Science & Technology – Week of 04.13.14
Your Gadgets Are Gross: The Best Tools for Spring Cleaning Electronics
The Wall Street Journal | 15 April 2014
Making your tech sparkle means more than just grabbing whatever is in the cleaning closet…
Food & Health – Week of 04.13.14
Shrimp Is Big. Now It’s Sick. And Really Expensive
Bloomberg | 15 April 2014
Penny pinchers will be forgiven for skipping the shrimp scampi this season…
Casual Marijuana Use Linked With Brain Abno…
Life – Week of 04.13.14
Gabriel García Márquez, Conjurer of Literary Magic, Dies at 87
The New York Times | 17 April 2014
Gabriel García Márquez, the Colombian novelist whose “One Hundred Years of Solitude”…
Infan…
Wild Cards – Week of 04.13.14
A Russian Enigma
The Kernel | 27 August 2013
Volume dials were turned up, computers began recording, forum posts were hastily typed. Something big was happening…
Russian Woodpecker
Wikipedia
The Ru…
Money & Markets – Week of 04.06.14
98% Of All Consumer Credit In Past Year Was Student And Car Loans
Zero Hedge | 07 April 2014
Same s***, different month…
Tesla Kicks Off China Sales This Month With Musk Helming
Bloomberg | 09 Apri…
Precious Metals – Week of 04.06.14
Gold Premiums Tumble in India
Resource Investor | 07 April 2014
The decision by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to grant gold import license to five private sector banks…
Housing & Mortgage Markets – Week of 04.06.14
Zillow to Give Chinese Homebuyers Access to U.S. Listings
Bloomberg Businessweek | 02 April 2014
Zillow Inc. agreed to make its U.S. property listings available to Chinese consumers through a partners…
Geopolitical – Week of 04.06.14
State Department Misplaces $6b Worth of Contracts Under Hillary
Hang the Bankers | 05 April 2014
The US State Department is unable to explain how it spent billions of dollars worth of contract funds …
Science & Technology – Week of 04.06.14
Hidden Miracles of the Natural World
TED | March 2014
We live in a world of unseeable beauty, so subtle and delicate that it is imperceptible to the human eye…
Meet the Jumping, Bionic Kangaroo Rob…
Food & Health – Week of 04.06.14
Health Plan Premiums Are Skyrocketing According To New Survey Of 148 Insurance Brokers, With Delaware Up 100%, California 53%, Florida 37%, Pennsylvania 28%
Forbes | 07 April 2014
Health insurance pre…
Life – Week of 04.06.14
How to Survive the Coming Zombie Apocalypse: An Online Course by Michigan State
Open Culture | 08 April 2014
These days, the naysayers like to ask: “What is a college education good for? What does i…
Money & Markets – Week of 03.30.14
Amazing Graphic Shows Chicago’s Middle Class Disappear Before Your Eyes
CBS Chicago | 03 April 2014
The graphic that you are about to see is sobering, perhaps depressing, and you can’t take your e…
Precious Metals – Week of 03.30.14
Vietnam to Ban Gold Bullion at Country’s Borders
Tuoitre News | 01 April 2014
Local and foreign individuals will be prohibited from carrying gold bullion and gold material when they enter or leave V…
Geopolitical – Week of 03.30.14
US Food Aid Is Already Being Sold on Black Market Websites in Ukraine
Motherboard | 02 April 2014
About a month after Russian troops invaded and annexed Crimea…
Russian Duma Denounces Black Sea Fle…
Science & Technology – Week of 03.30.14
Verizon Accused of Tearing out Copper Telephone Lines to Force FiOS and Wireless on Customers
Extreme Tech | 24 March 2014
Verizon has come under fire in the past for attempting to shove consumers off…
