Rumor has it that Timothy Geithner is on his way out as Treasury
Secretary, due to his involvement in the AIG scandal that is now
unraveling in hearings before the House Oversight and Reform
Committee. Bob Chapman writes in The International Forecaster:
Each day brings more revelations of efforts of the NY Fed and
Goldman Sachs to hide the details of the criminal conspiracy of
the AIG bailout. . . . This is a real crisis on the scale of Watergate.
Corruption at its finest.
But unlike the perpetrators of the Watergate scandal, who wound
up looking at jail time, Geithner evidently has a golden parachute
waiting at Goldman Sachs, not coincidentally the largest
recipient of the AIG bailout. At least that is the rumor sparked by
an article by Caroline Baum on Bloomberg News, titled “Goldman
Parachute Awaits Geithner to Ease Fall.” Hank Paulson, Geithner’s
predecessor, was CEO of Goldman Sachs before coming to the
Treasury. Geithner, who has come up through the ranks of
government, could be walking through the revolving door in the
other direction.
Geithner has been under the House microscope for the decision
of the New York Fed, made while he headed it, to buy out about
$30 billion in credit default swaps (over-the-counter derivative
insurance contracts) that AIG sold on toxic debt securities. The
chief recipients of this payout were Goldman Sachs, Merrill
Lynch, Societe Generale and Deutsche Bank. Goldman got $13
billion, roughly equivalent to its bonus pool for the first 9 months
of 2009. Critics are calling the New York Fed’s decision a back-
door bailout for the banks, which received 100 cents on the dollar
for contracts that would have been worth far less had AIG been
put through bankruptcy proceedings in the ordinary way. In a
Bloomberg article provocatively titled “Secret Banking Cabal
Emerges from AIG Shadows,” David Reilly writes:
[T]he New York Fed is a quasi-governmental institution that isn’t
subject to citizen intrusions such as freedom of information
requests, unlike the Federal Reserve. This impenetrability comes
in handy since the bank is the preferred vehicle for many of the
Fed’s bailout programs. It’s as though the New York Fed was a
black-ops outfit for the nation’s central bank.
The beneficiaries of the New York Fed’s largesse got paid in full
although they had agreed to take much less. In a November 2009
article titled “It’s Time to Fire Tim Geithner,” Dylan Ratigan wrote:
Last November . . . New York Federal Reserve Governor Tim
Geithner decided to deliver 100 cents on the dollar, in secret no
less, to pay off the counter parties to the world's largest (and still
un-investigated) insurance fraud -- AIG. This full payoff with
taxpayer dollars was carried out by Geithner after AIG's bank
customers, such as Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank and Societe
Generale, had already previously agreed to taking as little as 40
cents on the dollar. Even after the GM autoworkers, bondholders
and vendors all received a government-enforced haircut on their
contracts, he still had the audacity to claim the “sanctity of
contracts” in the dealings with these companies like AIG.
Geithner testified that the Fed’s hands were tied and that the bank
could not “selectively default on contractual obligations without
courting collapse.” But if it was all on the up and up, why all the
secrecy? The contention that the Fed had no choice is also
belied by a recent holding in the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy, in
which New York Bankruptcy Judge James Peck set aside the same
type of investment contracts that Secretaries Paulson and
Geithner repeatedly swore under oath had to be paid in full in the
case of AIG. The judge declared that clauses in those contracts
subordinating other claims to the holders’ claims were null and
void in bankruptcy.
“And notice,” comments bank analyst Chris Whalen, “that the world
has not ended when the holders of [derivative] contracts are
treated like everyone else.” He calls the AIG bailout “a hideous
political contrivance that ranks with the great acts of political
corruption and thievery in the history of the United States.”
If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, said Joseph
Goebbels, people will eventually come to believe it. The bailout
of Wall Street initiated in September 2008 was premised on the
dire prediction that if major counterparties in the massive edifice
of derivative contracts were allowed to fall, the whole interlocking
house of cards would collapse and take the economy with it. A
hijacked Congress dutifully protected the derivatives game with
taxpayer money while the real economy proceeded to collapse,
the financial sector choosing to put their money into this
protected form of speculative betting rather than into the more
mundane and risky business of making loans to struggling
businesses and homeowners. In the end, $170 billion of federal
funds went to AIG and the banks feeding at its trough. Meanwhile,
a survey of state finances by the Center on Budget and Policy
Priorities think tank found that state governments face a collective
$168 billion budget shortfall for fiscal 2010. If the money used to
bail out AIG and the banks had been used to bail out the states
instead, the states would not be facing insolvency today.
There is no law against gambling, but there is a law against fraud.
In Watergate, a special prosecutor was appointed to bring
criminal charges; but times seem to have changed.
Ellen Brown developed her research skills as an attorney
practicing civil litigation in Los Angeles. In Web of Debt, her
latest book, she turns those skills to an analysis of the Federal
Reserve and “the money trust.” She shows how this private cartel
has usurped the power to create money from the people
themselves, and how we the people can get it back. Her eleven
books include Forbidden Medicine, Nature’s Pharmacy (co-
authored with Dr. Lynne Walker), and The Key to Ultimate Health
(co-authored with Dr. Richard Hansen). Her websites are www.
webofdebt.com, www.ellenbrown.com, and www.public-banking.
com.
Secretary, due to his involvement in the AIG scandal that is now
unraveling in hearings before the House Oversight and Reform
Committee. Bob Chapman writes in The International Forecaster:
Each day brings more revelations of efforts of the NY Fed and
Goldman Sachs to hide the details of the criminal conspiracy of
the AIG bailout. . . . This is a real crisis on the scale of Watergate.
Corruption at its finest.
But unlike the perpetrators of the Watergate scandal, who wound
up looking at jail time, Geithner evidently has a golden parachute
waiting at Goldman Sachs, not coincidentally the largest
recipient of the AIG bailout. At least that is the rumor sparked by
an article by Caroline Baum on Bloomberg News, titled “Goldman
Parachute Awaits Geithner to Ease Fall.” Hank Paulson, Geithner’s
predecessor, was CEO of Goldman Sachs before coming to the
Treasury. Geithner, who has come up through the ranks of
government, could be walking through the revolving door in the
other direction.
Geithner has been under the House microscope for the decision
of the New York Fed, made while he headed it, to buy out about
$30 billion in credit default swaps (over-the-counter derivative
insurance contracts) that AIG sold on toxic debt securities. The
chief recipients of this payout were Goldman Sachs, Merrill
Lynch, Societe Generale and Deutsche Bank. Goldman got $13
billion, roughly equivalent to its bonus pool for the first 9 months
of 2009. Critics are calling the New York Fed’s decision a back-
door bailout for the banks, which received 100 cents on the dollar
for contracts that would have been worth far less had AIG been
put through bankruptcy proceedings in the ordinary way. In a
Bloomberg article provocatively titled “Secret Banking Cabal
Emerges from AIG Shadows,” David Reilly writes:
[T]he New York Fed is a quasi-governmental institution that isn’t
subject to citizen intrusions such as freedom of information
requests, unlike the Federal Reserve. This impenetrability comes
in handy since the bank is the preferred vehicle for many of the
Fed’s bailout programs. It’s as though the New York Fed was a
black-ops outfit for the nation’s central bank.
The beneficiaries of the New York Fed’s largesse got paid in full
although they had agreed to take much less. In a November 2009
article titled “It’s Time to Fire Tim Geithner,” Dylan Ratigan wrote:
Last November . . . New York Federal Reserve Governor Tim
Geithner decided to deliver 100 cents on the dollar, in secret no
less, to pay off the counter parties to the world's largest (and still
un-investigated) insurance fraud -- AIG. This full payoff with
taxpayer dollars was carried out by Geithner after AIG's bank
customers, such as Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank and Societe
Generale, had already previously agreed to taking as little as 40
cents on the dollar. Even after the GM autoworkers, bondholders
and vendors all received a government-enforced haircut on their
contracts, he still had the audacity to claim the “sanctity of
contracts” in the dealings with these companies like AIG.
Geithner testified that the Fed’s hands were tied and that the bank
could not “selectively default on contractual obligations without
courting collapse.” But if it was all on the up and up, why all the
secrecy? The contention that the Fed had no choice is also
belied by a recent holding in the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy, in
which New York Bankruptcy Judge James Peck set aside the same
type of investment contracts that Secretaries Paulson and
Geithner repeatedly swore under oath had to be paid in full in the
case of AIG. The judge declared that clauses in those contracts
subordinating other claims to the holders’ claims were null and
void in bankruptcy.
“And notice,” comments bank analyst Chris Whalen, “that the world
has not ended when the holders of [derivative] contracts are
treated like everyone else.” He calls the AIG bailout “a hideous
political contrivance that ranks with the great acts of political
corruption and thievery in the history of the United States.”
If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, said Joseph
Goebbels, people will eventually come to believe it. The bailout
of Wall Street initiated in September 2008 was premised on the
dire prediction that if major counterparties in the massive edifice
of derivative contracts were allowed to fall, the whole interlocking
house of cards would collapse and take the economy with it. A
hijacked Congress dutifully protected the derivatives game with
taxpayer money while the real economy proceeded to collapse,
the financial sector choosing to put their money into this
protected form of speculative betting rather than into the more
mundane and risky business of making loans to struggling
businesses and homeowners. In the end, $170 billion of federal
funds went to AIG and the banks feeding at its trough. Meanwhile,
a survey of state finances by the Center on Budget and Policy
Priorities think tank found that state governments face a collective
$168 billion budget shortfall for fiscal 2010. If the money used to
bail out AIG and the banks had been used to bail out the states
instead, the states would not be facing insolvency today.
There is no law against gambling, but there is a law against fraud.
In Watergate, a special prosecutor was appointed to bring
criminal charges; but times seem to have changed.
Ellen Brown developed her research skills as an attorney
practicing civil litigation in Los Angeles. In Web of Debt, her
latest book, she turns those skills to an analysis of the Federal
Reserve and “the money trust.” She shows how this private cartel
has usurped the power to create money from the people
themselves, and how we the people can get it back. Her eleven
books include Forbidden Medicine, Nature’s Pharmacy (co-
authored with Dr. Lynne Walker), and The Key to Ultimate Health
(co-authored with Dr. Richard Hansen). Her websites are www.
webofdebt.com, www.ellenbrown.com, and www.public-banking.
com.
Become a Friendlier Person
1. Don’t criticize, condemn or complain.
2. Give honest, sincere appreciation.
3. Arouse in the other person an eager want.
4. Become genuinely interested in other people.
5. Smile.
6. Remember that a person’s name is to that person the sweetest and most
important sound in any language.
7. Be a good listener. Encourage others to talk about themselves.
8. Talk in terms of the other person’s interests.
9. Make the other person feel important - and do it sincerely
1. Don’t criticize, condemn or complain.
2. Give honest, sincere appreciation.
3. Arouse in the other person an eager want.
4. Become genuinely interested in other people.
5. Smile.
6. Remember that a person’s name is to that person the sweetest and most
important sound in any language.
7. Be a good listener. Encourage others to talk about themselves.
8. Talk in terms of the other person’s interests.
9. Make the other person feel important - and do it sincerely
Thomas Paine on Paper Money
do we need a federal reserve?
read what our founding fathers thought!
I remember a German farmer expressing as much in a few words
as the whole subject requires; "money is money, and paper is
paper." ...continue reading
do we need a federal reserve?
read what our founding fathers thought!
I remember a German farmer expressing as much in a few words
as the whole subject requires; "money is money, and paper is
paper." ...continue reading
How Did the 10 Commandments get
to America before Columbus?
to America before Columbus?
there were 12 tribes of israel!
"That is simple. In the Colonies we issue our own money.
It is called Colonial Scrip. We issue it in proper proportion
to the demands of trade and industry to make the products
pass easily from the producers to the consumers. In this
manner,
creating for ourselves our own paper money, we control its
purchasing power, and we have no interest to pay no one."
It is called Colonial Scrip. We issue it in proper proportion
to the demands of trade and industry to make the products
pass easily from the producers to the consumers. In this
manner,
creating for ourselves our own paper money, we control its
purchasing power, and we have no interest to pay no one."
Ben Franklin on money and banks!
