Afghan Poppy Fields

Afghan Poppy Fields

NATO and Russia clashed on Wednesday over how to tackle the drug problem in Afghanistan, where Western nations have been fighting a Taliban-led insurgency for

The Next Generation – 3D Mobile Phones

The Next Generation – 3D Mobile Phones

A new generation of 3D mobile phones that don’t require special glasses, could go on sale by the end of this year. Japanese electronics manufacturer

The World According to Monsanto

The World According to Monsanto

The World According to Monsanto The following documentary is a thorough, in-depth look at the history of one of the world’s most dangerous and despised

Tips To Avoid Brands Made With GMO's

Tips To Avoid Brands Made With GMO's

Tip #1: Buy Organic Certified organic products cannot be produced using GMO ingredients. So if you can, buy only products labeled “100% organic”, “organic,” or

Tips To Avoid Brands Made With GMO’s

Tips To Avoid Brands Made With GMO’s

Tip #1: Buy Organic Certified organic products cannot be produced using GMO ingredients. So if you can, buy only products labeled “100% organic”, “organic,” or

India Launches Biometric Census

India Launches Biometric Census

India is launching a new census in which every person aged over 15 will be photographed and fingerprinted to create a biometric national database. The

Robotic Winged Space Plane

Robotic Winged Space Plane

By John Antczak After a decade of development, the Air Force this month plans to launch a robotic spacecraft resembling a small space shuttle to

Celebrating Passover

Celebrating Passover

Jewish men wrapped with prayer shawls take part in the Annual Cohanim prayer or Priest’s blessing for the Pesach (Passover) holiday at the Western Wall

Here Come China Gold ETFs?

Here Come China Gold ETFs?

The World Gold Council (“WGC”) and Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (“ICBC”) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for strategic cooperation within China’s

The Chutzpah Award to JPMorgan Chase

The Chutzpah Award to JPMorgan Chase

I just noticed a 3/4 page add in Tuesday’s Wall Street Journal. I thought I would publish the entire copy. Here it is: The Way

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US Down, Trans-Texas Corridor Up

By The Daily Bell So it turns out it is full speed ahead for the Trans-Texas Corridor! You know, it’s kind of incredible. We can

Federal Reserve Meeting: April 5th

Federal Reserve Meeting: April 5th

Advance Notice of a Meeting Under Expedited Procedures It is anticipated that a closed meeting of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

UK Town Prints Its Own Currency

UK Town Prints Its Own Currency

Click to view video Tim Muffett went to Stroud in Gloucestershire, which prints its own currency, to find out how it has been working. Continue

Sultans of Swap: Fearing The Gearing!

Sultans of Swap: Fearing The Gearing!

Ever imagine getting your tie caught in a mechanical set of gears (sorry ladies – but I will spare you). The results are nasty! Now

SEC Approves Short Selling Restrictions

SEC Approves Short Selling Restrictions

The Securities and Exchange Commission today adopted a new rule to place certain restrictions on short selling when a stock is experiencing significant downward price

California vs. Goldman Sachs

California vs. Goldman Sachs

Dear Mr. Blankfein: I write to request information about your firm’s market activities related to credit default swaps on municipal bonds in general, and State

Best Way to Rob a Bank Is to Own One

Best Way to Rob a Bank Is to Own One

Watch Parts II-III-IV-and IV YouTube Videos To Rob A Country, Own A Bank Part II To Rob A Country, Own A Bank Part III To

China Reviews Yuan Policy

China Reviews Yuan Policy

The Chinese government is reviewing proposals to adjust its currency exchange rate system next month, Chinese media reported, as international pressure grows on Beijing to

US Dollar Index – 1990 to Present

US Dollar Index – 1990 to Present

As we read stories about a strong US dollar, it is good to keep a historical perspective in mind. View larger image at FXStreet.com

Military Jobs & Spending

Military Jobs & Spending

View Larger Chart Continue reading The Military: Another Spiraling Government Jobs Program

Military Jobs & Spending

Military Jobs & Spending

View Larger Chart Continue reading The Military: Another Spiraling Government Jobs Program

Understanding Big Bang

Understanding Big Bang

By Robert Evans Scientists smashed sub-atomic particles into each other with record energy on Tuesday, aiming to recreate conditions just after the Big Bang that

Capital Controls, By Another Name

Capital Controls, By Another Name

By Gretchen Morgenson With all the hoopla over the health care bill, hardly anybody noticed that a job creation bill that President Obama signed on

US, Russia Seal Nuclear Treaty

US, Russia Seal Nuclear Treaty

President Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev have sealed an agreement on a landmark nuclear arms reduction treaty. Obama and Medvedev plan to officially sign

A U.S. Biometrics Agency

A U.S. Biometrics Agency

As of last week, there is now a U.S. Government national security agency called the Biometrics Identity Management Agency (BIMA).  It supersedes a Biometrics Task

Bill Murphy of GATA Testifies Before CFTC

Bill Murphy of GATA Testifies Before CFTC

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold (and Silver): Thanks to our friend Robert Ian of La Crosse, Wisconsin, video of GATA Chairman Bill Murphy’s testimony

More Ugly Housing Data

More Ugly Housing Data

View Larger Chart By Adam Brochert For those who already own Gold and want to buy a house in the future, here’s how to know

Apocalyptic Zombie Finance

Apocalyptic Zombie Finance

By Spengler By 2014, International Monetary Fund official John Lipsky remarked March 21, the debt-to-gross domestic product (GDP) ratio of the Group of Seven countries

