Lloyds Banking to Cut 15,000 Jobs - WSJ.com

BY MARGOT PATRICK

LONDON—Lloyds Banking Group PLC's shares leapt more than 7% Thursday after Chief Executive Antonio Horta-Osorio said the bank will cut costs sharply and invest in its four key U.K. units as part of a keenly awaited strategy revamp.

Under the new strategy, Lloyds is to cut 15,000 jobs, make major investments in its Lloyds TSB, Halifax, Bank of Scotland banks and Scottish Widows insurance business, tap more wealthy customers in the U.K. and reduce its international presence to around 15 countries from 30.

By 2014, it expects to have shaved £1.5 billion ($2.41 billion) from annual costs, adding to ...

From: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304584004576416980074323922.html?mod=WSJ_hp_LEFTWhatsNewsCollection

Teachers among 750,000 on strike in UK - World news - Europe - msnbc.com

LONDON — British teachers and civil servants went on strike on Thursday over plans to reform public-sector pensions.
Up to 750,000 public-sector workers — including driving examiners and customs officials — were expected to join the walkout, part of a growing wave of opposition to the Conservative-led government's deficit-cutting regime of tax hikes, benefit curbs and spending cuts.
Mirroring protests across continental Europe against government-imposed austerity , the strike could be a taste of wider protests to come later this year.
Many schools across Britain were closed or classes disrupted and air passengers were expected to face delays because immigration officials were among the striking workers. Courts and government buildings were also affected.

From: http://ping.fm/dN85s

Greece Riots Greek Default Europe Contagion

The people of Greece trying to fight off the intruders who want to take away from them their most precious possessions: financial freedom, landmarks, pride and dignity.


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Ben Bernanke Hero or Loser

When will Helicopeter Ben Bernanke finally take his "hero" suit, and will he ever?

Top Countries Dominating World Trade in 2050

Dollar Seen Losing Global Reserve Status - CNBC

The U.S. dollar will lose its status as the global reserve currency over the next 25 years, according to a survey of central bank reserve managers who collectively control more than $8,000 billion.

MY COMMENTARY:
25 years? What about within the next 3 to 5 years. When the global currency has been devalued so badly against a baby currency like the Euro, well, what can you expect from the US dollar, nothing but a total failure.

More than half the managers, who were polled by UBS [UBS 17.35 0.04 (+0.23%)], predicted that the dollar would be replaced by a portfolio of currencies within the next 25 years.

That marks a departure from previous years, when the central bank reserve managers have said the dollar would retain its status as the sole reserve currency.

UBS surveyed more than 80 central bank reserve managers, sovereign wealth funds and multilateral institutions with more than $8,000 billion in assets at its annual seminar for sovereign institutions last week. The results were not weighted for assets under management.

Government plans secret survey on doctor access

WASHINGTON — Alarmed by a shortage of primary care doctors, Obama administration officials are recruiting a team of "mystery shoppers" to pose as patients, call doctors' offices and request appointments to see how difficult it is for people to get care when they need it.

The administration says the survey will address a "critical public policy problem": the increasing shortage of primary care doctors, including specialists in internal medicine and family practice. It will also try to discover whether doctors are accepting patients with private insurance while turning away those in government health programs that pay lower reimbursement rates.

People Living California Riverside Abandonded

California used to be the 5th economy of the world. Sad to see this video, but showing reality must prevail.

Enrique Iglesias says Mexico

I just love this song....I DON´T MEAN TO BE RUDE...sorry..My destinations is MEXICO...STOP IT right there baby!

Ricky Martin MAS Song Cancion

This is my Video Song of the weekend...yes, definitely, Ricky Martin and his song MAS is number one..

Biology of Aging - Legendary Pharmaceuticals

Senescence is the biological process of age-related deterioration in function.
The study of human senescence has been fraught with controversy, conflicting theories, and puzzling data. Gerontologists do not even agree on whether "pure" senescence is distinct from diseases of old age. Medical science has cataloged many signs of senescence. It manifests as dozens of changes in cells, tissues, and organs during aging. Human life is supported by a complex network of biochemical substances and reactions which affect the physical state and vitality of the body and mind. Senescent changes can be seen in the rate and outcome of many of these reactions. However, many of these changes are secondary effects of senescence, rather than primary causes. A summary of some of the secondary effects in human aging can be found in the Dossier on Ageing prepared by the Health on the Net Foundation.

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Coca-Cola to raise prices in July - Yahoo! Finance

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Coca-Cola Co plans to raise prices on its soft drinks by 3 percent to 4 percent in July, in addition to a 2 percent increase taken earlier this year, a company spokesman said on Friday.

News of the increases -- to be implemented on July 31 -- was first reported by industry newsletter Beverage Digest, which quoted retail customer pricing letters as saying the increases were due to higher-than-anticipated commodity costs.

Like many food and drink companies, Coca-Cola is facing higher costs for goods like corn, oil and packaging.

Coca-Cola, the world's largest soft drink maker, said earlier this year that it expected to raise prices in that range, but the timing was unknown.