"All the capital employed in paper speculation is barren and useless,
producing, like that on a gaming table, no accession to itself, and is
withdrawn from commerce and agriculture where it would have
produced addition to the common mass... It nourishes in our citizens
habits of vice and idleness instead of industry and morality... It has
furnished effectual means of corrupting such a portion of the
legislature as turns the balance between the honest voters
whichever way it is directed."
--Thomas Jefferson to George Washington, 1792. ME 8:344
producing, like that on a gaming table, no accession to itself, and is
withdrawn from commerce and agriculture where it would have
produced addition to the common mass... It nourishes in our citizens
habits of vice and idleness instead of industry and morality... It has
furnished effectual means of corrupting such a portion of the
legislature as turns the balance between the honest voters
whichever way it is directed."
--Thomas Jefferson to George Washington, 1792. ME 8:344
Thomas Jefferson on paper money!
"[The] Bank of the United States... is one of the most deadly hostility
existing, against the principles and form of our Constitution... An
institution like this, penetrating by its branches every part of the Union,
acting by command and in phalanx, may, in a critical moment, upset
the government. I deem no government safe which is under the
vassalage of any self-constituted authorities, or any other authority
than that of the nation, or its regular functionaries. What an obstruction
could not this bank of the United States, with all its branch banks, be in
time of war! It might dictate to us the peace we should accept, or
withdraw its aids. Ought we then to give further growth to an institution
so powerful, so hostile?" --Thomas Jefferson to Albert
Gallatin, 1803. ME 10:437
existing, against the principles and form of our Constitution... An
institution like this, penetrating by its branches every part of the Union,
acting by command and in phalanx, may, in a critical moment, upset
the government. I deem no government safe which is under the
vassalage of any self-constituted authorities, or any other authority
than that of the nation, or its regular functionaries. What an obstruction
could not this bank of the United States, with all its branch banks, be in
time of war! It might dictate to us the peace we should accept, or
withdraw its aids. Ought we then to give further growth to an institution
so powerful, so hostile?" --Thomas Jefferson to Albert
Gallatin, 1803. ME 10:437
Thomas Jefferson on the National Bank!
"the money masters!"
this is what Tom Paine warned us about!
this is what Tom Paine warned us about!
"As to paper money, in any light it can be viewed, it is at best a bubble."
– Tom Paine
– Tom Paine
British Israelism is about God fulfilling promises not subjugating Christians to Jewish law!...read more
hidden in plain sight!
The truth about the Sunday resurrection & the Christian sabbath!
Why Are the following facts HIDDEN from Christians?
FACT: Mary knew when Jesus was supposed to be Resurrected!
FACT: MARY WAS AT THE TOMB WHEN IT WAS SEALED!
FACT: CHRIST TOLD ALL HIS FOLLOWERS THE EXACT TIME OF HIS RESURRECTION! IT WAS THE ONLY SIGN HE GAVE! MARY WAS THERE WHEN JESUS GAVE
THE SIGN, THE EXACT TIME OF HIS RESURRECTION!
FACT: THE JEWS ADMITTED TO PILATE THEY KNEW THE EXACT TIME OF HIS RESURRECTION!
FACT: THE JEWISH GUARDS WERE STILL AT THE TOMB AT SUNRISE SUNDAY! IF JESUS HAD ALREADY ARISEN WHY HADN'T THEY LEFT?
FACT: THERE WAS AN EARTHQUAKE AT SUNRISE SUNDAY! TO ROLL THE STONE AWAY BEFORE CHRIST ASCENDED TO HEAVEN!
FACT: JOSEPH OF ARAMATHEA ANNOINTED JESUS' BODY WITH 100 POUNDS OF SPICES BEFORE THE BURIAL! MARY DIDN'T BUY SPICES TO ANOINT A DEAD
MAN! SHE WAS THERE TO ANOINT THE RISEN CHRIST!
FACT: THREE DAYS AFTER THE CRUCIFIXION JESUS' BODY WOULD HAVE BEGUN TO DECAY!
FACT: MARY WAS PROHIBITED BY JEWISH LAW FROM TOUCHING A DEAD BODY! SHE WOULD HAVE BEEN CAST OUT AS "UNCLEAN!" THEN WHY DID SHE BUY
SPICES THE DAY BEFORE THE RESURRECTION?
FACT: All the gospels place Mary at the tomb of Jesus at SUNRISE! WHY? ALL THE FOLLOWERS WERE TOLD WHEN CHRIST WAS TO ARISE! REMEMBER
THE SIGN!
FACT: JESUS WAS THE WAVE SHEAF OFFERING, THE "WAVE SHEAF OFFERING " WAS CONDUCTED ON THE 1ST SUNDAY MORNING AFTER THE PASSOVER!
FACT: THE LAW REQUIRED THE OFFERING OF AN UNBLEMISHED LAMB, ALONG WITH THE WAVE SHEAF OFFERING, IT WAS OFFERED ON SUNDAY
MORNING!
. read complete article...
The truth about the Sunday resurrection & the Christian sabbath!
Why Are the following facts HIDDEN from Christians?
FACT: Mary knew when Jesus was supposed to be Resurrected!
FACT: MARY WAS AT THE TOMB WHEN IT WAS SEALED!
FACT: CHRIST TOLD ALL HIS FOLLOWERS THE EXACT TIME OF HIS RESURRECTION! IT WAS THE ONLY SIGN HE GAVE! MARY WAS THERE WHEN JESUS GAVE
THE SIGN, THE EXACT TIME OF HIS RESURRECTION!
FACT: THE JEWS ADMITTED TO PILATE THEY KNEW THE EXACT TIME OF HIS RESURRECTION!
FACT: THE JEWISH GUARDS WERE STILL AT THE TOMB AT SUNRISE SUNDAY! IF JESUS HAD ALREADY ARISEN WHY HADN'T THEY LEFT?
FACT: THERE WAS AN EARTHQUAKE AT SUNRISE SUNDAY! TO ROLL THE STONE AWAY BEFORE CHRIST ASCENDED TO HEAVEN!
FACT: JOSEPH OF ARAMATHEA ANNOINTED JESUS' BODY WITH 100 POUNDS OF SPICES BEFORE THE BURIAL! MARY DIDN'T BUY SPICES TO ANOINT A DEAD
MAN! SHE WAS THERE TO ANOINT THE RISEN CHRIST!
FACT: THREE DAYS AFTER THE CRUCIFIXION JESUS' BODY WOULD HAVE BEGUN TO DECAY!
FACT: MARY WAS PROHIBITED BY JEWISH LAW FROM TOUCHING A DEAD BODY! SHE WOULD HAVE BEEN CAST OUT AS "UNCLEAN!" THEN WHY DID SHE BUY
SPICES THE DAY BEFORE THE RESURRECTION?
FACT: All the gospels place Mary at the tomb of Jesus at SUNRISE! WHY? ALL THE FOLLOWERS WERE TOLD WHEN CHRIST WAS TO ARISE! REMEMBER
THE SIGN!
FACT: JESUS WAS THE WAVE SHEAF OFFERING, THE "WAVE SHEAF OFFERING " WAS CONDUCTED ON THE 1ST SUNDAY MORNING AFTER THE PASSOVER!
FACT: THE LAW REQUIRED THE OFFERING OF AN UNBLEMISHED LAMB, ALONG WITH THE WAVE SHEAF OFFERING, IT WAS OFFERED ON SUNDAY
MORNING!
. read complete article...
“Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value – ZERO...”Voltaire 1729
HOW MUCH MONEY IS THERE?
The Estimate of M3 is about $12/trillion dollars...
Although the Fed stopped reporting M3 because it doesn't want you
to know how much money they are really creating behind the
scenes...
# M0: Physical currency. A measure of the money supply which
combines any liquid or cash assets held within a central bank and
the amount of physical currency circulating in the economy. M0
(M-zero) is the most liquid measure of the money supply. It only
includes cash or assets that could quickly be converted into
currency. This measure is known as narrow money because it is the
smallest measure of the money supply.[6]
# M1: M0 + demand deposits, which are checking accounts. This is
used as a measurement for economists trying to quantify the
amount of money in circulation. The M1 is a very liquid measure of
the money supply, as it contains cash and assets that can quickly be
converted to currency.[7]
# M2: M1 + small time deposits (less than $100,000), savings
deposits, and non-institutional money-market funds. M2 is a broader
classification of money than M1. Economists use M2 when looking
to quantify the amount of money in circulation and trying to explain
different economic monetary conditions.[8] M2 is key economic
indicator used to forecast inflation.[9]
# M3: M2 + all large time deposits, institutional money-market funds,
short-term repurchase agreements, along with other larger liquid
assets. The broadest measure of money; it is used by economists to
estimate the entire supply of money within an economy
The Estimate of M3 is about $12/trillion dollars...
Although the Fed stopped reporting M3 because it doesn't want you
to know how much money they are really creating behind the
scenes...
# M0: Physical currency. A measure of the money supply which
combines any liquid or cash assets held within a central bank and
the amount of physical currency circulating in the economy. M0
(M-zero) is the most liquid measure of the money supply. It only
includes cash or assets that could quickly be converted into
currency. This measure is known as narrow money because it is the
smallest measure of the money supply.[6]
# M1: M0 + demand deposits, which are checking accounts. This is
used as a measurement for economists trying to quantify the
amount of money in circulation. The M1 is a very liquid measure of
the money supply, as it contains cash and assets that can quickly be
converted to currency.[7]
# M2: M1 + small time deposits (less than $100,000), savings
deposits, and non-institutional money-market funds. M2 is a broader
classification of money than M1. Economists use M2 when looking
to quantify the amount of money in circulation and trying to explain
different economic monetary conditions.[8] M2 is key economic
indicator used to forecast inflation.[9]
# M3: M2 + all large time deposits, institutional money-market funds,
short-term repurchase agreements, along with other larger liquid
assets. The broadest measure of money; it is used by economists to
estimate the entire supply of money within an economy
"I was born for the storm, and a calm doesn’t suit me."
WE WERE WARNED 172 YEARS AGO!
"...unless you become more watchful...and check this spirit
of monopoly and thirst for exclusive privileges you will in
the end find that the most important powers of Government
have been given...away, and the control over your dearest
interests has passed into the hands of these corporations."
—Andrew Jackson, Farewell Address to America, 1837
"...unless you become more watchful...and check this spirit
of monopoly and thirst for exclusive privileges you will in
the end find that the most important powers of Government
have been given...away, and the control over your dearest
interests has passed into the hands of these corporations."
—Andrew Jackson, Farewell Address to America, 1837
The Corporations
Rise of the Corporations
After the Constitution was adopted, Americans were presented
with two different visions of the nation's economic future. One,
championed by Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson envisioned an
agricultural nation and was critical of a national bank., aimed to
preserve an economy based on independent farmers producing
agricultural products for market. In contrast, Alexander
HamiltonHamilton envisioned an industrial nation and supported
the creation of a national bank. envisioned a robust industrial
American economy.
Without guidance from the Constitution, these two powerful,
competing visions were locked in battle.
By 1830, it had begun to look like Hamilton's ideal of elite-
controlled companies and banks fostering national growth and
expansion, might win out. The rise of the corporationA business
enterprise legally separate from the person who operates it. had
important economic consequences, contributing to a shift in
power and wealth away from workers and landowners and into
the hands of bankers and capitalists.
"The tradesman...who had a real craft that supported him, would
find that businessmen were hiring women and children at very
low wages to work piecemeal."
—Sean Wilentz, historian
The dangers were not limited to financial security.
Jackson was convinced that corporations and banks also
jeopardized the political rights and influence of the common man.
Unless Americans succeeded in reining in big business, the
people risked losing control over their country forever.
Reining in Big Business
For Jackson, the cornerstone of this crusade against big
business was his opposition to extending the charter of the
Second Bank of the United StatesThe bank was first chartered in
1816 and was essentially a private corporation.. He felt the Bank,
chartered and backed by the government, enjoyed too much
unregulated power over the nation's economy - especially with its
ability to manipulate paper money.
And Jackson hated paper money.
In part because of a financial loss he suffered earlier in life from
devalued paper notes, he felt that paper money was inherently
evil, a device for enriching bankers and bilking farmers and
workers of their hard-earned wealth.
