Sunday, 1 July 2012

Michigan landowner says e-mails prove alleged effort by energy firms to kill deals - The Washington Post

Criminal activity by energy interests? Prosecute!

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/michigan-landowner-says-e-mails-prove-alleged-effort-by-energy-firms-to-kill-deals/2012/06/29/gJQAzp2TEW_story.html
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Terence Corcoran: The F-35 of infrastructure | FP Comment | Financial Post

Very interesting discussion. When Canada builds a bridge to America it will be government owned rather than the existing privately owned bridge linking Canada and America.

Many people would be surprised that private concerns dominate such a key network stretch irregardless of whether it makes money!

If you comment in favour of government ownership of the new bridge be prepared to be called socialist or much worse, even of robbing Alberta of its money earned by selling tainted oil.

John Collinson appears to comment against any pro-government effort to build a new bridge.

If you live near Detroit, you will be aware of the immense amount of paid advertising against the building of a new bridge. It would seem that to engage in opening up a new artery into Detroit and Michigan would some how impoverish Detroit!

Take a moment to realize that there is already a bridge into Detroit that is privately owned. The picture then drops into place! Who gains if no new bridge is built. Dah! Could it be the existing owners of the existing bridge that is in private hands.

Perhaps, this is a case book example of why it is wrong for the future of key infrastructure protects to be decided by commercial interests. You don't have to be a socialist to realize that commerce as a whole can be held to ransome!

http://opinion.financialpost.com/2012/06/29/terence-corcoran-the-f-35-of-infrastructure/
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Saturday, 30 June 2012

Quebecers and Harper's 'Texas North'

You could say that Harper is an incomptent Prime Minister! And, you would be right!

http://www.ottawacitizen.com/opinion/Quebecers+Harper+Texas+North/6865430/story.html
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Murdoch rules out second Sky bid, blasts UK - Advanced Television | Advanced Television

Oh good!

http://advanced-television.com/index.php/2012/06/29/murdoch-rules-out-second-sky-bid-blasts-uk/
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Murdoch ... Can reluctant split save the news? - Advanced Television | Advanced Television

http://advanced-television.com/index.php/2012/06/29/can-reluctant-split-save-the-news/
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Shatner's pants fall down during TSA pat-down, but he's laughing - latimes.com

Whew!

http://www.latimes.com/travel/deals/la-trb-william-shatner-pants-20120629,0,749761.story?track=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+latimes%2Fmostviewed+%28L.A.+Times+-+Most+Viewed+Stories%29
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Sony completes EMI acquisition, creating largest music publisher - latimes.com

Wow!

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-et-ct-sony-completes-emi-acquisition-20120629,0,4104065.story?track=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+latimes%2Fmostviewed+%28L.A.+Times+-+Most+Viewed+Stories%29
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Rupert Murdoch says News Corp. split in two will unlock value - latimes.com

Ah! Well ....

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-ct-newscorp-20120629,0,4254015.story
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UK drafts in fraud squad as Libor fine hits Barclays | Reuters

The banks are too large and need to be broken up! New laws to regulate London are definitely needed! Banks are incompetent!

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/28/us-barclays-libor-idUSBRE85Q0J720120628
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Now The Banks Are Fiddling The Cornerstone Cost of Money - Forbes

Banks are the new organised crime and need to be dealt with accordingly.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/robertlenzner/2012/06/28/a-shocking-indictment-of-the-culture-of-banks/
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Gulf Daily News » World News » BARCLAYS MAY FACE CRIMINAL PROBE

And why not? Go for it. Put these criminals behind bars!

http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/NewsDetails.aspx?storyid=333116
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Barclays and 20 more banks, including HSBC, facing criminal inquiry over interest rate fix scandal | Mail Online

Concepts of free financial markets in economics textbooks are totally false and the emails prove it. Time to educate a new generation of economists on how markets actually work rather than prod on with outmoded ideas of liberalisation that just do not fit modern realities of market manipulation, commercial espionage and criminality.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2166242/Barclays-20-banks-including-HSBC-facing-criminal-inquiry-rate-fix-scandal.html
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Friday, 29 June 2012

CHART OF THE DAY: This Is Why Google Unveiled A Tablet Yesterday - Business Insider

http://www.businessinsider.com/chart-of-the-day-this-is-why-google-unveiled-a-tablet-yesterday-2012-6?nr_email_referer=1&utm_source=Triggermail&utm_medium=email&utm_term=SAI%20Chart%20Of%20The%20Day&utm_campaign=SAI_COTD_062912
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Mitt Romney rakes in $4.6 million just 24 hours after 'Obamacare' ruling - CSMonitor.com

Presidential candidate for sale .... What crap?

