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  • Decline Watch: America's goat population to remain a mystery

    11/11/2011 8:56:00 AM PST · by ProtectOurFreedom · 71 replies
    Foreign Policy ^ | November 10, 2011 | Joshua Keating
    Last year, Wisconsin led the nation in mink farming, producing 833,430 pelts. Texas was the undisputed king of pansies, growing 1.8 million flats of the flowers. And no state harvested more hops than Washington, with 24,336 acres. This year? Who knows? The government has stopped counting. Forced to cut its budget, the Agriculture Department has decided to eliminate dozens of reports, including the annual goat census (current population: three million), and the number of catfish on the nation’s fish farms (177 million, not counting the small fry). The statistics service said it was forced to reduce the frequency of some...
  • UNESCO Rebuff Shows Decline of American Influence Under Obama

    10/31/2011 3:36:22 PM PDT · by Nachum · 7 replies
    Commentary Magazine ^ | 10/31/11 | Jonathan S. Tobin
    The Obama administration lived up to its legal obligations today by withholding the first payment of U.S. funds to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) since it voted to recognize “Palestine” as a member state. The State Department​ said a scheduled $60 million payment would not be in the mail to the world body and warned that the same treatment would be given to any other UN agency that pulls the same trick. But Spokeswoman Victoria Nuland also said the U.S. would maintain its membership in the organization and continue to participate despite the group’s decision to...
  • US's Most Powerful Nuclear Bomb Being Dismantled

    10/25/2011 7:48:27 AM PDT · by penelopesire · 123 replies · 1+ views
    ABC NEWS ^ | October 25, 2011 | BETSY BLANEY
    "The last of the nation's most powerful nuclear bombs — a weapon hundreds of times stronger than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima — is being disassembled nearly half a century after it was put into service at the height of the Cold War. The final components of the B53 bomb will be broken down Tuesday at the Pantex Plant near Amarillo, the nation's only nuclear weapons assembly and disassembly facility. The completion of the dismantling program is a year ahead of schedule, according to the U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration, and aligns with President Barack Obama's goal...
  • The Hill Poll: Most voters say the United States is in decline (but is this reversible?)

    10/24/2011 7:24:40 AM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 5 replies
    The Hill ^ | 10/24/2011 | Mike Lillis
    More than two-thirds of voters say the United States is declining, and a clear majority think the next generation will be worse off than this one, according to the results of a new poll commissioned by The Hill. A resounding 69 percent of respondents said the country is “in decline,” the survey found, while 57 percent predict today’s kids won’t live better lives than their parents. Additionally, 83 percent of voters indicated they’re either very or somewhat worried about the future of the nation, with 49 percent saying they’re “very worried.” The results suggest that Americans don’t view the country’s...
  • America must manage its decline. (Barf Alert)

    10/17/2011 8:18:49 PM PDT · by Lazlo in PA · 16 replies
    Financial Times ^ | 10-17-11 | Gideon Rachman
    High quality global journalism requires investment. Please share this article with others using the link below, do not cut & paste the article. See our Ts&Cs and Copyright Policy for more detail. Email ftsales.support@ft.com to buy additional rights. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0c73f10e-f8aa-11e0-ad8f-00144feab49a.html#ixzz1b6DTpeKa Recently I met a retired British diplomat who claimed with some pride that he was the man who had invented the phrase, “the management of decline”, to describe the central task of British foreign policy after 1945. “I got criticised,” he said, “but I think it was an accurate description of our task and I think we did it pretty well.”...
  • Greece Falls Into 'Death Spiral': Rising Debt, No Growth

    10/03/2011 7:05:53 PM PDT · by MontaniSemperLiberi · 39 replies
    cnbc ^ | Monday, 3 Oct 2011 | None
    Drowning in red ink, Greece has nowhere to turn to revive the economic growth that might put its debt on a sustainable trajectory, reassure angry foreign creditors and offer hope to its recession-weary citizens. Instead, the country finds itself in a vicious circle—a death spiral, some would say—in which it is borrowing ever more to keep up on its existing debts, crushing growth in the process and thereby worsening its all-important ratio of debt-to-gross domestic product. Springing the debt trap would not be a miracle cure either: a manageable level of borrowing is a necessary but not a sufficient condition...
  • Twelve Shocking Quotes From Insiders About The Horrific Economic Crisis That Is Almost Here