In a perfect world, only gold and silver coin would be used for
money.
The Bank War
Opposing Jackson was Bank President Nicholas BiddlePresident
of the Bank of the United States who clashed with Jackson over
the bank's function.. Biddle, according to Historian Daniel Feller,
believed that "American economic growth had been built on
credit. And to get rid of...credit and go back to gold and silver coin,
as Jackson wished to do, would throw the country back into the
Stone Age."
In what became known as the "Bank War,"Jackson fought to
eliminate the national bank which he believed was corrupt. Biddle
clashed with Jackson over the Bank's constitutionality and
usefulness.
Eventually Jackson triumphed in 1832 by vetoingThe veto allows
the president to strike down legislation passed by Congress. a
congressional act extending the Bank's charter and depriving the
Bank of government funds for the remainder of its current charter.
Farewell Warning
Jackson genuinely feared the rise of a moneyed elite bent on
enriching themselves at the expense of the hardworking people
of the United States. Upon retiring from the presidency, Jackson
gave a dire warning:
"...unless you become more watchful...and check this spirit of
monopoly and thirst for exclusive privileges you will in the end
find that the most important powers of Government have been
given...away, and the control over your dearest interests has
passed into the hands of these corporations."
—Andrew Jackson, Farewell Address to America, 1837
Rise of the Corporations
After the Constitution was adopted, Americans were presented
with two different visions of the nation's economic future. One,
championed by Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson envisioned an
agricultural nation and was critical of a national bank., aimed to
preserve an economy based on independent farmers producing
agricultural products for market. In contrast, Alexander
HamiltonHamilton envisioned an industrial nation and supported
the creation of a national bank. envisioned a robust industrial
American economy.
Without guidance from the Constitution, these two powerful,
competing visions were locked in battle.
By 1830, it had begun to look like Hamilton's ideal of elite-
controlled companies and banks fostering national growth and
expansion, might win out. The rise of the corporationA business
enterprise legally separate from the person who operates it. had
important economic consequences, contributing to a shift in
power and wealth away from workers and landowners and into
the hands of bankers and capitalists.
"The tradesman...who had a real craft that supported him, would
find that businessmen were hiring women and children at very
low wages to work piecemeal."
—Sean Wilentz, historian
The dangers were not limited to financial security.
Jackson was convinced that corporations and banks also
jeopardized the political rights and influence of the common man.
Unless Americans succeeded in reining in big business, the
people risked losing control over their country forever.
Reining in Big Business
For Jackson, the cornerstone of this crusade against big
business was his opposition to extending the charter of the
Second Bank of the United StatesThe bank was first chartered in
1816 and was essentially a private corporation.. He felt the Bank,
chartered and backed by the government, enjoyed too much
unregulated power over the nation's economy - especially with its
ability to manipulate paper money.
And Jackson hated paper money.
In part because of a financial loss he suffered earlier in life from
devalued paper notes, he felt that paper money was inherently
evil, a device for enriching bankers and bilking farmers and
workers of their hard-earned wealth.
In a perfect world, only gold and silver coin would be used for
money.
The Bank War
Opposing Jackson was Bank President Nicholas BiddlePresident
of the Bank of the United States who clashed with Jackson over
the bank's function.. Biddle, according to Historian Daniel Feller,
believed that "American economic growth had been built on
credit. And to get rid of...credit and go back to gold and silver coin,
as Jackson wished to do, would throw the country back into the
Stone Age."
In what became known as the "Bank War,"Jackson fought to
eliminate the national bank which he believed was corrupt. Biddle
clashed with Jackson over the Bank's constitutionality and
usefulness.
Eventually Jackson triumphed in 1832 by vetoingThe veto allows
the president to strike down legislation passed by Congress. a
congressional act extending the Bank's charter and depriving the
Bank of government funds for the remainder of its current charter.
Farewell Warning
Jackson genuinely feared the rise of a moneyed elite bent on
enriching themselves at the expense of the hardworking people
of the United States. Upon retiring from the presidency, Jackson
gave a dire warning:
"...unless you become more watchful...and check this spirit of
monopoly and thirst for exclusive privileges you will in the end
find that the most important powers of Government have been
given...away, and the control over your dearest interests has
passed into the hands of these corporations."
—Andrew Jackson, Farewell Address to America, 1837
THE "WASHINGTON ELITE" FEARED THE PEOPLE AND THE
PEOPLE LOVED ANDREW JACKSON!
TO THIS DAY, THE "ELITE," FEAR ANDREW JACKSON. WHY?
BECAUSE "OLD HICKORY," KNEW HOW TO PUT THEM IN THEIR
PLACE!
IN 2009, WE NEED A NEW ANDREW JACKSON!
PEOPLE LOVED ANDREW JACKSON!
TO THIS DAY, THE "ELITE," FEAR ANDREW JACKSON. WHY?
BECAUSE "OLD HICKORY," KNEW HOW TO PUT THEM IN THEIR
PLACE!
IN 2009, WE NEED A NEW ANDREW JACKSON!
Black men are the leading cause of death among young blacks.
Based on a 96 page report on the causes of premature death by the CDC, the leading cause of
death among young blacks of both sexes appears to be black men. See report.
AIDS.
According to the CDC, black men are ten times more likely to be diagnosed with HIV or AIDS
than white men. Among black men who allege that they have never engaged in a homosexual
act, the figure rises to about 15 times the rate that heterosexual white men are diagnosed.
Studies by the CDC also conclude that black men are more likely to have HIV or AIDS and go
undiagnosed than white men.
All of this translates to black women being diagnosed with HIV or AIDS at a rate of over 20
times that of white women. The general trend is for black men to catch HIV/AIDS from each
other in prison and then give it to black women when they are released. The CDC believes that
74% of black women who have HIV/AIDS contracted it through heterosexual contact with a man.
A 2004 report by the CDC says that AIDS is the:
* the leading cause of death for black women aged 25–34 years.
* the 3rd leading cause of death for black women aged 35–44 years.
* the 4th leading cause of death for black women aged 45–54 years.
By way of comparison, AIDS was only the 11th leading cause of death for white women aged
25-34!
Homicide
The same CDC reports say that homicide is the:
* the leading cause of death among black men aged 15-34 years. (Three age categories!)
* the second leading cause of death for black women aged 15-24 years.
* the fifth leading cause of death for black women aged 25-34 years.
Among women aged 15-24, homicide accounts for 5% of premature deaths in white females,
but 20% of all premature deaths by black females.
Among both black and white men, homicide deaths peak at aged 25-34. The death rate by
homicide among white men in this age group is 12.5 per 100k, and accounts for 10% of all
premature deaths. The death rate by homicide among blacks in this age group is 101.8 per
100k, and accounts for 48% of all premature deaths.
The majority of black female homicide victims are killed by a current or former boyfriend,
which many refer to as “femicide.” About 93% of all black homicide victims are killed by a black
perpetrator overall. 85% of white homicide victims are killed by a white perpetrator.
“The National Black Women’s Health Project” has identified the battering of women as the
number one health issue for African American women (Joseph, 1997).
Femicide is a leading cause of premature deaths in African American women aged 15-44.
(Journal of Issues in Nursing Vol 7, No. 1)
In 1998, Salber and Taliaferro reported that the spousal homicide rate among African
Americans is 8.4 times more than for whites. The incidence of spousal homicide is 7.7 times
higher in interracial marriages compared to intraracial marriages. (Source WebMD.com)
Relationships with black men dramatically increase a woman’s chances of dying young.
Black females aged 15-19 are 3.9 times more likely to die of homicide or AIDS than white
females in the same age group. This increases to 4.4 time for females aged 20-24 and 7.3
times for 25-34.
White women who engage in relationships with black men dramatically increase their chances
of premature death or long term health problems from murder, beatings, and STDs.
Black men are the leading cause of death for young black women.
“Femicide” leading cause of death for young black women.
Based on a 96 page report on the causes of premature death by the CDC, the leading cause of
death among young blacks of both sexes appears to be black men. See report.
AIDS.
According to the CDC, black men are ten times more likely to be diagnosed with HIV or AIDS
than white men. Among black men who allege that they have never engaged in a homosexual
act, the figure rises to about 15 times the rate that heterosexual white men are diagnosed.
Studies by the CDC also conclude that black men are more likely to have HIV or AIDS and go
undiagnosed than white men.
All of this translates to black women being diagnosed with HIV or AIDS at a rate of over 20
times that of white women. The general trend is for black men to catch HIV/AIDS from each
other in prison and then give it to black women when they are released. The CDC believes that
74% of black women who have HIV/AIDS contracted it through heterosexual contact with a man.
A 2004 report by the CDC says that AIDS is the:
* the leading cause of death for black women aged 25–34 years.
* the 3rd leading cause of death for black women aged 35–44 years.
* the 4th leading cause of death for black women aged 45–54 years.
By way of comparison, AIDS was only the 11th leading cause of death for white women aged
25-34!
Homicide
The same CDC reports say that homicide is the:
* the leading cause of death among black men aged 15-34 years. (Three age categories!)
* the second leading cause of death for black women aged 15-24 years.
* the fifth leading cause of death for black women aged 25-34 years.
Among women aged 15-24, homicide accounts for 5% of premature deaths in white females,
but 20% of all premature deaths by black females.
Among both black and white men, homicide deaths peak at aged 25-34. The death rate by
homicide among white men in this age group is 12.5 per 100k, and accounts for 10% of all
premature deaths. The death rate by homicide among blacks in this age group is 101.8 per
100k, and accounts for 48% of all premature deaths.
The majority of black female homicide victims are killed by a current or former boyfriend,
which many refer to as “femicide.” About 93% of all black homicide victims are killed by a black
perpetrator overall. 85% of white homicide victims are killed by a white perpetrator.
“The National Black Women’s Health Project” has identified the battering of women as the
number one health issue for African American women (Joseph, 1997).
Femicide is a leading cause of premature deaths in African American women aged 15-44.
(Journal of Issues in Nursing Vol 7, No. 1)
In 1998, Salber and Taliaferro reported that the spousal homicide rate among African
Americans is 8.4 times more than for whites. The incidence of spousal homicide is 7.7 times
higher in interracial marriages compared to intraracial marriages. (Source WebMD.com)
Relationships with black men dramatically increase a woman’s chances of dying young.
Black females aged 15-19 are 3.9 times more likely to die of homicide or AIDS than white
females in the same age group. This increases to 4.4 time for females aged 20-24 and 7.3
times for 25-34.
White women who engage in relationships with black men dramatically increase their chances
of premature death or long term health problems from murder, beatings, and STDs.
Black men are the leading cause of death for young black women.
“Femicide” leading cause of death for young black women.
HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT! THE TRUTH ABOUT THE SUNDAY RESURRECTION!
Paper Money and the Federal Reserve!
BRITISH ISRAELISM
| THE STONE OF DESTINY! |
Breaking News
Andrew Jackson closed "The Bank," and by doing so, he
was able to pay off America's National Debt. He is the
only President to have ever paid off the National Debt!
was able to pay off America's National Debt. He is the
only President to have ever paid off the National Debt!
James K. Polk: Forgotten Great President
"YOUNG HICKORY!" WAS ANDREW JACKSON'S PROTEGEE'!
HE WAS ANOTHER TENNESSEEAN!
"YOUNG HICKORY!" WAS ANDREW JACKSON'S PROTEGEE'!
HE WAS ANOTHER TENNESSEEAN!
Dedicated to spreading the Gospel of Jesus Christ
How Muslim Demographics are Destroying Europe!
The Ancient mariners of Phoenicia
and the Israelite Tribe Of Dan!
and the Israelite Tribe Of Dan!
| The Great Commisssion |
WILL ROGERS TALKS TO BANKERS!
Hubert Humphrey
aron aronson
President Lyndon Johnson
Teddy and Bobby Kennedy
Author of bill Michael Feighan
Hawaii Senator Daniel Inuye
Arthur Goldberg
Signing of the Hart-Celler Act of 1965.
This Bill Ended European Immigration and Opened America's Borders to the 3rd World and Chain Migration
The 1964 "Federal Equal Rights Law," Gave Equal Rights to the Illegal Invaders!
