Monday, January 31, 2011
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
" It isn't only Gestapo maniacs who do inhuman things to people. We [the CIA] are responsible for doing inhuman things on a massive scale to people all over the world." - John Stockwell, former CIA official
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
" It isn't only Gestapo maniacs who do inhuman things to people. We [the CIA] are responsible for doing inhuman things on a massive scale to people all over the world." - John Stockwell, former CIA official
Republican Congressman Proposes Tracking Freedom of Information Act Requests
Representative Darrell Issa calls it a way to promote transparency: a request for the names of hundreds of thousands of ordinary citizens, business executives, journalists and others who have requested copies of federal government documents in recent years.
But his extraordinary request worries some civil libertarians. It “just seems sort of creepy that one person in the government could track who is looking into what and what kinds of questions they are asking,” said David Cuillier, a University of Arizona journalism professor and chairman of the Freedom of Information Committee at the Society of Professional Journalists. “It is an easy way to target people who he might think are up to no good.”
Translation: Issa is looking for a way to track, harass, and harm those looking into governmental and corporate practices which may point to governmental and corporate wrongdoing....This has absolutely nothing to do with transparency, and Issa's Orwellian use of this language betrays his contempt for people who are simply trying to find out the truth about what their government, The FED and banks are doing.
But his extraordinary request worries some civil libertarians. It “just seems sort of creepy that one person in the government could track who is looking into what and what kinds of questions they are asking,” said David Cuillier, a University of Arizona journalism professor and chairman of the Freedom of Information Committee at the Society of Professional Journalists. “It is an easy way to target people who he might think are up to no good.”
Translation: Issa is looking for a way to track, harass, and harm those looking into governmental and corporate practices which may point to governmental and corporate wrongdoing....This has absolutely nothing to do with transparency, and Issa's Orwellian use of this language betrays his contempt for people who are simply trying to find out the truth about what their government, The FED and banks are doing.
Loan modifications burn many homeowners
Many people who sought help under a federal program created to keep them from losing their homes are instead saddled with huge, unexpected bills.
Thousands now face a stark choice: Go deeper into debt, or foreclosure.
Lenders routinely approved short-term “trial” loan modifications that reduced payments for desperate borrowers under the umbrella of the Obama administration’s Home Affordable Modification Program. But lenders continued to count the mortgages as delinquent or in default.
Now instead of granting permanent modifications, lenders often are reinstating the original loan terms and demanding big back payments.....
Thousands now face a stark choice: Go deeper into debt, or foreclosure.
Lenders routinely approved short-term “trial” loan modifications that reduced payments for desperate borrowers under the umbrella of the Obama administration’s Home Affordable Modification Program. But lenders continued to count the mortgages as delinquent or in default.
Now instead of granting permanent modifications, lenders often are reinstating the original loan terms and demanding big back payments.....
College education could possibly be the largest scam in U.S. history
The National Inflation Association believes that the United States has a college education bubble that is set to burst beginning in mid-2011. This bursting bubble will have effects that are even more far-reaching than the bursting of the Real Estate bubble in 2006. College education could possibly be the largest scam in U.S. history.
NIA's advice to the youth of America today is to think for yourselves. Don't get suckered into overpaying for a college degree that is worthless because everyone else has one. College is only worth attending if you plan on actually learning something there. If you are only going to college because you think a piece of paper is going to help you find a job, you would be much better off skipping college and entering the workforce right now at any entry level job. Your experience will benefit you more than any piece of paper.....
NIA's advice to the youth of America today is to think for yourselves. Don't get suckered into overpaying for a college degree that is worthless because everyone else has one. College is only worth attending if you plan on actually learning something there. If you are only going to college because you think a piece of paper is going to help you find a job, you would be much better off skipping college and entering the workforce right now at any entry level job. Your experience will benefit you more than any piece of paper.....
Habitiat For Humanity Now Forclosing on Homes
When we see Habitat for Humanity start to foreclose on clients because they can not even afford a no interest house payment.This says the Wall Street money addicts and the Central Bankers policies have hurt the poorest among us by inflation and no jobs. As the Oligarchs have their cigars and brandy toasting to a multi billion dollar bonuses off the backs of the poor. This is a grave injustice that must be corrected that is long overdue. This why we need to get rid of the Federal Reserve Bank.When there is no honest money anymore because the issuance of currency is out of the peoples hands and put in the care of private central bankers. That is when people get hurt and suffer to enrich the very few at the expense of many......
The coming US Depression has an added dimension:
"...a huge underclass of very desperate people with their minds chemically blown beyond anybody's comprehension" which may fuel unprecedented unrest....
When violence comes to the streets of America, as it clearly must, remember that Wall Street greed and Washington DC corruption are the cause.
The Current Account Balance records a country's net trade in goods and services, plus net earnings from rents, interest, profits, and dividends, and net transfer payments (such as pension funds and worker remittances) to and from the rest of the world during the period specified. These figures are calculated on an exchange rate basis, i.e., not in purchasing power parity (PPP) terms.,,,,,,America is DEADLAST at 163 United States -862,300
(America is not yet in an on-the-streets financial revolt partly because, in order to support America's huge import / export imbalance, the rest of the world lends it the money to continue buying - from the rest of the world - on credit, a situation impossible to sustain).
When violence comes to the streets of America, as it clearly must, remember that Wall Street greed and Washington DC corruption are the cause.
When violence comes to the streets of America, as it clearly must, remember that Wall Street greed and Washington DC corruption are the cause.
The Current Account Balance records a country's net trade in goods and services, plus net earnings from rents, interest, profits, and dividends, and net transfer payments (such as pension funds and worker remittances) to and from the rest of the world during the period specified. These figures are calculated on an exchange rate basis, i.e., not in purchasing power parity (PPP) terms.,,,,,,America is DEADLAST at 163 United States -862,300
(America is not yet in an on-the-streets financial revolt partly because, in order to support America's huge import / export imbalance, the rest of the world lends it the money to continue buying - from the rest of the world - on credit, a situation impossible to sustain).
When violence comes to the streets of America, as it clearly must, remember that Wall Street greed and Washington DC corruption are the cause.
Nomi Prins - former managing director of Goldman Sachs and head of the international analytics group at Bear Stearns in London - notes that the Egyptian people are rebelling against being pillaged by giant, international banks and their own government as much as anything else.
