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In a radical report, the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has said the system of currencies and capital rules which binds the world economy is not working properly, and was largely responsible for the financial and economic crises. -snip- "Replacing the dollar with an artificial currency would solve some of the problems related to the potential of countries running large deficits and would help stability," said Detlef Kotte, one of the report's authors. "But you will also need a system of managed exchange rates. Countries should keep real exchange rates [adjusted for inflation] stable. Central banks would have...

WASHINGTON — The Cash for Clunkers buzz is starting to wear off and it seems that some buyers are having serious second thoughts about getting on that government-funded bandwagon, according to a new survey. In the meantime, the U.S. Department of Transportation said that dealers by Tuesday's deadline had submitted a final total of 690,114 Cash for Clunkers deals for $2.88 billion in rebates. The total is just under the revised $3-billion budget for the four-week program. The new survey by CNW Purchase Path, of Bandon, Oregon, finds that of nearly 1,000 Cash for Clunkers participants, 17 percent say they...

Billions for Britain’s Conversion Effort Meets with UK’s Approval ByPaul L. Williams, Ph.D. thelastcrusade.org Libyan President Colonel Muammar al-Gaddafi has mounted a multi-billion campaign to transform England and Wales into Islamic nations. Eleven Islamic missionaries will launch the campaign this week in Manchester, Sheffield, Nottingham, Birmingham, Leicester, Glasgow, Cardiff and Swansea.The effort is being sponsored by the World Islamic Call Society (WICS), an organization that was established by the Libyan leader.The Islamic crusade comes just a month after the release of convicted Lockerbie bomber Abdelbasset Ali Al Megrahi caused a storm between Britain and the US when he returned...

The Office of the Inspector General released a 23-page report titled ‘Electrification of Delivery Vehicles;’ and concluded that since electric cars (like the Chevy Volt) can go up to 40 miles before recharge, the electrification of their delivery vehicles is possible. They just need government funding to tackle this expensive project. Article and graphs....

Last month the Obama administration announced that it is raising its 10-year budget deficit projection from $7.1 to $9 Trillion. This increase puts the White House in line with the Congressional Budget Office Projection (CBO) of $9.3 trillion. You may remember, during the budget debate the CBO projected that the Obama administration low-balled its stimulus-enhanced deficit by $482 billion over the next four years and $2.3 trillion over the next 10. The President, and his team bashed the CBO for being over-estimating the deficit, but now they have put their projections in line with the CBO . Problem is the...

Somehow NRO is having some trouble posting my full reply to my friend Andy McCarthy. I’m sure it will be fixed soon, but in the meantime, here it is: Nothing is better than getting honest criticism from a serious person. It’s almost impossible to find it nowadays, and I’m very grateful to Brother Andy for his kind words and trenchant comments. Ditto to Mark. How did these lawyers learn to write so well? I thought they beat that out of you in Law School… Bush Doctrine: As I remember it, we declared war on terrorist groups and on the countries...

Van Jones is an exceptional and inspired leader who has fought to bring economic and environmental justice to communities across our country. He has chosen to resign because he believed he was serving as a distraction to the president's agenda. I respect that decision. Van was working to build a common ground agenda for all Americans, and I am confident he will continue that work. Unfortunately, his critics on the right could find no common ground with him. Clearly, Van was the subject of a right-wing smear campaign shrouded in hypocrisy. Van's chief tormentor Glenn Beck, who spent weeks engaged...

Memphis 9/7/2009) The H1N1 virus took the life of a 13-year-old White Station Middle School Student Monday. The Shelby County Health Department hasn't released the name of this child yet. He was admitted to the hospital last week. "We all miss him and love him," said Alexis Kelley. She has fond memories of the 8th grader who died. "He was just so nice, he would hang up my backpack for me because I couldn't reach my locker, and he was always like let me reach it for you," she said. Kelley describes the teen as a popular student and a...

The bottom line is we need the president of the United States of America to use his bully pulpit to talk to kids about the importance of education and to help inspire kids--Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers It has come as quite a surprise to Randi Weingarten, the leftist National Education Association and teachers unions, Education Secretary Arne Duncan and the White House that not all parents are willing to toe the Democratic Party line when it comes to President Barack Obama using his “bully pulpit” to speak to America’s children on Tuesday. In fact, as...

Take responsibility for your education. Go to class and listen. Don't let failures define you. That's the advice President Barack Obama will give schoolchildren Tuesday in a speech that drew fire even before he delivered it. "We need every single one of you to develop your talents, skills and intellect so you can help solve our most difficult problems," Obama said. "If you don't do that — if you quit on school — you're not just quitting on yourself, you're quitting on your country." The White House posted Obama's remarks on its Web site Monday. The president was to deliver...