This Bill Ended European Immigration and Opened America's Borders to the 3rd World and Chain Migration
The 1964 "Federal Equal Rights Law," Gave Equal Rights to the Illegal Invaders!
Seventeen years ago we said that Los
Angeles County's number one import was
poverty. We predicted a calamity for
California. We were right. It is here now.
For seventeen years the people of
California have been lied-to about illegal
immigration.
The question facing all of us is -- how do we
overcome the lies and save ourselves?
Angeles County's number one import was
poverty. We predicted a calamity for
California. We were right. It is here now.
For seventeen years the people of
California have been lied-to about illegal
immigration.
The question facing all of us is -- how do we
overcome the lies and save ourselves?
THE BLESSINGS OF DIVERSITY
Easy-To-Understand Illustration Of How A Woman’s Brain Works
Have you ever wondered how a woman’s brain works?
Well…..it’s finally explained here in one, easy-to-understand illustration:
Every one of those little blue balls is a thought about something that needs to be done, a decision or
a problem that needs to be solved.
A man has only 2 balls and they consume all his thoughts.
Have you ever wondered how a woman’s brain works?
Well…..it’s finally explained here in one, easy-to-understand illustration:
Every one of those little blue balls is a thought about something that needs to be done, a decision or
a problem that needs to be solved.
A man has only 2 balls and they consume all his thoughts.
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Helen's Cranky ld White Woman's Movie Reviews
My Christmas day surprise was my husband treating me to a movie. He was too cheap to buy popcorn and
a coke, so the movie had to do. I had a choice of "Sherlock Holmes," or the 3D "Avatar." I chose "Avatar."
I was surprised that the matinée price was $12.50 USD, but then i learned we got to use the 3D glasses. In
fact we HAD to use them to get the 3D effects. Using them was tedious and bothersome as they looked like
WAYFARER SUNGLASSES from Ray-Ban. Towards the end of the movie I took mine off. And as we were
leaving there was a box to leave them in, but my husband is so cheap he made me hide ours in my purse
(if we got caught i would take the fall.).
Anyway, the movie, AVATAR. The movie should have been titled "DANCES WITH AVATARS," because that
what it was, "Dances With Wolves," in outer space. Seriously, 20 years ago when Kevin Costner made
"Dances With Wolves," I'm sure he had no idea that his script would see so many reincarnations. "The
Last Samurai," also stole the plot line.
Avatar is a beautiful movie. Every nook and cranny of every scene is filled with little surprises and the 3D
effects are mostly stunning however it takes a lot to adjust to the weight of the glasses. Most people just
kept peering over the top of the glasses and back through the lenses.
The plot is thin, paper thin. Just as "Dances," Avatar's star is a disgruntled ex-soldier who is tired of
killing the enemy. In Avatar, the star lost his legs in war. He could have re-gained his legs but Universal
health care hasn't kicked in in the 23rd century yet so the disabled soldier had to take a job on the moon of
Polyphemus, located somewhere in the Alpha Centauri system to earn enough for surgery.
An added frustration is that it takes 5 years in a cyber coma to get there. Cheesh, no wonder he was
disgruntled.
Conveniently, his twin brother who was also a soldier was killed in action so the job on Pandora opened
up. Needing money he took the job. The gig was becoming an Avatar to escort scientists who were trying
to reassure the indigenous Avatars that the planet destroying strip mining machines were really good for
them even though ultimately they would all die.
When the disabled soldier was "linked" into his new Avatar body, a 12 foot high blue cloned kangaroo
type critter, he discover his legs again. Suddenly, the hero was a new man, err, blue thingy, and his views
about war kept creeping to the surface.
Added to his mission, his Commanding officer a Marine Colonel who looked just like Sgt. Rock, tried to
bribe him into betraying the Avatars by offering the money for his surgery if he would learn their "secret"
ways so the marine could destroy them.
Why was this mission so important? Because Pandora was the only place in the universe where a little
know mineral named "unobtanium," could be mined. This mineral was needed to save planet earth
because by the 23rd century evil mankind had already killed all the vegetation on Earth. Think Mr.
Peabody's coal train!
All was going well until our hero fell in love with Neytiri, the daughter of the Chief of the blue people.
Suddenly, just as in "Dances With Wolves," the hero awoke to the realization that his newly discovered
"race," (SPECIES?) actually had the attributes his people were lacking. He decided that he must convert to
the blue people and their peaceful way of life. Needless to say this didn't sit well with the higher ups, and
he was immediately targeted. The decision was made that the people had to be killed and the land taken
by force.
I will not spoil the movie for you by revealing the end or the plot twists (were there any?), just suffice it to
say that if you did see "Dances With Wolves," of "Last Samurai," you can guess the outcome. I will say
that this movie borrows heavily from other sci-fi movies like the "Matrix." The linking to the Avatars is
through a similar head link that reminds one of the matrix hook-up.
All in all Avatar is pleasant diversion from normal movie fare. Was it ground breaking? Hardly. Was it the
best movie ever made? Please! It was a good movie that should be seen once if you have an extra $12.50
and then promptly forgotten.
I give Avatar 3 Full sets of dentures out of 5!
a coke, so the movie had to do. I had a choice of "Sherlock Holmes," or the 3D "Avatar." I chose "Avatar."
I was surprised that the matinée price was $12.50 USD, but then i learned we got to use the 3D glasses. In
fact we HAD to use them to get the 3D effects. Using them was tedious and bothersome as they looked like
WAYFARER SUNGLASSES from Ray-Ban. Towards the end of the movie I took mine off. And as we were
leaving there was a box to leave them in, but my husband is so cheap he made me hide ours in my purse
(if we got caught i would take the fall.).
Anyway, the movie, AVATAR. The movie should have been titled "DANCES WITH AVATARS," because that
what it was, "Dances With Wolves," in outer space. Seriously, 20 years ago when Kevin Costner made
"Dances With Wolves," I'm sure he had no idea that his script would see so many reincarnations. "The
Last Samurai," also stole the plot line.
Avatar is a beautiful movie. Every nook and cranny of every scene is filled with little surprises and the 3D
effects are mostly stunning however it takes a lot to adjust to the weight of the glasses. Most people just
kept peering over the top of the glasses and back through the lenses.
The plot is thin, paper thin. Just as "Dances," Avatar's star is a disgruntled ex-soldier who is tired of
killing the enemy. In Avatar, the star lost his legs in war. He could have re-gained his legs but Universal
health care hasn't kicked in in the 23rd century yet so the disabled soldier had to take a job on the moon of
Polyphemus, located somewhere in the Alpha Centauri system to earn enough for surgery.
An added frustration is that it takes 5 years in a cyber coma to get there. Cheesh, no wonder he was
disgruntled.
Conveniently, his twin brother who was also a soldier was killed in action so the job on Pandora opened
up. Needing money he took the job. The gig was becoming an Avatar to escort scientists who were trying
to reassure the indigenous Avatars that the planet destroying strip mining machines were really good for
them even though ultimately they would all die.
When the disabled soldier was "linked" into his new Avatar body, a 12 foot high blue cloned kangaroo
type critter, he discover his legs again. Suddenly, the hero was a new man, err, blue thingy, and his views
about war kept creeping to the surface.
Added to his mission, his Commanding officer a Marine Colonel who looked just like Sgt. Rock, tried to
bribe him into betraying the Avatars by offering the money for his surgery if he would learn their "secret"
ways so the marine could destroy them.
Why was this mission so important? Because Pandora was the only place in the universe where a little
know mineral named "unobtanium," could be mined. This mineral was needed to save planet earth
because by the 23rd century evil mankind had already killed all the vegetation on Earth. Think Mr.
Peabody's coal train!
All was going well until our hero fell in love with Neytiri, the daughter of the Chief of the blue people.
Suddenly, just as in "Dances With Wolves," the hero awoke to the realization that his newly discovered
"race," (SPECIES?) actually had the attributes his people were lacking. He decided that he must convert to
the blue people and their peaceful way of life. Needless to say this didn't sit well with the higher ups, and
he was immediately targeted. The decision was made that the people had to be killed and the land taken
by force.
I will not spoil the movie for you by revealing the end or the plot twists (were there any?), just suffice it to
say that if you did see "Dances With Wolves," of "Last Samurai," you can guess the outcome. I will say
that this movie borrows heavily from other sci-fi movies like the "Matrix." The linking to the Avatars is
through a similar head link that reminds one of the matrix hook-up.
All in all Avatar is pleasant diversion from normal movie fare. Was it ground breaking? Hardly. Was it the
best movie ever made? Please! It was a good movie that should be seen once if you have an extra $12.50
and then promptly forgotten.
I give Avatar 3 Full sets of dentures out of 5!
AVATAR
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No10: GB: Following PM speech on health & social
care today, Phil Hope will answer Qs in live webchat
tomorrow
http://www.number10.gov.uk
care today, Phil Hope will answer Qs in live webchat
tomorrow
http://www.number10.gov.uk
A man dedicated to charity was murdered in front of his wife and three adopted
children on Christmas Eve. Most media outlets have censored the fact that the two
suspects are both black.
From Arkansas Online
The 40-year-old father of three joined the Salvation Army along with his wife, Cindy,
16 years ago, and they had spent the past few years reaching out to those in the
Baring Cross neighborhood. The North Little Rock center provides youth programs,
weekly church services and Sunday School and a food pantry, among other services.
Police don’t know whether Wise, who was active in the community, knew his
attackers, he said.
Wise was returning to that Salvation Army center at 1505 W. 18th St. with his children
Thursday afternoon when two black men, both with handguns, approached him and
demanded money. One shot was fired, and Wise was killed as his children stood by.
His wife, who was in the center at the time, was the one to call 911.
The family was about to leave for a Christmas trip to West Viriginia.
children on Christmas Eve. Most media outlets have censored the fact that the two
suspects are both black.
From Arkansas Online
The 40-year-old father of three joined the Salvation Army along with his wife, Cindy,
16 years ago, and they had spent the past few years reaching out to those in the
Baring Cross neighborhood. The North Little Rock center provides youth programs,
weekly church services and Sunday School and a food pantry, among other services.
Police don’t know whether Wise, who was active in the community, knew his
attackers, he said.
Wise was returning to that Salvation Army center at 1505 W. 18th St. with his children
Thursday afternoon when two black men, both with handguns, approached him and
demanded money. One shot was fired, and Wise was killed as his children stood by.
His wife, who was in the center at the time, was the one to call 911.
The family was about to leave for a Christmas trip to West Viriginia.
SUN SALUTATIONS!
Dr. John Cannell on vitamin D
As flu ravages the world please get Vitamin D from the sun!
As flu ravages the world please get Vitamin D from the sun!
Margaret Hodge is the richest woman in parliament, so
voters in Barking may be angry to learn that. . .their taxes
have been used to buy family circle circuits, tea, coffee and
toilet rolls
http://bit.ly/4njAph
voters in Barking may be angry to learn that. . .their taxes
have been used to buy family circle circuits, tea, coffee and
toilet rolls
http://bit.ly/4njAph
How to Make Irish Soda Bread (Video)
Irish Soda Bread is on the menu today in "Annie Cooks"—a video
series from Yankee that highlights senior food editor, Annie B. Copps.
Irish Soda Bread is on the menu today in "Annie Cooks"—a video
series from Yankee that highlights senior food editor, Annie B. Copps.
Two vicious black thug brutally beat a white female victim so bad that she
died twice on the operating table.
The 36 year old victim, picked at random, suffered 20 lost teeth and suffered
massive head injuries. Jennifer Hall and her boyfriend were attacked from
behind by the two thugs after celebrating her birthday.
The bloodthirsty thug, Derrick King, is a career criminal. Thanks to a plea
bargain and an early release program he served 18 days in prison for
leaving Jennifer Hall permanently disfigured.
One day after being released from prison, the perp threatened another
woman with violence at the same location!
Derrick King is like a dog with rabies. Instead of being charged with
attempted murder for permanently maiming a lady, he was slapped on the
wrist and served a comical 18 days in prison. Less time than most people
serve for non-payment of pay child support.
died twice on the operating table.
The 36 year old victim, picked at random, suffered 20 lost teeth and suffered
massive head injuries. Jennifer Hall and her boyfriend were attacked from
behind by the two thugs after celebrating her birthday.