She also points out that the Greek, British, Tunisian and other protesters are all in the same boat....
She also points out that the Greek, British, Tunisian and other protesters are all in the same boat....
Doctors in Training Taught to Physically Violate Unconscious Patients
AUSTRALIAN medical students are performing intimate examinations on unconscious and anaesthetised patients without their consent.
The shocking discovery, revealed in new research to be published in an international medical journal, raises serious questions about the ethical standards of our next generation of doctors.
The shocking discovery, revealed in new research to be published in an international medical journal, raises serious questions about the ethical standards of our next generation of doctors.
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Thought Of The Day
"Diet, injections and injunctions will combine, from a very early age, to produce the sort of character and the sort of beliefs that the authorities consider desirable, and any serious criticism of the powers that be will become psychologically impossible. Even if all are miserable, all will believe themselves happy, because the government will tell them that they are so." - Bertrand Russell, The Impact of Science on Society 1953
Salary triples for Goldman CEO Blankfein
US banking powerhouse Goldman Sachs said Friday it was more than tripling the salary of chief executive Lloyd Blankfein to $2 million in 2011 from $600,000 last year.
The four other top executives of Wall Street's premier investment bank will also see their basic salaries triple from the present $600,000: chief operating officer Gary Cohn, finance director David Viniar, and two vice presidents Michael Evans and John Weinberg will each earn $1.85 million, Goldman said in a document published Friday.....
Hmmmmmm it occors to me the only reason to triple their salaries at a time when so much negative attention is on Goldman Sachs is that GS believes the United States economy and United States government will fall to the global revolution within mere months, and they are all building their golden parachutes on the backs of their stockholders.
The four other top executives of Wall Street's premier investment bank will also see their basic salaries triple from the present $600,000: chief operating officer Gary Cohn, finance director David Viniar, and two vice presidents Michael Evans and John Weinberg will each earn $1.85 million, Goldman said in a document published Friday.....
Hmmmmmm it occors to me the only reason to triple their salaries at a time when so much negative attention is on Goldman Sachs is that GS believes the United States economy and United States government will fall to the global revolution within mere months, and they are all building their golden parachutes on the backs of their stockholders.
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Thought Of The Day
"History records that the money changers have used every form of abuse, intrigue, deceit, and violent means possible to maintain their control over governments by controlling money and its issuance." - James Madison
Tea party hero Bachmann eyes cuts to veterans health benefits
Tea party hero Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) this week proposed a blueprint to eliminate $400 billion from the federal budget, which included billions in cuts to veterans' health care and disability benefits.
Her plan would freeze health care funding for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), and slash $4.5 billion in disability benefits to military veterans.
Bachmann posted the document on her official Web site, calling the spending cuts "real and necessary" to avoid increasing the debt ceiling above $14.3 trillion. She supports the United States wars in Iraq and Afghanistan???
It's official: this woman can now be characterized as absolutely barking mad.
In fact, I would suggest, in the spirit of that biting satire "A Modest Proposal", that she propose that all of our injured Vets be immediately euthanized after their, injuries to save money.
To declare one's undying support for these immoral and illegal wars without end, and not declare that the Vets who have fought in these wars important enough to care for when they become injured, AND wanting to raise the deficit to pay for them absolutely boggles the mind......
Her plan would freeze health care funding for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), and slash $4.5 billion in disability benefits to military veterans.
Bachmann posted the document on her official Web site, calling the spending cuts "real and necessary" to avoid increasing the debt ceiling above $14.3 trillion. She supports the United States wars in Iraq and Afghanistan???
It's official: this woman can now be characterized as absolutely barking mad.
In fact, I would suggest, in the spirit of that biting satire "A Modest Proposal", that she propose that all of our injured Vets be immediately euthanized after their, injuries to save money.
To declare one's undying support for these immoral and illegal wars without end, and not declare that the Vets who have fought in these wars important enough to care for when they become injured, AND wanting to raise the deficit to pay for them absolutely boggles the mind......
Inequality In America Is Worse Than In Egypt, Tunisia Or Yemen
Egyptian, Tunisian and Yemeni protesters all say that inequality is one of the main reasons they're protesting.
However, the U.S. actually has much greater inequality than in any of those countries.
Specifically, the "Gini Coefficient" - the figure economists use to measure inequality - is higher in the U.S.
According to the
CIA World Fact Book
, the U.S. is ranked as the 42nd most unequal country in the world, with a Gini Coefficient of 45.
In contrast:
Tunisia is ranked the 62nd most unequal country, with a Gini Coefficient of 40.
Yemen is ranked 76th most unequal, with a Gini Coefficient of 37.7.
And Egypt is ranked as the 90th most unequal country, with a Gini Coefficient of around 34.4.
And inequality in the U.S. has soared in the last couple of years, since the Gini Coefficient was last calculated, so it is undoubtedly currently much higher.
However, the U.S. actually has much greater inequality than in any of those countries.
Specifically, the "Gini Coefficient" - the figure economists use to measure inequality - is higher in the U.S.
According to the
CIA World Fact Book
, the U.S. is ranked as the 42nd most unequal country in the world, with a Gini Coefficient of 45.
In contrast:
Tunisia is ranked the 62nd most unequal country, with a Gini Coefficient of 40.
Yemen is ranked 76th most unequal, with a Gini Coefficient of 37.7.
And Egypt is ranked as the 90th most unequal country, with a Gini Coefficient of around 34.4.
And inequality in the U.S. has soared in the last couple of years, since the Gini Coefficient was last calculated, so it is undoubtedly currently much higher.
Credit card rates at record highs near 15%
Interest rates are now hovering near record highs, at an average rate of 14.72%. And if your credit is bad enough, you could even end up with a rate as high as 59.9% APR.
That's because while the CARD Act helped crack down on certain fees and requires more disclosures, it didn't cap every credit card holder's worst enemy: interest rates.......
That's because while the CARD Act helped crack down on certain fees and requires more disclosures, it didn't cap every credit card holder's worst enemy: interest rates.......
An Almost perfect Example Of Propaganda!
A friend sent me this and after I got thru ROTFLMAO I copied it for ya'all to get a laugh from...The sad thing is there are TV brainwashed people who will actually believe this...and they actually suggest you down load it and share with your friends...ROTFLMAO again!!