Is Turkey Renaming Istanbul Constantinople? Chances of Turkey and the Kurds reaching a rapprochement are at their highest in 25 years. But what does that mean for Turkification -- and what concessions are the Turks willing to make? BY NICK DANFORTH | SEPTEMBER 4, 2009 Last month, Turkish President Abdullah Gul broke a long-standing national taboo: He called the remote village of Guroymak by its Kurdish name, Norshin. The president's opponents say renaming Istanbul Constantinople on highway signs will inevitably follow. Or worse. For many Turks, saying Norshin leads to saying Kurdistan, and saying Kurdistan leads to recognizing an independent...

www.TeaPartyExpress.org  For Immediate Release:September 7, 2009 Contact: Levi RussellLevi@Frontlinestrat.com(509) 979-6615 10,000 PATRIOTS IN NEW LENOX RALLY FOR LIMITED GOVERNMENT(NEW LENOX, IL) -  The Tea Party Express - -  www.TeaPartyExpress.org - - was joined by a crowd estimated at over 10,000 today at the New Lenox Tea Party Rally outside Chicago. The crowd size of this national cross-country tour’s rallies have grown considerably over the past few days as incredible momentum and enthusiasm builds. “At Town Hall meetings earlier this year, it was said that the ‘sleeping giant’ may have awakened,” said Mark Williams, Vice Chair of the Tea Party Express.  “I think the tremendous crowds...

For those who thought that the appointment of 9/11 Truther Van Jones was the nadir (so far) for this administration’s moderate, post-partisan credibility, keep in mind that this man could have been in charge of faith-based initiatives if not for Hillary Clinton’s oppo research team. Jeremiah Wright gives hope to Jones and other demagogues tossed under Barack Obama’s bus that the news media will still give them camera time as long as they continue to make the kind of outrageous statements that marginalized them in the first place. Here, Wright gives his nuanced view of the debate over health-care reform...

Obama's stimulus is turning into a jobs prophylaxis. As noted in an (earlier post, the (legal or counted) Hispanic workforce population has been growing at annual rate of 3.3% from 2001 through 2008, 4.3% if you include the year 2000. However, between August 2008 and August 2009 the rate of increase in the Hispanic population was only 0.63%. Therefore, if the American workforce had been growing as usual, the number of Hispanics in the workforce would have been some 727,000 higher than it is now. Again, these are legal (or counted) immigrants*. The 727,000 number represents actual jobs that would...

With one eye on his plummeting approval ratings, the president is dropping his support for a government-run insurance plan, AKA the “public option.” The White House says it wants to “synthesize and harmonize” and that it’s “going to approach [health-care reform] in a different way,” but it’s hard to see this as anything other than a significant retreat. The public option was once the core of the president’s health-care plan. Obama’s base supporters are furious, not only because the public option is important to them, but also because they think the American people want it. At first glace, the polling...

Administration’s Suggestions for Teachers: Read Books about Obama, Post Obama Quotes on Classroom Walls Tuesday, September 08, 2009 By Terence P. Jeffrey, Editor-in-Chief (CNSNews.com) - The “corrected” lesson plans the U.S. Department of Education is suggesting that schools around the country use to turn President Obama’s speech to students today into a “teachable moment” still call for teachers to read books about Obama and to post quotations from Obama in large print on classroom walls. The Department of Education created two “menus of classroom activities” for use with the president’s speech. One is designed to guide Pre-K through 6th grade...

I predict Obama will push for a 2nd stimulus in early 2010. This one will most likely be a larger amount. Should a 2nd stimulus be introduced, gold will move to $2000 with in a year’s time, and the dollar will crash… I believe this is a very likely scenario. Here are a couple quotes from self-made million and billionaire stock investors: Jim Rogers – “We may experience hyper inflation, DOW 30,000 is possible” (this is NOT a good thing). Marc Faber – “I am 100% convinced we will see hyper-inflation”. Peter Schiff – “Gold will be $5000 an ounce”....

Military Veteran, House Raided, Losing House, Current Recession. On 08-24-09, my house which I am losing was raided and my family was treated extremely poorly(injuries). There was nothing found and yet my son was arrested and charged. 40-days later, no court date. Banks received the bailout and yet are not willing to really help because its better for them to receive the additional funds if they forclose. Obama, what the hell, divide up the bailout, give it to the working class that pays taxes. No ? Gee financial recovery for everyone, banks(mortgages), auto mfgr's, farmers, buisness in genral, faster recovery...

Video of Jack Webb and Harry Morgan explaining things to Obama

Hans Christian Andersen ( I'm Spartacus, I mean I'm Hans Christian Andersen!) High Noon ( Dimitri Tiomkin!) Help! And a Hard Day's Night ( Ok, it makes 11) The Hours ( Philip Glass) The House of Sand and Fog ( James Horner!) The Heroin Diaries ( You Don't need to be on drugs to enjoy this one!) The Halloween Series ( Mr. Sandman!) High Society ( Frank, Bing, Grace, and Louis!) Hannibal ( Hans Zimmer+ Vide Corr Meum) Henry V ( Both Brannagh and Olivier Versions)