The bloodthirsty thug, Derrick King, is a career criminal. Thanks to a plea
bargain and an early release program he served 18 days in prison for
leaving Jennifer Hall permanently disfigured.
One day after being released from prison, the perp threatened another
woman with violence at the same location!
Derrick King is like a dog with rabies. Instead of being charged with
attempted murder for permanently maiming a lady, he was slapped on the
wrist and served a comical 18 days in prison. Less time than most people
serve for non-payment of pay child support.
GOLDEN GLOBE WINNER
Sunday after Christmas I wanted to go to Macy's to shop the after-Christmas sales. My
near worthless husband was whinning about having to sit in the car while I joined the
10,000 other women fighting over the last pair of xxxl fishnet pantyhose. He is a baby. My
bargaining chip was I knew he wanted to see the new Sherlock Holmes movie starring
that dashing Robert Downey, Jr. and the very cute Jude Law. You guessed it. I knew I
wanted to see the movie so I could review it here for you, but I didn't want to pay for it,
so I pretended to be agast and agreed to ALLOW him to take me to the movie in
exchange for allowing me to shop for three hours while he sat in the cold and guarded
our Toyota Corolla. He did an excellent job!
The movie was outstanding however I must point out at the start that there are several
very needlessly graphic and bloody fight scenes. They didn't really add to the movie and
for my money they could have been edited out. I must also point out that the movie is so
dark it is almost distracting. The dark filters didn't enhance the movie either. I hope the
guaranteed sequel is much brighter and less bloody.
This Sherlock Holmes is very different from Basil Rathbone's treatment of the role.
Robert Downey brought a quirky, often daftness to the sleuth. His natural debonair and
good looks allowed him to experiment and pull off the oddities that were added to
Holmes. It was fun to watch and it added a sense of speculation about how he would
solve this latest dastardly scenario presented by Lord Blackwood a very evil man.
The movie moves at a torrid pace. It actually never stops. Sherlock Holmes opens with
Holmes and Watson assisting the London Police in desperately attempting to rescue a
beautiful young lass from being sacrificed on the alter of the black magician Lord
Blackwood. The London Police are lead by Inspector Lestrade, played by Eddie Marsan.
As is typical with Sherlock Holmes the opening case is a mere tickle as it precedes the
mind bending dilemma that Holmes is about to face.
Here, we are not denied. After the apparent arrest, conviction and hanging of Lord
Blaclwood, London is sent into terror when it is learned that the evil Lord Blackwood has
risen from the dead. He sets about on a new killing spree and the only one capable of
solving this murderous rampage is Holmes. He is summoned by the ruling "secret"
society members who offer him anything if he will only find and stop Blackwood. Holmes
accepts but dutifully declines their ill gotten rewards.
Holmes and Watson, portrayed by the devilishly handsome and sophisticated Jude Law,
set about solving this apparent "ghost" murderer. If solving the case wasn't difficult
enough, their quest is hindered and diverted almost deadly at times by their non-stop
banter with each other. Add to this the romantic interest of Watson, played by Kelly Reilly
and the surprise appearance of Holmes' lost love, Irene Adler, played by Rachel
McAdams, and the race to stop the killer is sent spiraling into a dizzying free fall.
The game is afoot! Holmes must sew the clues strewn about London together before
Lord Blackwood can pull off his ultimate victory, the overthrow and murder of Parliament
and the rulership of the British Empire. The movie does a very nice job of revealing
Holmes' and Watson's vulnerabilities while balancing their prowess and superior
intellectual power while encountering the traps and dead ends left by the crafty
Blackwood.
Much like the first Black Knight movie, this Sherlock Holmes leaves no doubt about a
sequel. Professor Moriarty is introduced and the movie ends with Holmes and Watson
sending word that the case is "re-opened." I look forward to the sequel however as I
mentioned above, there should less emphasis on bloody fights and dark camera lenses
and more emphasis on solving clues and brighter surroundings.
I thoroughly enjoyed Sherlock Holmes. I didn't let my husband know, after all, he was
forced to pay $11 each for us to see it, and he was sure that he was being rewarded for
allowing me to shop at Macy's for three hours. It would break his heart to learn that
making me sit through a detective movie wasn't punishment. It wasn't.
I give Sherlock Holmes three Full Sets of Dentures out of five
near worthless husband was whinning about having to sit in the car while I joined the
10,000 other women fighting over the last pair of xxxl fishnet pantyhose. He is a baby. My
bargaining chip was I knew he wanted to see the new Sherlock Holmes movie starring
that dashing Robert Downey, Jr. and the very cute Jude Law. You guessed it. I knew I
wanted to see the movie so I could review it here for you, but I didn't want to pay for it,
so I pretended to be agast and agreed to ALLOW him to take me to the movie in
exchange for allowing me to shop for three hours while he sat in the cold and guarded
our Toyota Corolla. He did an excellent job!
The movie was outstanding however I must point out at the start that there are several
very needlessly graphic and bloody fight scenes. They didn't really add to the movie and
for my money they could have been edited out. I must also point out that the movie is so
dark it is almost distracting. The dark filters didn't enhance the movie either. I hope the
guaranteed sequel is much brighter and less bloody.
This Sherlock Holmes is very different from Basil Rathbone's treatment of the role.
Robert Downey brought a quirky, often daftness to the sleuth. His natural debonair and
good looks allowed him to experiment and pull off the oddities that were added to
Holmes. It was fun to watch and it added a sense of speculation about how he would
solve this latest dastardly scenario presented by Lord Blackwood a very evil man.
The movie moves at a torrid pace. It actually never stops. Sherlock Holmes opens with
Holmes and Watson assisting the London Police in desperately attempting to rescue a
beautiful young lass from being sacrificed on the alter of the black magician Lord
Blackwood. The London Police are lead by Inspector Lestrade, played by Eddie Marsan.
As is typical with Sherlock Holmes the opening case is a mere tickle as it precedes the
mind bending dilemma that Holmes is about to face.
Here, we are not denied. After the apparent arrest, conviction and hanging of Lord
Blaclwood, London is sent into terror when it is learned that the evil Lord Blackwood has
risen from the dead. He sets about on a new killing spree and the only one capable of
solving this murderous rampage is Holmes. He is summoned by the ruling "secret"
society members who offer him anything if he will only find and stop Blackwood. Holmes
accepts but dutifully declines their ill gotten rewards.
Holmes and Watson, portrayed by the devilishly handsome and sophisticated Jude Law,
set about solving this apparent "ghost" murderer. If solving the case wasn't difficult
enough, their quest is hindered and diverted almost deadly at times by their non-stop
banter with each other. Add to this the romantic interest of Watson, played by Kelly Reilly
and the surprise appearance of Holmes' lost love, Irene Adler, played by Rachel
McAdams, and the race to stop the killer is sent spiraling into a dizzying free fall.
The game is afoot! Holmes must sew the clues strewn about London together before
Lord Blackwood can pull off his ultimate victory, the overthrow and murder of Parliament
and the rulership of the British Empire. The movie does a very nice job of revealing
Holmes' and Watson's vulnerabilities while balancing their prowess and superior
intellectual power while encountering the traps and dead ends left by the crafty
Blackwood.
Much like the first Black Knight movie, this Sherlock Holmes leaves no doubt about a
sequel. Professor Moriarty is introduced and the movie ends with Holmes and Watson
sending word that the case is "re-opened." I look forward to the sequel however as I
mentioned above, there should less emphasis on bloody fights and dark camera lenses
and more emphasis on solving clues and brighter surroundings.
I thoroughly enjoyed Sherlock Holmes. I didn't let my husband know, after all, he was
forced to pay $11 each for us to see it, and he was sure that he was being rewarded for
allowing me to shop at Macy's for three hours. It would break his heart to learn that
making me sit through a detective movie wasn't punishment. It wasn't.
I give Sherlock Holmes three Full Sets of Dentures out of five
Sherlock Holmes
How to Make Strawberry Preserves
See how to make strawberry preserves with this very simple
recipe from Yankee food editor Annie B. Copps. You can enjoy
fruit all year long by preserving the summer bounty.
See how to make strawberry preserves with this very simple
recipe from Yankee food editor Annie B. Copps. You can enjoy
fruit all year long by preserving the summer bounty.
The Monitor's View
The rise of women -- just in time
As husbands lose jobs in the great recession, wives are coming to the rescue.
A 30-something couple in Minnesota with two young children has formulated their
own plan for dealing with a family financial crisis. The husband’s income at a
credit union has been severely cut, and he may lose his job entirely in the coming
months. They can no longer afford the payments on their large suburban house.
Their solution is to move into a smaller house with a lower monthly payment.
The key: The couple will qualify for a new mortgage based only on the salary of
the wife, who has a safe, good-paying job in the healthcare industry. That means
that even if the husband becomes unemployed, they won’t need to default on
their loan or risk losing their home.
The steady and dramatic rise over recent decades in education levels and job
opportunities for women has come just in time to help blunt the effects of the
great recession on male workers, who represent about three-fourths of those being
thrown out of work.
Women used to be teased that they went to college to earn their MRS degree – to
find a husband and breadwinner. Now the economics of marriage have seen a
reversal of fortune: Over recent decades, the financial benefits of marriage to men
have grown dramatically, says a study this week from the Pew Research Center.
In 1970, only 4 percent of wives earned more money than their husbands. But by
2007 that had shot up to 22 percent, according to the study, which analyzed
census data over that period.
Men who didn’t marry did least well financially. The income of married couples
and single women grew about 60 percent between 1970 and 2007. The income
of single men grew just 16 percent.
These economic changes mirror changes in women’s education. Forty years ago,
28 percent of wives were less educated than their husbands; only 20 percent had
more education.
By 2007 the numbers had flipped: 28 percent of wives had more education than
their spouses, while only 19 percent of wives had less education. (In the rest of the
cases, both spouses had the same level of education.)
Women in 1970 earned on average 52 cents for every dollar a man earned. By
2007, women earned 71 cents, a great improvement. But that’s not likely to grow
much as long as a greater percentage of women work in lower-paying fields and
more women than men leave the workplace for periods to raise children.
No one doubts that a family with two breadwinners can place a strain on child-
rearing and a general burden on maintaining a household. But more women
workers who are well educated means families have new options.
Jobs such as construction and manufacturing, with a high percentage of male
workers, are disappearing and aren’t likely to return to prerecession levels. In the
future, “Women are just as likely to be the primary bread earner, if not more likely,
than men are today,” President Obama acknowledged to The New York Times last
spring.
Men take losing their jobs harder than do women, at least one study suggests.
Right now, many have lost their status as the chief source of family income. This
all could be seen as “the death of macho,” as one scholar has called it. Some
predict it could result in a wave of anger, frustration, and even violence from men
faced with a new reality.
Another view imagines a world of marriages between equal partners, in which
economic stability allows both parties to find new opportunities for personal
growth, happiness, and fulfilling parenthood.
The rise of women -- just in time
As husbands lose jobs in the great recession, wives are coming to the rescue.
A 30-something couple in Minnesota with two young children has formulated their
own plan for dealing with a family financial crisis. The husband’s income at a
credit union has been severely cut, and he may lose his job entirely in the coming
months. They can no longer afford the payments on their large suburban house.
Their solution is to move into a smaller house with a lower monthly payment.
The key: The couple will qualify for a new mortgage based only on the salary of
the wife, who has a safe, good-paying job in the healthcare industry. That means
that even if the husband becomes unemployed, they won’t need to default on
their loan or risk losing their home.
The steady and dramatic rise over recent decades in education levels and job
opportunities for women has come just in time to help blunt the effects of the
great recession on male workers, who represent about three-fourths of those being
thrown out of work.
Women used to be teased that they went to college to earn their MRS degree – to
find a husband and breadwinner. Now the economics of marriage have seen a
reversal of fortune: Over recent decades, the financial benefits of marriage to men
have grown dramatically, says a study this week from the Pew Research Center.
In 1970, only 4 percent of wives earned more money than their husbands. But by
2007 that had shot up to 22 percent, according to the study, which analyzed
census data over that period.
Men who didn’t marry did least well financially. The income of married couples
and single women grew about 60 percent between 1970 and 2007. The income
of single men grew just 16 percent.
