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• RevolutionaryPoliticsOctober 27, 2009 – 2:06 pm
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When Will Inflation Really Hit Us?
• RevolutionaryPoliticsMost of us are gathered at the station, watching for the Inflation Express to come rumbling in. But we’ve been waiting for a while now. Just when should we expect the big locomotive to arrive and start pushing the prices of most things uphill?
Black Gold… Green Oil
• RevolutionaryPoliticsThis summer, there’s been a flurry of new green announcements from the world’s major oil firms. ExxonMobil, Chevron, Valero, Statoil, Marathon, and Sunoco have all thrown their hats into the green ring.
Are We Stuck With the Dollar?
• The Independent InstituteA weak dollar means the U.S. can liquefy its debts and boost exports but, in the long term, the dollar’s demise does not help the U.S. one bit and the world may well be stuck with it.
Roubini Says Carry Trades Fueling ‘Huge’ Asset Bubble (Update1)
• Bloomberg.comOct. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Investors worldwide are borrowing dollars to buy assets including equities and commodities, fueling “huge” bubbles that may spark another financial crisis, said New York University professor Nouriel Roubini.
Deja vu! Russians arming Cuba's military
• News LinkRussia is offering to modernize Cuba's deteriorating weapons systems – installed when the former Soviet Union was expanding worldwide – and it also wants to reactivate a sensitive electronic eavesdropping station on the nearby island at Lourdes, use
Iceland says bye to Big Mac
• Al JazeeraIceland's three McDonald's restaurants - all in the capital Reykjavik - will close on October 31, as the franchise owner gives in to falling profits caused by the collapse in the Icelandic krona.
Today on LewRockwell.com
• LewRockwell.comThe False Flag Flu Emergency - $2,000 Gold - Bring the Troops Home, Barack - We're Returning to the Middle Ages
Gene Therapy Helps Blind Boy See
• CBS(CBS) Just over a year ago, 9-year-old Corey Haas and his family feared he would go blind. But, thanks to an experimental procedure, Corey has new outlook on life -- and everything in it.
Torture charged in L.A.-area mortgage rescue case
• ReutersThe couple, Daniel Weston and Mary Ann Parmelee, and three other people are accused of luring their two victims to an office where the men were tied up, held for hours and beaten, a spokeswoman for the Los Angeles County district attorney said.
US diplomat resigns over Afghan war: report
• RawStory.comMatthew Hoh, 36, was the senior State Department official in Afghanistan's Zabul province, a hotbed for Taliban militants, until he resigned last month.
‘Wealth advisers’ upset at new IRS unit design to target super-rich
• RawStory.comOffshore tax shelter? Check. Income hidden from tax authorities? Check. New IRS unit specifically set up to target taxpayers with tens of millions of dollars? Check.
Musical Gitmo Torture: What Music Constitutes Torture?
• Mondo FrazierFinally, a place where readers can vote on what music Gitmo detainees should be forced to listen to. This long-needed public service is courtesy the Boston Herald’s Darren Garnick.
Obama Didn’t Promise To Sign Defense/Hate Bill
• PrisonPlanet.comHomosexual online newspaper The Washington Blade is spreading the rumor that the President has communicated that he will sign the defense/hate crimes bill.
Ron Paul Questions Why Obama Daughters Haven’t Taken Swine Flu Vaccine
• News LinkDespite declaring national emergency in response to H1N1 outbreak, President refuses to allow his own children to be inoculated with controversial shot
Talks Ian Goldin: Navigating our global future
• TED TalksAs globalization and technological advances bring us hurtling towards a new integrated future, Ian Goldin warns that not all people may benefit equally. But, he says, if we can recognize this danger, we might yet realize the possibility of improved l
Ocean Engineering
• arcleinThe engineering problem reduces to building stackable rings, each individually able to have neutral to positive buoyancy. This can be achieved by the expedient of oil filled bladders held in U shaped
Cell Phone Brain Tumors
• arcleinAn Israeli study published two years ago found a 58 percent increase in risk for parotid tumors among people who relied heavily on their cell phones. And a Swedish study found that he risk for glioma and acoustic neuroma doubled after 10 years of hea
Kenyan Mobile Phone Industry
• arcleinSokotele (Zain) and MPesa are money transfer services from the mobile operators. Both services are brands marketed by the two mobile operators. A mobile phone user can send cash as low as KSh500 to a maximum of KSh35,000. The MPesa service has been a
Arizona May Put State Prisons in Private Hands
• NY TimesOne of the newest residents on Arizona’s death row, a convicted serial killer named Dale Hausner, poked his head up from his television to look at several visitors strolling by, each of whom wore face masks and vests to protect against the sharp home
Ammo for Barter – Ammo vs. Money
• by Terence Gillespie (LewRockwell)We barter when money is not available, money is worthless or when goods are not available regardless of money. Ammo is currently not available regardless of money. It's not hard to foresee a time when all 3 conditions would exist.
Scientists first to trap light and sound vibrations together in nanocrystal
• Physorg"People have known how to manipulate light, and they've known how to manipulate sound. But they hadn't realized that we can manipulate both at the same time, and that the waves will interact very strongly within this single structure."
Al Gore to deliver keynote at Green Expo conference Nov 11 in Phoenix
• SRP direct mailChase Field - evening of November 11. I wonder if there will be any protesters?
Bush family political heir is shipping off to war
• Yahoo! blogGeorge P. Bush, or "P" as he's known to some, is thought to be the biggest hope for a fourth generation of Bush family political leaders, with some suggesting that he might run for statewide office in Texas at some point in the next four to eight yea
Photo Radar: Discredited, Pt. 1
• CameraFRAUDCameraFRAUD is proud to introduce Photo Radar: Discredited, a new series dedicated to factually debunking the automated ticketing industry's half-truths and misinformation. This series will pose common arguments used by proponents of automated tic
RINO Attack on Glenn Beck: Magic -R- No Cure for U.S. Ills
• Mondo FrazierGlenn Beck’s call to support principle upsets pundits who see the Magic “R” as a cure for all of the nation’s ills. When’s the right time for conservatives/libertarians to open their own can of STFU? If not now, when?
Swine Flu: a national emergency? or a distraction?
• Living Lake CountryObama's Chief of Staff, Rahm Emanuel, has stated in the past that "You never want a serious crisis to go to waste." Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius now has more power and authority to bypass federal rules regarding the operat
Treasury near deal on 'too big to fail'
• APFinancial firms grown "too big to fail," would be allowed to borrow money from the government. The government would then recoup the costs either seizing the firm's profits or seeking restitution from the entire industry
REID SAYS HEALTH CARE BILL TO HAVE PUBLIC OPTION
• Breitbart
US LAWMAKERS BLAST PLANS TO FIGHT DISEASE SPREADING FROM NY ISLAND
• BreitbartAP: Several lawmakers blast a proposal by the Homeland Security Department to move research of a highly infectious animal disease from isolated Plum Island in New York to a site on the U.S. Mainland. A study says the public may be at risk.
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