From: http://ping.fm/Jv9ZQ

Rockefeller a Phony Doctor Report

Rockefeller family exposed. A family dinasty of evil greed, big apetite for money and power through cheating and lying.
This is an excellent report by Mr. James Corbett, that enlightened me a great deal. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

U.S. Postal Service to Stop Paying Into Worker Pension Fund - Bloomberg

The U.S. Postal Service, facing insolvency without approval to delay a $5.5 billion payment for worker health benefits, will suspend contributions to an employee retirement account to save $800 million this year.
The Postal Service will stop paying employer contributions to the defined-benefit Federal Employees Retirement System, which covers about 85 percent of career postal workers, it said today in an e-mailed statement. The $115 million payment, made every other week, will stop on June 24, the statement said.
Suspending payments to the retirement account will help “conserve cash and preserve liquidity,” the statement said. The agency estimates it has overpaid by $6.9 billion and has asked Congress to pass legislation to return that money.
Congress must “make bold, quick and substantive reforms,” said Art Sackler, executive director of the Washington-based Coalition for a 21st Century Postal Service, which represents corporate mail customers. “The USPS is hanging by a thread.”

From: http://ping.fm/26IHH

Pedaling For Fun

Working out, training for a weekend race, going out for groceries, cruising, country-crossing, but if I am on my bicycle, I am totally complete, and happy...and free.

Cavendish: On Best Form For Two Years Ahead Of Tour De France | Cyclingnews.com

Manxman excited about Grande Boucle but silent on future

Mark Cavendish (HTC-Highroad) on Tuesday issued a warning to his rivals hoping to end his sprint hegemony at the Tour de France, calling his current form “the best I’ve had in the past two years.”

Various media, and in particular French newspaper L’Équipe, speculated at the Tour of Switzerland last week that Cavendish's failure to win a stage was indicative of a lack of form ahead of the Grande Boucle.

Speaking to journalists in Bar Italia in London’s Soho on Wednesday, Cavendish said that nothing could be further from the truth.

US Doctors stick patients with paperwork fees Vital Signs - MarketWatch

By Kristen Gerencher, MarketWatch
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Need a doctor to fill out a health form for your child’s summer camp, school or day care? It may cost you extra.

As many primary-care doctors struggle to cover the growing costs of running their practices, some are charging patients extra for completing paperwork outside of a regular office visit. Per-item fees, where they exist, have risen in the past few years, practice-management experts say, and typically range $5 to more than $20 a pop. On the high end, the fee can rival or exceed your office-visit copay, depending on your health plan.

From: http://ping.fm/61A9S

Is China dumping Treasuries for euros? - Jun. 21, 2011

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- America's number one creditor appears to be losing some appetite for U.S. government securities, according to Standard Chartered Bank.
In a report issued Tuesday, the bank argues that the Treasury Department's official system for tracking China's purchases of U.S. debt is 'misleading' because of the way it tracks transactions.
Often China will buy assets through brokers in London and Hong Kong and the Treasury International Capital data (TIC) is based on where the orders were booked so it doesn't fully capture all of China's purchases, said the report.

Dow 20,000 next Its pure speculative hype Paul B. Farrell - MarketWatch

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. (MarketWatch) — Big names like Nouriel Roubini, Jeremy Grantham and Bob Rodriguez are slinging around words like “disaster” in forecasting the stock market, advising extreme caution and defense strategies. Contrast that with hot headlines about the Dow “storming back soon,” soaring to the “Next Stop, Dow 20,000.”

Warning, folks, you’re in a new cycle of irrational exuberance.

Unfortunately, the next crash will be bigger. Wall Street and its puppets in Washington never learned the lessons of the 2008 crash. Today their lobbyists are spending hundreds of millions to kill reforms, keeping in place the same toxic, unregulated Reaganomics that triggered the 2008 crash, setting America up for another, bigger crash, kicking America’s problems down the road, one more time.

Tour de France - Euskaltel eye podium for Sanchez, stages - Yahoo! Eurosport

Sanchez again leads a team which also contains Egoi Martinez, Gorka Verdugo, Amets Txurruka, Ruben Perez, Ivan Velasco, Alan Perez and newcomers Gorka Izagirre and Pablo Urtasun.
"Winning a stage is the ultimate goal," admitted team manager Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano.
"Last year we went away empty handed and we can't allow that to happen again.
"It is also a dream of ours to reach the podium, we were very close last year with Samuel and we aim to get him there this time."
The team will gather on Wednesday in Rioja Alavesa to specifically train for stage two of the Tour de France which this year will be a 23km team time-trial.
The Tour de France begins on July 2nd.
Eurosport

From: http://ping.fm/tJoCE

CICLISMO Los que den positivo, no podrá dirigir - Yahoo! Eurosport

Esta medida, aprobada en la segunda reunión del Comité Directivo celebrado en Maastricht (Holanda), entrará en vigor el próximo 1 de julio y no tendrá efecto retroactivo, según informó la UCI, que la consideró "muy importante a medio plazo para garantizar la salud de futuras generaciones".

"El Comité Directivo de la UCI tiene pleno conocimiento de las dificultades que la adopción de esta norma puede implicar, pero desea una vez más reafirmar su determinación de dar todos los pasos posibles para oponerse a cualquier práctica ilegal en nuestro deporte", señaló la UCI en un comunicado.
Según la UCI "la educación y la prevención" son las bases de su política antidopaje, en la que una de sus prioridades para el futuro es actuar en el entorno de los corredores, especialmente los jóvenes.

