Monthly Archives: October 2009

US Dollar No Longer Main FOREX Currency

A meteorite came crashing through the stratosphere on Tuesday.  A reminder about what real danger is all about.  The US dollar is breaking apart in the stratosphere, too.  The FOREX holdings of all our major trade rivals is rapidly changing … Continue reading

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The Big Bang Banana

One of my favorite topics is the subject of Lady Luck and Her relationship to Mother Nature.  Today, the NYT runs an article about how the Large hadron Collider may be re-enacting the relationship between these two ancient titanic forces … Continue reading

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H1N1 Spreads Rapidly At Universities In US

The grim death toll from H1N1 continues to climb rapidly as scientists feared during the summer.  I have a lot of interesting information about quarantines and their history since there are bloggers telling tall tales about government conspiracies to lock … Continue reading

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China Sucker Punches US To The Countdown

The NYT has a typical pro-free trade article that has the typical whining about why the Chinese refuse to play the international trade game the same stupid way we play it.  Well, this is simple to understand: the US game … Continue reading

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Gold Glitters In The Economic Dark Cave

The dollar takes another nose dive and gold flies like a swan heading south for the winter.  Last fall, the big international investment banks fell.  This fall, it is the dollar.  This means the economic crisis is continuing, not ending. … Continue reading

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DOW Develops Easy To Install Solar Shingles

The race to develop solar energy systems that can be easily installed and used continues.  The latest entry in this race is the Dow solar shingles unveiled today.  I once lived totally off the grid using solar energy from a … Continue reading

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Grim H1N1 Child Death Toll Continues To Climb

Slowly,  it is beginning to dawn on many parents that the H1N1 flu is no joke.  It isn’t some silly season hysteria.  In just one month, child deaths from this killer has doubled over the previous six months.  And flu … Continue reading

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