What the Pelosi Health-Care Bill Really Says
• Wall Street Journal OnlineThe health bill that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is bringing to a vote (H.R. 3962) is 1,990 pages. Here are some of the details you need to know...
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Defending the Arsenal - In an unstable Pakistan, can nuclear warheads be kept safe?
• by Seymour M. Hersh - The New YorkerThe USA, he said, could “make sure that Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal is secure—primarily, initially, because the Pakistan Army, I think, recognizes the hazards of those weapons’ falling into the wrong hands.” The questioner, Chuck Todd, of NBC, began
Gold price hits record high as dollar wanes
• AFPGold prices hit an all-time peak of $1,109.50 dollars/ ounce Monday with the dollar weakening as the euro rose to $1.50 for the first time in 2 weeks after G20 countries pledged to keep economic recovery pumped up with easy money.
CNBC - Dollar Will be Utterly Destroyed, Global Currency, New World Order
• YouTubeThe dollar will get "utterly destroyed" and become "virtually worthless", said Damon Vickers, chief investment officer of Nine Points Capital Partners.
A Movie’s Budget Pops From the Screen
• New York TimesCan a movie studio make money on a film based on an original and unfamiliar story, with no Hollywood superstars, a vanishing DVD market and a price tag approaching $500 million?
The Real Price of Goldman’s Giganto-profits
• Taibblog(Article is from July but still relevant) So what’s wrong with Goldman posting $3.44 billion in second-quarter profits?
The Man Who Predicted the Depression
• WSJ.comLudwig von Mises explained how government-induced credit expansions led to imbalances in the economy.
Conservatives' Blind Support of "Our Troops"
• GlobalResearch.caIn Defense of the Big Lie
Communists, Progressive and Subversion by the Left
• Mondo FrazierThe Left’s Progressives are renewing attacks on the two cultural points still held by conservatives: the family and religion. Where do Libertarians fit into all of this? How long before the counter-revolution begins? Does the Attackmeister-in-Chief
Republic of Fools: The Evil Empire by Dr. Paul Craig Roberts
• GlobalResearch.caThe US government is now so totally under the thumbs of organized interest groups that “our” government can no longer respond to the concerns of the American people
The Real Price of Goldman’s Giganto-profits
• Taibblog(Article is from July but still relevant) So what’s wrong with Goldman posting $3.44 billion in second-quarter profits?
Happy Birthday, Pat Tillman
• truthdig.com via LewRockwell.com...Somehow America has become a country that projects everything that it is not and condemns everything that it is...Somehow subversion of the Bill of Rights and The Constitution is tolerated.
Hockey Stick Spurs Novel Analysis
• arcleinThe “hockey stick” graph has been both a linchpin and target in the climate change debate. As a plot of average Northern Hemisphere temperature from two millennia ago to the present, it stays relatively flat until the 20th century, when it rises up s
How Charcoal is Made
• arcleinModern kilns tend to be constructed of mild steel and form either single or double ring kilns. They are easily transportable to stacks of dried wood and take little more than 48hrs to run through the production cycle. The process & its sign
Mickey Mouse in Shanghai
• arcleinTourists now have more reason to visit China. After 20 years of on-off negotiations, Beijing has finally approved plans to build a Disneyland-style theme park in the Putong area of Shanghai. This park is expected to exceed the size of the Disneyland
Obama leaning toward 34,000 more troops for Afghanistan
• McClatchy NewsPresident Barack Obama is nearing a decision to send more than 30,000 additional U.S. troops to Afghanistan next year, but he may not announce it until after he consults with key allies and completes a trip to Asia later this month.
China's 'netizens' hold authorities to new standard
• Washington PostAlmost every form of open dissent is outlawed in China, but mass protests organized online are increasingly putting pressure on police, judges and other officials -- and getting results.
FDA warns Web companies not to sell flavored cigs
• APThe Food and Drug Administration said Friday that it has warned several companies to stop selling banned flavored cigarettes to U.S. consumers online. The agency sent letters this week to more than a dozen Web-based companies saying they are violatin
IMF exploring levy on banks
• ReutersThe International Monetary Fund is exploring the idea of making banks pay insurance fees to fund any future rescues in the sector. Such a tax would be in line with a proposal by British Prime Minister who urged world governments to consider imposing
China hopes U.S. keeps deficit to appropriate size
• ReutersChina hopes the USA will keep its deficit to an appropriate size to ensure stability in the US dollar. The Chinese expressed concern massive US deficit spending and near-zero interest rates would erode the value of China's huge US bond holdings.
Stock Volatility Is Back, a Sign of an Aging Bull?
• NY TimesStock market volatility is back, a signal to some experts that the powerful rally that started in early March may be coming to an end. The Dow Jones industrial average rose or fell more than 100 points in seven of the past 12 trading days, capped by
Framed for child porn _ by a PC virus
• APOf all the sinister things that Internet viruses do, this might be the worst: They can make you an unsuspecting collector of child pornography. Heinous pictures and videos can be deposited on computers by viruses — the malicious programs better known
Award-winning Cuban blogger says she was beaten, detained
• AFPSecret police agents abducted and beat award-winning blogger Yoani Sanchez, whose online reports chronicle the dark side of everyday life in communist Cuba, on her way to a march for non-violence, she said. 3 agents in street clothes snatched her and
U.S.Govt. Busy Building Walls While World Celebrates Fall of Berlin Wall Anniversary
• Christine Smith's BlogLove of freedom and respect for liberty cannot be divided…you cannot say you care about freedom and individual liberty for certain groups of human beings to the exclusion of others.
Iranian lawmaker warns Russia over missile delay
• APA senior Iranian lawmaker warned Russia that its delay in delivering an anti-aircraft missile defense system to Tehran could harm relations between the two countries, state television reported Sunday. Russia signed a contract two years ago to sell
Iraqis pass election law crucial to U.S. withdrawal plans
• McClatchy NewsAfter nearly a dozen delays and a final, rowdy session, Iraq's parliament on Sunday passed a law setting national elections for January, averting for now a political crisis that threatened to unravel the country's slow progress toward stability. A
237 millionaires in Congress
• PoliticoAs Washington reels from the news of 17.5% unemployment, a report describing the wealth of members of Congress. 237 members of Congress are millionaires. That’s 44% of the body – compared to about 1% of Americans overall.
Congressman Frank was present during 2007 marijuana bust
• RawstoryRep. Barney Frank (D-MA) was at the home of his partner when police arrested and charged him with marijuana cultivation, possession and paraphernalia. Charges were dropped after he admitted to possession and paid a fine.
Japan eyes solar station in space as new energy source
• AFPIt may sound like a sci-fi vision, but Japan's space agency is dead serious: by 2030 it wants to collect solar power in space and zap it down to Earth, using laser beams or microwaves. The government has just picked a group of companies and a team of
US Rep. Owens (D-NY) Breaks 4 Campaign Promises in first hour in Congress
• Gouvernour TimesCongressman-elect Bill Owens was sworn in at noon today. Owens indicated shortly afterwords that he was now in favor of the the "Affordable Healthcare for America Act" bill in direct contrast to his earlier position during his campaign.
