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Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Red River Flooding and China Disses the Dollar and More for Wednesday, March 25, 2009




Sydney summers by 2060 could be deadly: scientist

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52o240-us-climate-sydney/

CSIRO's Division of Marine and Atmospheric Research

http://www.cmar.csiro.au/

Oil terminal a concern as Alaska volcano rumbles

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090325/ap_on_re_us/alaska_volcano;_ylt=ApMvS5SGKdKiAUj2Yhdcu96s0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFlcnM4Zm1jBHBvcwMxMDYEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9zY2llbmNlBHNsawNvaWx0ZXJtaW5hbGE-

Mount Redoubt

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Redoubt_(Alaska)

24,000 Fisher-Price high chairs recalled

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29866520/

Ice jam break spills more water into Bismarck area

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090325/ap_on_re_us/midwest_flooding;_ylt=AoRDTkkiy8AKWQ7KG6l3O3Ws0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTJoY25jNDQyBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMDkwMzI1L21pZHdlc3RfZmxvb2RpbmcEY3BvcwMzBHBvcwM5BHNlYwN5bl90b3Bfc3RvcnkEc2xrA2ljZWphbWJyZWFrcw--

N. Dakota Floods Prompt Calls To Evacuate

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/25/national/main4891270.shtml

North Dakota declared disaster zone amid flooding

http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/03/25/river-river-flood-north-dakota-disaster.html

North Dakota braces for historic flooding

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/weather/03/25/north.dakota.flooding/index.html

State may dynamite ice jam to ease floods

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29873706/

Will Jindal Eat Words On Volcano Funding?

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/24/tech/main4887816.shtml?source=mostpop_story

CNNMoney: Study: Recovery may come in 2010

http://money.cnn.com/2009/03/25/news/economy/ucla_forecast/index.htm?postversion=2009032504

Postmaster General: USPS may run out of money this year

http://www.yahoo.com/s/1048802

Postmaster General John Potter

http://www.usps.com/communications/newsroom/leadership/bios/potter_john.htm

U.S. home sales climb at fastest pace in 10 months

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52o3vw-us-usa-economy-newhomes/

Durable goods orders rebound in February

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52o1kb-us-usa-economy-durables/

Workers Shafted: Hear the Shocking Tapes

http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=7163805&page=1

Dear AIG: I Feel "Betrayed"

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/25/link/blog/main4891782.shtml

Somebody Stop The "Bailout Party"

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/25/politics/otherpeoplesmoney/main4891193.shtml

FBI Feels Strain From Glut Of Fraud Cases

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/25/national/main4891689.shtml

Military Can't Be Sued For Malpractice

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/24/eveningnews/main4890657.shtml

America's Top 8 Most Downsized Cities

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/Economy/story?id=7161344&page=1

Japan's February exports halved

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7962656.stm

Obama pledges economic recovery

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7962532.stm

Video: Watch, explore the full news conference

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29289533/vp/29866115#29866115

Czech PM attacks Obama spending

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7963359.stm





http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7962717.stm

China criticised over YouTube

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7962718.stm

12 arrested over huge Beijing hotel fire

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29873271/

Court accepts suit in Chinese tainted milk scandal

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090325/ap_on_re_as/as_china_tainted_milk;_ylt=Au2G.TIVO3RSbQINPhh2A6ys0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFidDkxbjZvBHBvcwM0NARzZWMDYWNjb3JkaW9uX3dvcmxkBHNsawNjb3VydGFjY2VwdHM-

Violence-plagued Mexico sees hope in U.S. border plan

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/n24379747-us-usa-mexico-reaction/

Narco wars loom over Clinton trip to Mexico

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29875572/

Mexico nabs a 'most-wanted' trafficker

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29876324/


Thai troops 'cross into Cambodia'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7963014.stm

Sudan's leader arrives in Egypt

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7963092.stm

Venice seaport eyes algae to fuel energy needs






Study IDs Variations in Black, White Genomes

http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20090325/hl_hsn/studyidsvariationsinblackwhitegenomes;_ylt=Ag_T8rBY7GGnF9vj5IBJh38PLBIF

Erasing TB could take 1,000 years, official says

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29864238/

WHO issues pessimistic global tuberculosis report

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090324/ap_on_he_me/lt_med_who_tb_report;_ylt=AqMr1uW8q4vTPw.ExoWuTUWs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFkNGtuaDY3BHBvcwMxNDAEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9oZWFsdGgEc2xrA3dob2lzc3Vlc3Blcw--

Study: Range of pharmaceuticals in fish across US

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090325/ap_on_he_me/pharmawater_fish;_ylt=AswfRqNeuy7PfPCFVWsyWBms0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFkNGk4cWFnBHBvcwMxMzgEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9oZWFsdGgEc2xrA3N0dWR5cmFuZ2VvZg--

