Behind the Wheel

Behind the Wheel

By Lars Schall Hardly another serious plague to society is associated with more hypocrisy and erroneous assumptions than the drug business. So Lars Schall talked

Daily Bread Is a Local Call Away

Daily Bread Is a Local Call Away

By Marian Burros The 250 farmers, bakers, millers, scientists and just plain eaters, all of them fanatics about the kind of bread that is so

Is the Real Unemployment Rate 16.5%, 22%, or. . .?

Is the Real Unemployment Rate 16.5%, 22%, or. . .?

By Pallavi Gogoi Raghavan Mayur, president at TechnoMetrica Market Intelligence, follows unemployment data closely. So, when his survey for May revealed that 28% of the

Fears of Regime Change in New York

Fears of Regime Change in New York

From Naked Capitalism Normally, I don’t report on anecdotes from my immediate circle, but a set of conversations in less than a 24 hour period

Quote du Jour

Quote du Jour

‘I thought I’d hit the jackpot.’” James Baldwin, responding to a television interviewer who asked him to describe the challenges he faced starting his career

Money & Markets – Week of  8.29.10

Money & Markets – Week of 8.29.10

BP Says Limits on Drilling Imperil Spill Payouts The New York Times (2 Sept 10) Employers Sharply Raise Workers’ Share of Health Costs The Wall

Money & Markets – Week of  8.29.10

Money & Markets – Week of 8.29.10

BP Says Limits on Drilling Imperil Spill Payouts The New York Times (2 Sept 10) Employers Sharply Raise Workers’ Share of Health Costs The Wall

Precious Metals – Week of 8.29.10

Precious Metals – Week of 8.29.10

China Central Bank Researcher Suspects ‘Intensive Gold Sales’ by U.S. GATA (31 Aug 10) IMF Sells 16.85 Tons, Russia Buys 16.2 Tons in July GATA

Geopolitical – Week of 8.29.10

Geopolitical – Week of 8.29.10

Mozambique Riots Toll Seven Killed, 288 Hurt: Govt Yahoo News (2 Sept 10) Bundesbank Asks German President to Dismiss Sarrazin Bloomberg Businessweek (2 Sept 10)

Food & Health – Week of 8.29.10

Food & Health – Week of 8.29.10

National Gleaning Day! Marin Organic Gary Oppenheimer Connects American Gardeners Who Have Extra Produce to Local Food Pantries in Need CNN.com (2 Sept 10) Permaculture

Food & Health – Week of 8.29.10

Food & Health – Week of 8.29.10

National Gleaning Day! Marin Organic Gary Oppenheimer Connects American Gardeners Who Have Extra Produce to Local Food Pantries in Need CNN.com (2 Sept 10) Permaculture

Life – Week of 8.29.10

Life – Week of 8.29.10

How Panhandlers Use Free Credit Cards The Star (28 Aug 10) Amazon River Level in Peru at 40-year Low BBC News (2 Sept 10) Hurricane

Science & Technology – Week of  8.29.10

Science & Technology – Week of 8.29.10

NASA Plans to Visit the Sun Mashable/Tech (3 Sept 10) Is the Sun Emitting a Mystery Particle? Discovery News (25 Aug 10) How Cadavers Made

Science & Technology – Week of  8.29.10

Science & Technology – Week of 8.29.10

NASA Plans to Visit the Sun Mashable/Tech (3 Sept 10) Is the Sun Emitting a Mystery Particle? Discovery News (25 Aug 10) How Cadavers Made

Ruling Gives Towns Power Over Drillers

Ruling Gives Towns Power Over Drillers

By Elizabeth Skrapits Would local officials be powerless to stop a natural gas company from drilling a natural gas well in the middle of a

Money & Markets Charts ~ 8.26.10

Money & Markets Charts ~ 8.26.10

View this week’s chart comparisons of gold against fiat currencies, oil and the Dow. Stay tuned for our next Money & Markets segment of The

Money & Markets Charts ~ 8.26.10

Money & Markets Charts ~ 8.26.10

View this week’s chart comparisons of gold against fiat currencies, oil and the Dow. Stay tuned for our next Money & Markets segment of The

Swine Flu Review

Swine Flu Review

The Case for Reforming U.S. Emergency Health Laws INTRODUCTION I. The 2009-2010 swine flu pandemic is officially over, but many serious risks remain–not so much

Catherine on Food Freedom

Catherine on Food Freedom

The Alex Jones Show August 24, 2010 YouTube Continue viewing Part 2 and 3: Catherine Austin Fitts: We Must be Self-Sufficient 2/3 Catherine Austin Fitts:

Stefan Molyneux w/Max

Stefan Molyneux w/Max

YouTube On the Edge with Stefan Molyneux (2/3) On the Edge with Stefan Molyneux (3/3)

Directed Energy Weapons in Use in Prison

Directed Energy Weapons in Use in Prison

Participatory journalism taken to the extreme. The reporters standing in front of me in line shouted in agony and crumpled in pain as the laser