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Elections/President/2012/0629/Mitt-Romney-rakes-in-4.6-million-just-24-hours-after-Obamacare-ruling
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Germany forfeits to Spain and Italy, agreeing to loan directly to banks - CSMonitor.com

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2012/0629/Germany-forfeits-to-Spain-and-Italy-agreeing-to-loan-directly-to-banks?cmpid=ema:nws:Daily%20Custom%202%20(06292012)&cmpid=ema:nws:NzQ4MDU4NDEwMgS2
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symmetry breaking » Blog Archive » The unreasonable Tevatron: Calculating the economic impact of basic science

http://www.symmetrymagazine.org/breaking/2012/06/26/the-unreasonable-tevatron-calculating-the-economic-impact-of-basic-science/
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symmetry breaking » Blog Archive » What does it take to claim discovery of the Higgs?

http://www.symmetrymagazine.org/breaking/2012/06/29/what-does-it-take-to-claim-discovery-of-the-higgs/
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Crucial Syria Meeting in Geneva | UN Dispatch

http://www.undispatch.com/crucial-syria-meeting-geneva
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Carville: Romney's Hillary ad 'more clever than effective' - POLITICO.com

http://www.politico.com/blogs/burns-haberman/2012/06/carville-romneys-hillary-ad-more-clever-than-effective-127727.html
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The Hanging of the Lincoln Assassination Conspirators in Pictures

http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/news-hanging-conspirators-assassination-abraham-lincoln
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Crumbling Soviet Military Bases: A 20th Century Empire in Decay

http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/news-haunting-photographs-abandoned-soviet-military-bases-0?image=1
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PFI is the boondoggle to end them all - Telegraph

What do you know?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/9362658/PFI-is-the-boondoggle-to-end-them-all.html
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Euro Zone Sees Single Bank Supervisor - WSJ.com

Maybe teach morals at the same time!

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304830704577494693764255190.html?mod=djemITPE_h
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New lithium ion battery strategy offers more energy, longer life cycle

The sirt of inventio that drives energy saving forward!

http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=25747.php
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Petronas to Buy Progress Energy Resources for $5.35 Billion - NYTimes.com

Malaysian entity buying into Canada's gas industry....why? Or, why not? How?

http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2012/06/28/petronas-to-buy-progress-energy-resources-for-5-35-billion/
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Harper failing Toronto with gun control stance: NDP | CP24

Its an American thing! Harper is a copy cat of everything American .... Or?

http://www.cp24.com/news/harper-failing-toronto-with-gun-control-stance-ndp-1.858021
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Nowhere to go but down | Columnists | Opinion | Toronto Sun

Quebec is the wildcard!

http://www.torontosun.com/2012/06/28/nowhere-to-go-but-down
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Obama wins big on health-care law, but court ruling sure to energize GOP (+video) - CSMonitor.com

Maybe what the Republicans are worried about is that they now must care for their fellow man and stop being hyprocitical Christians! Health care redistributes resources to the poor and gives the weak a chance to compete with the rich. It is a boon to America which otherwise neglects the health of its poor!

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2012/0628/Obama-wins-big-on-health-care-law-but-court-ruling-sure-to-energize-GOP-video
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Mitt Romney: To get rid of 'Obamacare,' get rid of Obama - CSMonitor.com

You know a dangerous man when he is after power for power's sake. Why else would Romney ditch his own style of healthcare. A rich man after power is a dangerous symptom of what really does ail America. Such power addiction obeys no moral laws and infects everyone. Lets dump read get rid of Romney together! Action is needed so vote against his hunger for power!

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2012/0628/Mitt-Romney-To-get-rid-of-Obamacare-get-rid-of-Obama?cmpid=ema:nws:Daily%20Custom%202%20(06282012)&cmpid=ema:nws:NzQ4MDU4NDEwMgS2
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Lynn Knowlton's House In The Trees Is Built From A Recycled Barn : TreeHugger

Good idea!

http://www.treehugger.com/slideshows/green-architecture/lynn-knowltons-house-trees-built-recycled-barn/
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Romney is a puppet on a string! Yes! Yes!

Guess Romney is truly a puppet on a string with regard to health care. Who is pulling his string? What are the implications? Why would anyone vote for a puppet on a string?

http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/12480543-supreme-court-decision-on-affordable-care-act-the-entire-law-upheld-as-constitutional?utm_source=stormpost&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Allvoices%20Newsletter
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Thursday, 28 June 2012

UK banks expect to raise borrowing costs in Q3 - BoE | Reuters

However?

http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/06/28/idINL9E8HD02G20120628
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Osborne Pledges Powers to Pursue Criminal Probe Over Libor - Bloomberg

About time! From one level of incompetence to another!

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-06-28/osborne-pledges-powers-to-pursue-criminal-probe-over-libor.html
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Barclays must face criminal investigation, says Ed Miliband | Business | guardian.co.uk

Liberalization of the banking system has led to criminal activity following morally questionable activity following economically questionable activity.

Who will reverse the clock and raise standards of economics, morals, and fair dealing?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/jun/28/barclays-criminal-investigation-ed-miliband?newsfeed=true
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David Starkey ‘suspicious’ of same-sex marriage | News | The Christian Institute

http://www.christian.org.uk/news/david-starkey-suspicious-of-same-sex-marriage-2/
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Rosol defeats Nadal at Wimbledon

In an amazing feat of strength and ability, a low ranking contestant at Wimbledon, Rosol from the Czech Republic has beaten the number 2 super star, Nadal of Spain.

