Monthly Archives: December 2012

California’s New Democratic Supermajority is the Path to a Smaller America

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“California, where I once lived for several years, simply makes no sense in its current configuration. Northern California has little in common with Southern California, and the rural, ag-heavy Central Valley has nothing in common with the glitzy, pricey coast. Lawmakers – who make a mockery of leadership in California – have proven time and again through the years that they’re incapable of effectively or prudently managing the diverse needs of such a diverse state.  In short, California makes far more sense as three separate states … and the supermajority is quite likely the accidental path to that future.”

http://sovereign-investor.com/2012/12/28/californias-new-democratic-supermajority-is-the-path-to-a-smaller-america/

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‘Ag-Gag’ Bills, Property Rights, and Common Sense

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“Opposition to Ag-Gag legislation is steadfast across demographic, geographic and partisan lines. A majority of Republicans, Democrats and Independents agree that banning undercover investigations is wrong. Likewise, a majority of respondents in all regions (Northeast, Midwest, South and West) oppose the criminalization of undercover investigations at farms.  Over the years I have witnessed that fact that the more people are exposed to the realities of the cruel and deplorable slop served up by the industrial CAFO system, the more they will demand quality food where animals are raised humanely and within their natural environment.”

http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/129643.html

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One nation under drugs, with slavery and sickness for all

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“More than 15,000 Americans now die annually after overdosing on prescription painkillers called opioids, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention—more than from heroin, cocaine and all other illegal drugs combined.  Rising opioid abuse means that drug overdoses are now the single largest cause of accidental death in America. They surpassed traffic accidents in 2009, the most recent CDC data available.  And all of this is occurring under the ‘watchful’ eye of the FDA.”

http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/129460.html

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Verizon Patent Helps Deliver Relevant Ads By Eavesdropping Conversations

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“Verizon’s technology can work a variety of ways. For starters, it can listen in on conversations – whether it be with someone else in the room or on the phone – and pick out keywords that would aide it in its duties. In reality, it’s simple stuff in this day and age, but that doesn’t make it any less off-putting. Imagine arguing with your significant other and then seeing marriage counseling ads on the TV – or better, cuddling and then seeing ads for contraceptives!  These set-top boxes can also be configured with infrared sensors that draw outlines of inanimate objects in the room along with pets.”

http://hothardware.com/News/Verizon-Patent-Helps-Deliver-Relevant-Ads-By-Eavesdropping-Conversations/default.aspx

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Meet the Weeds That Monsanto Can’t Beat

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“When Monsanto revolutionized agriculture with a line of genetically engineered seeds, the promise was that the technology would lower herbicide use—because farmers would have to spray less. In fact, just the opposite happened.  Sixteen years on, Roundup (Monsanto’s tradename for its glyphosate herbicide) has certainly killed lots of weeds. But the ones it has left standing are about as resistant to herbicide as the company’s Roundup Ready crops, which are designed to survive repeated applications of the agribusiness giant’s own Roundup herbicide.”

http://www.motherjones.com/tom-philpott/2012/12/gm-crops-roundup-italian-ryegrass

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Who Could Be Watching You Watching Your Figure? Your Boss

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“Fitbit is entering a brave new world in privacy as it starts selling devices and data to a new market: employers. Scal says Fitbit is attempting to grow through corporate wellness programs.  One of Fitbit’s competitors, BodyMedia, says it is working with insurance companies to get its self-trackers into more workplaces. Scal says Fitbit is running an experiment with one insurer, to see if employees who use the devices go to the doctor less. This, he says, ‘would be the holy grail for a product like this.’  ‘If we could make a direct connection to reduction in medical care costs, then I think the floodgates would be open,’ Scal says.”

http://www.npr.org/blogs/alltechconsidered/2012/12/26/167970303/who-could-be-watching-you-watching-your-figure-your-boss

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Evictions Become Focus of Spanish Crisis

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“There are now 1.7 million Spanish households in which not a single family member still earns a salary. Nearly 4 million people have lost their jobs since late 2007, when the real estate bubble burst. More than half of those out of work in Spain are now considered to be long-term unemployed. The result is that an increasing number of them can no longer service the loans they took to purchase apartments, houses and commercial space during the boom years prior to the crisis.  According to a forecast by the Spanish central bank, the number of foreclosures will increase by another 30 percent in the coming year.”

http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/increasing-protests-in-spain-as-forced-evictions-continue-to-rise-a-874771.html

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Florida homeowners foreclose on deadbeat banks

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“Vigilante homeowners in Florida are turning the tables on banks by foreclosing on them over unpaid homeowner fees, which can amount to tens of thousands of dollars.  Although banks are typically the ones foreclosing on homeowners who can’t pay their mortgages, those same banks sometimes fail to pay the homeowners fees that come with holding those properties after foreclosure, reported CNN.  And when banks fail to pony up, associations have hit back by imposing liens on those properties. If they still fail to pay, associations pursue foreclosures against the banks — a reversal of the process that banks typically pursue against homeowners.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/12/27/florida-homeowners-foreclose-on-deadbeat-banks/

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U.S. Courts Penetrate Domestic Asset Protection Trusts

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“Building on the burgeoning popularity of offshore asset protection trusts (OAPTs), 14 U.S. states have now enacted their own ‘domestic’ asset protection trust (DAPT) legislation.  These laws date back to the 1990s, but only in the last year have I learned of challenges to them in U.S. courts. The record is not encouraging.”

http://www.nestmann.com/u-s-courts-penetrate-domestic-asset-protection-trusts/

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Feds mobilize against additional hits on their pocketbooks

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“Federal workers have had enough.  Now if only they can convince elected officials not to hit them again.  As the White House and Congress look for ways to avoid a Jan. 1 ‘fiscal cliff’ of budget cuts and tax increases, federal employee groups are increasingly mobilized against more hits on their pocketbooks.  The Federal Workers Alliance (FWA), a coalition of 20 unions representing more than 300,000 employees, scheduled a ‘federal employee day of action’ on Tuesday to pressure officials not to take any more away from the workforce in the name of deficit reduction.”

http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2012-12-17/local/35886104_1_federal-employees-federal-workers-postal-employees

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