    10/02/2011 4:30:15 PM PDT · by blam · 107 replies · 1+ views
    TEC ^ | 10-1-2011
    Prophets Of Doom: 12 Shocking Quotes From Insiders About The Horrific Economic Crisis That Is Almost HereOctober 1, 2011 We are getting so close to a financial collapse in Europe that you can almost hear the debt bubbles popping. All across the western world, governments and major banks are rapidly becoming insolvent. So far, the powers that be are keeping all of the balls in the air by throwing around lots of bailout money. But now the political will for more bailouts is drying up and the number of troubled entities seems to grow by the day. Right now the...
  • Minn. Man Kills Self In His Car After Losing Job

    10/02/2011 12:02:25 PM PDT · by traumer · 52 replies
    <p>BURNSVILLE, Minn. (AP) — Burnsville police say a Northfield man who had just lost his job committed suicide in front of former colleagues by locking himself in his car and shooting himself in the head.</p> <p>Fifty-one-year-old Patrick Joseph Graves was still alive Thursday morning when officers arrived. He died about an hour later at a hospital.</p>
  • Stun Gun, Machete, Baseball Bat Wielded in Dispute

    09/17/2011 4:05:50 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 7 replies
    The Gainesville Sun ^ | Wednesday, September 14, 2011 | Karen Voyles
    Last Modified: Wednesday, September 14, 2011 at 5:45 p.m. Police said a feud at the Meadowcrest apartment community late Tuesday involved a stun gun, machete, baseball bat and a witness seven-months pregnant who apparently began hyperventilating while the drama played out in front of her and later was rushed to a hospital. When it was over, Henry Earl Byrne, 43, of 3413 NE 183rd Lane, was charged with aggravated battery and aggravated assault and booked into the Alachua County jail by the Gainesville Police Department. Police spokeswoman Cpl. Andelina Valuri said the motive for the incident was an argument between...
  • Obama Committed To America's Decline

    09/16/2011 8:51:40 AM PDT · by zippythepinhead · 5 replies
    Wisdom of Dave ^ | 09/15/2011 | Dave
    No matter what the polls say, no matter how many elections fellow Democrats lose, no matter what his opposition says, or his allies for that matter, President Obama is committed to America's decline. From his recycled speeches on jobs, to failed and suspect green energy policies, the man is committed to his ideology. The schizophrenic once stated that the voices in his head told him he was sane and everyone else in the world is crazy. Obama is not schizophrenic, but he has the same delusional beliefs. America needs to be the next banana republic. He is convinced of his...
  • How to Reverse the West's Decline

    09/11/2011 4:51:50 PM PDT · by Chickensoup · 42 replies
    Social Affairs Magazine ^ | September 2011 | Jonathan Sacks
    How to Reverse the West's Decline Pioneer of sociology: In his philosophy of history, Ibn Khaldun recognised the value of "Asabiyah" (social cohesion) It is not clear that the West has successfully met the challenge of 9/11. Worse: it is not clear that the West yet fully understands what the challenge is. To understand 2001 we have to go back to 1989, the year of the collapse of the Soviet Union, the end of the Cold War, and the fall of the Berlin Wall. It was an historic moment that few had expected. What did it mean? It was then...
  • FIRST-PERSON: From decline to decision

    09/04/2011 5:24:05 PM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 104 replies
    Baptist Press ^ | 06/13/2011 | Ed Stetzer
    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--It is time for the Southern Baptist Convention to move from denial to decision. It has happened again. The SBC reported membership has declined, again. And, baptisms are at their lowest level in 60 years. I remember the first time the membership declined, just a few years ago. I pointed out (based on data from LifeWay's now-retired statistician Cliff Tharp) that it was not an aberration, but a pattern. The 50-year membership trend was moving into negative territory. "Put simply," I wrote in light of 2007 data, "membership may go up next year, but the trend points to...
  • A Tale of Two Declines: Even if the economy were to fix itself, we'd still face cultural challenges

    09/03/2011 7:05:38 AM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 42 replies
    National Review ^ | 09/02/2011 | Mark Steyn
    was on a very long flight the other day and, to get me through it, I had two books: the new bestseller Of Thee I Zing by Laura Ingraham, and a book I last read twenty years ago, The Radetzky March by Joseph Roth. The former is the latest hit from one of America’s most popular talk radio hosts; the latter is an Austrian novel from 1932 by a fellow who drank himself to death just before the Second World War, which, if you’re planning on drinking yourself to death, is a better pretext than most. Don’t worry, I’ll save...
  • America as less than No. 1 (Dan Henninger)