Promises Kept From Joe Biden
1."Big ones come to mind first: historic health insurance reform, which is reining in the insurance companies and helping control the cost of care for millions of Americans"
Hahaha a program over 75% of the people didn't want and EVERY INSURANCE COMPANY has RAISED all ready high rates and CUT BENEFITS!...If you don't believe that ....you must not have insurance...
2."Wall Street reform, which put in place the toughest consumer protections ever."
1."Big ones come to mind first: historic health insurance reform, which is reining in the insurance companies and helping control the cost of care for millions of Americans"
Hahaha a program over 75% of the people didn't want and EVERY INSURANCE COMPANY has RAISED all ready high rates and CUT BENEFITS!...If you don't believe that ....you must not have insurance...
2."Wall Street reform, which put in place the toughest consumer protections ever."
OMG! This could be the biggest LIE of all....As banks fail and Wall Street dish's out YOUR MONEY as bonuses by 10's of BILLIONS You are being well protected....
3." The end of combat operations in Iraq"
3." The end of combat operations in Iraq"
WoW....as Mark Twain would say "thats a damed LIE!"
Five Troops were killed just a few days ago and 100,000 troops remain there. Its really AMASSING how a VP could say such things!
Now he moves to the lesser so called Accomplishments.
4."We passed the Recovery Act, which saved and created more than 3 million jobs, provided the largest middle-class tax cut in a generation, and made landmark investments in clean energy, infrastructure, and education."
The "Recovery Act" gave BANKERS over 2 TRILLION dollars....In 2 years we have LOST over 20 MILLION jobs infrastructure is crumbling and Education as been CUT in almost every state... College Tuition has gone UP... while the interest on student loans has gone UP!
5."We made critical investments in General Motors and Chrysler, saving tens of thousands of jobs -- and perhaps the companies -- and spurring a rebirth of the American car industry."
Sure we did and GM promptly took the money and built factories in CHINA....in fact more GM cars were sold in China last year than the US!
6."We wrote into law student loan reform and credit card reform, which ended the worst abuses of the banking industries and are making lending fair for American families."
Hahahahaha....Student loans are now HARDER to get and the interest is HIGHER! Credit cards are at a almost all time high of 15% and AND if your credit is poor bad enough, you could even end up with a rate as high as 59.9% APR...FAIR LENDING???? Tell that whooper to the 10 million families who have been foreclosed on!
I would go on but I will let you read the rest for your self if you have the stomach for this double speak...double think propaganda....
Five Troops were killed just a few days ago and 100,000 troops remain there. Its really AMASSING how a VP could say such things!
Now he moves to the lesser so called Accomplishments.
4."We passed the Recovery Act, which saved and created more than 3 million jobs, provided the largest middle-class tax cut in a generation, and made landmark investments in clean energy, infrastructure, and education."
The "Recovery Act" gave BANKERS over 2 TRILLION dollars....In 2 years we have LOST over 20 MILLION jobs infrastructure is crumbling and Education as been CUT in almost every state... College Tuition has gone UP... while the interest on student loans has gone UP!
5."We made critical investments in General Motors and Chrysler, saving tens of thousands of jobs -- and perhaps the companies -- and spurring a rebirth of the American car industry."
Sure we did and GM promptly took the money and built factories in CHINA....in fact more GM cars were sold in China last year than the US!
6."We wrote into law student loan reform and credit card reform, which ended the worst abuses of the banking industries and are making lending fair for American families."
Hahahahaha....Student loans are now HARDER to get and the interest is HIGHER! Credit cards are at a almost all time high of 15% and AND if your credit is poor bad enough, you could even end up with a rate as high as 59.9% APR...FAIR LENDING???? Tell that whooper to the 10 million families who have been foreclosed on!
I would go on but I will let you read the rest for your self if you have the stomach for this double speak...double think propaganda....
Friday, January 28, 2011
Thought Of The Day
I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ. - Mohandas Gandhi
Answering some requests
I get emails asking "How did banks get us in this mess and why are they failing?"
Key to understanding the so called "crisis" and why all of the banks are insolvent is leverage.... It's very simple math....It used to be that banks were by law held to a 12 to 1 leverage rate....in other words they could loan out 12 dollars for every dollar they held as reserve...This is called "fractional reserve banking." This was bad enough as each bank could loan $12 for every dollar they got across the counter as a deposit...if YOU deposited a $1000 paycheck...THEY could immediately (even before you got out the door) loan out $12000...if they run short they borrowed from the FED at a less than 1% loan...
Henry Paulson, when he was still CEO of Goldman in 2004, successfully lobbied the SEC to change the rules on capital ratios. Leverage exploded from a previous limit of 12:1 to beyond 40:1.....THEN one must consider that a substantial portion of the assets were synthetics (a synthetic asset is artificially created by using other assets such as bundling defaulted loans and claiming them as REAL money thereby allowing the loan creation of 40:1 on money that had already been loaned at 40:1). These were often called Collateralized debt obligations (CDOs).
In a world of 40:1,(80 or 100:1 in some cases) assets don't have much downside. Consider what this means in a simple example.
Goldman Sachs could have $1 trillion in assets anchored by just $25 billion in capital. Assume Goldman's asset base loses 30% in value as happened in 2008, creating a paper loss of $300 billion, which if they were forced to mark honestly, would leave them insolvent to the tune of approximately $275 billion....the banks aren't just a little bit insolvent, instead their insolvency depth is a multiple (in this case 6x) of their original capital....or in other words....If your collective assets drop in value from 100 to 97, you're done. Toast. Game over...unless of course you get bailed out by We The People!
Now remember 'insolvent by multiples' as you consider the $144 billion paid out in bonuses in 2010 by a collective of bailed-out, bankrupt banks....Now consider that none of that matters anymore, not since the FASB (Financial Accounting Standards Board) rule change. Now it's a game of super-galactic Texas holdem as each and every bank survives by a single hair of their mismarked assets, all with the blessing of Congress, CNBC, accounting regulators, Sheila Bair, Tim Geithner, Obama and the Ber-nank.....last year we saw over 150 of those single hairs break and the the banks were taken over by FICA as we the people take it in the rear again...
This was all set up by the repeal of Glass Steagall act on November 12, 1999...prior to that such crazy accounting was illegal....NOW...what is even worse... WALL STREET BROKERS can operate in “deregulated” financial markets in which distinctions between loans, securities,stocks, bank deposits, insurance funds and pension funds are not drawn AT ALL.....All of these funds are operating on a between 40:1 to 150:1 leveraged accounting sheet....and we haven't even talked about derivatives which can be leveraged more than 10,000 to 1! its a complete house of cards....
