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The "Great Wall Street Heist" of 2008

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 07:21:55 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Reagan added: “I hope John McCain will not shrink from pointing the finger of blame where it belongs – at Barack Obama, who fed greedily at the trough of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac while their top people, including two of his own campaign associates, were flim-flamming the American people. It’s a Democratic scandal from beginning to end, and the American people deserve to know it.”

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The runaway government bailout of Wall Street at taxpayer expense is nothing less than "robbery,” according to Michael Reagan.

Newsmax columnist told the 5 million listeners of "The Michael Reagan Show" on Friday that their pockets and those of their fellow Americans were being picked clean by the panic-driven bailout.

"Democrats Franklin Raines, Jim Johnson, Jamie Gorelick, Penny Pritzker, Chris Dodd and Barney Frank are robbing the American taxpayer, and Republicans in the House and Senate had been tapped to drive the getaway car," said Reagan.

“In a political system where well-paid Democrat operatives can enrich themselves at the expense of the American people with zero downside, there is no incentive to behave properly, when the taxpayer will bail you out. Enough is enough, bad decisions have consequences and those consequences ought to include indictments and jail time for those who cashed in."

Tags: democrats franklin raines, jim johnson, jamie gorelick, penny pritzker, chris dodd and barney frank, barack obama

Xerogel

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 10:21:41 GMT

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clipper's remarks: I need to understand what are xerogel and aerogel.

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Wikipedia:

xerogel

A xerogel ['zIrə,dʒεl] is a solid formed from a gel by drying with unhindered shrinkage. Gelatin is one example. Xerogel usually retains high porosity (25%) and enormous surface area (150-900 m²/g), along with very small pore size (1-10 nm). When solvent removal occurs under hypercritical (supercritical) conditions, the network does not shrink and a highly porous, low-density material known as an aerogel is produced. Heat treatment of a xerogel at elevated temperature produces viscous sintering (shrinkage of the xerogel due to a small amount of viscous flow) and effectively transforms the porous gel into a dense glass.

12 power foods to shrink your gut

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 23:06:43 GMT

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12 power foods to shrink your gut

Meet the powerfoods that will keep you satisfied and healthy for life

• Builds muscle
• Helps promote weight loss
• Strengthens bone
• Lowers blood pressure
• Fights cancer
• Improves immune function

• Fights heart disease

Though you can base entire meals and snacks around these foods, you don’t have to. But do follow these guidelines.
• Incorporate two or three of these foods into each of your three major meals and at least one of them into each of your three snacks.
• Diversify your food at every meal to get a combination of protein, carbohydrates, and fat.

• Make sure you sneak a little bit of protein into each snack.

Here's an easy way to remember what's good for you. The first letter of each food group spells: A.B.S.D.I.E.T.P.O.W.E.R 12

Tags: powerful foods, health, diet, eating, muscle

GET RID GUT

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 17:56:38 GMT

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12 power foods to shrink your gut

Almonds and Other Nuts

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12 power foods to shrink your gut

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12 power foods to shrink your gut

Beans and Other Legumes

12 power foods to shrink your gut

Almonds and Other Nuts

Beans and Other Legumes

12 power foods to shrink your gut

Almonds and Other Nuts

Beans and Other Legumes

Spinach and Other Green Vegetables

Dairy Products

•	Instant Oatmeal

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Eggs

•	Turkey and Other Lean Meats

•	Peanut Butter

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Olive Oil

•	Whole-Grain Breads and Cereals

Extra-Protein (Whey) Powder

Raspberries and Other Berries

Tags: diet

Who You Callin' A Maverick?

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 16:45:01 GMT

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Clip Source: www.nytimes.com

There’s that word again: maverick. In Thursday’s vice-presidential debate, Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska, the Republican candidate, used it to describe herself and her running mate, Senator John McCain, no fewer than six times, at one point calling him “the consummate maverick.”

But to those who know the history of the word, applying it to Mr. McCain is a bit of a stretch — and to one Texas family in particular it is even a bit offensive.

Considering the family’s long history of association with liberalism and progressive ideals, it should come as no surprise that Ms. Maverick insists that John McCain, who has voted so often with his party, “is in no way a maverick, in uppercase or lowercase.”

“It’s just incredible — the nerve! — to suggest that he’s not part of that Republican herd. Every time we hear it, all my children and I and all my family shrink a little and say, ‘Oh, my God, he said it again.’ ”

“He’s a Republican,” she said. “He’s branded.”

Palin effect not 'long lasting'

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 00:16:26 GMT

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Palin effect not 'long lasting'

2 hours, 33 minutes ago

According to an analysis released Tuesday of the 2008 women’s vote, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s impact on the presidential campaign is “settling out” and has not enabled John McCain to shrink the traditional gender gap favoring Democrats.

“The affect of Sarah Palin is not one that has been long lasting in terms of shifting the dynamics of the gender gap,” said Susan J. Carroll, a political science professor at Rutgers University’s Center for American Women and Politics, in a conference call for Women’s Vote Watch.

The shift back toward Obama reflects that “the gender gap is not about the gender of the candidate, it’s about the issues,” said Debbie Walsh, CAWP’s director.

Tags: palin

Who you callin' a maverick?

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:52:15 GMT

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Clip Source: www.nytimes.com

There’s that word again: maverick.

