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USDA Approves Modified Potato

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– U.S.D.A. Approves Modified Potato (New York Times, Nov 7, 2014):

A potato genetically engineered to reduce the amounts of a potentially harmful ingredient in French fries and potato chips has been approved for commercial planting, the Department of Agriculture announced on Friday.

The potato’s DNA has been altered so that less of a chemical called acrylamide, which is suspected of causing cancer in people, is produced when the potato is fried.

The new potato also resists bruising, a characteristic long sought by potato growers and processors for financial reasons. Potatoes bruised during harvesting, shipping or storage can lose value or become unusable.

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NOAA Polar Plunge – So Cold Its Purple

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– NOAA polar plunge – So cold its purple (Ice Age Now, Nov 7, 2014):

NOAA 6 – 10 Day Forecast  (issued Nov 6th)
Nov 12-16, 2014

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Root address: http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/predictions/610day/

NOAA 8 – 14 Day Forecast  (issued Nov 6th)
Nov. 14 – 20, 2014

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Pentagon Names 5 Military Bases Inside The U.S. And 2 In Europe As Ebola Troop Quarantine Sites

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– Dr. Paul Craig Roberts: The Ebola Story Doesn’t Smell Right:

“The official story is that combat troops are being sent to build treatment structures for those infected with ebola.

Why combat troops? Why not send a construction outfit such as an engineer battalion if it has to be military? Why not do what the government usually does and contract with a construction company to build the treatment units? “Additional thousands of troops” results in a very large inexperienced construction crew for 17 treatment units. It doesn’t make sense.”

– Pentagon names military bases as Ebola troop quarantine sites (Stars And Stripes, Nov 8, 2014):

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon said Friday it has designated five military bases inside the U.S. and two in Europe as quarantine areas for troops returning from the Ebola-response mission in West Africa.

Servicemembers will be isolated for 21 days at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington; Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Fort Hood and Fort Bliss, Texas; and Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia to check for symptoms of the deadly virus, Pentagon press secretary Rear Adm. John Kirby said. Army garrisons in Baumholder, Germany, and Vicenza, Italy, will also be quarantine sites.

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel ordered the three-week quarantines late last month for troops who spend time on the ground as part of the military’s Operation United Assistance, which is supporting U.S. humanitarian aid efforts in hard-hit East Africa countries where nearly 5,000 have died.

Read morePentagon Names 5 Military Bases Inside The U.S. And 2 In Europe As Ebola Troop Quarantine Sites

About America’s Sudden Fascination With Hiring Young Women

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– About America’s Sudden Fascination With Hiring Young Women (ZeroHedge, Nov 8, 2014):

Yesterday, when we presented what we thought at the time was “The Strangest Number In Today’s Jobs Report” namely the near record surge in workers aged 16-24, which amounted to 528K, or the vast majority of job additions in the month of October…

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… we may have been a bit premature.

As it turns out breaking down the job surge from September to October by gender provides an even more peculiar result then an age distribution. Because as the chart below shows, of the 416K jobs added in the 20 and over category, a meager 10% of these went to men: some 90%, or 370,000, went to women! Men aged 20 and over were the recipients of a paltry 48,000 jobs, or 10% of the total increase.

Read moreAbout America’s Sudden Fascination With Hiring Young Women

2nd largest snow cover in Siberia in 47 years

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– 2nd largest snow cover in Siberia in 47 years (Ice Age Now, Nov 7, 2014):

Signals a greater chance of a harsh winter in North America, Europe and Asia.

About 14.1 million sq km (5.4 million sq miles) of snow blanketed Siberia at the end of October, the second most in records going back to 1967, according to Rutgers University’s Global Snow Lab. The record was set in 1976.

In addition, the speed at which snow has covered the region is the fastest since at least 1998.

Read more2nd largest snow cover in Siberia in 47 years

Finland: Snowstorm Causes Massive Power Outage

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– Finland – Snowstorm causes massive power outage (Ice Age Now, Nov 7, 2014):

More than 40,000 customers lost power in Pietarsaari, Uusikaarlepyy, Vöyri, Oravais and Kruunupyy areas on Wednesday morning.