Key to understanding the so called "crisis" and why all of the banks are insolvent is leverage.... It's very simple math....It used to be that banks were by law held to a 12 to 1 leverage rate....in other words they could loan out 12 dollars for every dollar they held as reserve...This is called "fractional reserve banking." This was bad enough as each bank could loan $12 for every dollar they got across the counter as a deposit...if YOU deposited a $1000 paycheck...THEY could immediately (even before you got out the door) loan out $12000...if they run short they borrowed from the FED at a less than 1% loan...
Henry Paulson, when he was still CEO of Goldman in 2004, successfully lobbied the SEC to change the rules on capital ratios. Leverage exploded from a previous limit of 12:1 to beyond 40:1.....THEN one must consider that a substantial portion of the assets were synthetics (a synthetic asset is artificially created by using other assets such as bundling defaulted loans and claiming them as REAL money thereby allowing the loan creation of 40:1 on money that had already been loaned at 40:1). These were often called Collateralized debt obligations (CDOs).
In a world of 40:1,(80 or 100:1 in some cases) assets don't have much downside. Consider what this means in a simple example.
Goldman Sachs could have $1 trillion in assets anchored by just $25 billion in capital. Assume Goldman's asset base loses 30% in value as happened in 2008, creating a paper loss of $300 billion, which if they were forced to mark honestly, would leave them insolvent to the tune of approximately $275 billion....the banks aren't just a little bit insolvent, instead their insolvency depth is a multiple (in this case 6x) of their original capital....or in other words....If your collective assets drop in value from 100 to 97, you're done. Toast. Game over...unless of course you get bailed out by We The People!
Now remember 'insolvent by multiples' as you consider the $144 billion paid out in bonuses in 2010 by a collective of bailed-out, bankrupt banks....Now consider that none of that matters anymore, not since the FASB (Financial Accounting Standards Board) rule change. Now it's a game of super-galactic Texas holdem as each and every bank survives by a single hair of their mismarked assets, all with the blessing of Congress, CNBC, accounting regulators, Sheila Bair, Tim Geithner, Obama and the Ber-nank.....last year we saw over 150 of those single hairs break and the the banks were taken over by FICA as we the people take it in the rear again...
This was all set up by the repeal of Glass Steagall act on November 12, 1999...prior to that such crazy accounting was illegal....NOW...what is even worse... WALL STREET BROKERS can operate in “deregulated” financial markets in which distinctions between loans, securities,stocks, bank deposits, insurance funds and pension funds are not drawn AT ALL.....All of these funds are operating on a between 40:1 to 150:1 leveraged accounting sheet....and we haven't even talked about derivatives which can be leveraged more than 10,000 to 1! its a complete house of cards....
Thursday, January 27, 2011
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
"Any god that requires small minded bigots to speak for it, is not worth the breath it takes to pray." - Jesper Myrfors
5 Big Lies by Barack Obama in State Of The Union Address Was Completely Wrong About The Economy
Big Lie #1
America Will "Out-Innovate" The Rest Of The World And This Will Create More Jobs
Perhaps we could create some more cutting edge products like the Apple iPhone, right? After all, Apple iPhones were one of the most wildly successful American technological innovations of the past decade. Surely this is the kind of innovation that Obama would like to see more of. Do you know where Apple iPhones are made? Apple iPhones are manufactured in China by workers making about 293 dollars a month (and that was after a big raise).
In 2008, 1.2 billion cellphones were sold worldwide. So how many of them were manufactured inside the United States? Zero.....so much for that lie...
Big Lie#2:
America Will "Out-Educate" The Rest Of The World And This Will Create More Jobs
For decades, U.S. presidents have promised that "education" is the key to competing with the rest of the world.
Okay, if suddenly every single person in the United States had an extra college degree, would that mean that more jobs would suddenly start popping into existence?...Of course not....Right now, we can't produce enough nearly enough jobs for all of the college graduates that we already have....Sadly, the truth is that we are already experiencing an epidemic of unemployment among our college graduates.
Big Lie #3
America Will "Out-Build" The Rest Of The World And This Will Create More Jobs
ROTFL : So is Obama going to do something to stop the flood of jobs and factories that are leaving the United States?
No, in fact he intends to "increase" trade with countries such as China and India. That is going to mean that thousands more factories and millions more jobs are going to be "outsourced"....Did anyone believe that one????
Big Lie #4: America Will Become "The Best Place In The World To Do Business" And This Will Create More Jobs
WoW!! WHAT A WHOOPER!!! It was incredible that Barack Obama could suggest that America is "the best place in the world to do business" with a straight face.
When you consider all forms of taxation, U.S. businesses face one of the most oppressive taxation regimes in the entire world......not only that, U.S. businesses also have to deal with one of the most horrific regulatory environments in the history of mankind.....
In FACT....the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is projecting that the food service industry will have to spend an additional 14 million hours every single year just to comply with new federal regulations that mandate that all vending machine operators and chain restaurants must label all products that they sell with a calorie count in a location visible to the consumer.....
Big Lie #5:
Barack Obama Pledges To "Take Responsibility" For Our Deficit Spending
OMG! Again....How did He Keep A Straight Face????
During Barack Obama's first two years in office, the U.S. government added more to the U.S. national debt than the first 100 U.S. Congresses combined.....
In fact, since Barack Obama took office, the U.S. government has gotten us into so much new debt that it breaks down to $10,429.64 for each of the 308,745,538 people counted by the 2010 U.S. census....
Government debt is absolutely out of control. At this point, the U.S. national debt is increasing by roughly 4 billion dollars every single day......and as you read this Congress is ready to RAISE the Debt Ceiling past the 20,000,000,000,000 dollars we are now at...
This is a pack of lies and anyone that believes ANY of them is living in complete denial of the truth....
America Will "Out-Innovate" The Rest Of The World And This Will Create More Jobs
Perhaps we could create some more cutting edge products like the Apple iPhone, right? After all, Apple iPhones were one of the most wildly successful American technological innovations of the past decade. Surely this is the kind of innovation that Obama would like to see more of. Do you know where Apple iPhones are made? Apple iPhones are manufactured in China by workers making about 293 dollars a month (and that was after a big raise).
