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- Travel Advisory for Visitors to the U.S. - AfterDowningStreet.org These are some snippets from a posting at AfterDowningStreet.org, that is a translation of a letter sent to the Italian press regarding the signing into law of the Military Commissions Act of 2006. Be sure to go read the whole letter! Stephanie Westbrook U.S. Citizens for Peace & Justice -...
- Brazil Rallies for 3-2 win over U.S.-Congratulations U.S. on a Great Showing Brazil rallies for 3-2 win over U.S. in the Confederations Cup final. The United States led 2-0 at halftime but couldn't hold the lead in the second half. I don't know much about soccer because as a kid in the 50's nobody played soccer where I grew up. I do...
- Gas in the U.S. is Cheap If you ask the average American what they think of current gas prices, they would probably tell you that they think $3 per gallon is too high. If you ask me, I think that Americans are spoiled and they don't realize how much cheaper gas is here compared to the...
EarthTalk: The State Of Wind Power In The U.S. EarthTalk is a weekly installment from E/The Environmental Magazine. Dear EarthTalk: How is wind power faring in the U.S. now? Is more of it coming on line and becoming a larger percent of the grid? And what about some of the highly publicized efforts to build wind farms, such as...
I.O.U.S.A. The Movie is Free and Now Available on YouTube In late summer, I wrote about the first non-snoozefest documentary on economics ever produced -- I.O.U.S.A. The Movie. It has now been released in a 30 minute condensed version and placed on YouTube.com (see video below) for all to see. If you haven't watched it yet, it is probably the...
Reverse Brain Drain: Foreign Headhunters Taking Full Advantage of U.S. Recession The New York Times just released one of the more disturbing videos on global business trends that I've seen in some time. With the U.S. recession trickle down effects being fully evident, foreign nationals on a Work Visa or American citizens who speak a country's national language are being recruited to...
Terror Attack on U.S. Soil - Obama Silent - Media Complicit WedNEWSday - June 3rd, 2009 While GE's family of NBC networks and their hardcore America-haters were busy celebrating the life of late-term abortionist George Tiller, a real terror attack took place. A convert to Islam accused of having "political and religious motives" in a deadly Arkansas military center shooting pleaded...- Azinger Rules Out Possibility of Returning as U.S. Ryder Cup Captain Paul Azinger who was responsible for leading the United States Ryder cup team into victory this year has announced that he does not plan on returning as captain for the U.S. Ryder cup team for the 2010 matches, which are to be held in Wales. His victory was a great...
- Improving the economic health of the U.S. middle class -- what might be done? As part of a synchroblog project where several bloggers give their opinion on the same topic, I'm attempting to answer this question: "What is the single most important initiative that the next administration should undertake to improve the economic health of the U.S. middle class?" (Please following the links at...
- What is the single most important initiative that the next administration should undertake to improve the economic health of the U.S. middle class? Synchroblog #1 I am participating in the first ever (well at least to my knowledge) Synchroblog associated with the personal finance realm. I couldn't find a good definition of a Synchroblog so I am going to make one up,  A Synchroblog is joint writing/blogging where a common question or theme is...
Learn to Save Money The Book of Proverbs has many great financial principles. The second financial principle we want to look at in our series is 'learning to save money'. A lack of savings is the number one reason people go into debt. They see something they want, they don’t have the money...- Why Government Bonds May be a Poor Investment in the Years to Come. A bond is nothing more than a loan extended to a borrower, with the agreement that the borrower will pay back the amount loaned by the lender, plus interest. In the case of government bonds, the borrower is the U. S. Treasury, and all U.S. treasury debt is denominated in...
- Obama blames health care costs for the mounting federal deficit. No Joke! On the eve of Obama's health care infomercial on state run news,reports are emerging that Obama is trying to pin his deficit spending on Health care costs: "Describing the need to control costs as the administration's "top priority," the president said health costs as the "primary driver" of the federal...