From: http://ping.fm/mrQ0J

10,000 Detroit Public Schools Employees to be soon Laid Off

If you want to know real unemployment statistics I suggest that you visit Shadow Government Statistics; Mr. John Williams is an expert in world economy, finances and statistics.



PLEASE: Do your part and distribute this article, Twitter it, put it on Facebook, Blog about it, print it and give it to your friends, family, INFORM PEOPLE, EDUCATE PEOPLE. Unfortunately, most people do not want to face the truth because it scares them, but avoiding the reality is dangerous because it makes us vulnerable.

If we want to succeed in the midst of this collapse of society, we HAVE to stay informed, we have to keep on educating ourselves and we have to keep on living strong!

Health, love and prosperity to all.

18 Signs The Collapse Of Society Is Accelerating

As the U.S. economy collapses, the thin veneer of civilization that we all take for granted is going to begin to disappear. In fact, there are already an increasing number of signs that the collapse of society is accelerating. In cities such as Chicago, roving packs of young people are "mob robbing" local businesses, randomly assaulting tourists and shoppers and are even pulling people out of vehicles. This isn't just happening in the "bad areas" anymore. Over the past couple of months this type of crime has been common in some of the wealthiest areas of Chicago. In fact, many Chicago residents are now referring to "the Magnificent Mile" as "the Mug Mile". But it isn't just in Chicago that this is happening. During this past Memorial Day weekend, cities all over the United States experienced a stunning wave of mass violence. We are supposed to be an "example" for the rest of the world, but as our economic wealth crumbles we are witnessing the collapse of society all around us. So what is going to happen when the economy gets even worse?

Tour De Beauce: Stage 6, Route Maps Results | Cyclingnews.com

Mancebo crowned overall race winner

Svein Tuft (SpiderTech p/b C10) won the sixth and final stage of the Tour de Beauce on the streets of Saint-Georges in Quebec on Sunday. The Canadian time trial champion won the race by 18 seconds ahead of a chase group sprint won by Andrew Pinfold (UnitedHealthcare) who placed second on the day with Brett Tivers (Garneau Club Chassures) rounding out the top three.

"We really wanted to break it apart today and see what we could do and we put everything into the first half," Tuft said. "In the end I just had to think about how I was going to win the stage. I'm happy with this week, we had high hopes to take the overall but, hey, it doesn't always pan out."

Francisco Mancebo (RealCyclist.com) won the overall title after a suspenseful finale in Saint-Georges. The Spaniard finished the race 25 seconds ahead of Bernardo Colex (Amore & Vita) in second while Tuft moved into the third spot on the podium ahead of Alex Howes (Chipotle Development), who placed fourth.

"I'm happy to have this win today," Mancebo said. "The team always had faith in me and they worked for me this whole race. This is sort of like a gift to them."

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End The Wars PLEASE

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San Diego California Exposing Extreme Poverty

This is what the US has become, a country that is financially bankrupt and cannot contain the economic downward. All this has caused millions of Americans to lose their homes and jobs and become homeless, however, the American government is too ashamed of their own and try to "clean up" the city as fast as they can.

Where do they put all these people? Where do they dump them? Do they put them in FEMA camps, in the outskirts of the city...where?
Obviously they don´t want the world to know what the USA has become, but soon, they won´t be able to hide it. The levels of unemployment are too high and the poverty, decadence and degradation of society is increasing at fast pace.

Americans Steal Copper Aluminum to Survive

George4title is quite popular on YouTube, and often I tend to disagree with his statements, but when he makes reports like this one, about the truth, then I report about it, because it is important to inform people, to tell YOU what you don't know because main stream media does not want you to know that the American Empire is collapsing right in front of our eyes.

Tour of Switzerland 2011 Stage Six

TRIESENBERG-MALBUN, Liechtenstein (AFP) – Dutchman Steven Kruijswijk of the Rabobank team won the sixth stage of the Tour of Switzerland Thursday, held over 157.7 km between Tobel-Tagerschen and here.

American Levi Leipheimer (RadioShack) was second on the stage and moved up to fifth overall.

Italian Damiano Cunego of Lampre retained the race leader’s yellow jersey after the penultimate day of climbing in the mountains to boost his chances of overall victory Sunday.

Early in the stage one of Cunego’s rivals, Colombian Juan Mauricio Soler, was transported to hospital for scans after crashing out of the race. The Movistar rider had been 54 seconds adrift in second place overall before abandoning.

The race continues Friday with a 222.8 km race from Vaduz in Liechtenstein to Serfaus in Austria.

It finishes Sunday with a 32.1km time trial in Schaffhouse.

