Wednesday, August 17, 2011
August 17, 2011
August 17, 2011
Peter Thiel *is* John Galt! : "Silicon Valley billionaire funding creation of artificial libertarian islands"
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ lookout/silicon-valley- billionaire-funding-creation- artificial-libertarian- islands-140840896.html
Thank you, Gov. Rick Scott! : "Florida's credit rating UPGRADED from AA+ to AAA"
http://www.wokv.com/news/news/ local/floridas-credit-rating- upgraded/nDJ4L/
The Federal Reserve, Debt Ceiling, Quantitative Easing, Inflation, Free-Market Principles, Gold/Silver, Food Supply
Total U.S. debt hits all-time record $14,615,567,348,203.71 ($28 billion higher overnight)
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/ all-sectres-days-work-total- us-debt-hits-all-time-record- 1461556734820371-28-billion- higher-ove
Gov. Rick Perry to Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke: printing more money would be "almost treasonous"
http://www.theblaze.com/ stories/perry-delivers-tough- controversial-words-to-fed- chair-ben-bernanke/
--A severely misguided OpEd: "Hey, Rick Perry : Printing Money Is Patriotic"
http://www.theatlantic.com/ business/archive/2011/08/hey- rick-perry-printing-money-is- patriotic/243722/
Obama's Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack: Food stamps are "economic stimulus", create jobs
http://www.realclearpolitics. com/video/2011/08/16/obama_ag_ secretary_vilsack_food_stamps_ are_a_stimulus.html
--HISTORY: "The Ominous Parallels Between FDR & BHO"
http://www.cnsnews.com/ commentary/article/ominous- parallels
----QUOTE from FDR's Treasury Secy. Henry Morgantheau, Jr.: "We have tried spending money. We are spending more than we have ever spent before and it does not work."
http://blog.heritage.org/2009/ 01/14/were-spending-more-than- ever-and-it-doesnt-work/
Fitch affirms U.S. 'AAA' credit rating, outlook "stable", cites "flexible, diversified and wealthy economy"
http://www.cnbc.com/id/ 44159236
--VP Biden to sell debt ceiling deal during trip to China, Japan
http://thehill.com/blogs/on- the-money/budget/176951-biden- to-sell-debt-ceiling-deal-to- chinese
--Walmart warns on U.S. weakness...
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ 9c57d3e6-c7fc-11e0-9501- 00144feabdc0.html# axzz1VFIqaUGv
One-year gold price forecasts: JP Morgan predicts $2,500, Bank of America forecasts $2,000
http://www.ictmag.info/ politics/1-year-gold-price- forecasts-jp-morgan-predicts- 2500-bank-of-america- forecasts-2000/
Bailed-out Government Motors spends $150MM, creates 800 jobs...in Indonesia
http://nlpc.org/stories/2011/ 08/15/gm-spends-150-million- create-800-jobs-–-indonesia
--Washington: Seattle's 'green jobs' program a bust
http://www.komonews.com/news/ local/127844048.html
Industrial output jumps 0.9% in August on auto strength
http://www.marketwatch.com/ story/industrial-output-jumps- in-august-on-auto-strength- 2011-08-16
More and more corporate employees bid 'farewell' to corporate America...
http://www.cnbc.com/id/ 42822615
Germany, France propose collective 'government' for the eurozone led by EU president
http://classic.cnbc.com/id/ 44161662
--...announce plans for tax on financial transactions
http://www.businessinsider. com/sarkozy-announced-planned- tax-on-financial-transactions- 2011-8
Florida: State plans to save $20 million per year by privatizing southern prisons
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/ news/crime/fl-florida-prisons- privatization-20110815,0, 7143639.story
Pentagon considering scrapping traditional pensions for 401(k)'s
http://www.foxnews.com/ politics/2011/08/15/pentagon- scraps-traditional-pensions- in-its-proposed-retirement- program/
OpEd: "Warren Buffett's Deceitful Demagoguery"
http://floppingaces.net/2011/ 08/16/warren-buffetts- demagoguery/
Big Government, Socialism/Nazism/ Progressivism/Communism/ Globalism, Redistribution of Wealth, Economic/Environmental/Social Justice, Collective Salvation, Liberation Theology
New IRS rules require PayPal to report sales information
http://thenextweb.com/insider/ 2011/08/16/new-irs-rules- require-paypal-to-report- sales-information/
Regulatory agencies thrive under Obama
http://www.investors.com/ NewsAndAnalysis/Article/ 581555/201108151901/ Regulatory-Agencies-Staffing- Up.htm
--OpEd: "Obama's Regulatory Agencies Usurp Congress' Authority"
http://townhall.com/ columnists/michaeluremovich/ 2011/08/15/obamas_regulatory_ agencies_usurp_congress_ authority
MSNBC's Chris Matthews: Obama needs to offer alternative to capitalism (VIDEO)
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/ mark-finkelstein/2011/08/16/ matthews-obama-needs-offer- alternative-capitalism
--Former Soviet Union president Mikhail Gorbachev admits: "I should have abandoned the Communist party earlier"
http://www.guardian.co.uk/ world/2011/aug/16/gorbachev- guardian-interview
--California: "Pssst! Want to buy a 16-foot statue of Lenin?"
