The Whitehouse Says “Compromise”
Compromise
There was bad news and then there was good news.
Yesterday we learned that in January, the country suffered its largest one-month job loss in 34 years.
But last night, the Senate struck a compromise on the economic recovery plan and put us on our way to giving the economy the short-term jolt and long-term investments it [...]
Vitamin D Deficit May Trigger MS
A service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health
Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison 53706, USA.
Recently, it has been clearly demonstrated that exogenous 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3, the hormonal form of vitamin D3, can completely prevent experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE), a widely accepted mouse model of human multiple sclerosis (MS). This [...]
Green With Envy
Keep up with the Joneses, save the earth and cut utility bills. Whats not to like ?
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/31/science/earth/31compete.html?_r=1
Get Your Nukes Here !
If you are a small, militant country, needing to protect against liberation by the USA, step right up. All this man needs is a pen, a sheet of paper, and the contents of his head; presto, you will have a nuclear weapons program. May be now reached anywhere in Pakistan. Dr. Khan is the bomb, [...]
Fannie Mae: No appraisal,credit below 580, A OK!
Lets see, Fannie is 79.9% government owned (because 80% makes the government have to show Fannie on their books…)
Our government owns her and instructs her to make shaky loans, of exactly the kind that are failing horribly. When these loans default, don’t worry, taxpayer picks up the tab. Oh, wait…
Read the whole thing at (godhelpus, [...]
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ACORN Saves Homes While Feds Flounder
Oakland “Miracle” Shows Better Path Than “Hope For Homeowners’” Utter Failure
OAKLAND, Calif. – At 6:00 in the morning on Wednesday, February 4, more than 30 members of ACORN gathered at the home of Eddie and Martha Daniels in West Oakland, armed with prayers, cell phones, and the hope that Wednesday would not be a day [...]
Federal Reserve Board Abolition Act Statement
Representative Dr. Ron Paul has introduced HR 833 into congress entitled: To abolish the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Federal reserve banks, to repeal the Federal Reserve Act, and for other purposes.
The bill has been introduced and referred to committee on Monday Feb. 3rd. Currently the bill does not have [...]
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Elephants Eat Christmas Trees
We learn from Der Spiegel:
“The trees provide roughage that helps keep the animals regular.”
“The zoo received 300 trees from traders this year for its three fully grown African elephants, and they have finished devouring them.”
“We fed them one or two trees each per day,” said Kauffels. “If we gave them 10 at a time they’d [...]
Fed Extends Liquidity Programs
The Federal Reserve on Tuesday announced the extension through October 30, 2009, of its existing liquidity programs that were scheduled to expire on April 30, 2009. The Board of Governors and the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) took these actions in light of continuing substantial strains in many financial markets.
The Board of Governors approved [...]
Hitachi Reverses Financial Outlook / Cuts Jobs
Tokyo, Japan — Hitachi changed their forecast from profitability to a 4.1-billion-dollar quarterly loss.
Hitachi is one of the world’s largest corporations. It was founded in 1910 by Namihei Odaira as an electrical repair shop. They succeeded in manufacturing three 5hp (3.6775 kW) electric motors as the company’s first products.
Today, they manufacture consumer products:
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