Entries Tagged as 'Headlines'

Man Made Global Warming: Faith , Fiction or Fact?

September 2nd, 2010 70 Comments

Science says it has the answers,yet its practitioners integrity is in question,where does faith in the reality of climate change come from?

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Canada’s Housing Bubble: An Accident Waiting to Happen

September 1st, 2010 134 Comments

Stacy Summary: Oh boy, there was one Canadian who did the whole ‘stick to what you know’ shtick when I pointed out the numbers on income and prices in Canada suggested a bubble there, or at least in some parts of the country. Anyway, looks like others are also expecting a Minsky moment soon. Canada’s [...]

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Why not a quiet period during the legislative process?

September 1st, 2010 69 Comments

Stacy Summary:  I see that some House members are being investigated for alleged bribery relating to the financial reform vote.   If Americans want to bring some integrity to the marketplace for politicians, then why not consider a sort of ‘quiet period’ before the listing, or voting, on a piece of legislation?  So, once a [...]

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Daily turnover on forex markets hits $4 trillion, up 20% on 2007

September 1st, 2010 16 Comments

Stacy Summary: That’s $4 trillion per day. A friend who was a currency trader at a previously major Irish bank said that each morning the forex team would be presented with the total assets of the bank that day and told to go trade it. This person said that it was such a terrifying and [...]

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Irish Hotelier Unable to Compete with ‘Zombie Plague’

September 1st, 2010 21 Comments

Stacy Summary:  h/t @maxkeiser Zombie hotels arise in Ireland as recession empties rooms “It’s a zombie plague,” O’Flynn said. “I can’t compete. If that happens do I join the zombies?”

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Zombie Hotel Dublin (KELLY)

September 1st, 2010 8 Comments

NEW HORROR FILM – BLAIR WITCH MEETS SEAN FITZPATRICK Max Keiser: “This is a natural, lots of talented people in Dublin. Lots of unemployed people in Ireland looking for psychic retribution against the psychotic bankers who destroyed their economy. I think this budget will bust out to the mid-five figures pretty quickly and talent will [...]

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Bank bailouts, movie attendance falls and solar storms coming

September 1st, 2010 94 Comments

Stacy Summary:  Last item via mikephilbin.blogspot.com New Zealand bails out failed money lender, total bill is $405 for every man, woman & child Citibank plans to triple workforce in China William K. Black: On Theoclassical Law, Economics and ‘Investing in’ Business Friendly Judges Summer movie box office falls to lowest since 1997 Massive solar storm [...]

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The Skeptical Environmentalist Says $100 Billion a Year Needed to Fight Climate Change

August 31st, 2010 124 Comments

Stacy Summary:  The numbers don’t lie. Bjorn Lomborg says climate change is chief concern facing world and $100 billion per year needs to be spent addressing it

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The Kind of Corn Pone Hitler That America Deserves

August 30th, 2010 127 Comments

Stacy Summary:  On that Glenn Beck / Palin Rally.  This will either make you laugh hysterically or make you write angry comments here in which you probably reference Soros or Gore. James Howard Kunstler:  One Lump or Two?

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Dollar Gains, So Does Earl

August 30th, 2010 47 Comments

Stacy Summary: Will continue putting a few headlines here over the course of the day, but here’s what I’m looking at right now. Dollar gains on euro, yen rises even more Pimco’s El-Erian sees ‘lost decade’ for jobs (Maxkeiser.com’s Herbert sees ‘lost century’ for jobs) Hurricane Earl strengthens to major hurricane Rumors of China’s Central [...]

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