http://www.komonews.com/news/ local/127692333.html
Michigan: Free meals for all Detroit schoolchildren K-12
http://www.governing.com/news/ local/Free-Meals-for-All- Detroit-Schoolchildren-This- Fall.html
Dead birds unintended consequence of American wind power development
http://www.foxnews.com/ scitech/2011/08/16/energy-in- america-dead-birds-unintended- consequence-wind-power- development/
Rep. Allen West: "The most important message for me is character, not color!"
http://www.theblaze.com/ stories/allen-west-on-martin- luther-king-jr-we-have-not- overcome/
Illegal Aliens/Open Borders, National Security, Terrorism/"Man-Caused Disasters", Jihad/"Misunderstanders Of Islam", Caliphate/Khalifa/Shariah, Pro-Palestine/Anti-Israel
Oklahoma: Man arrested in natural gas pipeline bomb attempt
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/ US/2011/08/15/Man-arrested-in- Oklahoma-pipe-bomb-attempt/ UPI-38681313441088/
'You Lie!' Rep. Joe Wilson says he was right all along – ObamaCare DOES cover illegal aliens
http://www.thegatewaypundit. com/2011/08/you-lie-rep-says- he-was-right-all-along- obamacare-does-cover-illegal- aliens/
Georgia: Rally protests ICE fingerprint program
http://www.ajc.com/news/ atlanta/rally-protests-ice- fingerprint-1113640.html
--Texas: Gov. Rick Perry to protect undocumented-immigrant tuition
http://www.chron.com/disp/ story.mpl/special/07/ legislature/4465044.html
--Florida: So. FL 9/12 members hold debate over DREAM Act (VIDEO)
http://www.bizpacreview.com/ index.cfm?fuseaction=newsblog. details&ArticleId=38569& returnTo=michele-kirk
Civil/Racial Unrest
Tibet: Second Tibetan monk burns himself to death in protest
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/ 08/16/world/asia/16tibet.html? _r=1&partner=MYWAY&ei=5065
U.S.
Illinois: Latinos protest deportations at Obama campaign HQ
http://www.reuters.com/ article/2011/08/17/us-obama- immigration-protest- idUSTRE77G00320110817
Rhode Island: 120 tax protesters gather at Warwick City Hall
http://newsblog.projo.com/ 2011/08/rain-police-at- warwick-car-tax.html
Ohio: Toledo business owner shot for being non-union
http://www.redstate.com/ laborunionreport/2011/08/16/ developing-ohio-business- owner-shot-for-being-non- union-police-investigating/
U.K.
JUSTICE: Men jailed for inciting riots on Facebook
http://www.breitbart.com/ article.php?id=CNG. 3d22b01370fecf73a221d556297b13 b9.bb1&show_article=1
OpEd by a U.S. pastor: "The root cause of the London riots"
http://www.bpnews.net/ BPFirstPerson.asp?ID=35948
This Is What 'Democracy' Looks Like
--Syria using Iranian snipers as violent crackdown continues
http://thescotsman.scotsman. com/news/Syria-using-Iranian- snipers-as.6819350.jp
--Holland: Obama 'HOPE' artist beaten, told "go back to America"
http://www.guardian.co.uk/ artanddesign/2011/aug/12/ shepard-fairey-beaten-danish- mural?CMP=twt_fd
--
"These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman." ~~ Thomas Paine, The American Crises, No. 1, 1776
Peter Thiel *is* John Galt! : "Silicon Valley billionaire funding creation of artificial libertarian islands"
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/
Thank you, Gov. Rick Scott! : "Florida's credit rating UPGRADED from AA+ to AAA"
http://www.wokv.com/news/news/
The Federal Reserve, Debt Ceiling, Quantitative Easing, Inflation, Free-Market Principles, Gold/Silver, Food Supply
Total U.S. debt hits all-time record $14,615,567,348,203.71 ($28 billion higher overnight)
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/
Gov. Rick Perry to Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke: printing more money would be "almost treasonous"
http://www.theblaze.com/
--A severely misguided OpEd: "Hey, Rick Perry : Printing Money Is Patriotic"
http://www.theatlantic.com/
Obama's Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack: Food stamps are "economic stimulus", create jobs
http://www.realclearpolitics.