These economic changes mirror changes in women’s education. Forty years ago,
28 percent of wives were less educated than their husbands; only 20 percent had
more education.
By 2007 the numbers had flipped: 28 percent of wives had more education than
their spouses, while only 19 percent of wives had less education. (In the rest of the
cases, both spouses had the same level of education.)
Women in 1970 earned on average 52 cents for every dollar a man earned. By
2007, women earned 71 cents, a great improvement. But that’s not likely to grow
much as long as a greater percentage of women work in lower-paying fields and
more women than men leave the workplace for periods to raise children.
No one doubts that a family with two breadwinners can place a strain on child-
rearing and a general burden on maintaining a household. But more women
workers who are well educated means families have new options.
Jobs such as construction and manufacturing, with a high percentage of male
workers, are disappearing and aren’t likely to return to prerecession levels. In the
future, “Women are just as likely to be the primary bread earner, if not more likely,
than men are today,” President Obama acknowledged to The New York Times last
spring.
Men take losing their jobs harder than do women, at least one study suggests.
Right now, many have lost their status as the chief source of family income. This
all could be seen as “the death of macho,” as one scholar has called it. Some
predict it could result in a wave of anger, frustration, and even violence from men
faced with a new reality.
Another view imagines a world of marriages between equal partners, in which
economic stability allows both parties to find new opportunities for personal
growth, happiness, and fulfilling parenthood.
THE IRISH DON'T GET IT! THOUSANDS OF IRISH IN IMMIGRATION LIMBO!
Here is the Dirty Secret You Have Never heard About!
AMERICA ENDED EUROPEAN IMMIGRATION IN 1965 WHEN
THE "HART-CELLER IMMIGRATION REFORM ACT," PASSED
AS JFK'S LEGACY,
It is America's DIRTY LITTLE SECRET, and it has destroyed this great nation. In 1965 just after
the Murder of JFK, the Jewish Political machine pushed through Congress the "Hart-Celler
Immigration Reform Act." The law ENDED EUROPEAN IMMIGRATION, in favor of open borders
to the third world and BROUGHT America "CHAIN MIGRATION"where every family member of
an immigrant is guaranteed admission to America.
This has resulted in millions of pregnant illegal aliens sneaking into America and giving birth at
taxpayer expense and then "PETITIONING," their ENTIRE family into America based on the baby
that was NEVER CONCEIVED HERE! The results are bankrupt cities and States, no jobs,
bankrupt school systems, skyroceting crime and poverty.
The following article from "Irish Central," SHOWS THEIR IGNORANCE OF THE REASON WHY
TENS OF THOUSANDS OF WHITE IRISH MEN AND WOMEN CANNOT BECOME LEGAL IN
AMERICA TODAY!
The truth is that they were barred in 1965 as JFK's Legacy. THE IRONY? He was an IRISHMAN! GO FIGURE!
Obama says 'yes we can' to immigration reform
Here is the Dirty Secret You Have Never heard About!
AMERICA ENDED EUROPEAN IMMIGRATION IN 1965 WHEN
THE "HART-CELLER IMMIGRATION REFORM ACT," PASSED
AS JFK'S LEGACY,
It is America's DIRTY LITTLE SECRET, and it has destroyed this great nation. In 1965 just after
the Murder of JFK, the Jewish Political machine pushed through Congress the "Hart-Celler
Immigration Reform Act." The law ENDED EUROPEAN IMMIGRATION, in favor of open borders
to the third world and BROUGHT America "CHAIN MIGRATION"where every family member of
an immigrant is guaranteed admission to America.
This has resulted in millions of pregnant illegal aliens sneaking into America and giving birth at
taxpayer expense and then "PETITIONING," their ENTIRE family into America based on the baby
that was NEVER CONCEIVED HERE! The results are bankrupt cities and States, no jobs,
bankrupt school systems, skyroceting crime and poverty.
The following article from "Irish Central," SHOWS THEIR IGNORANCE OF THE REASON WHY
TENS OF THOUSANDS OF WHITE IRISH MEN AND WOMEN CANNOT BECOME LEGAL IN
AMERICA TODAY!
The truth is that they were barred in 1965 as JFK's Legacy. THE IRONY? He was an IRISHMAN! GO FIGURE!
Obama says 'yes we can' to immigration reform
the startling book passed off as JFK'S Legacy,
that was used to end European Immigration in
favor of open borders from the 3rd World
that was used to end European Immigration in
favor of open borders from the 3rd World
Nick Griffin's Equalities Commission Court Case Statement
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1. Send an urgent donation - please use the following link
https://secure.bnp.org.uk/donate/
or to send an urgent donation by telephone ring: 0871 0500 234
2. Show your loyalty to the Cause of British Nationalism by becoming
a Life Member.
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3. Become part of the 'elite' by upgrading or joining as a Gold Member.
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How is being gang-raped by colleagues a
legitimate "distinct risk" of working for a
defense contractor? That’s what
Halliburton/KBR has tried to allege to keep
employee Jamie Leigh Jones, who was
raped and mutilated by colleagues, from
being allowed to sue them. The company’s
latest tactic is to attack her as a liar who has
“sensationalized” her claims.
legitimate "distinct risk" of working for a
defense contractor? That’s what
Halliburton/KBR has tried to allege to keep
employee Jamie Leigh Jones, who was
raped and mutilated by colleagues, from
being allowed to sue them. The company’s
latest tactic is to attack her as a liar who has
“sensationalized” her claims.
Even a healthy eater might be induced to have a cookie or two when the neighborhood Girl Scout comes knocking.
But with conclusive evidence that trans fats are a serious health risk, it doesn't take a radical food activist to decide to avoid it
altogether.
Which begs the question: Should the Girl Scouts be peddling cookies that Americans shouldn't eat? That's right, the cookie
you're supposed to feel good about contains trans-
fat, forcing you to decide whether to warm your heart by helping your neighbor's kid or protect your heart by avoiding a
notorious no-no food.
Trans fats, which are more dangerous than saturated fats, have been linked to heart disease and diabetes.
The health effects are serious enough that the generally permissive FDA requires food labels to include trans-fat content. But,
if the content is less than half a gram, the manufacturers can round down to zero. Such is the case for several types of Girl
Scout cookie.
Trans fats are born in the food laboratory from the process of hydrogenating oils to extend shelf life. If the ingredients include
"partially hydrogenated" anything, the item contains trans fat. (Missing from the Tagalongs' ingredients: chocolate. It's
chocolatey foodstuff, instead.)
Why are the Girl Scouts promoting the worst kind of artificial food?
The organization's mission is to help girls "achieve their full potential." But how can they do that if they get sick with diabetes
or even heart disease? Why doesn't the organization send the message that girls can express the self-esteem they gain as
scouts by caring for their bodies?
No, going trans-fat free wouldn't make the cookies health food — but even the healthiest eater can gnosh on the occasional
cookie, whereas trans fat should be categorically avoided. And, yes, going with real ingredients would make the cookies cost
more. But I doubt friends and neighbors would stop buying Girl Scout cookies if they were significantly healthier and a little
more expensive. Rather, they'd relish the chance to eat a few cookies and actually feel good about it.
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Boy Soldier, 14, UK's Youngest WWII Death
Reginald Earnshaw lied about his age to enter the British navy
and then died during a German plane attack in 1941.
Reginald Earnshaw lied about his age to enter the British navy
and then died during a German plane attack in 1941.
Reginald Earnshaw has been
identified as Britain's youngest
World War II casualty. Officials say
Earnshaw was killed in 1941, under
enemy attack aboard the SS North
Devon.
AP Photo/Commonwealth War
Grave Commission
identified as Britain's youngest
World War II casualty. Officials say
Earnshaw was killed in 1941, under
enemy attack aboard the SS North
Devon.
AP Photo/Commonwealth War
Grave Commission
WHY I SUPPORT THE BNP
BNP Haters Beware, You Will Never
Break The BNP... (Vote BNP ✔ 2010)
BNP Haters Beware, You Will Never
Break The BNP... (Vote BNP ✔ 2010)
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Feb. 8, 2010 -- Drinking as little as two soft drinks a week appears to nearly
double the risk of getting pancreatic cancer, according to a new study.
''People who drank two or more soft drinks a week had an 87% increased risk
-- or nearly twice the risk -- of pancreatic cancer compared to individuals
consuming no soft drinks," says study lead author Noel T. Mueller, MPH, a
research associate at the Cancer Control Program at Georgetown University
Medical Center, Washington, D.C. The study is published in Cancer
Epidemiology, Biomarkers& Prevention, a journal of the American
Association for Cancer Research.
The beverage industry took strong exception to the study, calling it flawed
and pointing to other research that has found no association between soda
consumption and pancreatic cancer.
Cancer of the pancreas was diagnosed in about 42,000 people in the U.S.
in 2009, according to American Cancer Society estimates, and about
35,240 deaths from the disease were expected. The pancreas lies behind
the stomach. It makes hormones such as insulin to balance sugar in the
blood and produces juices with enzymes to help break down fats and
protein in foods.
Sodas and Pancreatic Cancer Risk: Study Details
Previous studies have produced mixed conclusions about whether
consumption of soft drinks boosts the risk of pancreatic cancer.
So Mueller and his colleagues evaluated 60,524 men and women enrolled
in the Singapore Chinese Health Study, begun in 1993, for up to 14 years,
looking at their diet and whether they got cancer.
They asked all participants about food intake, including sodas and juices.
Mueller says the researchers didn't ask specifically about diet soda
consumption, but that most of the soda drunk was regular or sweetened.
In Singapore at that time, Mueller says, there was very little intake of diet
soda. "We followed the participants for 14 plus years, keeping track of
different cancers," he tells WebMD.
They found 140 cases of pancreatic cancer and looked back to see if there
was an association with sodas or juices.
The researchers divided the consumption of sodas and juices into three
categories: none, less than two servings a week, or two or more servings a
week. Those who drank two or more a week -- the average number was five --
had the 87% increased risk, Mueller tells WebMD. No link was found
between juices and pancreatic cancer risk.
Why the link with sugary sodas? Mueller says they are not certain. "What we
believe is the sugar in the soft drinks is increasing the insulin level in the
body, which we think contributes to pancreatic cancer cell growth. That
increase in insulin is what may be leading to the development of the
cancer."
His team adjusted for other risk factors, such as advancing age, smoking,
diabetes, and body mass index. The risk for pancreatic cancer rises with
age The beverage industry protested the results. ''The study has a lot of
weaknesses in it," Richard Adamson, PhD, scientific consultant for the
American Beverage Association in Washington, D.C., tells WebMD.
One example, he says, are the small numbers of pancreatic cancer cases.
He points out that of the 140 cases, 110 of those people did not drink sodas,
while 12 had less than two servings a week, and 18 had two or more servings
a week. ''It has a small number of pancreatic cancer cases compared to the
population studied," he tells WebMD.Other studies have found no link, he
tells WebMD.
In a statement attributed to Adamson, the American Beverage Association
points to a 2008 study finding no such link. It also takes exception to the
focus on soft drinks rather than overall dietary patterns. ''You can be a
healthy person and enjoy soft drinks," the statement reads.
Susan Mayne, PhD, associate director of the Yale Cancer Center and
professor of epidemiology at the Yale School of Public Health, called the
study results ''intriguing" in a statement but cautioned that the study finding
was based on a relatively small number of cases and does not prove cause
and effect. She is an editorial board member of the journal. The study was
funded by the National Cancer Institute.
Even though the new study has limitations, the findings do echo those of
previous studies, says Laurence N. Kolonel, MD, PhD, a researcher at the
Cancer Research Center and professor of public health at the University of
Hawaii, Honolulu. With his colleagues, he evaluated the association
between added sugars in the diet and pancreatic cancer risk, publishing the
findings in 2007. “In our study, we found a positive association between
high intake of fructose and pancreatic cancer,” he tells WebMD. “Since
high-fructose corn syrup is the main sweetener in non-diet soft drinks, our
findings and those of the present study are quite consistent.”
double the risk of getting pancreatic cancer, according to a new study.