Gold For Bread

Gold For Bread

MDC activist Sam Chakaipa returns to his village in rural Zimbabwe to find his friends and neighbours starving to death. Reduced to panning gold powder

Supply Fears Start to Hit Treasuries

Supply Fears Start to Hit Treasuries

By Michael Mackenzie and David Oakley The bond vigilantes are finally flexing their muscles. A long period of stability for the US government bond market

Gardening in a Nutshell

Gardening in a Nutshell

By Anais Starr The image above comes from a wonderful book I’m reading titled “Carrots Love Tomatoes” by Louise Riotte. The book’s byline is “Secrets

Montana Food Facts

Montana Food Facts

“If each household in Montana spent just $10 a week on Montana-produced food, we would redirect $186 million dollars each year to the state’s food

A Solari Report – The 2010 Census

A Solari Report – The 2010 Census

“Representatives and direct taxes shall be apportioned among the several states which may be included within this union, according to their respective numbers, which shall

The Truth About the Health Care Bill

The Truth About the Health Care Bill

By Jane Hamsher The Firedoglake health care team has been covering the debate in congress since it began last year. The health care bill will

Rasmussen Polls Health Care Reform

Rasmussen Polls Health Care Reform

In his new book, In Search of Self-Governance, Scott Rasmussen observes that most Americans “have come to believe that the political system is broken, that

Bernanke Asked To Turn Over Documents

Bernanke Asked To Turn Over Documents

By Hugh Son A House committee requested that Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke turn over documents related to Stephen Friedman’s purchase of Goldman Sachs

The Constancy of Wall

The Constancy of Wall

“Some people think the Federal Reserve banks are United States Government institutions. They are not Government institutions. They are private credit monopolies which prey upon

Farm to School Action Alert!

Farm to School Action Alert!

The following action alert came from Grow Montana and the Community Food Agriculture Coalition of Missoula County. The National Farm to School Network is a

World Water Day ~ March 22

World Water Day ~ March 22

The international observance of World Water Day is an initiative that grew out of the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in

What's On Your Plate?

What's On Your Plate?

WHAT’S ON YOUR PLATE? is a witty and provocative documentary produced and directed by award-winning Catherine Gund about kids and food politics. Filmed over the

What’s On Your Plate?

What’s On Your Plate?

WHAT’S ON YOUR PLATE? is a witty and provocative documentary produced and directed by award-winning Catherine Gund about kids and food politics. Filmed over the

GATA Chairman Murphy's Planned Testimony

GATA Chairman Murphy's Planned Testimony

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold: The formal statement GATA Chairman Bill Murphy plans to submit as a witness at the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading

GATA Chairman Murphy’s Planned Testimony

GATA Chairman Murphy’s Planned Testimony

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold: The formal statement GATA Chairman Bill Murphy plans to submit as a witness at the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading

To Eat Local, Kill Local

To Eat Local, Kill Local

By Heather Smith With just one slaughterhouse remaining within 80 miles of San Francisco, we stand to lose not only our local beef industry, but

Domestic Dogs Ancestry

Domestic Dogs Ancestry

By Steve Gorman From French poodles to German shepherds, domestic dogs likely trace most of their ancestry to the Middle East, as opposed to East

A Discussion on Healthcare, Politics and Reform

A Discussion on Healthcare, Politics and Reform

Congressman Dennis Kucinich of Ohio announced on Wednesday he would switch his vote on the Democrat-led healthcare reform bill and support the legislation even though

C-Span Puts Full Archives on the Web

C-Span Puts Full Archives on the Web

By Brian Stelter Researchers, political satirists and partisan mudslingers, take note: C-Span has uploaded virtually every minute of its video archives to the Internet. The

US Joint Forces Command 2010

US Joint Forces Command 2010

In the late fifth century BC, Athenian negotiators, speaking to their Spartan competitors, with whom they were soon at war, staked out their rationale for

Kiva: Supporting Local Entrepreneurs

Kiva: Supporting Local Entrepreneurs

I have made a new loan through Kiva to Concepcion Aracely Herrera Martillo who will use the funds to increase productivity of her plantain chip

U.S. Intelligence Planned to Destroy WikiLeaks

U.S. Intelligence Planned to Destroy WikiLeaks

This document is a classified (SECRET/NOFORN) 32 page U.S. counterintelligence investigation into WikiLeaks. “The possibility that current employees or moles within DoD or elsewhere in

Water Wisdom

Water Wisdom

By Vandana Shiva Since 1966 – and as a consequence of the introduction of the Green Revolution model of water-intensive, chemical farming – India has

Italy Derivatives Bomb Also Ticking

Italy Derivatives Bomb Also Ticking

Financial markets are gripped by the role derivatives have played in Greece’s debt crisis, but Italy also has a derivatives time bomb, and hundreds of

Michael Lewis on Wall Street Profits

Michael Lewis on Wall Street Profits

Michael Lewis, author of one of the defining books about Wall Street excess, “Liar’s Poker,” told 60 Minutes that bonuses at banks bailed out by

The War On Baby Girls – Gendercide

The War On Baby Girls – Gendercide

Imagine you are one half of a young couple expecting your first child in a fast-growing, poor country. You are part of the new middle

'Pay it Forward' Pays Off

'Pay it Forward' Pays Off

For all those dismayed by scenes of looting in disaster-struck zones, whether Haiti or Chile or elsewhere, take heart: Good acts – acts of kindness,

‘Pay it Forward’ Pays Off

‘Pay it Forward’ Pays Off

For all those dismayed by scenes of looting in disaster-struck zones, whether Haiti or Chile or elsewhere, take heart: Good acts – acts of kindness,