Debt overload, and the hunt for a successor to U.S. bonds (time to pack and leave?)
Thursday 9th of September 2010 06:52:39 AM
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| Debt overload, and the hunt for a successor to U.S. bonds Abandoning Treasurys for comparatively safer bets, from Australia to Brazil /snip Hasenstab and other bond investors have begun to question whether the U.S. Treasury bond market can still be called the safest investment in the world, as attention to Washington's growing deficit spending has come into sharper focus with the debt problems that are engulfing Greece, Portugal and Spain. |
Conservative alternatives to AARP
Thursday 9th of September 2010 06:52:39 AM
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| I would like to start a list of conservative alternatives to AARP. Please post your links to conservative organizations that are NOT related to AARP. Perhaps you're involved with one of them. It would be nice to hear your input as to your satisfaction of the organization. |
Why Alternative Power Is and Will Remain Useless
Thursday 9th of September 2010 06:52:39 AM
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| Here’s a fact you won’t see mentioned in the public policy debate over “alternative” energy: There exists no alternative energy source, no combination of alternative energy sources, and no system of combinations of alternative energy sources that can fully replace a single, coal fired electric plant built with 1930s era technology. Nada. Zero. Zilch. Yet many want to make this group of functionally useless technologies the primary energy sources for our entire civilization. |
Pork better for sex than Viagra? (Argentina's president recommends pork as an alternative)
Thursday 9th of September 2010 06:52:39 AM
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| BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina's president recommended pork as an alternative to Viagra Wednesday, saying she spent a satisfying weekend with her husband after eating barbecued pork. "I've just been told something I didn't know; that eating pork improves your sex life ... I'd say it's a lot nicer to eat a bit of grilled pork than take Viagra," President Cristina Fernandez said to leaders of the pig farming industry. She said she recently ate pork and "things went very well that weekend, so it could well be true." |
Germans Unhappy with Alternative Swine Flu Vaccine for Politicians
Thursday 9th of September 2010 06:52:39 AM
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| You Tube Video: Germany begins controversial swine flu vaccinationSpiegel: Germans Unhappy with Alternative Swine Flu Vaccine for Politicians "Damage control is the name of the game in Berlin on Monday as politicians rush to deny that they are receiving a better, safer swine flu vaccine than ordinary Germans. The first of 50 million doses arrived in Germany on Monday. One might think that the arrival in Germany of the first of 50 million doses of swine flu vaccine on Monday might be cause for celebration. But with news breaking over the weekend that top government officials in Berlin will be... |
Germans Unhappy with Alternative Swine Flu Vaccine for Politicians
Thursday 9th of September 2010 06:52:39 AM
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| Damage control is the name of the game in Berlin on Monday as politicians rush to deny that they are receiving a better, safer swine flu vaccine than ordinary Germans. The first of 50 million doses arrived in Germany on Monday. But with news breaking over the weekend that top government officials in Berlin will be injected with an alternative vaccine -- one widely seen as safer -- a debate about an alleged two-class medical system has erupted. The controversy centers on an additive included in the vaccine manufactured by pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline. The additive includes an inactive strain of... |
Traditional Lutherans Mull Alternative Path
Thursday 9th of September 2010 06:52:39 AM
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| More than 1,200 Lutherans disaffected by the recent vote favoring openly gay clergy have assembled in Indianapolis on Friday to begin creating an alternative fellowship for conservative Lutherans. "We intend to initiate a process that we hope will lead to a reconfiguration of North American Lutheranism," said Paull Spring, chair of Lutheran CORE and the retired bishop of the Northwestern Pennsylvania Synod. "The convocation is for all who care for the future shape of orthodox Lutheranism." Related Link: ELCA Opens Ordination to Noncelibate Homosexuals |
Democrat Health Proposals Draw Fire, Institute Offers Alternate Plan
Thursday 9th of September 2010 06:52:39 AM
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| As President Obama prepares for his health care speech to a joint session of Congress Wednesday evening, a new report from the Competitive Enterprise Institute calls on the President to acknowledge that America’s health care system is plagued by too much, not too little, regulation. The study concludes that tax preferences for employer-sponsored health insurance, as well as federal and state benefit mandates and pricing regulations, distort the health care market in a way that limits choices for individuals, reduces competition among insurers, and artificially inflates costs for health care services. “Many of the problems with run-away healthcare costs can... |
Health Care Stirs Up Whole Foods CEO John Mackey, Customers Boycott Organic Grocery Store
Thursday 9th of September 2010 06:52:39 AM
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Joshua has been taking the bus to his local Whole Foods in New York City every five days for the past two years. This week, he said he'll go elsewhere to fulfill his fresh vegetable and organic produce needs. Customers are threatening to boycott Whole Foods stores after the company's CEO, John Mackey, wrote an op-ed discussing his ideas for health care reform. (Getty Images) More Photos"I will never shop there again," vowed Joshua, a 45-year-old blogger, who asked that his last name not be published. Like many of his fellow health food fanatics, Joshua said he will no longer...
