Technology – Week of 12.13.09

Technology – Week of 12.13.09

SkyGrabber: The $26 Software Used by Insurgents to Hack Into US Drones Guardian.co.uk (17 Dec 09) Good-bye, Laptop. Hello, Smart Phone. Kiplinger (05 Aug 09)

Life – Week of 12.13.09

Life – Week of 12.13.09

For America’s Santas, It’s Hard to Be Jolly With the Tales They’re Hearing The Wall Street Journal (14 Dec 09) Berlusconi Attack Prompts Italy Soul

Money & Markets – Week of 12.06.09

Money & Markets – Week of 12.06.09

Charlie Rose – Robin Williams YouTube (07 Dec 09) Soros Seeks $100 Billion in IMF Funds for Green Plan Bloomberg.com (10 Dec 09) Brown And

Money & Markets – Week of 12.06.09

Money & Markets – Week of 12.06.09

Charlie Rose – Robin Williams YouTube (07 Dec 09) Soros Seeks $100 Billion in IMF Funds for Green Plan Bloomberg.com (10 Dec 09) Brown And

Precious Metals – Week of 12.06.09

Precious Metals – Week of 12.06.09

Gold Market Updated :A Contrarian’s Dilemma (PDF) Zero Hedge (Dec 2009) Gold: Expect a Technical Correction Before the Final Frontie Seeking Alpha (07 Dec 09)

Geopolitical – Week of 12.06.09

Geopolitical – Week of 12.06.09

10 Looming Geopolitical Disasters The Money Game (09 Dec 09) Turkey To Israel: Cross Our Airspace To Bomb Iran & We Will Respond Like An

Technology – Week of 12.06.09

Technology – Week of 12.06.09

Learning About the Sun Through Sound Waves Stanford Solar Center (2008) Scientists Say Paper Battery Could Be In The Works Reuters (08 Dec 09) Facebook

Life – Week of 12.06.09

Life – Week of 12.06.09

For Elderly in Rural Areas, Times Are Distinctly Harder The New York Times (10 Dec 09) 5 Things Your Mom Was Right About Shine (07

Money & Markets – Week of 11.29.09

Money & Markets – Week of 11.29.09

Matt Weinstein, Playfair Inc. Depressed Americans Quit The Labor Force The Business Insider (04 Dec 09) Israel’s Fischer Says World Must Accept A Weaker US

Precious Metals – Week of 11.29.09

Precious Metals – Week of 11.29.09

Trader Dan Discusses What You Need To Know About The Gold/Bond Ratio MineSet (02 Dec 09) S&P Launches Gold-Hedged Index To Protect Against Dollar Risk

Geopolitical – Week of 11.29.09

Geopolitical – Week of 11.29.09

House Bill Extends Current Estate Tax The Wall Street Journal (04 Dec 09) Siegelman: Justice Department Hasn’t Changed Under Obama Legal Schnauzer (01 Dec 09)

Technology – Week of 11.29.09

Technology – Week of 11.29.09

Comcast-NBC Deal Faces Regulatory Hurdles Reuters (03 Dec 09) Lawsuit Demands Answers About Social-Networking Surveillance EFF.org (01 Dec 09) Uh, oh – Raw Data in

Life – Week of 11.29.09

Life – Week of 11.29.09

4 Urgent Home Fixes Before You Retire Yahoo Finance (04 Dec 09) Taking The Private Jet to Copenhagen(Glittering Eco-credentials) TimesOnline (29 Nov 09) Child Abuse:

Food & Health – Week of 11.29.09

Food & Health – Week of 11.29.09

After Delays, Vaccine to Counter Bad Beef Is Being Tested The New York Times (03 Dec 09) Novavax: A Risky But Potentially Lucrative Vaccine Play

Money & Markets – Week of 11.22.09

Money & Markets – Week of 11.22.09

‘One Worker, One Vote:’US Steelworkers to Experiment with Factory Ownership, Mondragon Style Solidarity Economy (27 Oct 09) Washington Post to Close Three Regional Bureaux BBC

Precious Metals – Week of 11.22.09

Precious Metals – Week of 11.22.09

US Mint to Suspend American Eagle Gold 1-oz Coins Reuters (25 Nov 09) Gold and Newton’s First Law of Motion Financial sense Observations (25 Nov

Geopolitical – Week of 11.22.09

Geopolitical – Week of 11.22.09

Green World Government The Washington Times (27 Nov 09) Obama Says Will “Finish The Job” in Afghanistan Reuters (25 Nov 09) Obama to Offer 17%