In 2008, 1.2 billion cellphones were sold worldwide. So how many of them were manufactured inside the United States? Zero.....so much for that lie...
Big Lie#2:
America Will "Out-Educate" The Rest Of The World And This Will Create More Jobs
For decades, U.S. presidents have promised that "education" is the key to competing with the rest of the world.
Okay, if suddenly every single person in the United States had an extra college degree, would that mean that more jobs would suddenly start popping into existence?...Of course not....Right now, we can't produce enough nearly enough jobs for all of the college graduates that we already have....Sadly, the truth is that we are already experiencing an epidemic of unemployment among our college graduates.
Big Lie #3
America Will "Out-Build" The Rest Of The World And This Will Create More Jobs
ROTFL : So is Obama going to do something to stop the flood of jobs and factories that are leaving the United States?
No, in fact he intends to "increase" trade with countries such as China and India. That is going to mean that thousands more factories and millions more jobs are going to be "outsourced"....Did anyone believe that one????
Big Lie #4: America Will Become "The Best Place In The World To Do Business" And This Will Create More Jobs
WoW!! WHAT A WHOOPER!!! It was incredible that Barack Obama could suggest that America is "the best place in the world to do business" with a straight face.
When you consider all forms of taxation, U.S. businesses face one of the most oppressive taxation regimes in the entire world......not only that, U.S. businesses also have to deal with one of the most horrific regulatory environments in the history of mankind.....
In FACT....the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is projecting that the food service industry will have to spend an additional 14 million hours every single year just to comply with new federal regulations that mandate that all vending machine operators and chain restaurants must label all products that they sell with a calorie count in a location visible to the consumer.....
Big Lie #5:
Barack Obama Pledges To "Take Responsibility" For Our Deficit Spending
OMG! Again....How did He Keep A Straight Face????
During Barack Obama's first two years in office, the U.S. government added more to the U.S. national debt than the first 100 U.S. Congresses combined.....
In fact, since Barack Obama took office, the U.S. government has gotten us into so much new debt that it breaks down to $10,429.64 for each of the 308,745,538 people counted by the 2010 U.S. census....
Government debt is absolutely out of control. At this point, the U.S. national debt is increasing by roughly 4 billion dollars every single day......and as you read this Congress is ready to RAISE the Debt Ceiling past the 20,000,000,000,000 dollars we are now at...
This is a pack of lies and anyone that believes ANY of them is living in complete denial of the truth....
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
"We have come to recognize that there are potentially desirable limits to economic growth. There are also potentially desirable limits to the indefinite extension of political democracy...A government which lacks authority ...will have little ability, short of cataclysmic crisis, to impose on its people the sacrifices which may be necessary.." - 1975 Trilateral Commission Report on the Governability of Democracies
Ex-Guantánamo Prisoner and Victim of US Rendition and Torture Speaks
Torture has been institutionalized in the US, courtesy of the former and current administrations.
But unless, and until, there is a real, genuine investigation and prosecution of those at the top of the Bush administration who thought torture was "the right thing" for American intelligence operatives to do, this country will never get its moral compass back.
But unless, and until, there is a real, genuine investigation and prosecution of those at the top of the Bush administration who thought torture was "the right thing" for American intelligence operatives to do, this country will never get its moral compass back.
Chicago artist faces 15 years in jail... because he recorded his own arrest on video
An artist who used a video camera to record being arrested by police is facing up to 15 years in prison. Chris Drew has been charged with Class 1 felony under the Eavesdropping Act in Chicago, Illinois....He will go on trial on April 4 charged with using a digital recorder to capture his arrest on December 2, 2009...He was selling silk-screened patches for $1 when he was stopped by police.
Please tell me WHAT the hell this man did to warrant a 16 year jail term while a Chicago rapist just went free???
Please tell me WHAT the hell this man did to warrant a 16 year jail term while a Chicago rapist just went free???
US journalist says prison preferable to ditching her constitutional rights
Maureen Murphy explains why she prefers to risk imprisonment than testify before a grand jury in Chicago, USA, insisting that she will not be forced to account to the government for exercising her constitutionally protected freedoms of speech and association.
”We have done nothing wrong and risk being jailed because we have exercised our rights to free speech, to organize and to hold our government accountable. It is a dark day for America when people face jail for exercising the rights that we hold so dear.” Maureen Murphy
I have been summoned to appear before a federal grand jury in Chicago on 25 January. But I will not testify, even at the risk of being put in jail for contempt of court, because I believe that our most fundamental rights as citizens are at stake.
”We have done nothing wrong and risk being jailed because we have exercised our rights to free speech, to organize and to hold our government accountable. It is a dark day for America when people face jail for exercising the rights that we hold so dear.” Maureen Murphy
I have been summoned to appear before a federal grand jury in Chicago on 25 January. But I will not testify, even at the risk of being put in jail for contempt of court, because I believe that our most fundamental rights as citizens are at stake.
Sputnik moment: Barack Obama's State of the Union
There is no question that Barack Obama is one of the finest orators of our time. You hear his voice, and you want to believe. But belief is the enemy of reason, which is why Obama urged us all to "renew our belief in the government." Is that the same government that allows banks to take homes with fraudulent documents or the government that feels us up at the airports or maybe the government that has taken jobs and increased the debt by 20 TRILLION $$$???...
In the main, Obama said an infinite deal of nothing (much to do about nothing) and he said it very well. He hit all the hot-button topics and said what everyone wanted to hear. Taxes will go down. The deficit will go down.... hahahaha..... (Congress TODAY is talking about how much to raise it) We will invest in future technology. We will freeze spending. On and on, Obama droned....He made promises which are, when one thinks about it, mutually exclusive. He cannot possibly keep them all if any. Based on his prior record, he won't even try for most of them.
I was ROTFL by Obama's Kennedy-esque attempt to revive the spirit of the race to the Moon, then hijack it into support for his green agenda. I am sorry Barack, but you are no John Kennedy, and substituting clean coal for oil as an energy supply does not capture the public imagination the way travel into space did all those years ago. Your expressed devotion to incubating new technologies mirrors what I have been saying for years. One would almost suspect your speech writers read my blog. And if actions matched words I would celebrate the rebirth of the great adventure.....
