Paul Krugman shamefully attacks Alan Greenspan | Communities Digital News

IN MY VIEW GREENSPAN WHO GOT US INTO THE FINANCIAL MESS AMERICA IMPOSED ON THE REST OF THE WORLD IS AN IDIOT ECONOMIST OF A VERY OLD SCHOOL WHO DOES NOT UNDERSTAND THE SLIGHTEST ABOUT BANKING .... AND IS MISGUIDED ON THE ROLE CONSERVATIVE ECONOMICS FROM CHICAGO ... 

WASHINGTON, May 17, 2015 − At any given time, economists often find it difficult to reach a complete consensus on the proper economic policy to implement. Most of this lack of agreement is based on differences about key assumptions, such as what the role of government should be in influencing economic activity.

As a general practice, economists usually debate such issues in a healthy manner. But sometimes, economists like Paul Krugman shamefully attack a colleague instead.

Alan Greenspan served as Chairman of the Federal Reserve from 1987 to 2006. During those years, he successfully guided U.S. monetary policy, which, during his term, was able to minimize the effects of the 1991 and 2001 recessions.

During his tenure, Greenspan managed to keep inflation under 3 percent, while maintaining relatively low unemployment levels, even during the recession years. Today, most Americans think he did a good job. Except Paul Krugman, who strongly disagrees.

http://www.commdiginews.com/featured/paul-krugman-shamefully-attacks-alan-greenspan-41712/

IMF Attempts to Hide True Cost of Renewables by Claiming Fossil Fuels Receive Large Subsidies - Breitbart

NOW FOR THE REAL SHYTE RESPONSE FROM THOSE FOSSIL FUEL PRODUCERS WHO WOULD RATHER NOT BE IN THE PUBLIC EYE FOR STEALTH ROBBERY via POLLUTION RUN AWAYS ...

Fossil fuel companies are benefiting from a global subsidy of £3.4 trillion a year, the International Monetary Fund has declared. The figure dwarfs that of government handouts for renewable energies, which amount to £77 billion a year. But closer inspection reveals the fossil fuel related sum not to be a subsidy, as it amounts to nothing more than the alleged costs to governments of dealing with fossil fuel pollution.

http://www.breitbart.com/london/2015/05/18/imf-attempts-to-hide-true-cost-of-renewables-by-claiming-fossil-fuels-receive-large-subsidies/

Global energy subsidies fuel climate change, says IMF study - FT.com

The $5.3tn "true cost" of government energy subsidies that the IMF team arrived at is equivalent to 6.5 per cent of global economic output. It is also more than twice the $1.9tn cost calculated by IMF researchers just two years ago. At the time the fund itself called that estimate "staggering".

Almost the entire difference between the old and the new estimate is based on a radical re-accounting of what the study says are the real environmental costs of energy subsidies. It also amounts to a significant shake-up of the argument the IMF and others have made against the energy subsidies that have eaten up huge portions of government budgets in emerging economies such as India and Indonesia.

http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/7c6512a6-fd27-11e4-b072-00144feabdc0.html#axzz3aWyZIrGl

Test Driving Porsche Panamera Plugin Hybrid Electric Car | Seth Leitman

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/seth-leitman/test-driving-2015-porsche_b_6957302.html

New Putin Invasion Coming This Summer - The Daily Beast

The war in Ukraine may have faded largely from international headlines, but Vladimir Putin's drip-drip invasion continues. In the last two weeks, forensic evidence, some of which has been reported by monitor organizations and senior Western diplomats, the rest corroborated by eyewitness photography and video, only confirms what the U.S. fears most: A summer offensive is inevitable.

On May 5, the Ukrainian government released new data which says that they have lost 28 towns to Russian-backed separatists since February 18. That was the day the strategic town of Debaltsevo, which guarded a key highway to separatist-controlled regions, slipped from Ukraine's control. The map of separatist territory is as alarming as it is illustrative, especially when it is combined with the daily reports of ceasefire violations and fighting coming out of both the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and Kiev.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/05/17/new-putin-invasion-coming-this-summer.html

Kevin O'Leary's greatest business lesson - Business Insider

http://www.businessinsider.com/kevin-olearys-greatest-business-lesson-shark-tank-2015-5

CoffeeParty.ca — Wake Up Your Government! | Democracy Watch

Heh!

Don asked me whether there was a Canadian coffee party. Is he after coffee?

Arthur

http://democracywatch.ca/coffeeparty/

Scientists Want Urgent UN Action Against Radiation Danger from Mobile Phones and Digital Devices : News : Yibada

WHERE THERE IS SMOKE THERE IS ALSO FIRE.. EVIDENCE OF HUMAN RISKS IS MOUNTING AND CONCERN GROWING DAILY ...CANCER IS ALWAYS THE HIT, BUT NOW AGING, EYESIGHT, HEARING, REPRODUCTION, BROAD SPECTRUM STRESS, BRAIN DAMAGE, MEMORY .... 

CHARGED YOUR CELL PHONE WIRELESSLY? You may have charged more than you think ... 

