An Easily Understandable Explanation of Derivative Markets
Economics 101
Heidi is the proprietor of a bar in Detroit . She realizes that virtually all of her customers are unemployed alcoholics and, as such, can no longer afford to patronize her bar. To
solve this problem, she comes up with new marketing [...]
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US troops ‘vulnerable to back pain’
By Richard Lister
BBC News, Washington
Soldiers in combat bear heavy mental and physical loads
US soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan are more likely to be withdrawn from the battlefield due to back or joint pain than combat injuries, a study says.
A survey in a UK medical journal of US [...]
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“Of all the enemies to public liberty war is, perhaps, the most to be dreaded, because it comprises and develops the germ of every other. War is the parent of armies; from these proceed debts and taxes; and armies, and debts, and taxes are the known instruments for bringing the many [...]
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Dr. Weeks’ Comment: bailouts reward incompetence. I long for the free market (not see in these parts for decades – what we have is a welfare state for corporations “too big to fail”). These bankers, who are failures, should have been allowed to fail in the best of all possible economic worlds, and those more [...]
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Dr. Weeks’ Comment: This new health care bill, affordability in health care has a very telling declared purpose which people never refer to. It sends up red flags which are ignored.
What is the full and true purpose of the bill? (appreciating the truth in advertising aspect of a democracy) ?
It is (emphasis is mine):
“A Bill [...]
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Dr. Weeks’ Comment: Like lemmings, we move forward. Does the emperor have any clothes at all? The recent unemployment numbers are inexcusable – Americans are starving while Wall Street execs who failed, get bonuses and are rescued. Now a big player, Bill Gross co-manager of worlds largest bond fund, is sharing his disgust.
Bill Gross, co–chief [...]
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Dr. Weeks’ Comment: Today, in the USA, there are two classes of people: those who work for the government and those who work for the government (sic). Which class are you in and how do you feel about it?
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The number of federal workers earning six-figure salaries has exploded during the recession, according to a USA [...]
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Dr. Weeks’ Comment: So sad. Remember 1984 – “war is peace” doubletalk? Now we have the Nobel peace prize going to the man sending 30,000 American men and boys to Afghanistan to fight what his national security advisor says is only 100 al-Qaeda fighters (that is right, we send 30,000 to fight 100). Pakistan [...]
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Dr. Weeks Comment: Much more predictable than surprising.
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November 06, 2009
DRUG COMPANIES
Polish PM slams drug companies over vaccine
The Polish prime minister said Poland wants certainty that A(H1N1) vaccines are – safe from the point of view of Polish patients.
Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk on Friday slammed drug companies selling swine flu vaccines for allegedly refusing to [...]
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Dr. Weeks’ Comment: agriculture is big business today and I am disappointed that Obama has caved in to industry. Are we a nation of people or a nation of businesses?
Published on Thursday, September 24, 2009 by Civil Eats
Obama’s Chief Agricultural Negotiator Nominee a Pesticide Pusher
by Paula Crossfield
The industrial agriculture complex has been [...]
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