But you are, after all, the President that canceled the replacement space shuttle and ended the return to the Moon. If we are to have a "Sputnik moment" it can only happen by hitching rides on other nations' rockets. America's competency in space has failed as badly as its competency in high finance. Challenger and Columbia are but firecrackers compared to the Hindenburg like conflagration of Wall Street's mortgage-backed securities fraud.:
Many pundits alluded to the fact that last nights speech kicks off Obama's 2012 re-election campaign. I agree. Obama has made a lot of promises of what he plans to do tonight, and I will hold each and every failure to deliver up to public ridicule between now and November 4th, 2012. You talked the talk, Obama. You will be a one-term President if you fail to walk the walk.....That is assuming we really elect anyone....
In the main, Obama said an infinite deal of nothing (much to do about nothing) and he said it very well. He hit all the hot-button topics and said what everyone wanted to hear. Taxes will go down. The deficit will go down.... hahahaha..... (Congress TODAY is talking about how much to raise it) We will invest in future technology. We will freeze spending. On and on, Obama droned....He made promises which are, when one thinks about it, mutually exclusive. He cannot possibly keep them all if any. Based on his prior record, he won't even try for most of them.
I was ROTFL by Obama's Kennedy-esque attempt to revive the spirit of the race to the Moon, then hijack it into support for his green agenda. I am sorry Barack, but you are no John Kennedy, and substituting clean coal for oil as an energy supply does not capture the public imagination the way travel into space did all those years ago. Your expressed devotion to incubating new technologies mirrors what I have been saying for years. One would almost suspect your speech writers read my blog. And if actions matched words I would celebrate the rebirth of the great adventure.....
But you are, after all, the President that canceled the replacement space shuttle and ended the return to the Moon. If we are to have a "Sputnik moment" it can only happen by hitching rides on other nations' rockets. America's competency in space has failed as badly as its competency in high finance. Challenger and Columbia are but firecrackers compared to the Hindenburg like conflagration of Wall Street's mortgage-backed securities fraud.:
Many pundits alluded to the fact that last nights speech kicks off Obama's 2012 re-election campaign. I agree. Obama has made a lot of promises of what he plans to do tonight, and I will hold each and every failure to deliver up to public ridicule between now and November 4th, 2012. You talked the talk, Obama. You will be a one-term President if you fail to walk the walk.....That is assuming we really elect anyone....
Renewing the Patriot Act While America Sleeps
“Of course, there is no doubt that if we lived in a police state, it would be easier to catch terrorists. If we lived in a country that allowed the police to search your home at any time for any reason; if we lived in a country that allowed the government to open your mail, eavesdrop on your phone conversations, or intercept your email communications; if we lived in a country that allowed the government to hold people in jail indefinitely based on what they write or think, or based on mere suspicion that they are up to no good, then the government would no doubt discover and arrest more terrorists. But that probably would not be a country in which we would want to live. And that would not be a country for which we could, in good conscience, ask our young people to fight and die. In short, that would not be America.”--Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI), voicing his concerns over Congress’ passage of the USA Patriot Act (Oct. 25, 2001)
With the renewal and strengthening of the Patriot act we now have the very country Russ Feingold envisioned..
With the renewal and strengthening of the Patriot act we now have the very country Russ Feingold envisioned..
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
"Our government has kept us in a perpetual state of fear-kept us in a continuous stampede of patriotic fervor-with the cry of grave national emergency's. Always there has been some terrible evil to gobble us up if we did not blindly rally behind it by furnishing the exorbitant funds demanded. Yet, in retrospect, these disasters seem never to have happened, seem never to have been quite real." - General Douglas MacArthur
Global Warming brings temps of 50 below to New England
An arctic blast from Canada is bringing brutally frigid air and wind chills expected to dip to 50 below zero to northern New England, prompting officials to warn residents to take precautions against the cold.........
Monday, January 24, 2011
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
"Our soldiers invading Poland acted in self defense when they shot those Polish people who were brutally attacking them!" - Adolf Hitler
FEMA Wants to Buy 140 Million Packaged Meals with a Shelf Life Only 36 Months for a Specific Disaster Scenario?
I’m sure that there are plenty of reasons why this isn’t weird, but I’ll just make a note of it in case Coincidence strikes.....as so often happens.....
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) procures and stores pre-packaged commercial meals to support readiness capability for immediate distribution to disaster survivors routinely. The purpose of this Request for Information is to identify sources of supply for meals in support of disaster relief efforts based on a catastrophic disaster event within the New Madrid Fault System for a survivor population of 7M to be utilized for the sustainment of life during a 10-day period of operations. FEMA is considering the following specifications (14M meals per day)......
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) procures and stores pre-packaged commercial meals to support readiness capability for immediate distribution to disaster survivors routinely. The purpose of this Request for Information is to identify sources of supply for meals in support of disaster relief efforts based on a catastrophic disaster event within the New Madrid Fault System for a survivor population of 7M to be utilized for the sustainment of life during a 10-day period of operations. FEMA is considering the following specifications (14M meals per day)......
FDA Admits Flu vaccine causing infant seizures
The Sanofi-Aventis flu vaccine known as "Fluzone" is causing febrile seizures in children, the FDA revealed yesterday. According to the FDA, 42 cases of seizures have been reported in children receiving the Fluzone vaccine. Most of the children suffering seizures are under the age of two......
Here Comes Fascism - U.S. Supreme Court Issues Landmark Decision: Constitution is Void
ATLANTA, Jan. 18, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Supreme Court issued a landmark decision that serves to allow judges to void the Constitution in their courtrooms. The decision was issued on January 18, 2011, and the Court did not even explain the decision (Docket No. 10-632, 10-633, and 10-690). One word decisions: DENIED......
The key questions answered negatively by the U.S. Supreme Court was:
"Whether federal courts must be stopped from operating corruptly and ignoring all laws, rules, and facts."
By denying the petitions, SCOTUS has chosen to sanction corruption by federal judges and to allow federal judges to void sections of the Constitutional at will.....
William M. Windsor has been involved in legal action in the federal courts in Atlanta since 2006. Windsor was named a defendant in a civil lawsuit (1:06-CV-0714-ODE) in which Christopher Glynn of Maid of the Mist in Niagara Falls, swore under oath that Windsor did a variety of things including the crimes of theft and bribery. Windsor stated under oath that Christopher Glynn made it up and lied about absolutely everything that he swore. Windsor then obtained deposition testimony from Glynn and the other managers of the Maid of the Mist boat ride, and they admitted, under oath, that charges against Windsor were not true.