    08/11/2011 2:54:01 PM PDT · by chickadee · 5 replies
    WSJ ^ | August 11, 2011 | Daniel Henninger
    So this is a taste of what it will be like when the American superpower starts shrinking. Enjoying it yet? After the humiliation of the United States losing its AAA credit rating; after watching the American stock market descend into chaos; after living for two years in a $15 trillion economy unable to grow beyond 2%, with unemployment rates rarely experienced in the U.S., Americans have their first whiff of inhabiting an empire in decline.
  • Three Cheers for Decline (Liberals get their wish, America is now more like Europe)

    08/10/2011 5:25:04 PM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 6 replies
    Foreign Policy ^ | 08/09/2011 | CHARLES KENNY
    As the U.S. bond rating falls and the stock market plunges, the American Century looks to be well and truly over. While this has provoked no small amount of hand-wringing, Americans may soon come to enjoy no longer bearing the responsibility for running the world's indispensable nation. The signs of decline are everywhere. Illegal immigrants are heading back home in search of a better life. China already leads the world in green technology and is about to become the world's biggest economy in terms of purchasing power. Two U.S.-led wars are dragging toward an end charitably described as: mission not...
  • Marital Criticism and Pessimism

    08/03/2011 11:08:37 AM PDT · by Kaslin · 14 replies
    Townhall.com ^ | August 2, 2011 | Rebecca Hagelin
    "He's a good dad to our kids, but was always criticizing me," Terry complained. "I couldn't do anything right, in his mind at least. Thirteen years was enough. I figured it would only get worse, so I left." Like most marriages that end in divorce, Terry's marriage began happily enough. And it ended not because of a serious transgression like adultery, abuse, or substance use, but because the couple's personal relationship deteriorated and they gave up. They gave in to two marriage-killing habits: criticism and pessimism. A number of years ago, marriage expert John Gottman identified four relationship patterns that...
  • Illegal immigrants decline in some California counties

    08/02/2011 3:47:16 PM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 22 replies
    LA Times ^ | 8/2/11 | Alana Semuels
    Despite concerns about illegal immigrants in the California labor market, a new report shows that their number has declined in the most heavily populated areas in California during the last decade. The population of illegal immigrants in Los Angeles County fell by 8,000 between 2001 and 2008, according to a new report from the Public Policy Institute of California, which uses the term "unauthorized immigrants." In Orange County, the population of illegal immigrants fell by 60,000. And in Santa Clara County, it fell by 61,000. "After many years of increases, the number of California's unauthorized immigrants has remained stable or...
  • Many Americans Don't Know Who Is On Their Side

    07/26/2011 9:57:36 AM PDT · by CaroleL · 13 replies
    TalkingSides.com ^ | 07/26/11 | CaroleL
    Asked why President Barack Obama was making a primetime address on the debt crisis last night, a White House official said, "I guarantee you that 80% of the audience tonight has never seen more than a 10 second clip of the president talking about this." Need proof? A new poll out today shows 46% of Americans have more faith in the president to handle the debt issue while just 34% trust Congressional Republicans more, but of those same Americans surveyed, 45% don't want the debt ceiling raised at all fearing that would lead to higher government spending and make the...
  • California's college system in decline, study finds

    07/21/2011 11:52:53 AM PDT · by americanophile · 23 replies
    L.A. Times ^ | July 21, 2011 | Carla Rivera
    California's higher education system is in decline, with fewer students able to afford college, falling college participation rates and dwindling state support, according to a study released Wednesday. The report suggests that the state, once celebrated nationally for its three-tiered system of public colleges, has lost status as a leader in such areas as affordability, preparation of high school graduates, college-going rates and investment in higher education. The analysis was by the Institute for Higher Education Leadership & Policy at Cal State Sacramento. "This report demonstrates the consequences of resting on reputations and policies of yesteryear," the study concludes. "California...
  • Why China Wants South China Sea

    07/18/2011 8:35:07 PM PDT · by sukhoi-30mki · 35 replies
    The Diplomat ^ | July 18, 2011 | Tetsuo Kotani
    Why China Wants South China Sea East Asia | Security | China July 18, 2011By Tetsuo Kotani Beijing is interested in more than just energy and fishery resources. The area is also integral to its nuclear submarine strategy. In an effort to underscore its importance to Asia, geostrategist Nicholas Spykman once described it as the ‘Asiatic Mediterranean.’ More recently, it has been dubbed the ‘Chinese Caribbean.’ And, just as Rome and the United States have sought control over the Mediterranean and Caribbean, China now seeks dominance over the South China Sea. It’s clear that China’s claims and recent assertiveness have...