Quick results
Stage 6
1. Steven Kruijswijk (NED), Rabobank Cycling Team, 4:12:03
2. Levi Leipheimer (USA), Team RadioShack, at 0:09
3. Damiano Cunego (ITA), Lampre-Isd, at 0:18
4. Bauke Mollema (NED), Rabobank Cycling Team, at 0:21
5. Giampaolo Caruso (ITA), Team Katusha, at 0:21
GC
1. Damiano Cunego (Italy), Lampre-Isd, 21:26:28
2. Bauke Mollema (Netherlands), Rabobank Cycling Team, at 1:23
3. Steven Kruijswijk (Netherlands), Rabobank Cycling Team, at 1:36
4. Frank Schleck (Luxembourg), Leopard-Trek, at 1:41
5. Levi Leipheimer (United States), Team RadioShack, at 1:59

From: http://ping.fm/11Rb9

Marie Callender's Restaurant Shuts Down - TIME NewsFeed

From, “How's the pie?” to, “You have to leave, bye.” A Marie Callender's restaurant in Seattle was forced to close its doors in the middle of the day, and with customers still eating.

Norma Pew, a food delivery worker, arrived to pick up an order only to find the place closed. Pew explained, “I've been doing this kind of work for about two or three years. And the smaller restaurants we see it happen to, but the big chains like this not so often.”

From: http://ping.fm/JKYr5

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Marcha por los Animales de Tijuana

There is no doubt that Tijuana is a wonderful city, a loving city, with beautiful people who are always working to make something beautiful everyday of the year. We put up with  many problems that most of the time are caused by strangers to  Tijuana who do not care about our city  and just come through to trash it and commit crimes.
Thank goodness, there is more good people than bad ones, and that is why we are fighting for our animals and pets in a very positive way: rescuing them, curing them, defending them, propagating education and animal culture, fighting peacefully for their right to live in peace.
If you live in California I invite you from the bottom of my heart to come to Tijuana this coming July 3rd (Sunday) and participate in this pacific march in favor and support of our loving cats, dogs, and all animals and pets.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP!

MARCHA PACIFICA POR LOS DERECHOS DE LOS ANIMALES EN TIJUANA

Hora
Domingo, 03 de julio · 10:30 - 13:30
Lugar
Parque Teniente Guerrero
Parque Teniente Guerrero
Tijuana, Mexico
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¡Los animales también tienen derechos, participa marchando y se la voz de los que no pueden hablar!

Vamos a exigir:
-Aplicación del Reglamento de la ley de protección a los animales domésticos de Baja California para el municipio de Tijuana
-Castigo severo al maltrato animal
-No a la venta de animales
-Campañas de esterilización gratuitas
-Campañas informativas en las escuelas sobre los derechos de los animales

¡Acompáñanos con tus pancartas y vistiendo algo blanco!

NOTA: No se permitirán mascotas ya que pueden sufrir estrés y deshidratación.

La marcha inicia en el Parque Teniente Guerrero recorriendo la calle Diaz Mirón(calle 4ta) hasta llegar a la Ave. Revolución para tomar la calle 3era donde subiremos para terminar nuevamente en el Parque.

Greece in Chaos Cops Fight Protesters

Greece is bankrupt. But it´s not the only country in the world with terrible financial problems actually, the whole world is trembling and there is no country that is going to come out one hundred percent undamaged by this.
My question is: will Greece be the one to start the "default domino effect" or will it be Spain?

Nearly Half of Americans Think Another Recession is Coming: NBC News Poll - CNBC

The nation’s gloom over economic conditions poses a serious threat to President Obama’s re-election chances, according to a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll.

The survey shows that nearly half of all Americans, and two-thirds of Republicans, believe the country is headed back into recession. A 54 percent majority disapproves of Obama’s handling of the economy.

“The public is incredibly pessimistic about the future,” said Peter Hart, the Democratic pollster who conducts the NBC/WSJ poll with his Republican counterpart Bill McInturff.

We Are In A Depression

What George4Title says on this video pretty much defines how I feel and live. Adaptation skills are very important in these times if you want to remain free and independent, strong and ahead. Those who live in fantasy land and do not want to accept that we are melting through the Grand Global Depression, and those around the world who have become very dependent of their governments and do nothing to prepared, will suffer the consequences of their apathy and stupidity.

Right now it is a good time to learn about gardening, canning, wild edibles, mental and physical health, maintenance, and independent living.

Be well.

We need an Evil Plan to foil our own leaders Paul B. Farrell - MarketWatch

By Paul B. Farrell, MarketWatch
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. (MarketWatch) — Got your “Evil Plan” yet? You really need one. For self-defense, attacks, plain old survival. Why? Things are bad folks. And they’re going to get much worse. Trust no one. Believe nothing you hear. Nothing.

While reading Hugh MacLeod’s best-seller “Evil Plans: Having Fun on the Road to World Domination” over Memorial Day I ran across a Newsweek feature, “Mad As Hell,” an ominous warning screaming: “The anger that fueled the Arab Spring is now boiling over in Europe. Could club-wielding protesters be in America’s future too?”

US Housing Crisis Officially As Bad As Great Depression - CNBC

MY COMMENTARY:

So, are they ready to accept that we entered the Greatest Depression or Great Global Depression I on April 2009?

It's official: The housing crisis that began in 2006 and has recently entered a double dip is now worse than the Great Depression.
Prices have fallen some 33 percent since the market began its collapse, greater than the 31 percent fall that began in the late 1920s and culminated in the early 1930s, according to Case-Shiller data.

Cycling Video Criterium du Dauphine 2011 Highlights

Enjoyable video, specially when we won´t have this race until 2012. So, enjoy!