Mortgage Markets – Week of 11.22.09

Mortgage Markets – Week of 11.22.09

Wall St. Finds Profits by Reducing Mortgages The New York Times (21 Nov 09) World’s Most Expensive Homes Yahoo Finance (22 Nov 09) FHA-Backed Lending

Life – Week of 11.22.09

Life – Week of 11.22.09

Oprah’s Departure Presents Problem For TV Stations Yahoo Finance (20 Nov 09)

Food & Health – Week of 11.22.09

Food & Health – Week of 11.22.09

Superstar CBS Reporter Blows the Lid Off the Swine Flu Media Hype and Hysteria Mercola.com (24 Nov 09) GlaxoSmithKline Pulls Swine Flu Vaccines in Canada

Money & Markets – Week of 11.15.09

Money & Markets – Week of 11.15.09

Stocks Plunge as Treasury Three-Month Bill Yields Turn Negative Bloomberg.com (19 Nov 09) Wells Fargo to Pay $1.4 Billion in Auction-Rate Securities Settlement Law.com (19

Precious Metals – Week of 11.15.09

Precious Metals – Week of 11.15.09

U.K. Royal Mint Quadruples Production of Gold Coins (Update2) Bloomberg.com (19 Nov 09) Mauritius Buys IMF Gold, Follows India as Metal Soars (Update4) Bloomberg.com (17

Mortgage Markets – Week of 11.15.09

Mortgage Markets – Week of 11.15.09

Chicago Judge Lambastes Sidley Lawyers Over Brief Law.com (11 Nov 09) Latest Foreclosure Activity Report Presents Conflicting Perspectives Zero Hedge (12 Nov 09)

Geopolitical – Week of 11.15.09

Geopolitical – Week of 11.15.09

DynCorp Says It May Have Broken U.S. Law The Wall Street Journal (19 Nov 09) Karzai Sworn In As Afghan Leader; Vows To Fight Graft

Technology – Week of 11.15.09

Technology – Week of 11.15.09

Intel Agrees to Pay AMD $1.25 Billion in Sudden Settlement Law.com (13 Nov 09) A Fresh Way to Take The Salt Out of Seawater The

Life – Week of 11.15.09

Life – Week of 11.15.09

Money Trickles North as Mexicans Help Relatives The New York Times (15 Nov 09) India Rain A Harvest of Water National Geographic (Nov 2009)

Food & Health – Week of 11.15.09

Food & Health – Week of 11.15.09

Crimes And Abuses Of The Pharmaceutical Industry (pdf) Sister Teresa Forcades I Vila, PhD 49 mn Americans Food Insecure Market Skeptics (19 Nov 09) Air

Money & Markets – Week of 11.08.09

Money & Markets – Week of 11.08.09

Barrick Shuts Hedge Book as World Gold Supply Runs Out Telegraph.co.uk (11 Nov 09) Barclay’s Remarkable Bargain New York Times (9 Nov 09) How the

Geopolitical – Week of 11.08.09

Geopolitical – Week of 11.08.09

58% Say Next President Likely To Be Republican Rasmussen Reports (8 Nov 09) Although House Passes Health Care, Most Voters Still Oppose the Legislation Rasmussen

Life – Week of 11.08.09

Life – Week of 11.08.09

The Late Movies: Dogs Welcoming Home Soldiers Mental Floss (10 Nov 09) Confessions of a Vision Impaired Stakeholder With Dubious Management Practices Embarking on an

Money & Markets – Week of 11.01.09

Money & Markets – Week of 11.01.09

World’s Central Banks Signal End to Policy ‘Largesse’ Bloomberg.com (6 Nov 09) U.S. Stocks Erase Gain as House Votes to Limit Card Rates Bloomberg.com (4

Precious Metals – Week of 11.01.09

Precious Metals – Week of 11.01.09

Chinese Gold Cheaper Than IMF’s – ex-PBOC Adviser Reuters India (5 Nov 09) How Can You Tell When Gold is in a Bubble? Jesse’s Cafe

Geopolitical – Week of 11.01.09

Geopolitical – Week of 11.01.09

Vets Sue CIA Over Mid Control Tests Wired (7 Jan 09) Hillary Clinton Only Winner in Honduran Mess The Australian (2 Nov 09) EU Lisbon

Technology – Week of 11.01.09

Technology – Week of 11.01.09

NSA Supercenters to Store Americans’ Private Data Permanently New American (28 Oct 09) Sec and Homeland Security Need Web Backup, GAO Says The Flu Case