Meanwhile, a temperature reading of minus 25 degrees Celsius was recorded at Kevojärvi in Utsijoki following a cold wave on Tuesday night.

In Kainuu since Tuesday night, snow accumulated to more than 20 cm (8 inches) in some places.

Read moreFinland: Snowstorm Causes Massive Power Outage

The Silver Lining Of Stagnant US Incomes: Half-Price Hookers

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– The Silver Lining Of Stagnant US Incomes: Half-Price Hookers (ZeroHedge, Nov 8, 2014):

This week’s ‘shellacking’ of the administration suggests all is not well among the people of the Land of the Free. While headlines crow of plunging unemployment rates and record high stock prices, middle-class incomes remain stagnant at best (and sliding in most cases) and job quality continues to tumble. There is, however, a silver lining… as Bloomberg reports, “in a sign of lower income and middle income consumer stress, some prostitutes are dropping prices.” Of course, this is terrible news for GDP (now what happens if the price of ‘blow’ also drops). This confirms our previous note on the deflation of prices in the oldest profession in the world… question is, will Yellen abhor this price drop too?

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Ski resorts in the Alps could get up to 5 meters (16.4 feet) of snow

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– Ski resorts in the Alps could get up to 5 meters (16.4 feet) of snow (Ice Age Now, Nov 7, 2014):

Heavy snowfall in the Alps has continued for the past 36 hours, with reported accumulations already a meter (39 inches) deep in one case.

It’s the second major snowfall in as many weeks, raising expectations that some ski areas may  open earlier than planned.

Around 20 glacier areas are already open in Austria, France, Italy and Switzerland, with most areas reporting 20 – 60cm so far.

Read moreSki resorts in the Alps could get up to 5 meters (16.4 feet) of snow

Majorities In Several States Vote To Punish Low-Skill Workers

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– Majorities In Several States Vote To Punish Low-Skill Workers (Mises Economics Blogs, Nov 8, 2014):

My anti-democracy critics will shake their heads in dismay at me, but I’ve been forced to come to the conclusion that there’s no reason to believe that plebiscitary democracy is any worse than the usual kind. Indeed, in American states that must hold plebiscites to authorize tax increases, one hears regular howls from the pro-tax crowd about how “direct democracy” is awful and that “representative democracy” is so much better.  There’s even this federal lawsuit by pro-tax groups claiming that Colorado’s requirement that voters approve tax increases is unconstitutional. In other words, those who favor tax increases hate voter referendums and initiatives. Internationally, of course, there are the secession votes and the upcoming vote on gold in Switzerland. I have a hard time coming up with a reason why such things are comparatively bad (compared to an alternative in which everything is up to the elected elites).

That said, the news isn’t always good with such voter-approved measures. A majority of voters in four states voted to raise the minimum wage:

Read moreMajorities In Several States Vote To Punish Low-Skill Workers

Ron Paul: “We Don’t Have A Democracy … The US Political System Is A Monopoly”

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– Ron Paul: “We Don’t Have A Democracy… The US Political System Is A Monopoly” (ZeroHedge, Nov 7, 2014):

“If a third party person gets anywhere along, they are going to do everything they can to stop that from happening,” blasts Ron Paul, explaining to RT’s Erin Ade that the ‘monopoly’ system run by the leaders of the two main parties was all too evident as Americans went to the polls this week. “It’s a monopoly… and they don’t even allow a second option,” Paul concluded, lashing out that “here at home, we don’t have true Democracy.“

As RT reports,

Read moreRon Paul: “We Don’t Have A Democracy … The US Political System Is A Monopoly”

The bullying of Hungary – the country that dared to disobey the US and EU

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Hungarys Prime Minister Viktor Orban
Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban (Reuters / Bernadett Szabo)

– The bullying of Hungary – the country that dared to disobey the US and EU (RT, Nov 7, 2014):

25 years ago, Hungary was being toasted in the West for opening its border with Austria to East Germans, in a move which led to the fall of the Berlin Wall. Now the Western elites are not happy with Budapest which they consider far too independent.

