Archive for August 14th, 2010

by Tyler Durden ZeroHedge.com Fooled by Stimulus, by Eric Sprott and David Franklin Despite our firm’s history of investing primarily in equities, we’ve spent much of this past year writing about the government debt market. We’ve chosen to focus on government debt because we fear its impact on the equity markets as a whole.... »

A Double-Dip Recession by Gary North LewRockwell.com Promoting a revamped Keynesian economic theory – one without any guarantee of job growth – is the equivalent of selling a lifetime subscription to a revamped Playboy: one without any photos. It’s a tough sell. Yet this is what Keynesians are facing today. This will be fun... »

by Scott Redler Minyanville.com Aug 13, 2010 Things were sure different when I was growing up. My parents taught me the value of a strong work ethic because that was how you got ahead in life. I shoveled snow off neighborhood driveways starting at age 10, and by the time I hit 13 I... »

by William Norman Grigg LewRockwell.com The most powerful patron of radical Islam is not Iran, Iraq, or Saudi Arabia. It is the government headquartered in Washington, D.C., which for more than a half-century has diligently cultivated Islamic terrorism. Yet millions of Americans are suffering what amounts to a collective loss of bladder control over... »

By Thomas R. Horn August 14, 2010 NewsWithViews.com [Authors note: While this series will deal especially and extensively with the connection between emerging technology and evil-supernaturalism, we wish to launch the expose in earnest over the next few entries with the basics of "Spiritual Warfare 101." The reason for this will become clearer as... »

FDA approves ella as 5-day-after emergency contraceptive By Rob Stein WashingtonPost.com Saturday, August 14, 2010 The Food and Drug Administration approved a controversial new form of emergency contraception Friday that can prevent a pregnancy as many as five days after sex. The decision to allow the sale of the pill, which will be marketed... »

Chip and pill: The hi-tech tablet that will text you when it’s time to take another dose By Jenny Hope DailyMailUK 14th August 2010 A ‘smart’ pill that texts patients’ mobile phones if they forget to take their medication is being tested in the UK. Around 40 volunteers are being recruited by NHS doctors... »

As fires wreck Russia’s harvests and poor countries brace for shortages, it’s boom time for Kansas farmers. By David Usborne IndependentUK Saturday, 14 August 2010 Wildfires, floods, crippling droughts, and even a threatened plague of locusts have wrecked crops and ruined harvests around the world, raising fears of global food inflation shortage and food... »

US outrage over public service cutbacks across America has found a rallying point in the death of 12-year-old Frank Marasco Andrew Clark Guardian.co.uk Friday 13 August 2010 Flanked by two silver balloons bearing the words “I love you‚” and a forlorn blue cuddly toy, the face of 12-year-old Frank Marasco smiles out from a... »

‘Hindenburg Omen’ foreshadows imminent FTSE crisis, warns BGC’s David Buik Will the stock market crash or will it soar to new highs? By Harry Wilson TelegraphUK 13 Aug 2010 Opinion was as polarised as ever on Friday, as one market commentator said shares could be riding for an imminent fall, only days after a... »