Max Keiser Stacey Herbert Report

Some great financial talk between these two great economists, about current international trends, economics, oil, global warming and banksters.

Blog Comments Will Be Disabled

Sorry folks, but from now on all comments on my blog will be disabled due to a high amount oF spam I have been getting lately, and frankly, I have no time to be on the web 24 hrs a day to control this, and since I write posts on my blog just for information and fun (I don't make any money doing this), I really don`t want to invest anymore extra time controlling the tremendous amount of spam.

However, if you really want to comment on a certain post, feel free to contact me and I will publish it, no matter if I like or I don't like what you have to say, as long as it doesn't contain spam at all.

Thank you so much for your understanding and make sure I appreciate all my faithful readers and their comments.

Toxic Substance that produces Cancer found in Chinese Food and Drinks

Imports of food and drink from Taiwan that may be contaminated with DEHP, an additive linked to cancer, have been banned by the Chinese mainland.

The General Administration of Quality, Inspection and Quarantine yesterday issued a blacklist of 10 brands, including Uni-President and Possmei, of products such as sports drinks, fruit juice, tea drinks, jam and food additives.

Food imported from Taiwan must hold a DEHP-free certificate, before it is allowed into the mainland, according to a statement by the quality watchdog.

Victor Hugo French Poet Quote

This is my favorite quote of the day:

"If you look in the eyes of the young, you see flame. If you look in the eyes of the old, you see light" -Victor Hugo (French Poet)

Two isolates from E. coli outbreak sequenced

ScienceDaily (June 10, 2011) — An outbreak of Escherichia coli causing a severe illness called hemolytic-uremic syndrome (HUS) began in Germany on May 2, 2011 and has killed more than 20 people and sickened more than 2,000. The organism causing the outbreak has been identified as a strain of E. coli O104:H4 that produces a Shiga toxin and causes an illness similar to infection with E. coli O157:H7. Two isolates from this outbreak have been sequenced. Both strains, TY-2482 and LB226692, have been annotated and are now available from Virginia Bioinformatics Institute's (VBI's) Pathosystems Resource Integration Center (PATRIC, patricbrc.org), which is funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

From: http://ping.fm/H8Z9Q

Recession risk small, but growing: CNNMoney economc survey - Jun. 10, 2011

"Recession risk, small...?!"
I have news for you: there has not been any recovery and we enter a financial depression in 2009.

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Experts worry that the risk of falling into another recession has increased, according to a CNNMoney economic survey.
"The fragile U.S. recovery means the economy is much more vulnerable to geopolitical shocks and a rise in fuel prices," said Bernard Baumohl of the Economic Outlook Group, a Princeton, N.J., research firm. "Since the instability in Middle East is far from over, there are real risks for the U.S. and international economy."

Home Vegetable Garden Lettuce Cabbage

Extremely happy to announce to you that I have harvested my first lettuce and cabbage crop of this year... I AM SOOOO HAPPY!!! They are huge, dark green, crispy, delicious!!!

Fed Set to Announce Final Bond Purchases Today - CNBC

The flood of Federal Reserve money that has supported Wall Street and the rest of the U.S. economy for two and a half years will shrink to a trickle with the conclusion of the Fed's bond purchases, to be announced on Friday.

The Fed's 2 p.m. announcement of the final series of government bond purchases will mark the last phase of the $600 billion program it launched in November 2010 to prevent another recession.

From: http://ping.fm/gGK0K

Al Gore Global Warming Agenda

Intelligent reasons to NOT support the Enviromental Movement. Please listen to Mr. James Corbett. You will be grateful you did.
Remember one thing, most greedy and money hunger people are perfect liars and deceivers. Al Gore is not a scientist and he has not one ethical reason to talk about global warming. Bill Gates is not a medical scientist, nonetheless, he is heavily invested in vaccines -he even gives conferences about that topic- to globally reduce population (depopulation through toxic vaccination)

Do not take my words for granted, do your own research, study, educate yourself.

Robert Shiller: US Economy Is At A Tipping Point

The latest soundbite that should certainly add a few extra points to the S&P now that trading has reverted back to the bizarro zone is the most recent warning from Robert "Case-Shiller" Shiller who said that another 10-25% drop in real home prices would not surprise him at all... or anyone else for that matter except for all those who saw the "official" housing bottom back in 2009.

How do you want your chicken? With or without Arsenic?

The FDA official must love to eat arsenic. I wonder if they really believe their own statemets: that eating chicken with "tiny amounts" of arsenic is not dangerous.

The Food and Drug Administration says some chicken meat may contain small amounts of arsenic, though the agency is stressing that the amount is too tiny to be dangerous to people who eat it.

I only eat Bachoco chicken, which is 100% Mexican, the size of it is reasonable, normal, no steroids, no arsenic.

Bradley Wiggins Takes Criterium du Dauphine Lead

Unfortunately Alexandre Vinokourov lost his place as leader of the Criterium du Dauphine 2011 after today's Time Trial. We all know time trial is not Vino's forte, but Bradley Wiggins was strong enough to pedal his way to victory, taking the lead now.