The refusal of Prime Minister Viktor Orban and his ruling Fidesz party to join the new US and EU Cold War against Russia, which has seen the Hungarian parliament approving a law to build the South Stream gas pipeline without the approval of the European Union, in addition to the populist economic policies Fidesz has adopted against the largely foreign owned banks and energy companies, has been met with an angry response from Washington and Brussels.

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RX For Modern Monetary Madness: Mises Explained Sound Money 80 Years Ago

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Mises Explained Sound Money 80 Years Ago

– RX For Modern Monetary Madness: Mises Explained Sound Money 80 Years Ago (David Stockman’s Contra Corner, Nov 8, 2014):

Eighty years ago, in the autumn of 1934, Ludwig von Mises’s The Theory of Money and Credit first appeared in English. It remains one of the most important books on money and inflation penned in the twentieth century, and even eight decades later, it still offers the clearest analysis and understanding of booms and busts, inflations, and depressions.

Mises insisted that the economic rollercoaster of the business cycle was not caused by any inherent weaknesses or contradictions within the free market capitalist system. Rather, inflationary booms followed by the bust of economic depression or recession had its origin in the control and mismanagement by governments of the monetary and banking system.

Money Emerges from Markets, Not Government

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UK police foil homegrown ‘Islamist plot’ to kill Queen on Remembrance Day – report

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FYI.

Reader squodgy commented:

“If you believe this then you’ve been truly hoodwinked & taken for a fool.

The only MSM spouting any of it were Murdoch’s rubbish.

Watch “The 7-7 Ripple Effect” to get an idea of how the Secret Service set these poor morons up.”

– UK police foil homegrown ‘Islamist plot’ to kill Queen on Remembrance Day – report (RT, Nov 8, 2014):

Heightened security arrangements have been adopted for the forthcoming Remembrance Day commemorations in London, after four men were arrested by counter-terrorist police. The Sun reports the men were plotting a knife attack on Queen Elizabeth II.

On Thursday, police arrested four men between 19 and 27, three of them in London, as part of an “ongoing investigation into Islamist-related terrorism.” All those arrested are reportedly UK residents.

Read moreUK police foil homegrown ‘Islamist plot’ to kill Queen on Remembrance Day – report

California plans to issue 1.4 million driver’s licenses to undocumented immigrants under new law

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– California plans to issue 1.4 million driver’s licenses to undocumented immigrants under new law (FOX News Latino/FOX 40, Nov 7, 2014):

California (FOX 40) –  California Division of Motor Vehicles is preparing for roughly 1.4 million new driver’s license applicants after Jan. 1.

That’s when Assembly Bill 60, or the Safe and Responsible Drivers Act, goes into effect.

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‘Kissing bug’ disease creeps into US, but symptoms often missed

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– ‘Kissing bug’ disease creeps into US, but symptoms often missed (Al Jazeera, Nov 7, 2014):

Spread through the feces of blood-sucking insects, Chagas can cause heart failure and damage intestines

Hundreds of thousands of people in the United States have been infected with the potentially fatal “kissing bug” disease, but U.S. health care workers’ lack of awareness often prevents successful diagnosis and treatment, according to a report released this week.

The dearth of federally licensed drugs to combat the disease also limits patients’ access to treatment, according to findings presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) on Thursday.

“This is a real health concern in the United States that deserves much more attention, research and funding for patient care and education,” said Dr. Jennifer Manne-Goehler, a clinical fellow at Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston who was the lead author of the study.

Read more‘Kissing bug’ disease creeps into US, but symptoms often missed

Death Of The Working Class In 12 Charts

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– Death Of The Working Class In 12 Charts (ZeroHedge, Nov 7, 2014):

They say a picture is worth one thousand words.  And so here’s a twelve thousand word equivalent essay that quite clearly depicts how the policies of the new millennium are shaping the new world order.  The powers that be have looked at these same charts, understand their implications and yet continue on the current path.  The objective then is clear.  The death of the working class.

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CNN Just Outdid Itself: Banner Reads ‘Seal Who Claims He Killed OBAMA’ (VIDEO)

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– Over At CNN, Even America’s Seals Have Had It With “Obama”  (ZeroHedge, Nov 8, 2014):

After last week’s midterm elections, the revulsion against 6 years of failed Obama policies, if only for the economy not so much for the S&P500, was plain for all to see (and no, Friday’s seasonally adjusted jobs report “proving” just how well the economy is doing isn’t grounds for a recount). However, little did we know how far anger at Obama has spread, because just when we thought CNN couldn’t get any better… it did.