“I’m just enraged that McCain calls himself a maverick,” said Terrellita Maverick, 82, a San Antonio native who proudly carries the name of a family that has been known for its progressive politics since the 1600s, when an early ancestor in Boston got into trouble with the law over his agitation for the rights of indentured servants.

In the 1800s, Samuel Augustus Maverick went to Texas and became known for not branding his cattle.

“He’s a Republican,” she said. “He’s branded.”

Tags: politics, history, etymology, people

Main Street vs Wall Street

Sun, 05 Oct 2008 04:58:24 GMT

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clipper's remarks: While this is unpleasant for those who work in the field, it is necessary to achieve better balance in our overall economy. We could see a large reduction in the number of firms and the number of people employed in financial services without impairing households’ ability to invest safely or obtain credit that they can use prudently.

Rogoff views the financial bailout as akin to a tariff for the steel industry or a subsidy for the auto industry. It is testimony more to the power of the financial industry’s political connections than to its role in the economy. Banks are important, yes. But so are manufacturing firms and software companies.
When the Internet bubble popped, we did not send government aid to the technology industry, which has since recovered nicely following a shakeout.

The other claim that is made on behalf of the bailout is that Treasury will make a profit for taxpayers by buying distressed mortgage-related assets.

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Main Street remains suspicious of government plans to buy distressed mortgage assets

In fact, it is the elites who are badly misguided. The reality is that the Paulson plan is nothing more than a government assistance package for a declining industry. It has been embraced eagerly by Democratic politicians who welcome the enhanced power they will enjoy as a result of merging Big Finance with Big Government.

The American people are being given two reasons to support the bailout, namely, that it is needed to prevent another Great Depression and that it will actually earn a profit for taxpayers. Both rationales are suspect.

There is an important difference between the financial sector today and the financial sector of the early 1930s. Back then, our financial services were underdeveloped

Harvard economics professor Kenneth Rogoff, former chief economist at the International Monetary Fund, believes that the financial sector in the United States is bloated and needs to shrink

Tags: government bailout, main street v wall street, subsidize industries

new idea

Sat, 04 Oct 2008 12:54:54 GMT

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London, Oct 1 (ANI): Fashion conscious women in Japan are increasingly taking to cosmetic belts to shrink their heads.

wet wool

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:55:05 GMT

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Why don't sheep shrink when it rains?

Save the Dream.... or not

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:09:31 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Interesting take on what is happening, and what we should be doing about it.

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Green the bailout

By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN - New York Times

The early 21st century saw a boom, bubble and now a bust around financial services. But I fear all it will leave behind are a bunch of empty Florida condos that never should have been built, used private jets that the wealthy can no longer afford and dead derivative contracts that no one can understand.

Let’s “green the bailout,” as Jones says, and help ensure that the American Dream doesn’t ever shrink back to just that — a dream.

“I cannot help but ponder about how quickly we are ready to act on fixing the transmission, by pumping in almost one trillion dollars in a fortnight,”

On the other hand, the engine, which is slowly dying, is not even getting an oil change or a tuneup with the same urgency, let alone a trillion dollars to get ourselves a new engine. Just imagine what a trillion-dollar investment would return to the economy, including the ‘transmission,’ if we committed at that level to green jobs and technologies.”

Best of the Best: The Hive Five Winners

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 02:33:42 GMT

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Best of the Best: The Hive Five Winners

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Sun, 21 Sep 2008 19:14:31 GMT

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Zulauff Barrons Interview

Sun, 21 Sep 2008 15:35:39 GMT

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That's right. It started out in the U.S., but it is a global event, led by the [excessive lending practices that grew up in the] housing boom in the U.S. But we also had housing booms in some of the European countries, and in some of the emerging countries. People are already talking about a glut of unsold homes in China.

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Global financial-sector debt has gone up fivefold in the last 25 years relative to GDP. So what you now see is a reversal back to the mean. That means that the financial sector as a profit generator, as an employer and as a provider of services will shrink over many years -- back to a level that is more normal than in recent years. The financial-services industry has been treated extremely well for a long time and people made a lot of money and created careers, etc. But it is going to be much, much tougher in the next 10 years globally.

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Shrink the shrink into your mobile:)

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 10:21:57 GMT

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Clip Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Can therapy on your mobile really work?

Depressed? Phobic? Broken-hearted? If so, the world's first download-to-mobile therapy service promises to soothe your troubled mind

My Mobile Guru offers life-coaching, counselling and therapy for a whole host of ills, from anger management to infidelity and even the shock of cancer diagnosis

Simply visit mymobileguru.co.uk and download the appropriate message to your PC or mobile phone

What makes My Mobile Guru stand out from the cyber-therapy crowd is that you get your sessions on the move - counselling in the chip shop or psychotherapy in the pub. The founder, complementary therapist Gary Siva, claims that the site is "immediate, discreet and convenient" and can help resolve any of life's problems.

how this kind of one-size-fits-all advice could hope to address the infinitely varied nature of psychological distress

Although we experience different symptoms, the techniques used to deal with them are often generic

solution is often the same

Tags: mobile, psychology, internet

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The "Great Wall Street Heist" of 2008

Xerogel

xerogel

12 power foods to shrink your gut

GET RID GUT

Who You Callin' A Maverick?

Palin effect not 'long lasting'

Palin effect not 'long lasting'

Who you callin' a maverick?

Main Street vs Wall Street

new idea

wet wool

Save the Dream.... or not

Green the bailout

By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN - New York Times

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