Swine Flu Death Rate 0.08% of total Flu Death Rate in US over past 2 weeks |
Death rate extrapolations for USA for Flu: 63,729 per year, 5,310 per month, 1,225 per week, 174 per day, 7 per hour, 0 per minute, 0 per second. Note: this extrapolation calculation uses the deaths s... Posted by on Tue, 05 May 2009 18:21:00 GMT |
The Direction We’re Not Moving In |
I heard something on the mainstream news last nite that actually made sense. This recent crisis is more about fear than any sort of underlying economic problem... When prices are kept artificially hig... Posted by on Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:54:00 GMT |
PLEASE CALL YOUR CONGRESSPERSON |
Demand that Congress immediately redress and pass this bill. It's our only hope.---------------HR 2755 IH110th CONGRESS1st Session H. R. 2755To abolish the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve Sy... Posted by on Thu, 09 Oct 2008 06:18:00 GMT |
Money as Debt |
I've said this before... but in light of our nation's most recent exhibit of obvious control of government by central banks, I'm going to say it again, and say it loud: Everyone knows that money makes... Posted by on Sun, 05 Oct 2008 19:53:00 GMT |
Welcome to the U.S.S.A. |
Welcome to the U.S.S.A. Posted by on Fri, 03 Oct 2008 13:22:00 GMT |
The Bailout Bill DOES NOT Restrict Executive Pay!! |
You've all heard one of the selling points of the bailout bill... that it would restrict the compensation of executives in companies who accepted the bailout. This is a half-truth. It does not restric... Posted by on Thu, 02 Oct 2008 12:16:00 GMT |
In the Meantime... |
While we wait for this new version of the hyperinflation--I mean Bailout Bill to pass the House on Friday... Will you just look at that nice, sustained positive trend in the US dollar index! It's almo... Posted by on Thu, 02 Oct 2008 10:30:00 GMT |
Does Someone Whos Bleeding to Death Need a Transfusion or a Tourniquet? |
I see a bailout as a blood transfusion for a patient that is bleeding to death. sure, it'll let the patient live longer, but why not stop the bleeding rather than just adding more blood?The global eco... Posted by on Tue, 30 Sep 2008 05:59:00 GMT |
Bailout Failed!! Or at least postponed... |
The Bailout Bill was overturned by Congress. Given my economic/political biases... I think this is pretty good news. A bailout is a short-term fix to the long-term problem of gross fiscal irresponsibi... Posted by on Mon, 29 Sep 2008 12:09:00 GMT |
Thomas Jefferson on Banking |
"If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issuance of their currency, first by inflation and then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around them will depr... Posted by on Mon, 29 Sep 2008 06:06:00 GMT |