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How to Tell if a "Gluten-Free Menu" is Truly Gluten-Free I can see for myself the various ways in which a food-service menu item advertised as "Gluten-Free" by well-meaning food-service planners and menu designers could be slightly altered by well-meaning restaurant staff to become Gluten-Filled.- Club GITMO and the Supreme Court
- Excuse Me, Your Job is Waiting I was the lucky winner of the Excuse Me, Your Job is Waiting giveaway on Blogging Away Debt. (Check out Tricia's review as well.) Like Tricia, I'll be passing along the copy to a random commenter. If you'd like a chance at receiving the book, just leave a comment on...
- Christmas past, and gifts present This is the time of year when I remember the Christmas season I spent in West Germany and Austria nearly 20 years ago. I remember strolling the streets, smelling chestnuts that were literally roasting on an open fire. The scent of mulled wine. Walking through the Christkindelmarkt and seeing hand-crafted...
- 8 things about me I've been tagged by Family Savings to do the 8 things meme. You're supposed to post the rules before launching into the meme, but item #1 about me is that I'm not fond of following arbitrary "rules", so I'm going to skip that part. Here's the rest of the list:...
- An unexpected letter Our credit scores are in great shape, but I just received a reason to make sure that they stay that way: a letter from our insurance company. Part of the letter, which referenced "Changes to Homeowners and Renters Policy Rating Factors", said: "We've made a filing in your state to...
How Much Trash Gets Thrown Away Each Year? I wish I had not wondered, because this is what I found out: "Each year, the typical American family throws out 2,460 pounds of paper, 540 pounds of metals, 480 pounds of glass and 480 pounds of food scraps. All told, each of us throws away more than 1,200 pounds...
Response to Exponential Decay Post by Mike At ProsperousLands Mike at ProsperousLands responds to my exponential decay post. I will be commenting/responding formally in the near future, but one quick comment... my 1 month late or worse curves are real and cumulative. Meaning they reflect what actually happened and if we have enough data they will never go down. The exponential decay...- World Coins Money -> Coins: World Collecting world coins is a rewarding and fascinating hobby. The first official coins were struck around the 6th century BC in Lydia, though metals used as a type of currency far pre-dates that, to Mesopotamia somewhere between 1500 and 2000 BC. Ancient coinage is fascinating, with...
- Mac Lesson! so ... i was using my powerbook without my battery as i didn't want to over-charge it. being in a rush to leave the office to beat the usual massive jams going home .... i put my Mac to sleep, unplugged it ... then realised the battery wasn't in place....
- As Seen on TV - Does It Work? Lynnae recently asked how people had fared with products "As Seen on TV". As a rule, I'm skeptical of such products. I've had a very good experience with the Diva Cup. It's not an "As Seen on TV" product, but it sometimes gives you that feeling. Recently, though, we experimented with one As Seen on TV product, the "Save-A-Blade." This was a $20 sharpener for disposable razor blades. Growing up, I watched my parents sharpen our knife set, so when Micah suggested that this might be worthwhile I said "Why not?"
- Caller ID Of Death As a broker, there is an unwritten rule that you don't steal clients from a co-worker because we all work on commission. Our office phone system works in such a way that if a desk is unmanned, the call will be transferred to another desk until it is picked up....
The Contemporary Heroine Surviving the Workplace Libby Malin writes to us today about the workplace, contemporary romance, and her own novel. Please extend her a warm welcome! In my novel, FIRE ME, the heroine Anne Wyatt embarks on a crazy adventure-trying to earn her boss' negative attention so that he'll choose her for the employee...- Humor In Haverhill. No, Really. Brukkake, after recently taking a short course on the artform, has his stand up comedy debut tonight at a club in Haverill. As Mark and I have had many stand-up adventures together - The last episode taping of Tough Crowd, Mr. Show at the Orpheum, Brian Regan and Colin Quinn...
The Cynic's Activity Guide to Contentment in a Bad Economy I admit it - I am a professional cynic. Â I also believe in using a little cynical humor to lighten the mood when things aren't to my liking. Â Sometimes that humor contains hard truth that comes at the expense of others. Â But I mean no harm. Â I just want...
Timing Your Roth IRA Contributions [This post has been included in the Money Hacks Carnival over at Sound Money Matters. Be sure to go over there and check out the other great posts] Earlier this year I was part of a discussion somewhere online about how and when to contribute to a Roth IRA account....