Despite this undeniable proof, 32-year federal Judge Orinda D. Evans declared that the grandfather of three should not have fought the lawsuit, and she forced him to pay a fortune in legal fees of Maid of the Mist. Windsor appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, but federal judges Dubina, Hull, and Fay rubber-stamped Judge Evans' ruling. Windsor then took his appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court where the justices said the appeal was not worthy of their consideration (cert denied).
The key questions answered negatively by the U.S. Supreme Court was:
"Whether federal courts must be stopped from operating corruptly and ignoring all laws, rules, and facts."
By denying the petitions, SCOTUS has chosen to sanction corruption by federal judges and to allow federal judges to void sections of the Constitutional at will.....
William M. Windsor has been involved in legal action in the federal courts in Atlanta since 2006. Windsor was named a defendant in a civil lawsuit (1:06-CV-0714-ODE) in which Christopher Glynn of Maid of the Mist in Niagara Falls, swore under oath that Windsor did a variety of things including the crimes of theft and bribery. Windsor stated under oath that Christopher Glynn made it up and lied about absolutely everything that he swore. Windsor then obtained deposition testimony from Glynn and the other managers of the Maid of the Mist boat ride, and they admitted, under oath, that charges against Windsor were not true.
Despite this undeniable proof, 32-year federal Judge Orinda D. Evans declared that the grandfather of three should not have fought the lawsuit, and she forced him to pay a fortune in legal fees of Maid of the Mist. Windsor appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, but federal judges Dubina, Hull, and Fay rubber-stamped Judge Evans' ruling. Windsor then took his appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court where the justices said the appeal was not worthy of their consideration (cert denied).
Sunday, January 23, 2011
20 years after, Bush defends Gulf War as 'moral' - Your kidding right?
There is no such thing as a Moral War. War is theft and mass murder wrapped in a pretty flag. War is the most immoral act there is, and lying a people into war is the greatest crime a ruler can commit against his own people. War is Moral?
Try "War is Peace", "Freedom is slavery", "Ignorance is strength", or Al Gore's addition, "Cooling is Warming."
This is an aging war criminal pathetically trying to salvage his historical legacy, and failing in the age of the internet.
Try "War is Peace", "Freedom is slavery", "Ignorance is strength", or Al Gore's addition, "Cooling is Warming."
This is an aging war criminal pathetically trying to salvage his historical legacy, and failing in the age of the internet.
They all laughed when I said they would come for the pensions next
Policymakers are working behind the scenes to come up with a way to let states declare bankruptcy and get out from under crushing debts, including the pensions they have promised to retired public workers.
Unlike cities, the states are barred from seeking protection in federal bankruptcy court. Any effort to change that status would have to clear high constitutional hurdles because the states are considered sovereign.....
Should such legislation be brought about, and what were considered safe and secure state pension funds be diverted or collapsed, it will put those people who had counted on that money for retirement at grave risk.....
Unlike cities, the states are barred from seeking protection in federal bankruptcy court. Any effort to change that status would have to clear high constitutional hurdles because the states are considered sovereign.....
Should such legislation be brought about, and what were considered safe and secure state pension funds be diverted or collapsed, it will put those people who had counted on that money for retirement at grave risk.....
Woman, 80, fired from Home Depot because of 6-cent screw
An 80-year-old Home Depot checkout lady known as "Mom" to co-workers says she was canned over a 6-cent screw.
But Ellen Strickland says her September firing had more to do with her age than the screw. She's suing the home-improvement giant for age discrimination in Queens Supreme Court.
"Her lawyer, Esther Goldbas, says Strickland was fired despite "a flawless record."
Strickland "performed an action that was common practice among store employees....Plaintiff was the only employee terminated for this action, while younger employees were not," the lawsuit claims."
But Ellen Strickland says her September firing had more to do with her age than the screw. She's suing the home-improvement giant for age discrimination in Queens Supreme Court.
"Her lawyer, Esther Goldbas, says Strickland was fired despite "a flawless record."
Strickland "performed an action that was common practice among store employees....Plaintiff was the only employee terminated for this action, while younger employees were not," the lawsuit claims."
Cold (in Vietnam) ruins peach blossom harvest
This year, there are many growers like Dung who are facing failure brought on by the bitter weather which hit the north in early January.
"In 20 years, this is the first time the weather has turned this cold. Most of the trees will be lucky to survive, let alone produce flowers," said Dung.
At this time last year, his garden was a splendid red carpet of peach blossoms and most of them had already been sold.....
Oh NOOOOooooo That Dang Global warming has frozen the trees in one of the warmest places on Earth!
"In 20 years, this is the first time the weather has turned this cold. Most of the trees will be lucky to survive, let alone produce flowers," said Dung.
At this time last year, his garden was a splendid red carpet of peach blossoms and most of them had already been sold.....
Oh NOOOOooooo That Dang Global warming has frozen the trees in one of the warmest places on Earth!
Saturday, January 22, 2011
Extreme cold warnings, Minnesota record lows below -40F
Brutal cold has invaded the upper-Midwest. A record low at International Falls is not an easy thing to break. No problem today (01/21/11), as temps have fallen into the minus 40s F.....
But remember, the carbonazis insist those birds and animals did not die of hypothermia. They played chicken" with cars, or it is all God's will, BUT IT IS NOT THE COLD!!!!!
"You did not see any birds or animals dying from the cold. Swamp gas from a weather balloon was trapped inside a thermal pocket and refracted the light from Al Gore."
But remember, the carbonazis insist those birds and animals did not die of hypothermia. They played chicken" with cars, or it is all God's will, BUT IT IS NOT THE COLD!!!!!
The Big Obscenity: A Trillion Dollars a Year to the Richest 1%
If you make less than $114,000 a year (90% of us), you've been financially damaged by the flow of income to the richest 1% of Americans over the past 30 years. Based on Internal Revenue Service figures, if middle- and upper-middle class families had maintained the same share of American productivity that they held in 1980, they would be making an average of $12,500 more per year......
If you make less than $160,000 a year (95% of us), your household value has decreased, percentage-wise, over the last 25 years. According to noted researcher Edward Wolff, only the top 5% of American families increased their percentage of the country's total household net worth from 1983 to 2007.....
If you make less than $160,000 a year (95% of us), your household value has decreased, percentage-wise, over the last 25 years. According to noted researcher Edward Wolff, only the top 5% of American families increased their percentage of the country's total household net worth from 1983 to 2007.....