Extraordinary!
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Hillary Clinton Sets Record As Secretary Of State On 100th Country Visit

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/28/hillary-clinton-sets-record_n_1633520.html
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Russia’s Putin orders reform of Parliament - Boston.com

http://articles.boston.com/2012-06-27/news/32443275_1_russian-president-vladimir-putin-local-legislatures-reform
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Tiger Woods, Beau Hossler and other players to watch at the AT&T National - The Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/tiger-woods-beau-hossler-and-other-players-to-watch-at-the-atandt-national/2012/06/27/gJQAAlTQ7V_story.html
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World awaits latest in hunt for Higgs particle | Reuters

http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/06/28/us-science-higgs-cern-idINBRE85R0JS20120628
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Supreme Court upholds entire US health care law

This is great news and means America is regaining its sanity.

Interesting take on legislation that helps people look after themselves like asking people who drive a car to pay for car insurance. If you live and breath, you must take out health insurance.

Supreme Court upholds entire health care law!

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2012/06/28/how-will-supreme-court-rule-on-health-care-law/
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Lakeside

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Pricing Sunsets

John Robson writing for the London Free Press, a city not more than fifty miles from the world's most amazing sunsets over Lake Huron is seemingly against the government pricing sunsets. I'm sorry if I don't see his logic!

Canada needs to value and price its sunsets.

Perhaps, John needs to see a sunset over lake Huron and appreciate its value. There is a cost to viewing beautiful sunsets. Its just that John has no clue really on how an indicator can be constructed on how to price them.

Nothing is free John! Everything we do has a consequence and the value of Canadian sunsets are why many Canadians choose to live in Canada where they can see the sunsets.

I am so sorry a sunset's value cannot be priced, at least by John, who I would guess or dare say is probably not a competent statistician, but who am I to say!

I can think of many reasons to have statistics on the cost of viewing sunsets. Let the cost of viewing beatiful sunsets and their contribution to the Canadian economy not go unmeasured, I say!

http://www.lfpress.com/comment/2012/06/27/19924631.html

http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=john+robson+london+free+press&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&client=safari

Woops!
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May's indicators

John!

Your comments suggest you don't have a clue about the role statistical methods can play in supporting community wellness.

Vitamin D from sun and sunsets are much better for your health than the acid rain around Sudbury that falls all over Ontario and kills our streams and fishes but indirectly feeds our flies as they feed on what remains.

Bye,

Arthur
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Taking a pass on May's new measurement | Comment | London Free Press

I think May's idea is pretty important! Shame there are no competent Canadian economists to convey her ideas better. I include myself. Shame! Instead we continue to get nonsense comments from forgetable writers about Keynes by people who probably have never understood the general theory let alone read it!

http://www.lfpress.com/comment/2012/06/27/19924631.html
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Arctic sea-ice levels at record low for June | Environment | The Guardian

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/jun/27/arctic-sea-ice-melt-rate?CMP=EMCENVEML1631
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Frans Lanting, LIFE. TASCHEN Books

http://www.taschen.com/pages/en/catalogue/photography/all/45714/facts.frans_lanting_life.htm?utm_source=tas&utm_medium=nl&utm_campaign=life
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Fruits that help you fight diseases

http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/12348598-fruits-that-help-you-fight-diseases
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Wealth redistribution on steroids

Ouch!

http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/12462929-wealth-redistribution-on-steroids?utm_source=stormpost&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Allvoices%20Newsletter
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Simple Sheet of Paper Keeps Produce Fresh 4 Times Longer : TreeHugger

http://www.treehugger.com/green-food/simple-sheet-paper-keeps-produce-fresh-4-times-longer.html
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Health-care reform law: How Supreme Court ruling could affect families - CSMonitor.com

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/DC-Decoder/2012/0627/Health-care-reform-law-How-Supreme-Court-ruling-could-affect-families?cmpid=ema:nws:Daily%20Custom%202%20(06272012)&cmpid=ema:nws:NzQ4MDU4NDEwMgS2
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Why Microsoft's Surface Tablet Shames the PC Industry - Businessweek

It's about time! The PC industry has limped along like so many injured fat cats with boring stupifying products. The microsoft tablet event should have happened five years ago, but it was easier for the PC industry to sit on it's hands for years while Apple grew and grew! Oh, where has the dynamism gone?

http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-06-19/why-microsofts-surface-tablet-should-shame-the-pc-industry#r=read
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Natural Gas Climbs to Five-Month High on Outlook for Hot Weather - Businessweek

Greenhouse effect? As it gets hotter, you use more energy to cool down!

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-06-27/natural-gas-climbs-to-five-month-high-on-outlook-for-hot-weather
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New Indications Housing Recovery Is Under Way - NYTimes.com

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/28/business/economy/new-indications-housing-recovery-is-under-way.html?_r=1&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20120628
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The Secular Transhumanist: MIT Develops Brain-Powered Battery

Your brain needs energy?

http://seculartranshumanist.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/mit-develops-brain-powered-battery.html
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