Single embryo best for fertility treatment: study

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52o05f-us-reproduction-embryos/

Source of drywall rotten egg smell found

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/03/24/chinese.drywall/index.html

Strontium sulfide

http://cameochemicals.noaa.gov/chemical/21036

Vets may have been exposed to HIV, hepatitis
















































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Thursday, February 19, 2009

Record Unemployment and More for Thursday, February 19, 2009

Unemployment On Pace For 8.5 Percent

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/19/business/main4812468.shtml

U.S. jobless claims hit new all-time high

http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2009/02/19/usjoblessclaims.html

Obama arrives in Ottawa

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2009/02/19/obama-visit.html

Clean energy deal anticipated during Obama visit

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/calgary/story/2009/02/18/cgy-obama-harper-climate-green-deal.html

US faces fresh Afghan obstacles

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7898524.stm

U.S. troops in Afghanistan 'stalemated'

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29270777/

1 dead as severe storms pelt Ga., Ala.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29278143/

Obama housing plan will have impact in March: FDIC

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre51i2ot-us-usa-housing-bair/

Obama set for first foreign trip

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7898921.stm

Attorney General to GITMO Next Week for Review

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2009/02/guantanamo-revi.html

Attorney General Eric Holder

http://www.usdoj.gov/ag/

China Wants Gitmo Uighurs Back

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=6911549

Uighur people

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uyghur_people

IMF expects more requests for aid

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7898711.stm

After all-night talks, Calif. budget passes

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29229462/

Measure of economy rises more than expected

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29279649/

Wholesale inflation jumped in January

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29277917/

US politicians in rare Gaza visit

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7898801.stm

Clinton: U.S. fears N. Korea leadership crisis

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29272217/

North Korea "Fully Ready" For War

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/19/world/main4812282.shtml

Tutu urges Obama apology on Iraq

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7895328.stm

'Suicide By Cop' Phenomenon Occurring In Over A Third Of North American Shootings Involving Police

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090218103529.htm

Suicide by Cop

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_by_cop

'Badly Fragmented' Forensic Science System Needs Overhaul

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090218135119.htm

Politkovskaya suspects acquitted

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7899472.stm

Anna Politkovskaya

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Politkovskaya

Swiss bank secrecy threatened after UBS tax deal

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre51i1l7-us-ubs/

UBS to open secret Swiss bank records of U.S. clients

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29268064/

US fraud charge tycoon disappears

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7898569.stm

Texas-Sized Fraud Spreads To 131 Countries

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/19/world/main4812407.shtml

Documents: Financier wove web of lies

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29277787/

Video: Whereabouts of fraud suspect Stanford unknown

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Venezuela seizes Stanford bank after online run

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/n19484206-us-stanford-venezuela-bank/

Many seek their money as Stanford fallout spreads

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre51h5io-us-stanford/

Blagojevich's Wife Subpoenaed By Feds

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/19/politics/main4812513.shtml

Patti Blagojevich

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patti_Blagojevich

FBI probed sexuality of LBJ aide Valenti

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29274439/

Jack Valenti

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Valenti


WWI French battleship found

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7898890.stm

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Friday, February 6, 2009

The End of Nations? and More For Friday, February 6, 2009


Our senior editor has come to the sad realization that he may not be around much longer. He has been unemployed for several months, is lacking unemployment insurance and has just run out of his own funds. He has been seeking employment all this time, but nothing. All this, and he has lost his appetite, too. He can barely put food into his own mouth, much less choke it down.

And of course, in our current economic mess, he wonders how many other folks are now facing starvation? Of course, he's thinking of those who were recently making as much as $ 80K - $ 100 K per year and are now facing eviction. Witness some of the i-Reports that appeared on CNN.com this week and the past. What a horrorshow. We're not talking about those nations in the Third World and/orlike Zimbabwe. We're referring to the new regime of poverty forming throughout the world. Look at the crises in the USA, Europe and China, to name just a few.

Originally, the image of Procyon lotor was loaded on this page in association with a seemingly "cute" story about some raccoons sneaking on the White House grounds. (Remember: they are prime vectors for Rabies and can be extremely dangerous in that regard). They are also well known for their comical antics of scrounging through trash cans and similar images.

Our senior editor wonders, hasn't he been reduced to the level of the Procyon lotor, isn't he about to start scrounging through trash cans and waste? No, he isn't, because he's lost his appetite, if you recall. He is not eating - or forcing himself to eat. He only shows a will to live in running this blog for as long as he can. But, we digress. Isn't the Procyon lotor becoming an emerging symbol for the state that the rest of humanity is entering? After the coming economic catastrophe, will or won't humanity be reduced to scrounging through trash cans and the "corpse of the old world" somewhat like in Beyond Thunderdome and the other Mad Max films? Is this the End of Nations?

