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POPSFinancial Crisis: Fed Becomes Rogue Power
The Fed under Bernanke does whatever it wants. There is little constraints on it by law, being a creature actually outside of government. The "central bank" is actually a consortium of private banks with authority to print money "from thin air", as it states here. The Federal Reserve is no more "federal" than Federal Express. The only reason the Fed Chairman Bernanke went to Congress for a Bailout Plan (by using Treas. Sec'y Paulson to front, and hiding behind Bush) was to cover his hindquarters, and gain "consent" (by fear and coercion) of Congress, and putting Americans on the hook with them. Note the article states that the Fed acted already on its own to bailout Bear Stearns and make other "loans" (print money) without Congress: The Bernanke Fed first invoked rarely used 1930s powers to intervene — with taxpayer backing — in March when it provided a $29 billion loan as part of JPMorgan Chase & Co.'s takeover of Bear Stearns. The Fed is now Czar.
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POPSBlog Action Day 2008 From the Blog Action web site: Blog Action Day is an annual nonprofit event that aims to unite the world’s bloggers, podcasters and videocasters, to post about the same issue on the same day. Our aim is to raise awareness and trigger a global discussion. First and last, the purpose of Blog Action Day is to create a discussion. We ask bloggers to take a single day out of their schedule and focus it on an important issue. By doing so on the same day, the blogging community effectively changes the conversation on the web and focuses audiences around the globe on that issue. From the smallest online journals, to huge online magazines, to EU ministers, to professionals and amateurs, Blog Action Day is about mass participation. Anyone is free to join in on Blog Action Day and there is no limit on the number of posts, the type of posts or the direction of thoughts and opinions.
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POPSNo single computer security product is perfect Great 2 page article. Although I disagree with the statement about the products being reviewed not being resource hogs. If your puter is loaded with viruses and spyware when you try these products or if you have these products and dont use them correctly, they can bog down your puter.
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POPSIsland Wood: City Kids First Visit with Nature & Environmentalism An environmental learning center—nestled into a rustic 250-acre nature preserve—plays a dual role as symbol and teaching tool. "We envision a future in which all people view themselves as lifelong learners, and share an extraordinary bond of stewardship for the environment, for their communities and for each other." Raising of environmental consciousness, one child at a time. “The center is primarily for inner-city kids who don’t have an opportunity to connect with the natural world. And when kids are uncomfortable, they’re not open to learning. So we wanted them to be as comfortable here as possible.” The mission of IslandWood is to provide exceptional learning experiences and to inspire lifelong environmental and community stewardship.
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POPSReefer vomiting in swiss police car
In fact, he was drunk and smoked only a little bit of marijuhana. Alcohol is the big problem. But the deciders do not want their own hard drug out of business. And all those restaurants and bars that would no longer survive as legal (alcohol-)drug-dealers. Marijuhana is in the hand of mafia-kids. They just ask their older mafia-mates, when there is a problem. Honest, adult, hemp-smokers are punished hard, so that this soft drug stays in the hands of mafia. The swiss peope allowed by vote the use of hemp for medical ends, but they just, won't give it out. They're all mafias,with the money, the hookers, the jobs to bribe, to spinn-doctoring politicians opinions. In this point of view, switzerland is one of the worst country in europe: they sell minibags of marijuhana for double price at Platzspitz, the former public selling-place of HARD drugs... There should be a legat limit of concentration of THC in the blood of hemp-smokers. Those smoking Hash or Marijuhana should n
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POPSChinese Climate Records::100 AD ' Was Warmer Then' The Chinese researchers also looked at modern proxy evidence of past temperatures. * The oxygen isotopes in ice cores yield an annual record of the air temperatures when the ice was laid down. The researchers looked at two ice cores from Tibet. * Trees respond to warmth and rainfall by growing more rapidly, and the Chinese researchers examined two tree ring records from China and one from nearby Japan. * They included analysis of pollen and organic matter in a deep peat bog on the edge of the Tibetan Plateau. * They examined sediment cores from two lake beds in Taiwan. From this evidence, the Chinese researchers concluded China's warmest period during the past 2000 years occurred around 100 AD. This aligns with Roman records of growing wine grapes in Britain during their occupation of that island in the first century--even though Britain was unable to grow wine grapes from 1300 to 1950 because of too-cold temperatures
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POPSWhat goes around, comes around And the story ends: "Years later, the nobleman's son was struck with pnuemonia, and saved by penicilin. The nobleman's name: Sir Randolph Churchill. His son's name: Winston Churchill." I don't know if it's true, but it remains a great story.
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POPSBelching British Bogs Fueled Ancient Global Warming "Methane is a much more powerful greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide, so a big and rapid release of methane from wetland deposits would represent a huge and rapid positive feedback," "There is a great deal of methane generated in wetlands by microbial activity. Warming or more precipitation could cause rates of microbially mediated methane production to increase," "Methane already appears to be seeping out of once frozen bogs in Siberia." Warmer, wetter weather is likely to promote methane release in wetlands worldwide"
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