Life – Week of 03.30.14
The Cinderella Law: Emotional Correctness Gone Mad
The Independent | 02 April 2014
Rather than protecting children, the Cinderella Law could turn family life into a place where no one is safe…
Mars…
Money & Markets – Week of 03.23.14
Wal-Mart Sues Visa for $5 Billion Over Card Swipe Fees
Yahoo! Finance | 28 March 2014
Wal-Mart Stores Inc this week sued Visa Inc for $5 billion…
Putin Eyes Russia Credit Card System After Western …
Precious Metals – Week of 03.23.14
JPMorgan Defeats Appeal in U.S. Silver Price-Fixing Lawsuit
Reuters | 27 March 2014
Investors said silver prices driven down illegally…
April Fools’ Drop Dead Date for the Volcker Rule – What i…
Housing & Mortgage Markets – Week of 03.23.14
Stick A Fork In The “Housing Recovery” (Spoiler Alert: Blame Record Student Debt)
Zero Hedge | 20 March 2014
The chart below from Bank of America – showing the progression of first-time US homebuyers …
Geopolitical – Week of 03.23.14
Ukraine Faces Hard Road to Economic Recovery with Moscow Pushing Back
Reuters | 28 March 2014
Smarting from Ukraine’s U-turn towards Europe, Russia is likely to employ every weapon in its economic ars…
Science & Technology – Week of 03.23.14
3D-Printed Skull Replacement Transplant a World First for Netherlands Patient
International Business Times | 26 March 2014
A 22-year-old woman has received the world’s first full 3D-printed skull repl…
Food & Health – Week of 03.21.14
‘One in 68 Kids has Autism’
Yahoo! News | 27 March 2014
One in 68 children has autism, a 30 percent rise over the last estimate released in 2012…
8 Foods We Eat That Other Countries Ban
AARP Blog |…
Life – Week of 03.23.14
Why Likability Matters More at Work
The Wall Street Journal | 25 March 2014
Is the workplace becoming more like high school?
Celebrate Aretha Franklin’s Birthday With a Playlist Of The Queen Of Soul’…
Wild Cards – Week of 03.23.14
Police Execute Homeless Man For Camping
YouTube | 24 March 2014
You can add one more item to the list of things that will potentially get you killed by police: illegal camping…
US Jazz Musicians W…
Money & Markets – Week of 03.16.14
LARRY PAGE: I Would Rather Give My Billions To Elon Musk Than Charity
Business Insider | 20 March 2014
Google CEO Larry Page has an unusual idea about what should happen to his billions should he die….
Precious Metals – Week of 03.16.14
India Allows More Banks to Import Gold in Easing of Curbs
Reuters | 19 March 2014
India has allowed five domestic private sector banks to import gold…
Gold Trading to Open Up to Foreigners in Shang…
Geopolitical – Week of 03.16.14
Video: Insurance Companies Will Receive $5.5 Billion in Bailouts in 2015
Ben Swann | 18 March 2014
Insurance companies such as WellPoint and Humana will receive $5.5 billion in bailouts…
Russia Tak…
Science & Technology – Week of 03.16.14
Lockheed Martin Researchers Achieve Breakthrough in Robotics for Space Exploration
Lockheed Martin | 11 March 2014
In a breakthrough that will help make it possible for astronauts and robots to work t…
Food & Health – Week of 03.16.14
France Bans Monsanto GM Maize ahead of Sowing Season
Sustainable Pulse | 16 March 2014
France’s agriculture ministry on Saturday banned the sale…
California Drought: Why State’s Big Cities Aren’…
Life – Week of 03.16.14
Quality of Life
Village News | 10 March 2014
My daughter, Marly, had her baby on Thursday after 40 hours of labor…
Build Yourself. Build Your World.