Life – Week of 11.01.09

Life – Week of 11.01.09

Honey in the Whitehouse New York Times 12 Personal Travel Websites That Will Make You Quit Your Day Job MatadorNetwork (18 Nov 06) Uprooting A

Food & Health – Week of 11.01.09

Food & Health – Week of 11.01.09

WHO ‘Assumes’ Ukraine Gripped By Swine Flu Associated Press (3 Nov 09) What’s So Scary About Michael Pollan? Why Corporate Agriculture Tried to Censor His

Mortgage Markets – Week of 10.25.09

Mortgage Markets – Week of 10.25.09

In Detroit, A Housing Auction Of Last Resort MSNBC Business (25 Oct 09) Home-buyer Tax-credit Refunds Delayed For Months Fox Business (26 Oct 09) Guess

Geopolitical – Week of 10.25.09

Geopolitical – Week of 10.25.09

Flotsam & Jetsam: Time For A Little Moderation Undernews (27 Oct 09) North America’s Largest Industrial union And World’s Largest Cooperative Join Forces Prorev.com (27

Technology – Week of 10.25.09

Technology – Week of 10.25.09

Ares I-X Rocket Chalks Up Successful Test Flight Cenet.com (28 Oct 09) Asteroid Blast Reveals Holes in Earth’s Defences New Scientist (26 Oct 09) Disclosure:

Life – Week of 10.25.09

Life – Week of 10.25.09

In San Francisco, Nightmare Traffic Expected After Bay Bridge Rod Snaps; No Injuries Reported WGNtv.com (28 Oct 09) Kids Spend More Than 32 Hours in

Food & Health – Week of 10.25.09

Food & Health – Week of 10.25.09

North Carolina Pandermic Response Project Vaccine Rights (27 Oct 09) Low Milk Prices Have Dairy Farmers Killing Cows CNS News.com (27 Oct 09) Is There

Money & Markets – Week of 10.18.09

Money & Markets – Week of 10.18.09

Goldman Sachs Still Paid for Swaps on Redeemed Bonds (Update2) Bloomberg.com (23 Oct 09) Companies Played Key Role in Getting Salaries Cut The Slatest (22

Precious Metals – Week of 10.18.09

Precious Metals – Week of 10.18.09

Roubini: A Big Crash Is Coming, But I Don’t Believe In Gold The Money Game (23 Oct 09) CME To Allow Gold As Collateral For

Mortgage Markets – Week of 10.18.09

Mortgage Markets – Week of 10.18.09

A Million Frozen Out Of Mortgage Market The Independent (20 Oct 09) FDIC Failed to Limit Commercial Real-Estate Loans, Reports Show Bloomberg.com (20 Oct 09)

Geopolitical – Week of 10.18.09

Geopolitical – Week of 10.18.09

China Expands Cyberspying in U.S., Report Says The Wall Street Journal (23 Oct 09) Roberts Speaks Out on DWI Case AOL News (20 Oct 09)

Technology – Week of 10.18.09

Technology – Week of 10.18.09

High-speed Chase Ends When OnStar Halts Stolen SUV Yahoo News (19 Oct 09) Rats Can Save Human Lives Ode (Sept/ Oct 09) How To Make

Life – Week of 10.18.09

Life – Week of 10.18.09

Foreclosures Force Ex-Homeowners to Turn to Shelters The New York Times (19 Oct 09)

Food & Health – Week of 10.18.09

Food & Health – Week of 10.18.09

Keeping The Customer Satisfied Philly.com (Oct 2009) New York Suspends Mandatory Flu Shots For Health Workers CNN Health.com (22 Oct 09) Swine Flu Cases Overestimated?

Money & Markets – Week of 10.11.09

Money & Markets – Week of 10.11.09

Greenspan Says U.S. Should Consider Breaking Up Large Banks Bloomberg.com (16 Oct 09) Russia Ready to Abandon Dollar in Oil, Gas Trade With China RIANOVOSTI

Precious Metals – Week of 10.11.09

Precious Metals – Week of 10.11.09

Greenwich Jewelry Turns to Cash as Gold Reaches $1,000 an Ounce Bloomberg.com (16 Oct 09) Dow to Gold Ratio Update GoldSeek (09 Oct 09)

Mortgage Markets – Week of 10.11.09

Mortgage Markets – Week of 10.11.09

Foreclosures Continued to Rise in 3rd Quarter as Banks Worked on Backlog The Washington Post (16 Oct 09) A Secret Deal Between Wall Street and

Geopolitical – Week of 10.11.09

Geopolitical – Week of 10.11.09

Exclusive: Obama Loosens Missile Technology Controls to China The Washington Times (15 Oct 09) Leaked Network Memo Reveals: Obama Controls Your Television Set Big Hollywood

Technology – Week of 10.11.09

Technology – Week of 10.11.09

The Pocket Spy: Will Your Smartphone Rat You Out? New Scientist (14 Oct 09) The US Lets Go Of The Internet – Will Anyone Notice?

