earnings from energy and metals, [more...]
Date: 2008-11-26 13:53:17
George W. Bush’s Last Day in Office!
Originally published at eclecticism. You can comment here or there. The legacy of President George W. Bush: George Walker Bush. 43rd president of the United States. First ever with a criminal record. Our third story tonight, his presidency: eight years in eight minutes. Early in 2001 the U.S. fingered Al Qaeda for the bombing of the USS Cole [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 17:40:09
The "Obama Effect"
The "Obama Effect" Rep. Kendrick Meek (D-Fla.), Rep. Artur Davis, (D-Ala.) and former congressman Harold Ford Jr ... -- from the Illinois state Senate to the White House in the space of six years -- is already driving candidates ... Committee and is widely seen as a rising star in House politics. His run for Senate will force him to leave [more...]
Date: 2009-01-13 16:45:00
Revenge of the Electric Car Documentary Coming in 2010
Currently in production, “Revenge of the Electric Car” promises to cover all things plug-in vehicle related ... , the plans of the company, slide shows of the upcoming Model S, etc. The internal workings of the company ... shows like “Smash Lab” and “Monster House,” Abbott has introduced the world to utilizing unusual [more...]
Date: 2009-01-21 03:38:24
How not to close the Gaza tunnels
Top Story Israel has begun the rapid withdrawal of its military from Gaza, ... . Fighting appears to have subsided. Israel says it plans to open Gaza's border crossings later on Monday ... to immediately begin rearming itself. European and Arab leaders urged both parties to make [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 13:32:36
Steve Parker: Clean-diesels hit the market; VW's 2009 Jetta TDI already hard to find
This post was written originally for the Santa Monica Daily Press newspaper (www.smdp.com) so please excuse the few Southern California references . ... the dust off some of their oldest marketing plans to get Americans interested in cars and trucks outfitted with new, clean-diesel engines. And some of those plans call for using racing to get "clean [more...]
Date: 2008-10-07 06:46:08
Worldchanging Interview: The Institute for Applied Autonomy
This article was written by Regine Debatty in June 2007. We're republishing it here as part of our month-long editorial retrospective. I have yet to find any trace of ungainliness in The Institute for Applied Autonomy. The anonymous activist group believes in the importance of disseminating knowledge, encouraging autonomy, [more...]
Date: 2008-09-19 19:19:09
Noam Chomsky and the pro-Israel lobby: Fourteen erroneous theses
Introduction Noam Chomsky has been called the US leading intellectual by pundits and even some sectors of the mass media. He has a large audience throughout the world especially in academic circles, in large part because of his vocal criticism of US foreign policy and many of the injustices resulting from those policies [more...]
Date: 2008-12-31 14:32:05
Israel’s drive for power
Embedded video from CNN Video At this juncture a revisitation of Umberto Ecco’s 14 Defining Characteristics of a Black Shirt is advisable if we are to understand the nature of the Israeli nation and its current atrocities. We’ll leave them below in this post as a reminder to discuss them in depth later, [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 15:36:41
Complete Chat Transcript
This is from our live chat following Obama's speech tonight. Keven Ann Willey: We're looking forward to this chat tonight! Tod Robberson: Great pre-warm-up speech by Bill Richardson. Talking about all of the times John McCain has reversed himself, Richardson said, "John McCain will pay hundreds of dollars for his own shoes [more...]
Date: 2008-08-29 03:37:26
become infamous for its ballooning costs, which have swollen to four times the original estimate in just three years. The velodrome and main stadium are also bulging beyond the confines of their original budget. That said, CLM can perhaps take credit that they're far from the greediest kitten at the teat [more...]
Date: 2008-07-18 16:12:03
Iranian Maoists: Strategic Preparations for Horrors of U.S. Attack
Iran MapThere has been considerable debate in an accompanying thread, over what stand Iranian communists should take if the U.S./Israeli military were to stage a major war. Progressive Iranians have forwarded us the following article, which helps discuss the stand on the Communist Party of Iran (MLM) much more clearly — i.e [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 11:36:53
DrumBeat: September 5, 2008
U.S. highway fund crushed by cutback in driving NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- An unprecedented decline in driving will deplete the federal Highway Trust Fund by the end of September prompting the government to ask Congress for an $8 billion emergency infusion Friday. Gasoline sales are crucial to maintaining the nation's highway infrastructure [more...]
Date: 2008-09-05 14:22:45
The Top 10 Biofuels Stories of 2008: a Biofuels Digest special report
A Hartford Courant cartoon offered a consumer's eye view of rising prices for corn, oil and the forces behind them 2008 was supposed to be the year when biofuels boomed, but producers and developers were under siege all year from a “vast, chicken wing conspiracy” drawn from groups that Daniel Gross, writing in Slate, [more...]
Date: 2008-12-31 14:03:56
Spanish Civil War: Beginnings and Colliding Forces
Women militia fightersThis Maoist analysis of the Spanish Civil War offers an important and scathing critique of the Communist International’s Popular Front strategy — where, after 1934, Communist Parties made the defense of bourgeois democracy (and strategic alliances with “anti-fascist” powers) the center of their political work [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 18:41:57
Are You Half Full or Half Empty?
A: Which are you? If you are half full, you are choosing to look at the fact that the fed took on a ZIRP policy for rates, threw in the kitchen sink, ... , and the more important news that S&P lowered its credit ratings on 11 US & European banks ... when restructuring plans will be due. If they cannot prove the viability of their new model, the loans [more...]
Date: 2008-12-19 16:01:47
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