Who's Fixing Your Plane-Outsourced FAA "Safety" Maintenance? Yet You Still Put Up with TSA
Not bad for Lame Stream media.... After you watch this, listen to the FAA excuses, FAA excuses how could you still put up with the TSA Stasi Police State pedophiliac cancer giving tactics?
Tim Geithner's Letter To Congress Confirms That The United States Is Insolvent
Secretary of the Treasury. Geithner sent a letter to Congress on Jan. 6, 2011 asking for the debt limit to be raised. If it is not raised, he warned, the U.S. will default on its debt.
In his words:
"Never in our history has Congress failed to increase the debt limit when necessary. Failure to raise the limit would precipitate a default by the United States."
NOTE: He didn’t say that the government will be inconvenienced. He didn’t say that the government would be forced to muddle through by delaying payments, raising taxes, and cutting non-obligatory programs and services. He said the government will default. This means that the government doesn’t have enough cash to pay its obligations to the many and sundry persons to whom it owes cash unless Congress authorizes an issue of even more debt.
After the government issues the new debt, its overall debt will be even higher than before. Unless its obligations that require cash payments are reduced, or unless it finds new sources of revenue, or unless the interest rates that it pays decline, the same situation will surely occur again and occur even faster because its overall debt will have risen. It will run short of cash to pay its obligations.
In his words:
"Never in our history has Congress failed to increase the debt limit when necessary. Failure to raise the limit would precipitate a default by the United States."
NOTE: He didn’t say that the government will be inconvenienced. He didn’t say that the government would be forced to muddle through by delaying payments, raising taxes, and cutting non-obligatory programs and services. He said the government will default. This means that the government doesn’t have enough cash to pay its obligations to the many and sundry persons to whom it owes cash unless Congress authorizes an issue of even more debt.
After the government issues the new debt, its overall debt will be even higher than before. Unless its obligations that require cash payments are reduced, or unless it finds new sources of revenue, or unless the interest rates that it pays decline, the same situation will surely occur again and occur even faster because its overall debt will have risen. It will run short of cash to pay its obligations.
Fed Hides Major Accounting Change
Reuters has a very hot story out tonight on an accounting change the Fed snuck into a regularl weekly report. It will move off its balance sheet any bad debt the Fed may have purchased from Goldman Sachs, or anybody else for that matter.....
The short version is that the Fed handed out a bunch of taxpayer money to repurchase the fraudulent mortgage-backed securities, and because of this new accounting change, is transferring those bad assets into the US Treasury.
The short version is that the Fed handed out a bunch of taxpayer money to repurchase the fraudulent mortgage-backed securities, and because of this new accounting change, is transferring those bad assets into the US Treasury.
Friday, January 21, 2011
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
"Democracy was being saved from Communism by getting rid of democracy." - Newsweek magazine about the Dominican Republic prior to overthrow of elected President Juan Bosch in1963
Patriot Act, a Nazi law:Says Ex-CIA official
terrorism in both cases as an excuse to strip civil liberties that were enjoyed in both countries; in the United States and Germany,” Phillip Giraldi said in an interview with Press TV.
“Governments have been willing to use fear, such as fear of terrorism, and fear of the enemy, as a way to get the people lined up in support of government policies. Very often these policies are essentially bad for the people because they take away many of their rights,” the former CIA officer said.
He went on to say that the relationship between the American citizens and the US government has changed for the worse since the introduction of the Patriot Act, adding that Americans had not become any safer by their rights being stripped away.
“Governments have been willing to use fear, such as fear of terrorism, and fear of the enemy, as a way to get the people lined up in support of government policies. Very often these policies are essentially bad for the people because they take away many of their rights,” the former CIA officer said.
He went on to say that the relationship between the American citizens and the US government has changed for the worse since the introduction of the Patriot Act, adding that Americans had not become any safer by their rights being stripped away.
OUTRAGOUS-China devalues US buying power by 30%-Americans loose!
Really? What genius thinks this is a solution? MORE money will now flow out of the US into China to pay for the suddenly more expensive goods, because the USA cannot manufacture competing goods, and probably will not be able to even tool-up the factories to do so for at least a year! So for the next year at least Americans will pay more to get less.
Some deal that is!
The trade imbalance will increase, with no corresponding decrease in US debt to China. The US Government just robbed you. Given how much of our daily products come from China, the US Government has effectively just stolen 1/3 of whatever wealth you have left over from the Wall Street casino binge!
Some deal that is!
The trade imbalance will increase, with no corresponding decrease in US debt to China. The US Government just robbed you. Given how much of our daily products come from China, the US Government has effectively just stolen 1/3 of whatever wealth you have left over from the Wall Street casino binge!
The Health Risks of Secret Chemicals in Fragrance
A rose may be a rose. But that rose-like fragrance in your perfume may be something else entirely, concocted from any number of the fragrance industry’s 3,100 stock chemical ingredients, the blend of which is almost always kept hidden from the consumer.
Makers of popular perfumes, colognes and body sprays market their scents with terms like “floral,” “exotic” or “musky,” but they don’t disclose that many scents are actually a complex cocktail of natural essences and synthetic chemicals – often petrochemicals. Laboratory tests commissioned by the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics and analyzed by Environmental Working Group revealed 38 secret chemicals in 17 namebrand fragrance products, topped by American Eagle Seventy Seven with 24, Chanel Coco with 18, and Britney Spears Curious and Giorgio Armani Acqua Di Gio with 17.The average fragrance product tested contained 14 secret chemicals not listed on the label. Among them are chemicals associated with hormone disruption and allergic reactions, and many substances that have not been assessed for safety in personal care products.....
Makers of popular perfumes, colognes and body sprays market their scents with terms like “floral,” “exotic” or “musky,” but they don’t disclose that many scents are actually a complex cocktail of natural essences and synthetic chemicals – often petrochemicals. Laboratory tests commissioned by the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics and analyzed by Environmental Working Group revealed 38 secret chemicals in 17 namebrand fragrance products, topped by American Eagle Seventy Seven with 24, Chanel Coco with 18, and Britney Spears Curious and Giorgio Armani Acqua Di Gio with 17.The average fragrance product tested contained 14 secret chemicals not listed on the label. Among them are chemicals associated with hormone disruption and allergic reactions, and many substances that have not been assessed for safety in personal care products.....
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