Open Source Ecology
This 3 or 4-day workshop –…
Wild Cards – Week of 03.16.14
Synthetic Biology – Fidelity Investments: Thinking Big
YouTube | 27 April 2012
Goats are making silk stronger than steel…
Money & Markets – Week of 03.09.14
Meet The Secretive 24-Year-Old Woman From Hong Kong Who Is The World’s New Youngest Billionaire
Yahoo! Finance | 10 March 2014
A secretive 24-year old woman from Hong Kong recently took the title of w…
Housing & Mortgage Markets – Week of 03.09.14
Senate Banking Leaders Reach Housing Finance Deal
Politico | 11 March 2014
The leaders of the Senate Banking Committee have reached a bipartisan agreement…
Geopolitical – Week of 03.09.14
Deadly Warning for Detroit Thugs: Police Chief Cheers on Armed Citizens
BizPac | 08 March 2014
Detroit’s police chief knows 911 can be too late…
CIA: We Only Spied On Senate Intelligence Committe…
Science & Technology – Week of 03.09.14
CUPID Drone to ‘Shock the World’ with 80,000 Volt Stun Gun
RT | 08 March 2013
A Texas film has revealed an app controlled security drone that can zap intruders with an 80,000 volt taser dart…
A…
Food & Health – Week of 03.09.14
Vaccine Industry Watchdog Obtains CDC Documents That Show Statistically Significant Risks of Autism Associated with Vaccine Preservative Thimerosal
PR Web | 19 February 2014
For nearly ten years, Bri…
Life – Week of 03.09.14
Amazon’s Killer New App for Books
Marketwatch | 09 March 2014
With linked e-books/audiobooks, there’s ‘time enough at last’ to read…
Money & Markets – Week of 03.02.14
Consolidation of Ukrainian Stock Market Brings New Opportunities to Investors
Kyiv Post | 06 March 2014
The merger of Ukraine’s two main stock trading platforms…
Retail Sales Drop was Enormous-Ka…
Precious Metals – Week of 03.02.14
Barclays, Deutsche Bank Accused of Gold Fix Manipulation
Bloomberg | 04 March 2014
Barclays Plc (BARC), Deutsche Bank AG (DBK) and three other banks were accused in a lawsuit of manipulating the Londo…
Geopolitical – Week of 03.02.14
Russia Sinks Ship to Block Ukrainian Navy Entry to Black Sea
The Sydney Morning Herald | 07 March 2014
An anti-submarine ship may have been the first casualty of the Russian incursion into Crimea…
…
Science & Technology – Week of 03.02.14
China to Test Cutting-Edge Anti-Smog Drone
RT | 06 March 2014
Government agencies in China are set to test a new aerial drone to tackle their overwhelming air pollution…
Atlantic Oil Drilling Using…
Food & Health – Week of 03.02.14
Meet the New Farm Bill
Sustainable Food Center | 26 February 2014
In the US, the Farm Bill is the primary agricultural and food policy tool of the federal government…
Surge in Babies Born Without …
Life – Week of 03.02.14
Snowiest Cities of Winter 2013-2014
The Weather Channel | 07 March 2014
Erie is America’s snowiest city with a population of 100,000 or greater this winter through March 3…
Shilling Discovery Could…
Wild Cards – Week of 03.02.14
News March 2014
YouTube | 01 March 2014
Geoengineering And The Collapse Of Earth 2014
YouTube | 05 February 2014
This is one of those videos that is a shock to the system…
Money & Markets – Week of 02.23.14
Mt. Gox Files for Bankruptcy, Hit with Lawsuit
Reuters | 28 February 2014
Mt. Gox, once the world’s biggest bitcoin exchange…
Natural Gas Inventories Are Headed Toward Zero
Financial Sense | 27 Feb…
Precious Metals – Week of 02.23.14
Gold Fix Study Shows Signs of Decade of Bank Manipulation
Bloomberg | 28 February 2014
The London gold fix, the benchmark used by miners…
Here Is The FT’s Gold Price Manipulation Article That Was R…
Geopolitical – Week of 02.23.14
Ukraine Accuses Russia of ‘Military Invasion’ as Gunmen Seize Airports
Fox News | 28 February 2014
Armed forces were blocking the two main airports in the strategic peninsula…
Peter M. Flanigan, Ba…
Science & Technology – Week of 02.23.14
North American Scientists Track Incoming Fukushima Plume
BBC News | 25 February 2014
The likely scale of the radioactive plume of water from Fukushima due to hit the west coast of North America should…
Food & Health – Week of 02.23.14
Short- and Long-Term Effects of a Novel on Connectivity in the Brain
Brain Connectivity
We sought to determine whether reading a novel causes measurable changes in resting-state connectivity…
Comm…
Life – Week of 02.23.14
Why Best Buy Recycles
YouTube | 21 May 2013
One-Percent Jokes and Plutocrats in Drag: What I Saw When I Crashed a Wall Street Secret Society
New York | 17 February 2014
Recently, our nation’s fina…
Wild Cards – Week of 02.23.14
Project Camelot: Ole Dammegard : Assassinations & False Flags
YouTube | 10 February 2014
Ole has written a masterful book on the death of the Prime Minister of Sweden…
Do You Want to Know What’s R…
Money & Markets – Week of 02.16.14
“The Pig In The Python Is About To Be Expelled”: A Walk Thru Of China’s Hard Landing, And The Upcoming Global Harder Reset
Zero Hedge | 21 February 2014
By now everyone knows that the Chinese credit …
Housing & Mortgage Markets – Week of 02.16.14
The Retail Real Estate Implosion: The Robotics Cometh!
