Archive for January 15th, 2011

TheIntelHub.com January 14, 2011 Editors Note: We have been covering rising food prices extensively for the last two months and it seems the mainstream is catching on. Food inflation and possible food riots are very real. In fact, we are already seeing food riots in the third world. Mountain House Foods is reportedly running... »

by Jim Quinn ZeroHedge.com 01/15/2011 “Today, the government decides and they misdirect the investment to their friends in the corn industry or the food industry. Think how many taxpayer dollars have been spent on corn , and there’s nobody now really defending that as an efficient way to create diesel fuel or ethanol.... »

The Deadly Sun AntiOligarch.com Often we think of the deadly nature with the sun as one of fire and heat but the opposite can be true as well. If the sun doesn’t produce enough heat we on earth can can freeze – there is massive evidence of this in our geological record. Also think... »

Planet X ChoicesForLiving.com Dear friends, Like me, you may have heard about Planet X in the past and didn’t know what to think. I have read several Web sites on the subject and still did not know what to think about this seemingly bizarre claim. In his February Last Call Gospel Ministry newsletter, Pastor... »

Henry Blodget BusinessInsider.com Jan. 15, 2011 Well, it’s official. The stock market has now gotten so far ahead of itself that we’re set up for another decade of crappy returns. How can we tell? Because the best predictor of long-term stock returns (emphasis on long-term) is the valuation of stocks at the beginning of... »

By Nate Anderson Ars Technica Wired.com January 14, 2011 Even yesterday, it would have been too much to say that blogger, tweeters, Facebook users, Anonymous and Wikileaks had “brought down” the Tunisian government, but with today’s news that the country’s president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali has fled the country, it becomes a more... »

WashingtonsBlog.com Friday, January 14, 2011 The stated purpose of quantitative easing was to drive down interest rates on U.S. treasury bonds. But as U.S. News and World Reported noted last month: By now, you’ve probably heard that the Fed is purchasing $600 billion in treasuries in hopes that it will push interest rates even... »

BeforeItsNews.com Saturday, January 15, 2011 Following the tragedy in Tucson, the leftist media has been pushing the meme that “toxic rhetoric” in politics needs to be toned down. I (dis)respectfully disagree. Conservatives will not be silenced by radicals who would love nothing more than for opposition to be muzzled to allow the Left to... »

By Dahr Jamail IPSNews.com Jan 14, 2011 In an emotionally charged meeting this week sponsored by the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, fishermen, Gulf residents and community leaders vented their increasingly grave concerns about the widespread health issues brought on by the three-month-long disaster. “Today I’m talking to you about... »

By Anthony Gregory Independent.org Whenever someone commits a particularly shocking crime with firearms—especially a horrific mass murder—there are calls for gun control. The reasoning seems to be that a law prohibiting the ownership or carrying of certain weapons will prevent or reduce the number of such atrocities. Although most other laws targeting ownership of... »