And, our lead-link (see below) points to an End of Nations through a watery demise due largely to global warming (much like in Waterworld). It seems like the combined impacts of the economic collapse and the global warming-induced flooding of the earth would seem to presage the End of Nations? Should you be concerned? We think you should. If it does happen, and it seems likely, the racoon, the semi-accidental symbol of this posting, will be washing its waste in the newly formed Lake Washington D. C.

Collapse Of Antarctic Ice Sheet Would Likely Put Washington, D.C. Largely Underwater

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090205142132.htm

More Extreme Weather In The Arctic Regions

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090205083526.htm

Global Warming

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Warming

China suffering worst drought in 50 years

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/02/06/china.drought.half.century/index.html

La Nina seen gradually weakening in 2009: NOAA

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre5144bq-us-weather-lanina/

El Niño-Southern Oscillation

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Nina


US unemployment rate reaches 7.6%

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7874955.stm

Unemployment Nation: 598,000 Jobs Lost in January

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/Economy/story?id=6815373&page=1

Canada lost 129,000 jobs in January: StatsCan

http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2009/02/06/januaryjobs.html

Abitibi paper production to halt by Feb. 15

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2009/02/06/abitibi-closing.html

AbitibiBowater

http://www.abitibibowater.com/

Video: Experts crunch jobs numbers

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Firms that never had layoffs

http://www.yahoo.com/s/1026581

Job market could be bleak for years

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29037931/

Panel: Bailout Overpaid $78B For Stocks

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/06/politics/main4779473.shtml

Obama taps range of experts for advice on economy

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre5152l7-us-obama-economy/

Obama Adopts Campaign-Like Rhetoric to Push Stimulus

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2009/02/with-campaign-l.html

Obama's Approval Rating: 62 Percent

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/05/link/blog/main4778776.shtml

Stimulus compromise gets one more chance

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/06/stimulus/index.html

German industrial output plunges

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7874565.stm

China's official data mask severity of slump

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090206/ap_on_bi_ge/as_china_economy;_ylt=An59fbGEpJRIOzx1FX9EEURvaA8F

Toyota triples year loss forecast

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7873731.stm

Furlough Fridays begin for Calif. state workers

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090206/ap_on_bi_ge/california_budget;_ylt=AqotBuWGHMXjIHa7kxaDSUms0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFodmM5czZtBHBvcwMxNgRzZWMDYWNjb3JkaW9uX3RvcF9zdG9yaWVzBHNsawNmdXJsb3VnaGZyaWQ-

CEOs, Bankers Used Corporate Cards for Sex, Says NY Madam

http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=6813806&page=1

Kmart recalls baked goods linked to outbreak

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29052218/

Suspect peanuts sent to schools for lunches

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29046457/

Bad food makers unstoppable, expert says

http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/02/05/peanut.recall/index.html

Video: 'I'd like to see some people go to jail'

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Scarred Ga. sugar blast victims hope for new rules

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090206/ap_on_bi_ge/refinery_blast_year_later;_ylt=ArgopZIWQq.eVF.e8UfNSeus0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFlN3MwaWlxBHBvcwM1NwRzZWMDYWNjb3JkaW9uX3Vfc19uZXdzBHNsawNzY2FycmVkZ2FzdWc-

Israel expels Gaza aid ship team

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7874020.stm

2 rockets fired from Gaza, Israeli military says

http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/02/06/israel-rockets.html

U.S. image picks up, China and Russia worsen: poll

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre5153ir-us-poll-image/

Canadian soldiers to target Afghan drug trade linked to Taliban

http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/02/06/druglords-afghan.html

Md. Professor Accused In Genocide Arrested

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/06/national/main4779560.shtml



Malaysian MP removed from office

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7874068.stm

Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nizar_Jamaluddin

Pakistan nuclear scientist 'free'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7873962.stm

Abdul Qadeer Khan

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdul_Qadeer_Khan

Official: Pakistan kills 52 militants

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29051757/

Treasure: Somali Pirates Snag $3.2M Ransom

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/05/world/main4778385.shtml

Afghans Face Death For Quran Translation

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=6817669

Kyrgyz closure of US base 'final'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7873866.stm

Russia steps in amid Kyrgyz base flap

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29032319/

Manas Air Base

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manas_Air_Base

Charges dropped in USS Cole bombing case

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29042139/

USS Cole Bombing

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Cole_bombing

Obama to meet with 9/11, Cole victims' families

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29051428/

Nigeria baby poison deaths rise






























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