Friday, 9 August 2013

Michael Gerson: America’s bubble of complacency - The Washington Post

The hidden costs of monetary lack of discipline will destroy America financially!

Surge of investment in farming threatens £5trn catastrophe - Climate Change - Environment - The Independent

A second depression is gathering steam!

Wealthy foreign buyers boost London property bubble which 'could burst' (and one in 10 mortgages are now buy-to-let) | Mail Online

London is being destroyed financially by these programmes.  The government has lost direction more than Gordon Brown!

Mayan Frieze: Extraordinary Huge Stone Carving Found in Guatemala : Life&Culture : Latin Post

Shark Week Megalodon 'Documentary' Hoax Gets Discovery Channel Accused Of Trickery : Entertainment : Latin Post

Discovery Channel fiction?  The Discovery Channel should change its name to Fantasy Channel!

Now, I'm convinced not to watch the Discovery Channel because I hate people lying to me...

It's US dumbing down!

Oprah Winfrey 'was victim of racism' in Switzerland

People are mean when in debt!

The South Korean buses powered by an electric road

BBC News - Did Mark Carney guide Canada to growth?

BBC News - Mark Carney says forward guidance should boost economy

Canada loses 39,000 jobs in July; unemployment rate rises to 7.2% | CTV News

More difficult for youngsters trying to find summer jobs!

Samsung Confirms 24 Layers in 3D NAND | EE Times

Thursday, 8 August 2013

Construction versus bubble | Property | IABN

Not market economics, but a push forward of purchasing in order to help a failing construction sector?  What happens if it over done? More immigration! Cool!

Stephen Fry calls for ban on Winter Olympics in Russia over anti-gay laws | World news | The Guardian

Racism has no role in the Olympic movement. Fry is spot on in his condemnation!

Raghuram Rajan | The paranoid style in economics - Livemint

The US government keeping secrets secret | Other Opinions | FresnoBee.com

The problem is that secrecy is a symptom of addictive processes!  Could it be that secrecy about spying on citizens is the worse crime. Both betray a destructive intent without oversight.  

In reality, the public cannot see its way to condemn someone who reveals criminal activity of governments whether they are cloaked in justification or not. 

We see the secrecy of government as a sin in a world crying for honesty and openness. It is not enough to say the terrorists exist when the government is incapable of distinguishing honesty from lies because everyone is treated as a potential criminal.

PAUL KRUGMAN: GOP flees from reality of its bold talk | Other Opinions | FresnoBee.com

You will easily agree with Krugman on his many points about the GOP having lost touch with reality!

BlackBerry security could be key to their enterprise mobility resurgence

Publishers in E-Book Antitrust Case File Objection to DOJ's Proposed Punishment for Apple - Mac Rumors

Why support Russian intolerance either directly or indirectly?

The New Adventures of Stephen Fry » An Open Letter to David Cameron and the IOC

Kingdom come!

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