Friday, April 30, 2010
News Links, May 1, 2010
Athens clash at finance ministry over budget cuts
Greece's survival at stake, prime minister warns
Stanford Researchers Unveil Fly-on-the-Wall Spy Drone
Bill Clinton blames current crisis on getting off gold standard
Bill Clinton blames current crisis on getting off gold standard
Regulators close banks in Puerto Rico, Mich., Mo. (62 for year)
And finally... Boy Scouts of America introduce new video game badge
Thursday, April 29, 2010
News Links, April 30, 2010
Credit Agricole, SocGen Face Greek Risks as Debt Crisis Deepens
Greece Agrees to €24 Billion Austerity Program: Report
United Airlines, Continental nearing deal on merger, reports say
Researchers show how to use mobiles to spy on people
Researchers show how to use mobiles to spy on people
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
News Links, April 29, 2010
China May Announce 4 Trillion Yuan Stimulus, China Business Says
Note: The maglev will never happen.
Incredible shrinking Japan Airlines: JAL To Eliminate 45 Flights In FY10 In Bid For Revival
Los Angeles: Thousand line up for free medical care
"If we don't do it, you know this whole city is going to go down."
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
News Links, April 28, 2010
Norway agrees Barents Sea Arctic border with Russia
"Estimates are that the U.S. will have to invest $23 billion annually for the next 20 years to maintain water infrastructure at its current level."
"The economy is in worse shape than in 2008."
"We have a $14 trillion economy that has accumulated a fifty-eight percent net deficit, or more than double the distortions that had to be absorbed in the 1930s. It is obvious that sudden withdrawal of that support would lead to an instantaneous and catastrophic economic collapse."
"We could have double-digit growth for 30 years and never grow our way out of this."
"This debt is like a cancer; it's a cancer that's going to destroy our country from within."
Monday, April 26, 2010
News Links, April 27, 2010
Pakistan begins second phase of war games
Lawmakers Approve State of Emergency in Paraguay Region
Japan's First Foreign Military Base to Open in Djibouti Africa
Japan's First Foreign Military Base to Open in Djibouti Africa
"In fact, refinery expansion currently underway should make Iran a gasoline exporter by 2013."
New World Order: Squatting - How to Squat in Abandoned Property
Sunday, April 25, 2010
News Links, April 26, 2010
Saturday, April 24, 2010
News Links, April 25, 2010
"The power shortage threatens companies' ability to build or expand data centers."
And finally... Don't talk to aliens, warns Stephen Hawking
Friday, April 23, 2010
News Links, April 24, 2010
Athens to ask for activation of rescue package
"One of the key signs that we are in the early stages of an economic collapse and that we are heading towards another Great Depression is America's crumbling infrastructure."
"The group appears likely to become the first U.S. generation in 100 years to do worse economically than their parents."
Is the US Facing a Cash Crunch? (Lots of tables and charts)
Thursday, April 22, 2010
News Links, April 23, 2010
"This is the gravest natural resource shortage you've never heard of."
Ukraine to up uranium outputSouth Korean ship sunk by crack squad of 'human torpedoes'
"Argentina became the eighth Latin American country to buy Russian weapons, along with Brazil, Venezuela, Colombia, Mexico, Uruguay, Peru and Bolivia."
"If Iran decides to go for nuclear weapons, the US may not be able to permanently stop this from happening unless it is willing to occupy the country."
Vietnam: Dry rivers spell power shortage
Thailand: Grenade attacks kill three and injure 75
Many Americans struggling with rising rental housing costs
Flying car? Dept of Defense OKs new Jetsons-like vehicle
Flying car? Dept of Defense OKs new Jetsons-like vehicle
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
News Links, April 22, 2010
Part 6: Principal Feedback Mechanisms Driving Collapse
Greece default still in play as deadline looms
Note: Recall this closely related item from two days ago.
What links the banking crisis and the volcano?
"We rely globally on over-complex, over-strained systems."
"We rely globally on over-complex, over-strained systems."
-- Oil and gas --
India, US and China consider joint strategic crude oil response (Japan and SKorea also attending)
Saudi Arabia: US wants to join nuclear city project
Shocking: Digital Photocopiers Loaded With Secrets
"Your Office Copy Machine Might Digitally Store Thousands of Documents That Get Passed on at Resale"
"Your Office Copy Machine Might Digitally Store Thousands of Documents That Get Passed on at Resale"
And finally... Octopus steals underwater camera from diver
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
News Links, April 21, 2010
Israeli defense minister says no war this summer
Israel builds up deep-sea navy
"Iraqi authorities announced last year they had killed Baghdadi..."
Would the U.S. Shoot Down an Israeli Jet? Top Officer Won't Say
Assad due in Egypt to discuss threat of Israeli-Syrian war
Assad due in Egypt to discuss threat of Israeli-Syrian war
"Within the next decade, dozens of major airlines will go bankrupt."
China: Expert warns on hot money
Mexico/US: Tapeworm brain infections increasing
"They are coming for everything because they are a bunch of socialists."
Monday, April 19, 2010
News Links, April 20, 2010
-- International high finance! --
"The IMF's eleven-fold increase in its fire-fighting fund, announced earlier this week, is a sign that the endgame for the global debt markets is approaching."
Volcanic flight ban hits Kenya farm workers (On the virtues of globalization)
And finally... Grass-eating beetle could devastate Britain's lawns!
Sunday, April 18, 2010
News Links, April 19, 2010
Japan 'boosting intelligence on Chinese military'
The Future of Capitalism - Profits and Growth (but not without cheap oil)
"Fast growing power demand is forcing Saudi Arabia to look at all sources of energy."
Malaysia: Cap on foreign workers likely
Natural Gas Boom Gets Put On Hold (sheds revealing light on shale gas)
And finally... Ride out collapse in style with the ultimate survival bunker
Saturday, April 17, 2010
News Links, April 18, 2010
Ahmadinejad: Israel has nukes while Iran banned from nuclear energy
Postal Service Seeks to End Saturday Service To Avoid Financial Collapse
Kansas: Shortfall for '11 state budget tops $500 million
Kansas: Shortfall for '11 state budget tops $500 million
GM's Pension: A Ticking Time Bomb for Taxpayers?
Wave of commercial foreclosure postings hits Central Texas
Wave of commercial foreclosure postings hits Central Texas
Friday, April 16, 2010
News Links, April 17, 2009
"Germany might consider exiting Europe's current monetary union to create a smaller bloc as the Greek crisis threatens to turn the euro area into a region of 'fiscal profligacy.'"
How U.S. weapons technology is finding its way to Iran
U.S. Lawmaker Asks France To Stop Russia Ship Sale
U.S. Lawmaker Asks France To Stop Russia Ship Sale
Incredible shrinking Japan Airlines: JAL receives far more early retirement applications than planned
-- Volcano is actually a lesson on world's reliance on oil --
Regulators shut 5 banks in Fla., Mass., Mich. (total for year: 47)