British Columbia Man Faces Six Months in Jail for Growing Food : TreeHugger

When the upholding of an outdated or irrational bylaw makes the community behave like an ass! Or worse!

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2011/07/bc-man-faces-six-months-in-jail-for-growing-food.php?campaign=daily_nl

Finger Length Linked to Penis Size | Digit Ratio & Penis Length | Prenatal Testosterone | LiveScience

Amen!

http://www.livescience.com/14891-finger-length-ratio-penis-size.html

Murdoch biographer says hacking scandal could take down key executives - CSMonitor.com

These are the snakes of one's career!

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Backchannels/2011/0712/Murdoch-biographer-says-hacking-scandal-could-take-down-key-executives?cmpid=ema:nws:World%20Daily%2007132011&cmpid=ema:nws:Njk0MDY0Nzg4NwS2

Republican bill to ban energy-saving lightbulbs fades | Environment | guardian.co.uk

Boo hoo!

I am neither Republican or Democrat just an observer. But, Republican credibility is a great as who they propose Americans to vote for and the ludicrousness of their latest thinking on serious environmental and economic issues! They do need help of the fundamental form.

We can all wonder at the mad hatters that put together Republican environmental policy which is full of stupid ideas, YES! stupid stupid stupid stupid ideas! Stupid people producing stupid ideas!!!

What creepy crawly hole does the minimum brain of these ideas come from. They are so damaging to the Republican cause as to create wonder and amazement that people could be so blind to the obvious needs of the sensitive people and fragile world they live it.

Well, let's just light up a cigarette and vote Republican! Maybe American will become a one party nation if the stupidity of the policy makers at the Republican headquarters continues unabated.

Obama is a shoe in!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/jul/13/energy-saving-light-bulbs-ban-republican-bill-fails

Al Gore returns with new climate campaign | Environment | guardian.co.uk

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/jul/12/al-gore-climate-change

A race for land is destroying the Guatemalan rainforest | Environment | Guardian Weekly

And, why?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/jul/12/guatemala-rainforest-deforestation-farming-foucart?&CMP=EMCENVEML1631

Will Americans ‘do the right thing’ on debt? - The Globe and Mail

Whew!

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/jeffrey-simpson/will-americans-do-the-right-thing-on-debt/article2093965/

In Libya's west, rebels rise amid rights concerns, growing pride - CSMonitor.com

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2011/0713/In-Libya-s-west-rebels-rise-amid-rights-concerns-growing-pride

Pacific Ocean trash patch mystery: How many fish eat plastic? - CSMonitor.com

If you yourself eat fish, then be concerned!

http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2011/0706/Pacific-Ocean-trash-patch-mystery-How-many-fish-eat-plastic

Identity theft: five simple ways to protect yourself - Make better passwords - CSMonitor.com

http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/2010/1129/Identity-theft-five-simple-ways-to-protect-yourself/Make-better-passwords

Will Murdoch’s Woes Cross the Atlantic? | Swampland

Why ever not?

http://swampland.time.com/2011/07/11/will-murdoch%E2%80%99s-woes-cross-the-atlantic/

Is This the Beginning of the End of the House of Murdoch? - TIME

Murdochs! Do you think they are financially and technically fit, but perhaps ethically and criminally suspect?

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2082885,00.html

Study: Contact Allergies to Metals and Chemicals May Be Linked With Protection Against Some Cancers - - TIME Healthland

Interesting!

http://healthland.time.com/2011/07/12/the-curious-link-between-allergies-and-cancer/?xid=healthland-daily

Debt ceiling: With irresponsibility comes power | The Economist

Cut taxes as Bush did and raise debt when the tax cutting fails to raise taxes? The republican fiscal policy makes no mathematical sense. Have the Republicans lost their spreadsheet or are their algorithms flawed. Seems like grade two math that the Republicans failed to master!

http://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2011/07/debt-ceiling

A security breach at Booz Allen Hamilton: Hackers strike at a foe | The Economist

Who is worse Booz Allen or the hackers? Many find that Booz Allen has lost it's moral compass! If it ever had one?

http://www.economist.com/blogs/schumpeter/2011/07/security-breach-booz-allen-hamilton?fsrc=nwl

Borders on Brink of Liquidation - WSJ.com

Not enough good coffee!