What if the Berlin Wall didn't fall?
Thursday 9th of September 2010 06:52:39 AM
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| In 1989, more than 100,000 East Germans took to Leipzig's streets protesting against their hardline communist rulers and demanding an end to repression. The pro-democracy surge spread rapidly, forcing East Germany's leaders to open the Berlin Wall to the West, before it was finally destroyed. It was a seismic moment that sent shockwaves around the world. Now PETER HITCHENS, who was there at the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe and Russia, imagines how it could all have gone terribly wrong, and contemplates the repercussions that would have followed... |
Oil Byproducts ~ vs ~ Alternative Fuel Sources
Thursday 9th of September 2010 06:52:39 AM
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| The recent discovery of a massive oil field in the Gulf of Mexico has crude oil refinery companies projecting its potential output to be well over 15 billion barrels. If these projections are true the impact of this discovery will be much greater than the actual discovery itself and may have encouraged continued crude oil dependency in the midst of a universal push for alternative fuel sources. It would certainly have a significant impact on crude oil consumption in the United States. According to the US Energy department, Americans consumes roughly 5.7 billion barrels of crude oil annually with reserves... |
Switchgrass Benefits are Greatly Underestimated (Biofuels)
Thursday 9th of September 2010 06:52:39 AM
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| Energy crop company Ceres has announced that switchgrass can produce substantially more biomass than previously reported and that average yields often used by academics and policymakers to forecast bioenergy economics and environmental benefits may, in fact, be far too conservative. The company reported that yield results from its nation-wide network of field trials showed that average biomass yields among switchgrass seed varieties tested last season were as much as 50% more than the government's projected yields for 2022. Proprietary varieties sold under the company's Blade Energy Crops brand were consistently the highest yielding varieties across multiple trial locations, with average... |
Solar finds it hard to squeeze water from desert
Thursday 9th of September 2010 06:52:39 AM
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| OAKLAND, Calif. – A westward dash to power electricity-hungry cities by cashing in on the desert's most abundant resource — sunshine — is clashing with efforts to protect the tiny pupfish and desert tortoise and stinginess over the region's rarest resource: water. Water is the cooling agent for what traditionally has been the most cost-efficient type of large-scale solar plants. To some solar companies answering Washington's push for renewable energy on vast government lands, it's also an environmental thorn. The unusual collision pits natural resources protections against President Barack Obama's plans to produce more environmentally friendly energy. |
Heart-Breaking News From Rutgers
Thursday 9th of September 2010 06:52:39 AM
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| (Note: Targum permits linkage only.) A scheduled performance of "The Rocky Horror Show" has been running into quite a bit of difficulty - in the form of official demands and restrictions. I've never been privileged (???) to see this show, but understand it entails considerable,enthusiastic audience participation - something the authorities find threatening. (Transylvanian transvestites ??? An acquired taste, I suppose.) |
"Roubini: Nationalizing Banks is the Best Way to Go" (receivership)
Thursday 9th of September 2010 06:52:39 AM
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| 4. Outright government takeover (call it nationalization or “receivership" if you don’t like the dirty N-word) of insolvent banks to be cleaned after takeover and then resold to the private sector. Of the four options the first three have serious flaws: in the bad bank model the government may overpay for the bad assets – at a high cost for the taxpayer - as the true value of them is uncertain; and if it does not overpay for the assets many banks are bust as the mark-to-market haircut they need to recognize is too large for them to bear. |
The Republican Alternative A Plan Worthy of Strong Consideration
Thursday 9th of September 2010 06:52:39 AM
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| The California Republican Leaders have presented a detailed plan for dealing with California’s budget deficit. If politics is the art of the possible sometimes requiring compromise, then strong consideration of this plan must be given by all parties. Indeed, the Republicans have crafted a plan by incorporating the savings proposals first offered by the Governor (20% of the proposals), the Democrats (41%) and the Legislative Analyst’s Office (3%). In other words, the plan incorporates the ideas of each of the major players and for that the Republicans are to be commended. Most importantly, the Republican plan does not raise tax... |
Making Maryland green (with more of YOUR money)
Thursday 9th of September 2010 06:52:39 AM
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| Within sight of Interstate 70 in Frederick sits the largest solar manufacturing assembly plant in North America, a symbol of the potential of alternative energy to fuel economic growth in Maryland and across the United States. The plant owned by BP Solar provides hundreds of skilled jobs for workers, and development of alternative energy could provide millions more jobs while increasing America's energy independence. Both presidential candidates, Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain, have pledged to pursue that goal if elected. But the global economic crisis is threatening to seriously undermine that pledge. A slumping economy has driven the... |
Bailout: Message that makes you go, "Hmmm..."