''People who drank two or more soft drinks a week had an 87% increased risk
-- or nearly twice the risk -- of pancreatic cancer compared to individuals
consuming no soft drinks," says study lead author Noel T. Mueller, MPH, a
research associate at the Cancer Control Program at Georgetown University
Medical Center, Washington, D.C. The study is published in Cancer
Epidemiology, Biomarkers& Prevention, a journal of the American
Association for Cancer Research.
The beverage industry took strong exception to the study, calling it flawed
and pointing to other research that has found no association between soda
consumption and pancreatic cancer.
Cancer of the pancreas was diagnosed in about 42,000 people in the U.S.
in 2009, according to American Cancer Society estimates, and about
35,240 deaths from the disease were expected. The pancreas lies behind
the stomach. It makes hormones such as insulin to balance sugar in the
blood and produces juices with enzymes to help break down fats and
protein in foods.
Sodas and Pancreatic Cancer Risk: Study Details
Previous studies have produced mixed conclusions about whether
consumption of soft drinks boosts the risk of pancreatic cancer.
So Mueller and his colleagues evaluated 60,524 men and women enrolled
in the Singapore Chinese Health Study, begun in 1993, for up to 14 years,
looking at their diet and whether they got cancer.
They asked all participants about food intake, including sodas and juices.
Mueller says the researchers didn't ask specifically about diet soda
consumption, but that most of the soda drunk was regular or sweetened.
In Singapore at that time, Mueller says, there was very little intake of diet
soda. "We followed the participants for 14 plus years, keeping track of
different cancers," he tells WebMD.
They found 140 cases of pancreatic cancer and looked back to see if there
was an association with sodas or juices.
The researchers divided the consumption of sodas and juices into three
categories: none, less than two servings a week, or two or more servings a
week. Those who drank two or more a week -- the average number was five --
had the 87% increased risk, Mueller tells WebMD. No link was found
between juices and pancreatic cancer risk.
Why the link with sugary sodas? Mueller says they are not certain. "What we
believe is the sugar in the soft drinks is increasing the insulin level in the
body, which we think contributes to pancreatic cancer cell growth. That
increase in insulin is what may be leading to the development of the
cancer."
His team adjusted for other risk factors, such as advancing age, smoking,
diabetes, and body mass index. The risk for pancreatic cancer rises with
age The beverage industry protested the results. ''The study has a lot of
weaknesses in it," Richard Adamson, PhD, scientific consultant for the
American Beverage Association in Washington, D.C., tells WebMD.
One example, he says, are the small numbers of pancreatic cancer cases.
He points out that of the 140 cases, 110 of those people did not drink sodas,
while 12 had less than two servings a week, and 18 had two or more servings
a week. ''It has a small number of pancreatic cancer cases compared to the
population studied," he tells WebMD.Other studies have found no link, he
tells WebMD.
In a statement attributed to Adamson, the American Beverage Association
points to a 2008 study finding no such link. It also takes exception to the
focus on soft drinks rather than overall dietary patterns. ''You can be a
healthy person and enjoy soft drinks," the statement reads.
Susan Mayne, PhD, associate director of the Yale Cancer Center and
professor of epidemiology at the Yale School of Public Health, called the
study results ''intriguing" in a statement but cautioned that the study finding
was based on a relatively small number of cases and does not prove cause
and effect. She is an editorial board member of the journal. The study was
funded by the National Cancer Institute.
Even though the new study has limitations, the findings do echo those of
previous studies, says Laurence N. Kolonel, MD, PhD, a researcher at the
Cancer Research Center and professor of public health at the University of
Hawaii, Honolulu. With his colleagues, he evaluated the association
between added sugars in the diet and pancreatic cancer risk, publishing the
findings in 2007. “In our study, we found a positive association between
high intake of fructose and pancreatic cancer,” he tells WebMD. “Since
high-fructose corn syrup is the main sweetener in non-diet soft drinks, our
findings and those of the present study are quite consistent.”
Pancreatic Cancer Linked to Sodas?
Study Says 2 Sodas Per Week Raises Pancreatic
Cancer Risk; Beverage Industry Says Study Is Flawed
Study Says 2 Sodas Per Week Raises Pancreatic
Cancer Risk; Beverage Industry Says Study Is Flawed
Rolfe Winkler argues that - in the short-run - the PIIGS countries (Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece and Spain) will slash their
budgets and get bailed out by the EU. Simon Johnson thinks that the weakening Euro caused by the PIIGS' woes will hurt
American exports (weaker Euro equals stronger dollar), and could lead to problems for leading global banks.
Other commentators fear that the PIIGS' crisis has as much potential as a financial "contagion" as the subprime meltdown
and the failure of Lehman. But for the long-term view, we need a little more perspective. One of the world's leading
economic historians - Harvard professor Niall Ferguson - says: The economists are ill qualified to analyse the current
economic situation since they lack the overview of historians such as himself.
"There are economic professors in American universities who think they are masters of the universe, but they don't have any
historical knowledge. I have never believed that markets are self correcting. No historian could."
Ferguson warns of huge government debts threatening the solvency of entire nations: "The idea that countries don't go bust
is a joke... The debt trap may be about to spring ... for countries that have created large stimulus packages in order to
stimulate their economies."
But whether or not large nations actually go bankrupt, one thing is clear . . . Larry Summers, Ben Bernanke, Tim Geithner
and their foreign counterparts have failed. As I noted in December 2008: BIS [the Bank of International Settlements - the
"Central Banks' Central Bank] points out in a new report that the bank rescue packages have transferred significant risks onto
government balance sheets, which is reflected in the corresponding widening of sovereign credit default swaps:
The scope and magnitude of the bank rescue packages also meant that significant risks had been transferred onto
government balance sheets. This was particularly apparent in the market for CDS referencing sovereigns involved either in
large individual bank rescues or in broad-based support packages for the financial sector, including the United States.
While such CDS were thinly traded prior to the announced rescue packages, spreads widened suddenly on increased
demand for credit protection, while corresponding financial sector spreads tightened.
In other words, by assuming huge portions of the risk from banks trading in toxic derivatives, and by spending trillions that
they don't have, central banks have put their countries at risk from default.
Nothing has changed. As former chief Merrill Lynch economist David Rosenberg writes this week:
First the governments bail out the banks who were (are) basically insolvent. Then these governments, especially in Europe,
see their balance sheets explode and face escalating concerns over sovereign default. The IMF now predicts that the
government debt-to-GDP ratio in the G20 nations will explode to 118% by 2014 from pre-crisis levels of around 80%.
Now, the ball is put back onto the banks because many have exposure to the areas of Europe that are facing substantial
fiscal problems right now. According to the Wall Street Journal, U.K. banks have $193 billion of exposure to Ireland.
German banks have the same amount of exposure and an additional $240 billion to Spain. Many international bond
mutual funds also have sizeable exposure to sovereign debt of Portugal, Ireland, Greece and Spain as well. Contagion risks
are back. Stay defensive and expect to see heightened volatility.
In a nutshell, toxic assets have basically been swept under the rug in the hopes that we will outgrow the problem. Leverage
ratios across every level of society are still reaching unprecedented levels as the public sector sacrifices the sanctity of its
balance sheet in its quest to stabilize the dubious financial position of the household and banking sectors in many parts of
the world.
Whatever bad assets have been resolved have almost entirely been placed on the books of governments and central banks,
which now have their own particular set of risks, as we have witnessed very recently in places like Dubai, Mexico, and
Greece, not to mention at the state and local government level in the United States. We simply have not seen a reduction
in the percentage of properties with mortgages that are “under water”, hence the FDIC has identified 7% of banking sector
assets ($850 billion) that are in “trouble”, so how can it possibly be that the financial system is anywhere close to some
stable equilibrium?
When accurately measured, including the shadow inventory from bank foreclosures, there is still nearly two year’s worth of
unsold housing inventory in the United States, and commercial vacancy rates are poised to reach unprecedented highs,
and this excess supply is bound to unleash another round of price deflation and debt defaults this year. The balance sheets
of governments are rapidly in decline across a broad continuum, and it is particularly questionable as to whether Europe is
in sound enough financial shape to weather another banking-related storm.
The global economy is set to cool off. Not only is China and India warding off inflation with credit tightening measures but
most of the fiscal and monetary stimulus thrust in the U.S.A. and Canada is behind us as well. And, the fiscal tourniquet is
about to be applied in many parts of Europe, especially the PIIGS (referring to Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece and Spain —
these countries account for a nontrivial 37% of Eurozone GDP). Greece’s GDP has already contracted by 3.0% YoY, as of
Q4, and is expected to contract 1.1% in 2010 and 0.3% in 2011 as a 13% deficit-to-GDP ratio is sliced from 13% to 3%
(assuming this fiscal goal can be achieved politically). Portugal has a 9.2% deficit-to-GDP ratio that is in need of repair and
Spain has a deficit ratio that is even worse, at 11.4% of GDP.
The bottom line is that even if the fiscally-challenged countries of Europe do not end up defaulting, or leaving the Union,
the reality is that they will have to take draconian measures to meet their financial obligations. Devaluation was the answer
in the past in Greece but it cannot rely on that quick fix this time around without leaving EMU and if it did, then that could
make it even harder to service its Euro-denominated debts — at least not without a restructuring. And, if Greece did attempt
at a debt restructuring, rest assured that Italy, Spain, Portugal and Ireland would be next — we are talking about a
combined $2 trillion of potential sovereign debt restructuring that would more than triple the $600 billion direct cost of the
Lehman bankruptcy.
This poses a hurdle over global growth prospects at a time when Asia will feel the pinch from the credit-tightening moves in
China and India. And heightened risk premia will also exert a dampening global dynamic of their own in terms of economic
decision-making by businesses and households alike. The intense sovereign risk concerns are not limited to Europe either.
In the U.S.A. we saw CDS spreads widen out to their highest levels since the equity markets were coming off their lows last
April. According to the FT, the Markit iTrax SivX [sic] index of CDS on 15 western European sovereign credits rose above
100bps on Friday for the first time ever.
budgets and get bailed out by the EU. Simon Johnson thinks that the weakening Euro caused by the PIIGS' woes will hurt
American exports (weaker Euro equals stronger dollar), and could lead to problems for leading global banks.
Other commentators fear that the PIIGS' crisis has as much potential as a financial "contagion" as the subprime meltdown
and the failure of Lehman. But for the long-term view, we need a little more perspective. One of the world's leading
economic historians - Harvard professor Niall Ferguson - says: The economists are ill qualified to analyse the current
economic situation since they lack the overview of historians such as himself.
"There are economic professors in American universities who think they are masters of the universe, but they don't have any
historical knowledge. I have never believed that markets are self correcting. No historian could."
Ferguson warns of huge government debts threatening the solvency of entire nations: "The idea that countries don't go bust
is a joke... The debt trap may be about to spring ... for countries that have created large stimulus packages in order to
stimulate their economies."
But whether or not large nations actually go bankrupt, one thing is clear . . . Larry Summers, Ben Bernanke, Tim Geithner
and their foreign counterparts have failed. As I noted in December 2008: BIS [the Bank of International Settlements - the
"Central Banks' Central Bank] points out in a new report that the bank rescue packages have transferred significant risks onto
government balance sheets, which is reflected in the corresponding widening of sovereign credit default swaps:
The scope and magnitude of the bank rescue packages also meant that significant risks had been transferred onto
government balance sheets. This was particularly apparent in the market for CDS referencing sovereigns involved either in
large individual bank rescues or in broad-based support packages for the financial sector, including the United States.
While such CDS were thinly traded prior to the announced rescue packages, spreads widened suddenly on increased
demand for credit protection, while corresponding financial sector spreads tightened.
In other words, by assuming huge portions of the risk from banks trading in toxic derivatives, and by spending trillions that
they don't have, central banks have put their countries at risk from default.
Nothing has changed. As former chief Merrill Lynch economist David Rosenberg writes this week:
First the governments bail out the banks who were (are) basically insolvent. Then these governments, especially in Europe,
see their balance sheets explode and face escalating concerns over sovereign default. The IMF now predicts that the
government debt-to-GDP ratio in the G20 nations will explode to 118% by 2014 from pre-crisis levels of around 80%.
Now, the ball is put back onto the banks because many have exposure to the areas of Europe that are facing substantial
fiscal problems right now. According to the Wall Street Journal, U.K. banks have $193 billion of exposure to Ireland.
