Submitted by Econophile on 01/22/2010 >>UPDATE 2-‘Avatar’ replaces ‘Titanic’ in record books Q: Is Avatar a metaphor for “capitalism? Q: Is the rape of another planet capitalism? Q:Is the movie left wing Hollywood schlock propaganda? Q: Is the movie marvelous entertainment? Q: Is it also something else? * * * * * Here are some…
ONCE INSIDE THE WALLS THEY PLUNDER EVERYTHING BY STEALTH In December, Facebook made a series of bold and controversial changes regarding the nature of its users’ privacy on the social networking site. The company once known for protecting privacy to the point of exclusivity (it began its days as a network for college kids only…
It is important to put a price on nature Jan 18th 2010 THE insight that nature provides services to mankind is not a new one. In 360 BC Plato remarked on the helpful role that forests play in preserving fertile soil; in their absence, he noted, the land was turned into desert, like the bones…
Editors Choice Jeff Rubin, former Chief Economist of CIBC World Markets and the author of Why Your World Is About To Get A Whole Lot Smaller January 19, 2010 Triple Digiit Oil and Economic Change Triple digit oil and the economic change that it would bring is something that intrigues, and will have a cascading…
Editors Comments Yeah, I’ll admit it. I still like Tiger Woods. Tiger Before the barrage of accusations and floozies exploded all over every media outlet, I was a casual Tiger Woods fan. But I was a fan, no less. When I’d watch golf on TV, it would be to watch Tiger, because he was always…
Editor’s Comment: The writing below is now 15 years-old. But it is as true today, and will be into whatever future humanity has left, as it was when written. It isn’t a message about the futility of our existence, but about the stupidity of our devices and desires. It is meant to signal that we…
AFGHANISTAN: The Grand Chess Game for Control of Central Asian Resources By Michael Cayne Thursday, Jan 14, 2010 Though not being reported in the mainstream American press, there is a very intense struggle going on between the U.S. and China to determine which nation will emerge as the dominant presence in Central Asia. These two…
Editor SWITZERLAND OF THE ORIENT The ironies of Singapore’s massive investment in troubled Swiss banking giant UBS are piling up. Even Lee Kuan Yew himself has now said that the Government Investment Corporation invested “too early” in UBS, with the result that is now showing a loss of billions of dollars of citizens’ money on…
Our Man at Ringside Sees Epic Battle in Gold ” by Rick Ackerman on January 14, 2010 3:31 am GMT · 0 comments The big boys have been trading body blows in gold, producing a lot of violence but no clear winner, at least not yet. We expect the buyers to prevail eventually, and we’d…