Thursday 9th of September 2010 06:52:39 AM
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| Strange proposition that arrived (unattributed) via e-mail last night: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I'm against the $85,000,000,000.00 bailout of AIG. Instead, I'm in favor of giving out the $85,000,000,000 to Americans in a "We Deserve It Dividend." To make the math simple, let's assume there are 200,000,000 bona fide U.S. Citizens, age 18+. Our population is about 301,000,000 +/- counting every man, woman and child. So 200,000,000 might be a fairly good stab at adults 18 and up.. So divide 200 million adults 18+ into the $85 billion. That equals $425,000.00. My plan is to give $425,000 to every person 18+ as a... |
It's Friday: Time for The Ladies' Hmmm Journal !!
Thursday 9th of September 2010 06:52:39 AM
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| Our two celebrities-Leo the Lion and Gentle Ben-list their grievances as we wonder: Can This Alternative Relationship Be Saved ? |
Big Wind from Texas
Thursday 9th of September 2010 06:52:39 AM
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| Quick! What state symbolizes the old petroleum economy? Texas, of course. Now, what state leads the way towards a future of clean, renewable wind energy? Texas again! By early 2008, Texas had installed more than 5,300 megawatts of wind production -- more than twice second place state California -- and had another 2,000 megawatts under production. Why in the name of Sam Houston is the state of Spindletop messing with wind? |
Reid rebuffs Republicans on AMT fix
Thursday 9th of September 2010 06:52:39 AM
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| Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on Tuesday shot down a Republican attempt to pressure the chamber into supporting a tax package and Alternative Minimum Tax patch this month, saying the provisions must first be funded. Reid spokesman Jim Manley responded to a letter from Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and ranking Finance Committee member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), who had written Reid to press for action on those ideas before Congress’s next recess in August. “Sen. Reid shares the desire to complete work on the tax extender/energy tax incentives bill before the August recess,” Manley said. “However, it is puzzling... |
'Cool Fuel': Brew It YourselfTeen's Basement Biodiesel Lab Not So Unusual
Thursday 9th of September 2010 06:52:39 AM
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| Gabe Schwartzman, a tall, lanky high school senior from Montgomery County, can fill up the tank of his 1980 Volvo sedan for less than $20. And he's happy to share his secret: "I take what would be thrown away and turn it into fuel." Over the last several months, Gabe has been hunkered down in the basement of his parents' Garrett Park home, converting used fryer oil from a restaurant up the street into fuel for his car. Brewing biodiesel, once a quaint hobby for green-minded citizens and budding chemists, is becoming more mainstream. The spike in gas prices is... |
McCain offers a bold, pro-market agenda for America (including the Flat Tax!)
Thursday 9th of September 2010 06:52:39 AM
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| WHILE AMERICANS focus on the interminable Clinton-Obama celebrity death match, Sen. John McCain is using clear-headed, compellingly crafted speeches to propose surprisingly bold, free-market ideas. With one huge exception, the Arizona Republican advocates more limited, open government as his Democratic rivals promise tax hikes and an even-busier state. Voters should welcome this stark contrast. On spending, John McCain would rule with a tight fist. "There will be no more subsidies for special pleaders -- no more corporate welfare -- no more throwing around billions of dollars of the people's money on pet projects, while the people themselves are struggling to... |
America’s Greatest Terror Threat – A Threat From Within and Its Easy Solution
Thursday 9th of September 2010 06:52:39 AM
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| Radical jihadist groups are recruiting from among America’s prison population It’s not even a secret that radical jihadist groups are recruiting from among America’s prison population. They do so by turning to dejected people who face long sentences and offering them a distorted sense of purpose. They cater to their bitterness and seek to turn it against society. Stopping them in their tracks is easy and would harm no one (and I do mean no one, not criminals, law enforcement, society or prison workers and owners; read on) and would benefit all in many ways. |
U.S. Military Launches Alternative-Fuel Push - half-synthetic and half-conventional petroleum
Thursday 9th of September 2010 06:52:39 AM
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| WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE, N.M. -- With fuel prices soaring, the U.S. military, the country's largest single consumer of oil, is turning into an alternative-fuels pioneer. In March, Air Force Capt. Rick Fournier flew a B-1 stealth bomber code-named Dark 33 across this sprawling proving ground, to confirm for the first time that a plane could break the sound barrier using synthetic jet fuel. A similar formula -- a blend of half-synthetic and half-conventional petroleum -- has been used in some South African commercial airliners for years, but never in a jet going so fast. [Major Expense] "The hope is... |
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