SafeHaven | 17 February 2014
The US just released US Retail Sales details warn of an alarming problem…
Geopolitical – Week of 02.16.14
Scientists Warn of Environmental Threat in Chemical Arms Disposal
Space War | 20 February 2014
An international operation to destroy Syria’s chemical weapons stockpile…
Documenting Darkness: How a …
Science & Technology – Week of 02.16.14
Fusion Breakthrough Reported…And a Look Back
Giza Death Star | 19 February 2014
This one was sent to me by many of you, and it is one of those stories that requires being mentioned…
World’s Lar…
Food & Health – Week of 02.16.14
Another One For The GMO-Transhumanist Scrapbook: DNA Transference From GMOs To Humans!?
Giza Death Star | 21 February 2014
Now this one, folks, I really don’t know what to make of…
Is It the Glut…
Life – Week of 02.16.14
77 Reasons You’re Awful at Managing Money
The Huffington Post | 20 February 2014
People usually get better at things over time…
Ruins of the Rust Belt: Haunting Photos of Abandoned Buildings by Sep…
Wild Cards – Week of 02.16.14
Jeff Rense & Dane Wigington – Snow Burns, Won’t Melt!
YouTube | 07 February 2014
Clip from February 03, 2014 – guest Dane Wigington on the Jeff Rense Program…
How to Ruin an Economy; Some Simple …
Money & Markets – Week of 02.09.14
JPMorgan Global Program Trading Exec, Dead at 37
Housing Wire | 12 February 2014
Ryan Henry Crane, 37, executive director in JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s (JPM) global program trading, died Feb. 10…
Moody…
Precious Metals – Week of 02.09.14
Which Gold Miners Hold The Most Supply?
Visual Capitalist | 29 January 2014
Major and mid-tier gold miners hold 54.3% of global reserves and resources worldwide…
China’s 500-Tonne Gold Gap Fuels Ta…
Housing & Mortgage Markets – Week of 02.09.14
Welcome Relief for Homeowners, Then the Tax Bill
CNBC | 05 February 2014
Come tax time, JPMorgan Chase will be able to write off the $1.5 billion in debt relief it must give homeowners…
Geopolitical – Week of 02.09.14
Did 5 Banksters and 1 Journalist All Fake Their Deaths?
Before It’s News | 08 February 2014
We outsiders can only speculate about how 5 prominent banksters and a journalist were wiped off…
German H…
Science & Technology – Week of 02.09.14
V2V: What are Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communications and How Do They Work?
Extreme Tech | 06 February 2014
Vehicle-to-vehicle communications moved one step closer to reality…
Why Traffic To These Google…
Food & Health – Week of 02.09.14
Chick-fil-A to Stop Using Chickens Raised on Antibiotics
Infowars | 13 February 2014
In yet another victory for food rights activists…
Fukushima’s Legacy: Understanding the Difference Between Nucle…
Life – Week of 02.09.14
Camera Falls Off Plane, Lands in a Pig Pen, and Records the Whole Thing
Death and Taxes Magazine | 12 February 2014
We realize that the web is crowded with an overwhelming number of “amazing” vira…
Wild Cards – Week of 02.09.14
The Second Machine Age
Tech Crunch | 06 February 2014
Andrew Keen talks to Andrew McAfee and Erik Brynjolfsson about their new book “The Second Machine Age”…
Deceptions 2 “Lest We Forget” by Ch…
Money & Markets – Week of 02.02.14
World Payments Report 2013
CapGemini
Innovative offerings in the payment acquisition space are flourishing from banks and new entrants…
Nearly 1 Billion Smartphones Were Shipped Last Year
Business …
Precious Metals – Week of 02.02.14
Gold and Silver Derivatives in Chart Form: What Market Makers Have Controlling Interests?