GENERAL CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE 3

1 WIGGINS, Bradley (SKY) 8h 41' 37"
2 EVANS, Cadel (BMC RACING) + 01' 11"
3 BRAJKOVIC, Janez (RADIOSHACK) + 01' 21"
4 VINOKOUROV, Alexandre (ASTANA) + 01' 56"
5 FARIA DA COSTA, Rui Alberto (MOVISTAR) + 02' 12"
6 THOMAS, Geraint (SKY) + 02' 25"
7 VAN DEN BROECK, Jurgen (OMEGA PHARMA-LOTTO) + 02' 28"
8 RIBLON, Christophe (AG2R LA MONDIALE) + 02' 45"
9 HERMANS, Ben (RADIOSHACK) + 02' 46"
10 COPPEL, Jerome (SAUR - SOJASUN) + 02' 52"

OPEC won't boost output; oil prices rise - MarketWatch

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- The Organization of Petroleum Producing Countries did not reach a decision on whether to boost production and will meet again in three months, according to reports on Wednesday. Crude for July delivery CL1N +1.97% turned up to $99.74 a barrel, up 0.5% or 52 cents on the day. In earlier action, it traded closer to $98.60 a barrel.

From: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/opec-wont-boost-output-oil-prices-rise-2011-06-08

CDC: Food poisoning from salmonella up in US - Health - Food safety - msnbc.com

The CDC estimates that 50 million Americans each year get sick from foodborne illnesses, including about 3,000 who die.
The report released Tuesday is based on foodborne infections in only 10 states, or about 15 percent of the American population. But it has information that other databases lack and is believed to be a good indicator of food poisoning trends.
More than 19,000 cases of food poisoning were reported in those states last year. That was up from 17,500 cases in 2009, and about 18,500 in 2008.

Many US Employers to Drop Health Benefits: McKinsey - CNBC

Published: Tuesday, 7 Jun 2011 | 12:26 PM ET
At least 30 percent of employers are likely to stop offering health insurance once provisions of the U.S. health care reform law kick in in 2014, according to a study by consultant McKinsey.

McKinsey, which based its projection on a survey of more than 1,300 employers of various sizes and industries and other proprietary research, found that 30 percent of employers will "definitely" or "probably" stop offering coverage in the years after 2014, when new medical insurance exchanges are supposed to be up and running.
"The shift away from employer-provided health insurance will be vastly greater than expected and will make sense for many companies and lower-income workers alike," according to the study, published in McKinsey Quarterly.
"While the pace and timing are difficult to predict, McKinsey research points to a radical restructuring of employer-sponsored health benefits."
Among employers with a high awareness of the health reform law, the number likely to drop health coverage for workers rises to more than 50 percent, the report predicted.

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MY COMMENTARY:

The United States of America government is doing a heck of a job destroying the average medical private business, the average medical private clinics and the general family medical practices. The Obamacare is only going make things worse not only for medical doctors but for patients themselves. Believe me, I am not a pessimistic person, but a realist and truth teller; and I have noticed through out my life that most of the time, I am always right.

If you Ain't in it, You are Nobody

Once upon a time, Robert Kiyosaki, the author of Rich Dad, Poor Dad said this, "For 2011, silver is the single most attractive investment for any investor." Bob Chapman reported, "We are about 25-30% into the game. We have a long way to go." Peter Schiff predicted "200 an oz." Rick Rule, "Outlook very bullish." Gerald Celente said, "Higher and higher." Eric Sprott and David Morgan both agreed that north of $100 an ounce was likely. Richard Daughty, James Turk, and Max Keiser were the biggest bulls with forecasts that ranged from $200, up to $500 an ounce.

Thousands evacuate, ashes spread after Chilean volcano erupts ? This Just In - CNN.com Blogs

Parts of southern Chile remained on red alert and schools in some areas of neighboring Argentina were closed Monday after a volcanic eruption coated the countryside with ashes, authorities said.

Smoke and ash shot more than six miles into the the sky when the Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcano complex in southern Chile first erupted Saturday afternoon. Authorities evacuated about 3,500 people from the area, the state emergency office said.

Un volcan chileno genera alarma en Argentina EL PAIS.com

La entrada en erupción del volcán Puyehue-Cordon Maulle, de 2.240 metros de altura, en el sur de Chile, ha obligado a las autoridades chilenas a evacuar a unas 3.500 personas que viven en su proximidad y a las autoridades argentinas a tomar medidas de emergencia en la zona turística de Bariloche y Villa Angostura, ante la llegada de las primeras nubes con cenizas volcánicas.

The postal service is running out of options - Business - US business - Bloomberg Businessweek - msnbc.com

By Devin Leonard
updated 6/5/2011 12:25:19 PM ET

Facing insolvency, can it reinvent itself like European services have — or will it implode?

This should be a moment for the country to ask some basic questions about its mail delivery system. Does it make sense for the postal service to charge the same amount to take a letter to Alaska that it does to carry it three city blocks? Should the USPS operate the world's largest network of post offices when 80 percent of them lose money? And is there a way for the country to have a mail system that addresses the needs of consumers who use the Internet to correspond?

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Cycling Criterium-du Dauphine 2011 VIDEO

A 5.4 Kms of Time Trial...now that's some time I just wouldn't have never won; I am terrible at short distances.