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303406104576444363892095874.html?mod=djemalertDEALS

Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Italian Yields Hit 9-Year High, Spreads Record High vs. Germany; Italy's Finance Minister in Rent Scandal

Save Italy?

http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2011/07/italian-yields-hit-9-year-high-spreads.html

Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Sheer Panic; EU Revives Default, Buyback Ideas; New Strategy Coming "Shortly", No Timeline Set; Here's a clue: They are Clueless

Germany's attitude to debt forgiveness is interesting given what happened in the 1920's! At that time France refused to forgive Germany's debt, and look at the consequences!

Would Greece, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Ireland ever become fascist states outside the EU? Unthinkable or likely?

No our best bet is massive default, a few really big bank failures, and countries paying their way afterwards?!

How long can the IMF now keep the illusion going that people will tolerate unreasonable transfers of wealth to unscrupulous banks. It is not thinkable as a sustainable international monetary policy.

Banks need to shrink, the big implode happen and shareholders in banks take a massive loss for their sins!

Big bangs have to have big implosions or have we forgotten the cyclical physics!

http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2011/07/sheer-panic-eu-revives-default-buyback.html

Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: University of California Economist Bradford DeLong is Blind: "I Don’t See Any Argument Against QE3"

US monetary policy has not got a good reputation. We must all ask why there is so much crap in the monetary policy?

http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2011/07/university-of-california-economist.html

Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Moody's Cuts Ireland to Junk, Retains Negative Outlook; Ireland Should Be Thankful

What if countries default?

http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2011/07/moodys-cuts-ireland-to-junk-retains.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+MishsGlobalEconomicTrendAnalysis+%28Mish%27s+Global+Economic+Trend+Analysis%29

Ireland Cut to Junk by Moody’s as EU Seeks to Contain Crisis - Bloomberg

Does anyone really care?

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-07-12/ireland-is-third-euro-area-country-cut-to-junk-joining-greece-portugal.html

Cyclebabble - James Randerson & Peter Walker | Guardian bookshop

A good book for cycling enthusiasts!

http://www.guardianbookshop.co.uk/BerteShopWeb/viewProduct.do?ISBN=9780852652305

Four in 10 Britons will get cancer | World news | guardian.co.uk

What a horrific figure!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jul/14/four-in-ten-britons-cancer

US politicians demand phone-hacking investigation after 9/11 claims | World news | The Guardian

Wonder if key executives phones were hacked. What about insider insider insider insider trading by hacking phones of key business people or politicians. Who knows or knew what? Are any cell phones safe? Should we not all get more security?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jul/13/us-senators-phone-hacking-inquiry?intcmp=239

Rupert Murdoch gives up BSkyB takeover bid | Media | The Guardian

We don't like his tactics!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/jul/13/rupert-murdoch-gives-up-bskyb-bid?CMP=EMCGT_140711

Bill Gross: Google+ Will Get 100 Million Users Faster Than Any Service In History

And, you won't join because that would mean you have no control!

http://www.businessinsider.com/bill-gross-google-will-get-100-million-users-2011-7

The FBI Has A Whopping 97 Fund Managers On Wiretap

More crooked people!

http://www.businessinsider.com/hedge-fund-managers-if-you-were-a-client-of-primary-global-the-fbi-probably-recorded-your-phone-calls-2011-7?utm_source=Triggermail&utm_medium=email&utm_term=Clusterstock%20Select&utm_campaign=Clusterstock_Select_071411

Journalists’ tears replaced by anger - FT.com

We will obviously see this play out in the future press as wickedness spawns more wickedness! Murdoch is doomed to pay a very high price for such infamy along with those who knew what low hand and illegal tricks were being played on an unsuspecting public!

http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/26c8ca90-a8d5-11e0-b877-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1S4qWThFb

The Murdoch empire at bay: Digger in a hole - FT.com

It is a puzzle!

But, having heard and read reams of stuff about how immoral News of the World had become, I see hypocrisy throughout.

I put it down to the post Solviet period or post cold war period in which people let their standards drop. It was a period similar to that after the First World War.

Be warned that such letting down of the social fabric of society results in ..... Worse!

http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/cc8759f4-a99a-11e0-a04a-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1S4qWThFb

J.K. Rowling is just fabulous

I can't believe my autocorrection would change JK Rowling's name! It was not to Harry! JKR has revolutionized the reading world and set in motion the technologies and laws to the many freedoms we authors need to protect.

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4b145788-a98f-11e0-a04a-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1S4qWThFb