German banks have the same amount of exposure and an additional $240 billion to Spain. Many international bond
mutual funds also have sizeable exposure to sovereign debt of Portugal, Ireland, Greece and Spain as well. Contagion risks
are back. Stay defensive and expect to see heightened volatility.
In a nutshell, toxic assets have basically been swept under the rug in the hopes that we will outgrow the problem. Leverage
ratios across every level of society are still reaching unprecedented levels as the public sector sacrifices the sanctity of its
balance sheet in its quest to stabilize the dubious financial position of the household and banking sectors in many parts of
the world.
Whatever bad assets have been resolved have almost entirely been placed on the books of governments and central banks,
which now have their own particular set of risks, as we have witnessed very recently in places like Dubai, Mexico, and
Greece, not to mention at the state and local government level in the United States. We simply have not seen a reduction
in the percentage of properties with mortgages that are “under water”, hence the FDIC has identified 7% of banking sector
assets ($850 billion) that are in “trouble”, so how can it possibly be that the financial system is anywhere close to some
stable equilibrium?
When accurately measured, including the shadow inventory from bank foreclosures, there is still nearly two year’s worth of
unsold housing inventory in the United States, and commercial vacancy rates are poised to reach unprecedented highs,
and this excess supply is bound to unleash another round of price deflation and debt defaults this year. The balance sheets
of governments are rapidly in decline across a broad continuum, and it is particularly questionable as to whether Europe is
in sound enough financial shape to weather another banking-related storm.
The global economy is set to cool off. Not only is China and India warding off inflation with credit tightening measures but
most of the fiscal and monetary stimulus thrust in the U.S.A. and Canada is behind us as well. And, the fiscal tourniquet is
about to be applied in many parts of Europe, especially the PIIGS (referring to Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece and Spain —
these countries account for a nontrivial 37% of Eurozone GDP). Greece’s GDP has already contracted by 3.0% YoY, as of
Q4, and is expected to contract 1.1% in 2010 and 0.3% in 2011 as a 13% deficit-to-GDP ratio is sliced from 13% to 3%
(assuming this fiscal goal can be achieved politically). Portugal has a 9.2% deficit-to-GDP ratio that is in need of repair and
Spain has a deficit ratio that is even worse, at 11.4% of GDP.
The bottom line is that even if the fiscally-challenged countries of Europe do not end up defaulting, or leaving the Union,
the reality is that they will have to take draconian measures to meet their financial obligations. Devaluation was the answer
in the past in Greece but it cannot rely on that quick fix this time around without leaving EMU and if it did, then that could
make it even harder to service its Euro-denominated debts — at least not without a restructuring. And, if Greece did attempt
at a debt restructuring, rest assured that Italy, Spain, Portugal and Ireland would be next — we are talking about a
combined $2 trillion of potential sovereign debt restructuring that would more than triple the $600 billion direct cost of the
Lehman bankruptcy.
This poses a hurdle over global growth prospects at a time when Asia will feel the pinch from the credit-tightening moves in
China and India. And heightened risk premia will also exert a dampening global dynamic of their own in terms of economic
decision-making by businesses and households alike. The intense sovereign risk concerns are not limited to Europe either.
In the U.S.A. we saw CDS spreads widen out to their highest levels since the equity markets were coming off their lows last
April. According to the FT, the Markit iTrax SivX [sic] index of CDS on 15 western European sovereign credits rose above
100bps on Friday for the first time ever.
Here are the CDS of Greece, Portugal, Spain and the U.S.:
If you are tired of eating frozen strawberries and cherries, give tropical fruits a
try. They may be not only a great dessert, but a cure for many diseases.
Lychee
The fruit is covered by a leathery rind which is pink to strawberry-red in color
and rough in texture. The Chinese call it “dragon eye.” The inside is somewhat
similar to that of a grape, and the fruit smells like roses. The “dragon eye” is
grown in Vietnam, Australia, Madagascar, India, and in the south of the USA.
The fruit preserves its quality during transportation, and can be shipped long
distances. Fresh fruit can be stored at room temperature for three days, and
refrigerated for up to a week.
Lychees are high in heart-healthy polyphenols, mineral salts, and vitamin C.
Chinese doctors use it to prevent many diseases, including anemia and
cardiac distress.
Passion Fruit
The nearly round fruit ranging in hue from dark purple to light yellow, native to
Brazil. Latin Americans claim that if a lotion with a few drops of the fruit juice
is applied to the body, the skin exudes a wonderful irresistible aroma, hence
the name.
The fruit has a unique, refreshing, sweet to tart flavor, and many seeds.
Passion fruit rids the body of toxins, improves digestive and kidney functions.
It is also recommended for treatment of liver diseases and low blood
pressure.
Mangosteen (Garcinia Mangostana)
One of the most praised of tropical fruits. The fruit is round, with a thick purple
rind surrounding fruit segments. The segments are white, covered with a
slightly bluish grid. The pulp is aromatic and has a delightful sweet sour taste.
It takes some effort to get to the pulp. The rind is very tough and can be open
with a knife. If the segments under the rind have a dark beige color and are
sticky to touch, you got a bad fruit.
Mangosteen helps adapt to the sun, reduces swelling and skin irritations.
Papaya
The fruit is shaped like a stretched out pumpkin and weights from 0.5lb to 11lb.
The pulp is bright - orange, with black seeds. The fruit's taste is vaguely
similar to melon and apricot. The best feature of the fruit is papain, a chemical
that breaks up protein and fats.
Papaya improves liver function, normalizes blood sugar and intragastric
acidity. The pulp also contains vitamin A and magnesium that slow down skin
aging and formation of wrinkles.
Pomelo (Citrus maxima or Citrus grandis) The largest citrus in the world.
Ripeness of the fruit can be identified by aroma. The stronger the aroma, the
riper the fruit. The taste is similar to that of grapefruit, but sweeter. This large
citrus is grown in Malaysia, Thailand, and Indonesia.
Pomelo is rich in vitamin C that increases elasticity of blood vessels. In
America and Asia the fruit is used to treat high blood pressure.
Kumquats (or cumquats)
Kumquat, a citrus fruit, is also called “Japanese orange.” It originated in South-
East China. The fruit are of oval shape and can vary in hue from golden-yellow
to bright-orange.
Unlike other citrus, kumquat is often consumed whole, with skin, which gives
the pulp a unique fragrant taste. The fruit is often used to prepare candied fruit.
The fruit is rich in calcium, vitamins A and C. In China, kumquat is used to treat
fungus. In other Asian countries the fruit’s skin is laid out at the fire, as it is
believed that the aroma helps treating cold and cough. Vietnamese use the
fruit to treat hangover. Kumquat is great for cleansing blood vessels and
lowering cholesterol level.
Banana passionfruit (curuba)
When Curuba-Fruit is mature it looks like a small banana; hence, its English
name, Banana-Passion-Fruit. The fruit has a soft velvety surface of green or
yellow color. The inside of the fruit is filled with orange drops with dark seeds
inside. Banana passionfruit has a unique fragrant taste.
The fruit quenches thirst, improves sleep and alleviates stress. They are not
recommended for those suffering from stomach ulcer and gastritis.
Soursop (Guanabana)
The fruit is native to the South America. It is shaped like a green melon
covered with multiple fibers. The fruit may reach 20lb. The pulp is white,
creamy and fibrous, with a fresh aroma and sour taste.
The fruit supports stomach micro flora and improves liver function. It is
recommended for those suffering from rheumatism, arthritis, and uratic
arthritis.
Lulo
The lulo fruit has an orange skin and its internal flesh looks like a seedy green
tomato. Its taste resembles a mixture of pineapple, strawberry and tomato.
The fruit is wonderful for quenching thirst and improving sleep. It is rich in
phosphor and vitamin A, which means it strengthens the nervous system, hair
and nails.
Lulo is not recommended for those prone to allergies, low blood pressure, and
liver disorders.
try. They may be not only a great dessert, but a cure for many diseases.
Lychee
The fruit is covered by a leathery rind which is pink to strawberry-red in color
and rough in texture. The Chinese call it “dragon eye.” The inside is somewhat
similar to that of a grape, and the fruit smells like roses. The “dragon eye” is
grown in Vietnam, Australia, Madagascar, India, and in the south of the USA.
The fruit preserves its quality during transportation, and can be shipped long
distances. Fresh fruit can be stored at room temperature for three days, and
refrigerated for up to a week.
Lychees are high in heart-healthy polyphenols, mineral salts, and vitamin C.
Chinese doctors use it to prevent many diseases, including anemia and
cardiac distress.
Passion Fruit
The nearly round fruit ranging in hue from dark purple to light yellow, native to
Brazil. Latin Americans claim that if a lotion with a few drops of the fruit juice
is applied to the body, the skin exudes a wonderful irresistible aroma, hence
the name.
The fruit has a unique, refreshing, sweet to tart flavor, and many seeds.
Passion fruit rids the body of toxins, improves digestive and kidney functions.
It is also recommended for treatment of liver diseases and low blood
pressure.
Mangosteen (Garcinia Mangostana)
One of the most praised of tropical fruits. The fruit is round, with a thick purple
rind surrounding fruit segments. The segments are white, covered with a
slightly bluish grid. The pulp is aromatic and has a delightful sweet sour taste.
It takes some effort to get to the pulp. The rind is very tough and can be open
with a knife. If the segments under the rind have a dark beige color and are
sticky to touch, you got a bad fruit.
Mangosteen helps adapt to the sun, reduces swelling and skin irritations.
Papaya
The fruit is shaped like a stretched out pumpkin and weights from 0.5lb to 11lb.
The pulp is bright - orange, with black seeds. The fruit's taste is vaguely
similar to melon and apricot. The best feature of the fruit is papain, a chemical
that breaks up protein and fats.
Papaya improves liver function, normalizes blood sugar and intragastric
acidity. The pulp also contains vitamin A and magnesium that slow down skin
aging and formation of wrinkles.
Pomelo (Citrus maxima or Citrus grandis) The largest citrus in the world.
Ripeness of the fruit can be identified by aroma. The stronger the aroma, the
riper the fruit. The taste is similar to that of grapefruit, but sweeter. This large
citrus is grown in Malaysia, Thailand, and Indonesia.
Pomelo is rich in vitamin C that increases elasticity of blood vessels. In
America and Asia the fruit is used to treat high blood pressure.
Kumquats (or cumquats)
Kumquat, a citrus fruit, is also called “Japanese orange.” It originated in South-
East China. The fruit are of oval shape and can vary in hue from golden-yellow
to bright-orange.
Unlike other citrus, kumquat is often consumed whole, with skin, which gives
the pulp a unique fragrant taste. The fruit is often used to prepare candied fruit.
The fruit is rich in calcium, vitamins A and C. In China, kumquat is used to treat
fungus. In other Asian countries the fruit’s skin is laid out at the fire, as it is
believed that the aroma helps treating cold and cough. Vietnamese use the
fruit to treat hangover. Kumquat is great for cleansing blood vessels and
lowering cholesterol level.
Banana passionfruit (curuba)
When Curuba-Fruit is mature it looks like a small banana; hence, its English
name, Banana-Passion-Fruit. The fruit has a soft velvety surface of green or
yellow color. The inside of the fruit is filled with orange drops with dark seeds
inside. Banana passionfruit has a unique fragrant taste.
The fruit quenches thirst, improves sleep and alleviates stress. They are not
recommended for those suffering from stomach ulcer and gastritis.
Soursop (Guanabana)
The fruit is native to the South America. It is shaped like a green melon
covered with multiple fibers. The fruit may reach 20lb. The pulp is white,
creamy and fibrous, with a fresh aroma and sour taste.
The fruit supports stomach micro flora and improves liver function. It is
recommended for those suffering from rheumatism, arthritis, and uratic
arthritis.
Lulo
The lulo fruit has an orange skin and its internal flesh looks like a seedy green
tomato. Its taste resembles a mixture of pineapple, strawberry and tomato.
The fruit is wonderful for quenching thirst and improving sleep. It is rich in
phosphor and vitamin A, which means it strengthens the nervous system, hair
and nails.
Lulo is not recommended for those prone to allergies, low blood pressure, and
liver disorders.