Criterium Dauphine - Prologue por cyclingvids

Full Results

1Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team6:18:12
2Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Pro Team Astana0:00:02
3Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Procycling0:00:05
4John Degenkolb (Ger) HTC-Highroad0:00:06
5Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale0:00:08
6Joost Posthuma (Ned) Leopard Trek0:00:09
7Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team
8Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
9Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Saur - Sojasun0:00:10

Agriculture Industry Fears Immigration Enforcement - CNBC

It was my believe that the USA wanted ALL ILLEGAL OUT long time ago. So why have they been so complacent (looking the other way) with the illegal immigrants working in farms and fields picking fruits and vegetables?
I thought the term ILLEGAL was for everyone. Is it that they -American government- know that they can exploit the undocumented aliens and still get the job done while maintaining the prices of fruits and vegetables cheap? What a bunch of hypocrites!

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"I don't think it's going to happen, but if it does it would throw the California economy for a loop," Coburn said.
The agriculture industry fears a disaster is on the horizon if the one bit of new immigration policy that Congress seems to agree on becomes law.

Bob Chapman on American Freedom Radio

This is only a 55 minute interview of Bob Chapman by the guys over the American Freedom Radio. Excellent interview with lots of great information about economy, international forecasts. Very intelligently conducted by James Burns

Do yourself a favor and listen to it.

INTERVIEW

Resistance Cycling will help you to get rid of your anxiety

I have always compared my cycling style with that of Jan Ulrich, more resistance, higher gears. And this article below expresses exactly the reason why I love resistance and endurance cycling. I have to admit that fast pedaling (cadence) is not my favorite thing to do, although, I can stay on 90 rpm x min pretty much consistently and for long periods of time, but not above 95 nor 100 per minute longer than 10 minutes.

I like serious climbs and long distances using high gears most of the time; but I definitely prefer a triple crank bicycle to treat my 49 year old knees with kindness when I'm tired or have been training hard for several days.

Exert from article:

Resistance Training Improves Generalized Anxiety DisorderNancy A. Melville
After the 6-week training period, the researchers found rates of anxiety remission to be as high as 60% in the resistance training group, compared with 40% in the aerobic exercise group and 30% in the control group.
The resistance training consisted of 2 weekly sessions of lower-body weightlifting, starting at 50% of 1 repetition maximum during week 1, and progressing 5% weekly. The aerobic exercise training involved 2 weekly sessions of leg cycling, matched with resistance training on the body region exercised, and weekly load progression.
Lead author Matthew P. Herring, PhD, a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Exercise Science at the University of South Carolina, Columbia, speculated that the greater improvement with resistance exercise might be related to the intensity of the activity.
"Findings of lower rates of remission for aerobic exercise suggest that the effect of exercise was plausibly related to the relative exercise intensity, as indicated by ratings of perceived exertion during each exercise session," he explained. "Aerobic exercise sessions were perceived as less intense than resistance exercise sessions."
In the meantime, Dr. Herring said, the findings demonstrate a strong potential role for exercise in helping to treat anxiety.
"Our findings suggest that exercise training is a feasible, safe, and well-tolerated short-term treatment option, potential adjuvant therapy, or augmentation for patients with generalized anxiety disorder," he asserted. "These findings warrant further investigation with larger trials."

American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) 58th Annual Meeting: Abstract 601. Presented June 1, 2011.
Article

Paltry New Job Growth of 54,000 Sends Rate to 9.1 Percent - CNBC

U.S. employment rose far less than expected in May to record its weakest reading since September, while the jobless rate rose to 9.1 percent as high energy prices and the effects of Japan's earthquake bogged down the economy.

Nonfarm payrolls increased 54,000 last month, the Labor Department said on Friday, with private employment rising 83,000, the least amount since June. Government payrolls dropped 29,000.

Economists polled by Reuters had expected payrolls to rise 150,000 and private hiring to increase 175,000 in May. The government revised employment figures for March and April to show 39,000 fewer jobs created than previously estimated.

The job creation slowdown confirmed the economic weakness already flagged by other data from consumer spending to manufacturing. It could stoke fears about the depth and duration of a slowdown that started early in the year.



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Bob Chapman Blog Talk Radio

This interview of Mr. Bob Chapman by Drew Malone is worth your time. Trust me on this and listen carefully; make your own decision and act accordingly.

Listen to internet radio with Drew Malone Raines on Blog Talk Radio

Deadly E.coli Is New Super Toxic Strain - Yahoo! News

The E.coli which has struck down four more people in the UK after killing 17 across Europe is an "entirely new super-toxic" strain, scientists have said.