Mish’s Global Economic Trend Analysis | 02 February 2014
Here are a few charts from Sharelynx Gold regarding p…
Geopolitical – Week of 02.02.14
Timeline of redevelopment dispute involving Christie and Hoboken Mayor Zimmer
NJ.com | 22 January 2014
July 2010: The Rockefeller Group announces it is putting the finishes touches on plans for what w…
Science & Technology – Week of 02.02.14
Graphene-Based Nano-Antennas May Enable Cooperating Smart Dust Swarms
Gizmag | 03 February 2014
Smart dust. Utility fog. Programmable matter. Grey and blue goo…
The Robots That Saved Pittsburgh
Pol…
Food & Health – Week of 02.02.14
Missouri AG Challenges California Egg Law
The Sacramento Bee | 04 May 2013
Missouri’s attorney general has asked a federal court to strike down a California law regulating the living conditions of chi…
Life – Week of 02.02.14
Time for a Ceasefire
The Economist | 01 February 2014
Technology and fresh ideas are replacing classroom drill—and helping pupils to learn…
Just Beesweet
Edible Austin
Nine-year-old Mikaila Ulmer…
Money & Markets – Week of 01.26.14
Movement is Life-Catherine Austin Fitts
USA Watchdog | 27 January 2014
Investment advisor Catherine Austin Fitts knows the economy is bad, but not all bad…
Yellen to be sworn in as first woman Fed…
Precious Metals – Week of 01.26.14
India to Review Gold Restrictions by End-March
Reuters | 27 January 2014
India will review its tight curbs on gold imports by the end of March, the finance ministry said on Monday…
Glenn Beck Expla…
Geopolitical – Week of 01.26.14
Uzbek Terror Suspect Challenges U.S. Surveillance Program
Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty | 30 January 2014
An Uzbek man living in Colorado has become the first defendant to challenge the constitution…
Science & Technology – Week of 01.26.14
More “Fringe” Science Again: Quantum Entanglement and “Psychic Teleportation”
Giza Death Star | 30 January 2014
I swear, scheduling this next two weeks’ blogs for me has been one of the more…
Food & Health – Week of 01.26.14
Hemp Growing Going Legit After Decades-Long Ban
Yahoo! Finance | 27 January 2014
The federal government is ready to let farmers grow cannabis — at least the kind that can’t get people high…
Genet…
Life – Week of 01.26.14
Archaeologists Unearth What May Be Oldest Roman Temple
NPR | 29 January 2014
Archaeologists excavating a site in central Rome say they’ve uncovered what may be oldest known temple from Roman antiquity…
Money & Markets – Week of 01.19.14
Stronger Tank Cars Needed to Ship Oil by Rail: Agencies
Bloomberg | 23 January 2014
Crude oil hauled by rail needs to be shipped in stronger tank cars and on safer routes…
Internet Firms and Taxes:…
Precious Metals – Week of 01.19.14
That Was The Weak That Worked: Part 3
Mauldin Economics | 20 January 2014
What a year this has been for gold…
No Plans to Roll Back Gold Import Curbs – Chidambaram
Reuters | 23 January 2014
India i…
Housing & Mortgage Markets – Week of 01.19.14
After Seven Lean Years, Part 2: US Commercial Real Estate: The Present Position and Future Prospects
Of Two Minds | 20 January 2014
The fundamentals of demographics, stagnant household income and an o…
Geopolitical – Week of 01.19.14
Whistleblower: Google Chrome Can Listen To Your Conversations
Infowars | 23 January 2014
Programmer goes public four months after company failed to fix exploit…
ObamaCare – The Lies Continue
Forbes…
Science & Technology – Week of 01.19.14
A Radiation Detector In Your Smartphone
NPR| 23 January 2013
A smartphone camera can make you a walking gamma ray detector…
2013 Invention Awards: Cardboard Bike
Popular Science | 07 May 2013
A $3…
Food & Health – Week of 01.19.14
