| Toward a Defensible Climate Realism
New stations to import liquified natural gas are planned. I don't know about oil refinery expansion plans, if any, but everything seems still in growth mode. The NEA future coal fired electric power graph is a hockey stick itself. Go Go Go. Grow Grow Grow. We conquered and occupied an entire nation to grab its oil! This isn't waterboarding, invading Iraq, free speech, capital punishment, bombing Iran, or any other debate we have ever had. The scientific reality trumps the political ones. Do or die. We can't even freeze what we have now. Looks like we die. We need to take every oil and electric bill and every odometer reading times gallons per mile… and inform every business, building owner, household, airline… how much less they will be using next year and thereafter.
Xstrata on receiving end of $80bn takeover deal
Vale, the giant Brazilian miner, is days away from unveiling an agreed takeover bid for Swiss-based rival Xstrata worth over $80bn. A deal could be announced as soon as this week, but some banking sources have cautioned that turmoil in the credit markets means the Brazilians might need more time to secure the necessary financing. Vale, formerly known as CVRD, is expected to provide about half the capital in cash. It will issue the remainder in preference shares. These will be offered to Glencore, which owns 35 per cent of Xstrata, leaving the Swiss commodities trading group with a sizeable stake in Vale. The Brazilian company has a market value of $122bn. The takeover would be the biggest that Xstrata's chief executive, Mick Davis, has pulled off. But it would be the first time that he has been at the receiving end of a deal.
Fed Takes Aim at Deceptive Home Lending Practices
Real estate agents' signs line a Birmingham, Mich., street in this Feb. 21, 2007 file photo. Battered by a declining manufacturing base, stagnant population growth and low demand for housing, Michigan and Ohio rank No. 1 and 2 on mortgage finance company Fannie Mae's list of states with the largest credit losses through Sept. 30. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, file) (Carlos Osorio - AP) .
More Obama substance!
According to Tamar Jacoby, the recent arrest of 1,300 suspected illegal workers at six Swift & Co. meat processing plants demonstrates the need for 'comprehensive immigration reform.' I don't understand: 1) "Comprehensive" reform is supposed to be a deal in which amnesty for current illegals (and a guest worker program) is coupled with a tougher workplace enforcement program to block future illegals. Sounds good, but the last such "comprehensive" reform--the1986 amnesty--failed miserably when its workplace enforcement program turned out to be ineffective at stopping employers from hiring illegals. The idea behind the current Bush proposal is that this time workplace enforcement will work. But, as the New York Times notes, Swift & Co. in fact particpated in the the federal Basic Pilot program, a system of checking Social Security numbers that President Bush has touted as a way to crack down on immigration fraud.
Candidates push ahead as money dwindles
I don't trust Obama, I think he's not what he's trying to appear to be. The Clinton's have their faults but I'm voting for Hillary because she has so much experience, she truly cares about the middle and lower class (how I hate that saying) AND I think she is the best person to get the economic situation under control and FINALLY get us all the health care we deserve. I cannot understand how the greatest (self proclaimed) country on earth cannot provide health care for its citizens. I think we should all be screaming from the sidewalks demanding health care now!! It's the number one cause of bankruptcy in the USA how unfair that looking after your health or the health of your loved ones could cost you your life savings. Kennendy endorsing Obama was actually a favor to Hillary ha ha. I can't stand that fat old blow hard.
Concern for young carers
Carly is great fun to be with, says Sophie, but when she is in one of her moods she slams doors, throws things out of the window and breaks her toys. Sophie also helps her mum out around the house. She cooks for the family - her favourite recipes are paella and lasagne. She says her mum is "very pleased to have me because if I was any different she wouldn't be able to cope". .
Little liquidity pours cold water on plan
It's a common question in financial circles. It's why those with plenty of cash can swoop in and profit on sure-things that really are sure-things, like Google. It's why many of us will never qualify to own an Outback Steakhouse franchise. And it's why there's a limit on the profit I'll eke out of the Iowa Electronic Markets. Or so I thought. Of the $500 I invested in the IEM, a presidential futures market that works like a real stock market, I have just 24.7 cents in cash. Not even enough to play a game of Ms. Pac-Man, or to tumble dry my socks. Everything else is tied up in investments, and that makes it terribly difficult to pounce when a presidential Google appears. But a thread of logic winnowed its way through my needlepoint investing brain Tuesday morning.
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