E. Coli Microscopic Image

News that researchers may be narrowing down the strain causing the outbreak came as it emerged three suspected cases of the bug had been found in the US.
A statement from the Beijing Genomics Institute said the bacteria contained several genes that were resistant to antibiotics.
Analysis shows the bacterium is an enterohemorrhagic E.coli (EHEC) O104 strain, but is a "new serotype - not previously involved in any E.coli outbreaks".
More than 90% of the bacterium is the same as a virulent strain that causes serious diarrhoea, but the new strain has "also acquired specific sequences", the statement said.
Hilde Kruse, a food safety expert at the World Health Organisation, said earlier: "This is a unique strain that has never been isolated from patients before."
The Health Protection Agency (HPA) confirmed the new cases in the UK as it urged British families to wash their fruit and vegetables.
It takes the number of infections in Britain to seven after three other cases surfaced soon after the outbreak in northern Germany in mid-May.
The HPA said three of those infected in the UK had been struck with the more severe hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) - a rare and lethal complication arising from infection associated with E.coli.
The agency said the seven cases - three British nationals and four Germans; two living and one holidaying in England - are linked to recent travels in Germany.
It sent a strong message to people travelling to Germany to follow the advice of authorities and avoid eating raw tomatoes, cucumbers and leafy salad including lettuce, especially in the north of the country.

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Armstrong Attorneys Demand Apology From CBS | Cyclingnews.com

Lance Armstrong's legal representatives have written to the US television network CBS asking for an apology for its "60 Minutes" report in which Tyler Hamilton alleges he witnessed Armstrong using EPO and told of a cover-up of a positive anti-doping control.
Lance Armstrong's legal representatives have written to the US television network CBS asking for an apology for its "60 Minutes" report in which Tyler Hamilton alleges he witnessed Armstrong using EPO and told of a cover-up of a positive anti-doping control.

San Francisco attorneys Elliot R. Peters and John W. Keker, newly added to Armstrong's legal team, wrote a letter to CBS News chairman Jeffrey Fager demanding an on-air apology to Armstrong for the "demonstrable falsehoods that [host Scott Pelley] recklessly presented, and then bolstered with other untrue assertions and facts taken out of context".

Fager responded, saying that "60 Minutes", "stands by its story as truthful, accurate and fair".

The letter from Armstrong's lawyers, sent to Cyclingnews, makes no mention of Hamilton witnessing Armstrong using drugs, but refutes several points made on the show and states that "further factual proof has come to light, demonstrating beyond doubt that the factual assertions at the heart of the 60 Minutes broadcast were false."

In part two of the "60 Minutes" report, Tyler Hamilton states that he was told by Armstrong that, during the Tour de Suisse, Armstrong tested positive for the banned blood boosting hormone EPO, and that the test was covered up.

"I don't know all the exact details. But I know that Lance's people and the people from the other side from -- I believe from the governing body of the sport figured out -- figured out a way for it to go away," Hamilton said, indicating that the UCI and Armstrong's team had conspired to cover up a positive test.

Peters refutes this part of the show, stating that there was no positive test from the 2001 Tour de Suisse. Cyclingnews obtained a list of all EPO positives from 2001-2003 detected by the Lausanne laboratory which confirms this.

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Great Recession or Depression Reality is there is no recovery and no wealth!

This is reality folks. You like it or not, this is what is happening in the USA, in Greece, in Spain, in Italy, in Portugal, and in many other cities and countries of the world.
Many people do not want to admit it, do not want to accept reality, that there is a global depression which is worsening day by day and it is becoming to be way more dangerous that the one in the '30s.

When will we hit bottom? I don't know, but the sooner the better. All depends on how long the power that be want to prolong it, and how long it will take for the people of the world to think out of the box and educate themselves and DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT: like living within their means would be a good start!

No, I am not speaking gloom and doom, I am speaking R E A L I T Y. You better watch this video that 60 minutes showed, and then, when you are done, make yourself a favor and Google Bob Chapman, John Williams, Doug Casey, then, make your own decisions...and ACT!

JPM Lowers Q2 GDP For Second Time In A Week, Warns Of A

When we revised down our estimate of Q2 GDP growth last week to 2.5% we noted that the risks to this quarter were still to the downside. Given the hard activity data we've received since then -- particularly the auto sales and construction report -- it looks like those downside risks are being realized, and we are lowering our Q2 projection to 2.0%. Even with this revision we'd assess the risks as still a little to the downside.

Most of our downward revision in Q2 is located in consumer spending, where we think growth this quarter is tracking close to 1.5%. If our new estimate for Q2 is realized, GDP growth relative to a year-ago would be only 2.4%, implying almost no closing of the output gap over the past year -- an abysmal performance given that the output gap is arguably greater than 5% of potential GDP, or less arguably, that there are still almost 14 million unemployed workers.

As always, the more important issue is what happens next quarter. We are leaving our Q3 GDP call at 3.0%. In last week's revision we noted some upside risk to the next quarter call, based in part on the potential for a bounceback in manufacturing and motor vehicle production as Japanese supply chains normalized. Risks are becoming more balanced. Guidance on Q3 auto production -- while still upbeat -- appears to be turning a little less bullish. More generally, we need to stay alert to whether weaker first half growth feeds into materially softer labor market activity -- the one area where first half economic performance was solid -- which could in turn propagate the current soft patch on into the second half. Barring that, our best guess remains that industrial activity rebounds and the second half picks up some after what has been an ill-fated first half.

Our forecast implicitly assumes the debt ceiling issue is resolved in a manner which does not see a technical default of the US Treasury. Of course if that assumption were not to hold all cards would be off the table and we almost certainly have to pencil in a much more severe downgrade to our growth forecast. Our Fed call is unchanged and continues to look for a first hike in 1Q13.

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