No Label? No Problem! TellSpec to Boost Clean Food Revolution
The Healthy Home Economist | 19 January 2014
A common topic on this blog is how food manufacturers dupe the consumer with misleading or do…
Life – Week of 01.19.14
Schumpeter: Measuring management
The Economist | 18 January 2014
Management is one of the most successful industries of the past century…
Geoff Lawton Urban Permaculture
YouTube | 26 January 2013
…
Wild Cards – Week of 01.19.14
Shocking Documentary – How You Are Being Mind Controlled And Don’t Know It
YouTube | 02 May 2013
North Korea is only one of a few places that the banksters have not infiltrated…
Fox News Asks If 4 …
Money & Markets – Week of 01.12.14
Bank of America CFO: M&A is Ramping Up
The Wall Street Journal | 15 January 2014
Bank of America’s chief financial officer thinks M&A activity is finally revving up…
Obama’s Unemployment ‘New No…
Precious Metals – Week of 01.12.14
China Seen by Bloomberg Industries Boosting Bank Gold Reserves
Bloomberg | 10 January 2014
China may have vaulted ahead of Italy and France last year to become the third-largest holder of gold, accord…
Geopolitical – Week of 01.12.14
China Confirms New Hypersonic Glide Vehicle Test-Flight
RT | 15 January 2014
China confirmed conducting a test flight of a new hypersonic missile delivery vehicle capable of delivering nuclear warhead…
Science & Technology – Week of 01.12.14
Harvard Research Team has Breakthrough on Battery Storage
OilPrice.com | 13 January 2014
As the world slowly transitions away from energy based on burning hydrocarbons…
Anti-NSA Blackphone: Encrypt…
Life – Week of 01.12.14
Support WikiHouse Development
Wikihouse
WikiHouse is a non-profit project, developing hardware and software which is open and shared in the commons…
Archaeologists Uncover New Pharaoh in Egypt
Yaho…
Wild Cards – Week of 01.12.14
Iran Says ‘Tall, White’ Space Aliens Control America
Forbes | 13 January 2014
Documents leaked by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden conclusively prove that the United States has been ruled by a race of…
Money & Markets – Week of 01.05.14
Striving to Be the Berkshire Hathaway of China
Dealbook | 09 January 2014
Fosun International aspires to be China’s answer to Warren E. Buffett’s investment firm…
Inflation Vs Deflation – The…
Precious Metals – Week of 01.05.14
Dutch Central Bank Tight-lipped About Gold Policy
In Gold We Trust | 10 January 2014
Only 11 % of Dutch official gold reserves, which is 613 tons in total, is stored in Amsterdam…
India Eases Gold…
Geopolitical – Week of 01.05.14
India Election Commission says No to Google
The Brics Post | 09 January 2014
India’s Election Commission on Thursday decided against a tie-up with global internet giant Google over security concerns…
Science & Technology – Week of 01.05.14
Anatomy of a Snap Attack
The New Yorker | 09 January 2014
Snapchat, the social network that allows people to send photo and video messages that disappear within ten seconds…
Broadcom’s Billionaire …
Food & Health – Week of 01.05.14
‘Wellbeing Improved’ if Children With Autism Recruit Imaginary Helpers
Medical News Today | 09 January 2014
Researchers believe they have developed a psychological technique that improves the mental w…
Life – Week of 01.05.14
20 Things the Rich Do Every Day
Dave Ramsey
So what do the rich do every day that the poor don’t do?
Meet The Lion Whisperer And Hug With Lions
9Gag.tv | 20 November 2013
GoPro went to Africa with…
Wild Cards – Week of 01.05.14
High Octane Speculation of Spaceports, Black Projects, Hidden Finances, and Non-Existent Flying Stuff: Part One
Giza Death Star | 04 January 2014
As many regular readers here know…
EmoSPARK: An “Ar…