CNN seal who claims he killed obama under attack

According to the following CNN banner, it wasn’t Osama who is the topic of the latest “Who killed Whom” navy seal scandal. It was the president of the US.

Alan Greenspan’s Stunning Admission: ‘Gold Is Currency; No Fiat Currency, Including The Dollar, Can Match It’

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As I’ve said many times … Physical gold and silver is the money of the TPTB.

– Greenspan’s Stunning Admission: “Gold Is Currency; No Fiat Currency, Including the Dollar, Can Match It” (ZeroHedge, Nov 7, 2014):

For some reason, the Council of Foreign Relations, where ex-Fed-Chief Alan Greenspan spoke last week, decided the following discussion should be left out of the official transcript. We can perhaps understand why… as Gillian Tett concludes, “comments like that will be turning you into a rock star amongst the gold bug community.”

Greenspan (Uncut):

TETT: Do you think that gold is currently a good investment?

GREENSPAN: Yes… Remember what we’re looking at. Gold is a currency. It is still, by all evidence, a premier currency. No fiat currency, including the dollar, can macth it.

Which is missing from the official CFR transcript…

Read moreAlan Greenspan’s Stunning Admission: ‘Gold Is Currency; No Fiat Currency, Including The Dollar, Can Match It’

Forget Tesla ‘D’ – This Is The Fastest Electric Car In The World

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The Fastest Electric Car In The World

– Forget Tesla ‘D’ – This Is The Fastest Electric Car In The World (OilPrice, Nov 6, 2014):

When we think of electric cars, probably the first thing that comes to mind is the Chevrolet Volt, which is smooth running but needs frequent recharging. Plus it’s no speed demon.

But if you think electric cars still deserve consideration, take a look at the “Grimsel,” the creation of the technical schools ETH Zurich and Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts. On Nov. 3 the students put the spurs to the car and got it to accelerate from 0 to 100 kilometers per hour (62 mph) in 1.785 seconds, using less than 30 meters of track.

That’s nearly twice as fast as Tesla’s fleet Model S P85D. And it’s record-breaking.

Read moreForget Tesla ‘D’ – This Is The Fastest Electric Car In The World

American Middle Class ‘Wealth’ Worse Than Every Nation But Russia & Indonesia

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–  American Middle Class “Wealth” Worse Than Every Nation But Russia & Indonesia (ZeroHedge, Nov 7, 2014):

One of Liberty Blitzkrieg’s most popular posts in 2013 was titled: How Does America’s Middle Class Rank Globally? #27. Here’s an excerpt:

We are number 1 right? USA! USA! No one can beat our wealth creation machine, our economic dynamism, our level playing field and our bastions of higher education. We have a middle class that is the envy of the world, right?

Well, like so much of the “American dream” we have been force fed for a generation or more, this perception is not based in reality whatsoever. Sure it may have been the case for a couple of decades immediately after World War 2. Before the military-industrial-Wall Street complex fully took over the political process, but it certainly isn’t true any longer. Myths die hard and this one is particularly pernicious because it prevents people from changing things.

The data in that article was based on a comprehensive study published by Credit Suisse titled Global Wealth Data Book. Well, the 2014 version is now out, and the results are not pretty.

Paul Buchheit has crunched the numbers, and highlighted some of his conclusions here. Here is some of what he found:

Read moreAmerican Middle Class ‘Wealth’ Worse Than Every Nation But Russia & Indonesia

Putin Signs Secret Pact To Crush NATO

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– Putin Signs Secret Pact To Crush NATO (Casey Research, Nov 6, 2014):

Back on September 11 and 12, there was a summit meeting in a city that involved an organization that most Americans have never heard of. Mainstream media coverage was all but nonexistent.

The place was Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan, a country few Westerners could correctly place on a map.

But you can bet your last ruble that Vladimir Putin knows exactly where Tajikistan is. Because the group that met there is the Russian president’s baby. It’s the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), consisting of six member states: Russia, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.

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