--HISTORY: "The Ominous Parallels Between FDR & BHO"
http://www.cnsnews.com/
----QUOTE from FDR's Treasury Secy. Henry Morgantheau, Jr.: "We have tried spending money. We are spending more than we have ever spent before and it does not work."
http://blog.heritage.org/2009/
Fitch affirms U.S. 'AAA' credit rating, outlook "stable", cites "flexible, diversified and wealthy economy"
http://www.cnbc.com/id/
--VP Biden to sell debt ceiling deal during trip to China, Japan
http://thehill.com/blogs/on-
--Walmart warns on U.S. weakness...
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/
One-year gold price forecasts: JP Morgan predicts $2,500, Bank of America forecasts $2,000
http://www.ictmag.info/
Bailed-out Government Motors spends $150MM, creates 800 jobs...in Indonesia
http://nlpc.org/stories/2011/
--Washington: Seattle's 'green jobs' program a bust
http://www.komonews.com/news/
Industrial output jumps 0.9% in August on auto strength
http://www.marketwatch.com/
More and more corporate employees bid 'farewell' to corporate America...
http://www.cnbc.com/id/
Germany, France propose collective 'government' for the eurozone led by EU president
http://classic.cnbc.com/id/
--...announce plans for tax on financial transactions
http://www.businessinsider.
Florida: State plans to save $20 million per year by privatizing southern prisons
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/
Pentagon considering scrapping traditional pensions for 401(k)'s
http://www.foxnews.com/
OpEd: "Warren Buffett's Deceitful Demagoguery"
http://floppingaces.net/2011/
Big Government, Socialism/Nazism/
New IRS rules require PayPal to report sales information
http://thenextweb.com/insider/
Regulatory agencies thrive under Obama
http://www.investors.com/
--OpEd: "Obama's Regulatory Agencies Usurp Congress' Authority"
http://townhall.com/
MSNBC's Chris Matthews: Obama needs to offer alternative to capitalism (VIDEO)
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/
--Former Soviet Union president Mikhail Gorbachev admits: "I should have abandoned the Communist party earlier"
http://www.guardian.co.uk/
--California: "Pssst! Want to buy a 16-foot statue of Lenin?"
http://www.komonews.com/news/
Michigan: Free meals for all Detroit schoolchildren K-12
http://www.governing.com/news/
Dead birds unintended consequence of American wind power development
http://www.foxnews.com/
Rep. Allen West: "The most important message for me is character, not color!"
http://www.theblaze.com/
Illegal Aliens/Open Borders, National Security, Terrorism/"Man-Caused Disasters", Jihad/"Misunderstanders Of Islam", Caliphate/Khalifa/Shariah, Pro-Palestine/Anti-Israel
Oklahoma: Man arrested in natural gas pipeline bomb attempt
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/
'You Lie!' Rep. Joe Wilson says he was right all along – ObamaCare DOES cover illegal aliens
http://www.thegatewaypundit.
Georgia: Rally protests ICE fingerprint program
http://www.ajc.com/news/
--Texas: Gov. Rick Perry to protect undocumented-immigrant tuition
http://www.chron.com/disp/
--Florida: So. FL 9/12 members hold debate over DREAM Act (VIDEO)
http://www.bizpacreview.com/
Civil/Racial Unrest
Tibet: Second Tibetan monk burns himself to death in protest
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/
U.S.
Illinois: Latinos protest deportations at Obama campaign HQ
http://www.reuters.com/
Rhode Island: 120 tax protesters gather at Warwick City Hall
http://newsblog.projo.com/
Ohio: Toledo business owner shot for being non-union
http://www.redstate.com/
U.K.
JUSTICE: Men jailed for inciting riots on Facebook
http://www.breitbart.com/
OpEd by a U.S. pastor: "The root cause of the London riots"
http://www.bpnews.net/
This Is What 'Democracy' Looks Like
--Syria using Iranian snipers as violent crackdown continues
http://thescotsman.scotsman.
--Holland: Obama 'HOPE' artist beaten, told "go back to America"
http://www.guardian.co.uk/
--
"These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman." ~~ Thomas Paine, The American Crises, No. 1, 1776
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