Life – Week of 10.11.09

Life – Week of 10.11.09

Made In The USA.com Nearly Half of US Children Assaulted in Last Year Undernews (14 Oct 09) 10,000 Apply For 90 Factory Jobs Courier Journal.com

Food & Health – Week of 10.11.09

Food & Health – Week of 10.11.09

Living Near Green Lowers Anxiety, Depression Rates, Study Finds Bloomberg.com (16 Oct 09) India Regulator Approves First GM Vegetable Yahoo News (14 Oct 09) Rural

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Money & Markets – Week of 10.04.09

Money & Markets – Week of 10.04.09

The Treasury Department Endorses Lying To The Public Zero Hedge (07 Oct 09) Asian Central Banks Intervene as Dollar Tumbles The Wall Street Journal (08

Mortgage Markets – Week of 10.04.09

Mortgage Markets – Week of 10.04.09

Reverse Mortgages May Be Next Subprime, Center Says (Update1) Bloomberg.com (08 Oct 09) Reverse Mortgages Lose Their Luster Forbes.com (06 Oct 09) Firms Are Getting

Geopolitical – Week of 10.04.09

Geopolitical – Week of 10.04.09

Health Care Bill Would Reduce Deficit The Slatest (08 Oct 09) Congress’ Secret Plan to Pass Obamacare – Confirmed The Heritage (07 Oct 09) Senate

Technology – Week of 10.04.09

Technology – Week of 10.04.09

For Utilities, the Future Is Now Kiplinger Business Resource Center (02 Sept 09) US Relinquishes Control of The Internet Guardian.co.uk (30 Sept 09)

Life – Week of 10.04.09

Life – Week of 10.04.09

Irving Penn, Fashion Photographer, Is Dead at 92 The New York Times (08 Oct 09) Chaos at Cobo: Detroiters Turn Out For Federal Help The

Food & Health – Week of 10.04.09

Food & Health – Week of 10.04.09

Teen Girl Suffers Permanent Brain Damage After Cervical Cancer Vaccine Natural News (07 Oct 09) Plot To Expel All Commercial Farmers The Zimbabwe Times (06

Money & Markets – Week of 9.27.09

Money & Markets – Week of 9.27.09

Tracking Stimulus Dollars: Dot-Com Vs. Dot-Gov NPR (02 Oct 09) Europe’s Jobless Youth ‘Tragedy’ Rattles EU Ministers Telegraph.co.uk (01 Oct 09) Slow Money, Financial Permaculture

Precious Metals – Week of 9.27.09

Precious Metals – Week of 9.27.09

Scotia First Canadian Bank to Deliver Gold to Your Door National Post (28 Sept 09) Fed Arthur Burns on Gold June 3, 1975 Scribd Exclusive

Geopolitical – Week of 9.27.09

Geopolitical – Week of 9.27.09

Hertz GC Sues Analyst Who Said Company Could Go Bankrupt Law.com (01 Oct 09) Federal Judge Rebuffs ACLU, Denies Release of CIA Interrogation Memos Law.com

Life – Week of 9.27.09

Life – Week of 9.27.09

Tomgram: Pepe Escobar, Pipelineistan’s Ultimate Opera Tom Dispatch.com (01 Oct 09) Thousands Feared Dead After Indonesia Quake Reuters (01 Oct 09) Tsunami Deaths Likely to

Food & Health – Week of 9.27.09

Food & Health – Week of 9.27.09

Military to Get Mandatory Swine Flu Shots Soon Associated Press (30 Sept 09) How to Make a Seed Bomb Instructables (22 Sept 09) Most Parents

Money & Markets – Week of 9.20.09

Money & Markets – Week of 9.20.09

Goldman Desperate To Avoid PR Disaster Come Bonus Season (G) The Business Insider (24 Sept 09) Banks Are Forcing Homeowners to Keep Paying After Short

