Peppermint Patty Leaves Reading
Goin’ down that Mexico way.
“After 23 years in Reading, the chocolate maker is closing the plant Friday and moving production to a new factory it has built in Monterey, Mexico.”
From:
http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D96FDTH81.htm
On Transparency of the Fed
Texas Straight Talk
Congressman Ron Paul (R) – TX 14
This week the Federal Reserve responded to the American people’s increased concerns over our monetary policy by presenting new initiatives aimed at enhancing the Fed’s transparency and accountability. As someone who has called for more openness from the Fed for over 30 years, I was pleased to [...]
Philly Inky Bankrupt
There’s only one newspaper in this town. Wait, scratch that.
“The publisher of The Philadelphia Inquirer and Philadelphia Daily News said on Sunday it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, in an attempt to deal with falling advertising revenue.”
followed by a statement from the Philadelphia Inquirer:
The company’s operations are “sound and profitable,” it said in a [...]
Local Christian couple reaches out to help families who need hope
Chalfont, PA – 2/22/09 – John and Patricia Gallagher, founders of the non-profit Team of Angels Program, will host “Speaking About Depression” presentations for the faith-filled community. John and Patricia and their family are the co-authors of “No More Secrets – A Family Speaks about Depression, Anxiety and Attempted Suicide.” John, who holds a MBA [...]
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Implicit Guarantees Not Good Enough
Overseas investors lack appetite for Fannie and Freddie debt, selling US$38billion of the GSE paper in December. “Looking at the risk, [GSE bonds are] not so attractive,” he told the news service. “We need a guarantee before we’ll buy.”
But they still are buying US Treasuries…
From
http://www.housingwire.com/2009/02/20/asian-investors-hold-out-for-explicit-guarantee-on-gses/
Localize Your Food
More and more are choosing to eat locally grown food. People like to know what they eat. People like to know the farmer that grows their food and raises their cattle. Wouldn’t you ?
From
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/26/dining/26meat.html?pagewanted=print
Seed Companies Block Research
The large seed companies make genetically modified seed and lock farmers into a cycle of dependence and monoculture. And they refuse to let scientists do research on their products. Getting as bad as the tobacco companies. From
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/20/business/20crop.html
NASA Spots Huge Gamma-ray Blast
from NASA
Astronomers using NASA’s Swift satellite and Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope are seeing frequent blasts from a stellar remnant 30,000 light-years away. The high-energy fireworks arise from a rare type of neutron star known as a soft-gamma-ray repeater. Such objects unpredictably send out a series of X-ray and gamma-ray flares.
“At times, this remarkable object has [...]
Use Less Fertilizer!
1/3 the usual amounts. We really don’t want excess nitrogen flushing down waterways and creating algal toxic blooms in the deltas of the world, as is happening in the Gulf of Mexico. Here is news from China:
Scientists urge Chinese farmers to use fertilizer better
From:
http://www.sciam.com/blog/60-second-science/post.cfm?id=scientists-urge-chinese-farmers-to-2009-02-17
and the original paper is here:
http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2009/02/13/0813417106.abstract
Paul says stimulus a bad plan
By John Lowman
TheFacts.com
Published February 19, 2009
LAKE JACKSON — On his week off from Congress, Ron Paul is enjoying riding his bike, signing some books and letting the federal government know he believes the economic stimulus package is the wrong way to go.
The former Republican presidential candidate from Lake Jackson had a book-signing Wednesday attended by [...]