Actual Troop Levels

Actual Troop Levels

Based on the best figures we can find, here is a chart of the actual troop levels in Iraq and Afghanistan. Non-mercenary troop levels in

ShoreBank (Chicago) Closed By FDIC

ShoreBank (Chicago) Closed By FDIC

By James Sterngold ShoreBank Corp., the unprofitable Chicago lender operating under a Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. cease-and-desist order for 13 months, will be shut by

Dirt! The Movie

Dirt! The Movie

YouTube Dirt! The Movie was inspired by William Bryant Logan’s book DIRT: The Ecstatic Skin of the Earth. It connects our deepest positive multi-denominational religious

Money & Markets – Week of 8.22.10

Money & Markets – Week of 8.22.10

Banks Back Switch to China’s Renminbi For Trade GATA (26 Aug 10) Fresh Flight to Swiss Franc as Europe’s Bond Strains Return Telegraph.co.uk (25 Aug

Money & Markets – Week of 8.22.10

Money & Markets – Week of 8.22.10

Banks Back Switch to China’s Renminbi For Trade GATA (26 Aug 10) Fresh Flight to Swiss Franc as Europe’s Bond Strains Return Telegraph.co.uk (25 Aug

Precious Metals – Week of 8.22.10

Precious Metals – Week of 8.22.10

Eureka Moment For Stubborn Yukon Prospector Who Wouldn’t Give Up GATA (16 Aug 10) The Ethics of Gold Alrroya (24 Aug 10) Rethinking Gold: What

Geopolitical – Week of 8.22.10

Geopolitical – Week of 8.22.10

Learn more—Take Action—Sign the Petition—- MoveOn.org (15 Aug 10) US Ready To Deploy Ray Gun Brasscheck TV (28 Feb 08) Germany May Prevent Employer Facebook

Food & Health – Week of 8.22.10

Food & Health – Week of 8.22.10

Government Okays Untested Vaccine for Pregnant Women The Huffington Post (25 Aug 10) Continue to Oppose Food Safety Legislation jbs.org (25 Aug 10) YouTube Living

Food & Health – Week of 8.22.10

Food & Health – Week of 8.22.10

Government Okays Untested Vaccine for Pregnant Women The Huffington Post (25 Aug 10) Continue to Oppose Food Safety Legislation jbs.org (25 Aug 10) YouTube Living

Life – Week of 8.22.10

Life – Week of 8.22.10

Chilean Miners Told They May be Trapped Until Christmas Guardian.co.uk (26 Aug 10) Slideshow: Virtual National Park Tour The Weather Channel

Science & Technology – Week of  8.22.10

Science & Technology – Week of 8.22.10

New Microbe Discovered Eating Oil Spill in Gulf Yahoo News (25 Aug 10) MIT Unveils Swimming, Oil-cleaning Robots CNN Tech (26 Aug 10) Web Scam

Science & Technology – Week of  8.22.10

Science & Technology – Week of 8.22.10

New Microbe Discovered Eating Oil Spill in Gulf Yahoo News (25 Aug 10) MIT Unveils Swimming, Oil-cleaning Robots CNN Tech (26 Aug 10) Web Scam

Retirement Fund Withdrawals Rise in Downturn

Retirement Fund Withdrawals Rise in Downturn

* Fidelity exec: Savers tap funds to avoid foreclosure * Record levels of hardship withdrawals, loans * 401(k) balances slipped in Q2 as stock market

Resource Demand Spurs M&A Deal Surge

Resource Demand Spurs M&A Deal Surge

By Javier Blas and William MacNamara The rise of China and India has sparked a renewed surge in aggressive dealmaking in the resources sector, with

Resource Demand Spurs M&A Deal Surge

Resource Demand Spurs M&A Deal Surge

By Javier Blas and William MacNamara The rise of China and India has sparked a renewed surge in aggressive dealmaking in the resources sector, with

Soros Slashes US Equities

Soros Slashes US Equities

George Soros has slashed the amount of money he is willing to gamble on the fortunes of the US stock market in the second quarter

Money & Markets Charts ~ 8.19.10

Money & Markets Charts ~ 8.19.10

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Money & Markets Charts ~ 8.19.10

Money & Markets Charts ~ 8.19.10

View this week’s chart comparisons of gold against fiat currencies, oil and the Dow. Stay tuned for our next Money & Markets segment of The

The Art of War

The Art of War

by Catherine Austin Fitts This Thursday, I will be speaking with Dr. Victor H. Mair, Professor of Chinese Language and Literature at the University of

U.S. Ends Combat Operations in Iraq

U.S. Ends Combat Operations in Iraq

Near the Iraq-Kuwait border — The last U.S. combat troops were crossing the border into Kuwait on Thursday morning, bringing to a close the active

The Safest Cities For Children

The Safest Cities For Children

Research By: Lisa Lombardi Some places are just too dangerous for children: crocodile ponds, stores that sell barbed wire, Jacksonville. . . . Okay, the

Financing Farming in the U.S.