In their "International EMF Scientist Appeal", 119 scientists asked the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations to adopt more protective exposure guidelines for EMFs and wireless technology in the face of increasing evidence of risk.

It asks the Secretary General and UN affiliated bodies "to encourage precautionary measures; to limit EMF exposures and to educate the public about health risks, particularly to children and pregnant women".

Of special concern to these scientists is the EMF and wireless radiation danger posed by mobile phones, tablets and laptops.

EMF is a type of radiation that takes the form of waves. Strong, artificial EMFs can enter a person's body and interfere with biological processes regulated by bioelectrical signals. EMFs can skew sleep cycles; increase stress levels and might even affect a person's DNA.

The scientists made the appeal after filing over 2,000 peer-reviewed scientific papers on the biological and health effects of non-ionizing radiation on human bodies. They said EMF emissions constitute a widespread threat to human health and has also become a significant environmental pollutant worldwide.

http://en.yibada.com/articles/33305/20150517/experts-warn-rising-wireless-radiation-danger-mobile-phones-digital-devices.htm

PLOS ONE: Extension of Drosophila Lifespan by Rhodiola rosea through a Mechanism Independent from Dietary Restriction

The root extract of Rhodiola rosea, also known as the golden root, has been widely used in traditional and integrative medical practices in Europe and Asia, where it has been purported to mediate a variety of beneficial effects in humans, such as improved mood, improved physical and mental stamina, and enhanced protection against high altitude sickness [1]. The extract has also been reported to protect against tumor progression in mice, improve endurance in rats, improve blood glucose profiles in diabetic mice, and protect snail eggs against oxidative stress, heat, and heavy metals [2]–[5]. Our group has previously reported that R. rosea can extend the lifespan of the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, protect flies and human cultured cells against oxidative stress, and decrease the production of reactive oxygen species in isolated fly mitochondria [6]–[8]. In addition to the fly, the extract has also been shown to extend lifespan in the worm, Caenorhabditis elegans [9], and in the yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae[10]. These observations demonstrate that R. rosea lifespan-extending properties are not limited to the fly, and suggest that it may be a viable treatment to slow aging and abrogate age-related diseases in a range of species, potentially including humans.

http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0063886

Fossil fuels subsidised by $10m every minute, says IMF | Environment | The Guardian

THE NUMBERS ARE PRETTY STAGGERING .... 

Fossil fuel companies are benefitting from global subsidies of $5.3tn (£3.4tn) a year, equivalent to $10m every minute of every day, according to a startling new estimate by the International Monetary Fund. 

The IMF calls the revelation "shocking" and says the figure is an "extremely robust" estimate of the true cost of fossil fuels. The $5.3tn subsidy estimated for 2015 is greater than the total health spending of all the world's governments.

The vast sum is largely due to polluters not paying the costs imposed on governments by the burning of coal, oil and gas. These include the harm caused to local populations by air pollution as well as to people across the globe affected by the floods, droughts and storms being driven by climate change.

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/may/18/fossil-fuel-companies-getting-10m-a-minute-in-subsidies-says-imf

Will the Biggest Cruise Ship Ever Built Change Cruising Forever? (45 Pictures)

http://www.placesyoullsee.com/45-stunning-photos-from-the-largest-cruise-ship-ever/?utm_source=Taboola&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=nationalreview&utm_campaign=Taboola-allure-of-the-seas-T

France, Standing Up to Russia | National Review Online

"What's the big deal about helicopter carriers?" you might wonder. After all, Russia already has two real aircraft carriers, and a third under construction. The answer may appear in a wiki-leaked assessment of Russia's Baltic fleet written by an intelligence company called Stratfor. Like Ukraine, each of the three Baltic countries — Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia — has a large ethnic-Russian population. NATO, and any number of geopoliticos in the U.S. and Europe, believe that after East Ukraine joins Crimea and northern Georgia in Russia's new empire, Putin plans a pivot to the Baltics. Last September, Russia held an enormous war game along the Latvian and Lithuanian borders. About the same time, Russian spies crossed into Estonia, kidnapped an Estonian intelligence officer, and tossed him in prison. (Where he remains. Free Eston Kohver!)

Read more at: http://www.nationalreview.com/article/418470/france-standing-russia-josh-gelernter

http://www.nationalreview.com/article/418470/france-standing-russia-josh-gelernter

Spanish researchers are developing bladeless wind turbines - ScienceAlert

http://www.sciencealert.com/spanish-researchers-are-developing-bladeless-wind-turbines

Living with Alzheimer's: A harmonica for Ronnie - BBC News

Ronnie Seymour died earlier this year from Alzheimer's Disease. His son Mark, who documented his father's decline through photographs, describes how playing a harmonica gave a brief reminder of the man they were losing.

http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-32722654

7 Facts That Prove the Renewable Energy Revolution Has Arrived

The global transition to clean, renewable energy and away from nuclear and fossil fuels is well under way with remarkable developments happening every day. The Great Transition by Lester Brown, Janet Larsen, Matt Roney and Emily Adams of Earth Policy Institute lays out a tremendous range of these developments. Here are seven that may surprise you:

http://ecowatch.com/2015/05/17/renewable-energy-revolution/