Precious Metals – Week of 9.20.09

Precious Metals – Week of 9.20.09

Metal Detector Enthusiast Unearths Huge Hoard of Anglo-Saxon Gold Times Online (24 Sept 09) The Thin Edge of The Hedge Financial Sense (21 Sept 09)

Mortgage Markets – Week of 9.20.09

Mortgage Markets – Week of 9.20.09

TARP & Ginnie Mae: You Get Used to Anything, Sooner or Later it Becomes Your Life The Automatic Earth (10 Sept 09)

Geopolitical – Week of 9.20.09

Geopolitical – Week of 9.20.09

Belgians Protest “Dictatorship” Established Under Pandermic Pretext The Flu Case (24 Sept 09) Sibel Edmonds’ Deposition: Video and Transcript Released The Brad Log (08 Aug

Technology – Week of 9.20.09

Technology – Week of 9.20.09

EU Funding ‘Orwellian’ Artificial Intelligence Plan to Monitor Public For “Abnormal Behaviour” Telegraph (19 Sept 09) World Sunlight Map Opentopia.com (22 Sept 09) Robots ‘To

Life – Week of 9.20.09

Life – Week of 9.20.09

Global Warming or Global Freezing: Is The Ice Really Melting? Financial Sense Editorials (24 Sept 09) Graying Britain Looks to Assisted Suicide Reform Reuters (21

Food & Health – Week of 9.20.09

Food & Health – Week of 9.20.09

New York State Issues Order for Forced Seasonal Flu Shots, H1N1 Next Age of Autism (21 Sept 09) Health Care Workers Strongly Asked to Get

Money & Markets – Week of 9.13.09

Money & Markets – Week of 9.13.09

SEC Proposes Ban on Allowing Stock Flash Orders (Update1) Bloomberg.com (18 Sept 09) Cap-and-Trade Memos Fire Up The Skeptics The Washington Post (17 Sept 09)

Geopolitical – Week of 9.13.09

Geopolitical – Week of 9.13.09

AP NewsBreak: Nuke Agency Says Iran Can Make Bomb Breitbart (17 Sept 09) Japan Urges Talks on US Military Base Financial Times (17 Sept 09)

Food & Health – Week of 9.13.09

Food & Health – Week of 9.13.09

‘Safe’ Lead Levels Harm Children BBC News (16 Sept 09) Why Millions of Americans Don’t Need a Swine Flu Vaccine Natural News.com (16 Sept 09)

Money & Markets – Week of 9.06.09

Money & Markets – Week of 9.06.09

Business Lobby Urges Pension Freeze Reuters.uk (11 Sept 09) European Commission Sees Galloping UK Debt Crisis Telegraph.co.uk(10 Sept 09) As the Markets Climb on Top

Mortgage Markets – Week of 9.06.09

Mortgage Markets – Week of 9.06.09

CIC Looks to Pile Cash Into U.S. Real Estate The Wall Street Journal (09 Sept 09) Loan Losses Spark Concern Over FHA The Wall Street

Geopolitical – Week of 9.06.09

Geopolitical – Week of 9.06.09

Obama’s Big Political Gamble The Wall Street Journal (10 Sept 09) Curry Power Wins The Day Straits Times (09 Sept 09) Bigger and Badder Than

Technology – Week of 9.06.09

Technology – Week of 9.06.09

Report: Microsoft Rivals Near Linux Patent Deal Business Journal (08 Sept 09) Hartford Courant Competitors Seethe Over Web Site ABC News (04 sept 09)

Life – Week of 9.06.09

Life – Week of 9.06.09

Children Face Cycling Bans Over Schools’ Safety Concerns Guardian.co.uk (08 Sept 09) Beer Better Option Than Pesticide to Kill Rats Top News.in (03 June 09)

Food & Health – Week of 9.06.09

Food & Health – Week of 9.06.09

US Families Turn to Food Stamps as Wages Drop Financial Times (10 Sept 09) [Must subscribe to read full article.] Global Starvation Imminent as US

Money & Markets – Week of 8.30.09

Money & Markets – Week of 8.30.09

Lehman Downfall Triggered by Mix-up Between London And Washington Guardian.co.uk (03 Sept 09) Bailout Propaganda Begins True/Slant (01 Sept 09) Washington vs. Silicon Valley The

Precious Metals – Week of 8.30.09

Precious Metals – Week of 8.30.09

China Pushes Silver And Gold Investment to The Masses Mineweb (03 Sept 09) Massive Institutional Gold Market Change Run To Gold.com (Sept 09)