Financing Farming in the U.S.

Financing Farming in The U.S.(PDF) INTRODUCTION A member of our network asked me to read and comment on a new study, “Financing Farming in the

The Sanders Family Most Bodacious Hoedown 2010

The Sanders Family Most Bodacious Hoedown 2010

4 September a.d. 2010, 1:00 p.m. till 10:00 p.m. Watercress Farm (Top of the World Farm) 842 Waterloo Road, Westpoint, Tennessee 38486 (between Lawrenceburg &

Confidence in US News is Rare

Confidence in US News is Rare

No more than 25% say they have a “great deal” or “quite a lot” of confidence in either By Lymari Morales Americans continue to express

From Ed Steer’s Gold & Silver Daily

From Ed Steer’s Gold & Silver Daily

Here’s what John [Williams of Shadowstats.com] has to say about both the gold and silver price… Despite the June 28th historic high gold price of

From Ed Steer's Gold & Silver Daily

From Ed Steer's Gold & Silver Daily

Here’s what John [Williams of Shadowstats.com] has to say about both the gold and silver price… Despite the June 28th historic high gold price of

Prayer Actually Heals

Prayer Actually Heals

Prayer heals when it’s close-up and personal, and there’s a study to prove it. It’s not just any kind of prayer, but “proximal intercessory prayer,”

65% of Voters Are Angry About Federal Policies

65% of Voters Are Angry About Federal Policies

With midterm elections less than three months away, nearly two-out-of-three U.S. voters (65%) remain at least somewhat angry at the current policies of the federal

Quote du Jour

Quote du Jour

“Everyone has a plan until he gets punched in the face.” ~ Mike Tyson Thanks to Simon Black ( Sovereign Man) for pointing this one

Peter Phillips on US Media

Peter Phillips on US Media

YouTube Related reading: ?Breakfast with Peter Phillips- Media Gate-keeper Constipation & the Solution to the Power Elite? YouTube Video ?Breakfast with Peter Phillips- The US

Money & Markets – Week of  8.15.10

Money & Markets – Week of 8.15.10

Short Sellers Are Cutting States’ Borrowing Costs: Joe Mysak Bloomberg (19 Aug 10) New Jersey Case Puts U.S. Muni Issuers on Alert Reuters (19 Aug

Money & Markets – Week of  8.15.10

Money & Markets – Week of 8.15.10

Short Sellers Are Cutting States’ Borrowing Costs: Joe Mysak Bloomberg (19 Aug 10) New Jersey Case Puts U.S. Muni Issuers on Alert Reuters (19 Aug

Precious Metals – Week of 8.15.10

Precious Metals – Week of 8.15.10

Why Can’t Those Nepalese Women Settle For a Nice ETF? GATA (20 Aug 10) Hinde Capital Report: Silver Velocity — The Coming Bullet GATA (19

Housing & Mortgage Markets – Week of 8.15.10

Housing & Mortgage Markets – Week of 8.15.10

Homeowners’ Rebellion: Recent Rulings Could Shield 62 Million Homes From Foreclosure Truthout (19 Aug 10) Banks Face Fight Over Mortgage-Loan Buybacks The Wall Street Journal

Housing & Mortgage Markets – Week of 8.15.10

Housing & Mortgage Markets – Week of 8.15.10

Homeowners’ Rebellion: Recent Rulings Could Shield 62 Million Homes From Foreclosure Truthout (19 Aug 10) Banks Face Fight Over Mortgage-Loan Buybacks The Wall Street Journal

Geopolitical – Week of 8.15.10

Geopolitical – Week of 8.15.10

Why WikiLeaks Must Be Protected Antiar.com (19 Aug 10) U.S. Silently Tortures Americans with Cell Tower Microwaves Now Public (2 Dec 09) Israeli and Palestinian

Food & Health – Week of 8.15.10

Food & Health – Week of 8.15.10

Shocking School Drug And Gang Survey MyFox (19 Aug 10) The Fight Against Fracking Yes Magazine (13 Aug 10) Millions of Fish Dead in Bolivian

Food & Health – Week of 8.15.10

Food & Health – Week of 8.15.10

Shocking School Drug And Gang Survey MyFox (19 Aug 10) The Fight Against Fracking Yes Magazine (13 Aug 10) Millions of Fish Dead in Bolivian

Life – Week of 8.15.10

Life – Week of 8.15.10

Alaska Plane Crash a Painful Reminder For Families of Boggs and Begich The Washington Post (15 Aug 10) GardenPool.org EVACUATE NOW!: This is Not a

Science & Technology – Week of  8.15.10

Science & Technology – Week of 8.15.10

Youth Dies in Kota as Cellphone Explodes The Times Of India (18 Aug 10) India Gives Mobile Operator Deadline on BlackBerry Reuters (17 Aug 10)