Don’t Eat Chocolate from Ivory Coast!

I can’t believe I forgot to blog about this important story. Last February, Christian Parenti broke a great story about the exploitative nature of the chocolate industry. The big cocoa exporters - Cargill, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM, Fortune 500), Barry Callebaut and Saf-Cacao - do not own plantations and do not directly employ child workers [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 11:58:51

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SPOTLIGHT: Books of January 2009

Welcome to the January 2009 edition of Fantasy Book Critic’s monthly SPOTLIGHT which covers fantasy, science fiction, horror, thrillers, YA, and more. Happy Holidays everyone! Notable titles this first month of the new year include new releases from Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman, Lois McMaster Bujold, Charlie Huston, Bernard Cornwell, R [more...]

Date: 2009-01-01 08:01:00

Monday is going to be a rough day in the markets

It certainly says something when firms that survived the Great Depression are falling victim to the aftermath of the last decade's credit binge. And so the venerable Lehman Brothers passes from the scene at the age of 158. When the sun rises in the morning, we will see how Wall Street deals with this development [more...]

Date: 2008-09-15 07:02:03

The G-20 Washout By Mike Whitney

November 18, 2008 — dandelionsalad Dandelion Salad By Mike Whitney November 17, 2008 “Information Clearinghouse“ As expected, the G-20 Economic Summit in Washington turned out to be a total bust. None of the problems which have pushed the global economy to the brink of disaster were resolved and none of the main players who gamed the system with [more...]

Date: 2008-11-18 15:30:23

Drudge Report: Downfall & Breakup of America

American and European think-tanks and media experts have time and again speculated about the breakup of India and Pakistan ... debt has grown like an avalanche, even though in the early 1980s there was no debt. By 1998 ... for the U.S. economy, initially made at an international conference in Australia 10 years ago at a time [more...]

Date: 2008-11-26 21:00:31

GRENADA FOR SALE! By Sandra C.A. Ferguson

CAVEATThe following Spice Isle-based message is rather intriguing from the point of view in that there are parallels to how Graeme Hall Sanctuary remains closed while the Advocate, CBC, VOB and the Nation remain silent on how the one-year old DLP regime has said nothing about the fate of the potential National Park, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 00:03:00

And now for some refreshing Revolutionary Anarcho-Leftism

*Guys who think BHO is some kinda Marxist need to cozy up to this screed. Rhetoric like this used to be common. Very common. EXTREMELY common. Last time guys were standing around in soup lines, you heard this all the time. *It never actually went away; it just got sidelined and shouted down. http://slash.autonomedia [more...]

Date: 2008-11-21 14:50:14

Famous People Born in 1909

Last year I put up a list of famous people born in 1908. I got the idea accidentally when stumbled onto Brainy History. I added the death dates where Brainy didn't have them and I discovered that I could verify one who was still alive - Claud Lévi-Strauss.One commenter suggested there should be pictures [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 01:00:00

Project Humanbeingsfirst Index

Honorific of the day “you are a completely stupid fool, a disgrace to humanity” -- Paul Craig Roberts, United States Former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, Dec 06, 2008Quote of the day “The answer to 1984 is 1776” -- Alex Jones “The answer to 1776 is the USA Patriot Act” -- The Chairman “The answer to Patriot Acts anywhere is Gandhi ” [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 22:06:00

Gates of Vienna News Feed 11/18/2008

The most ominous news story tonight: “IAF is Ready for Iran’s Nuclear Sites”.A period of great peril for Israel is fast approaching. Assuming that the mullahs have a nuclear capability, the most dangerous time will likely be between the inauguration of Barack Obama — when the United States will cease to be a credible deterrent to Iran — and the [more...]

Date: 2008-11-19 04:59:00

Gates of Vienna News Feed 11/17/2008

Take a look at the Islamic terror plot uncovered in Arizona, with a connection to the “Flying Imams”.Also look at the financial news from Spain — not good. Unemployment over 11%.Thanks to C. Cantoni, Insubria, JD, Paul Green, TB, and all the other tipsters who sent these in. Headlines and articles are below the fold [more...]

Date: 2008-11-18 04:53:00

Project Humanbeingsfirst Index

Honorific of the day “you are a completely stupid fool, a disgrace to humanity” -- Paul Craig Roberts, United States Former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, Dec 06, 2008Quote of the day “The answer to 1984 is 1776” -- Alex Jones “The answer to 1776 is the USA Patriot Act” -- The Chairman “The answer to Patriot Acts anywhere is Gandhi” [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 22:40:00

by Zahir Ebrahim featured writerDandelion SaladZahir’s blog postProject Humanbeingsfirst Jan ... . You have explained credit very well in your excellent book Web of Debt (and I am half-way through it), and so has Paul Grignon in his outstanding video Money as Debt. Please understand that “Thou Shall Not Kill” [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 20:44:07

The Financial Fire Trucks Are Gathering

The Financial Fire Trucks Are Gathering “It will therefore be crucial that you see the world anew. That means looking from the outside in to reanalyze much that you have probably taken for granted. This will enable you to come to an understanding. If you fail to transcend conventional thinking at a time when conventional thinking is losing [more...]

Date: 2008-11-29 11:58:29

Gates of Vienna News Feed 8/26/2008

USABarack Obama Through Muslim EyesDavis Warns of a New Civil War With Southern StatesFrom Guantanamo to DenverMichelle Obama Sings Praises of Swedish WomenMuslim Brotherhood: the Ties That Bind Grow More Difficult to Deny Europe and the EUFourth Blackburn Man Arrested Over Threat to Kill Gordon BrownHuge Firearms Haul in LondonLondon One of the [more...]

Date: 2008-08-27 00:52:00

Full text: CPP 40th anniversary statement

Just got this now via email from the NDFP International Office: CPP 40th anniversary statement Publish at Scribd or explore others: Politics philippines Or if you prefer to read it now: STRENGTHEN THE PARTY AND INTENSIFY THE PEOPLE’S STRUGGLE IN CELEBRATING THE 40th FOUNDING ANNIVERSARY Message of the Central Committee Communist Party [more...]

Date: 2008-12-22 18:20:21

Okay NDP. Listen up: “Debt is the pariah in the new economic order”

There was a good article in Saturday’s Globe by industry player (read: not a lame reporter) Tom Bradley entitled “Debt is the pariah in the new economic order”. This is a reality that all Canadians, especially policy makers need to understand.Interest on debt, like distributions on income [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 16:01:00

Oracle Matches Estimates – Analyst Blog

Oracle Corporation ( ORCL ) announced first quarter of FY2010 earnings per share of 29 cents, matching the Zacks Consensus Estimate. First quarter total revenues were down 5% year over year at $5.1 billion. New software license revenues were down 17% to $1.0 billion. Technology new license revenues were $711 million, down 19% in constant currency and down 22% in U.S. dollars. The Americas declined 11%, EMEA was down 26% and Asia declined 22%. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-18 14:15:31

Daily Dose: 12/18/08

» UCLA Releases New Research on Asian American Literature Abroad » Asian Americans Win Victory in Boston Ballot Battle » JP Morgan Sponsored Foreclosure Clinic Draws 250 Homeowners » Phase One of Angel Island Restoration Almost Complete » Book launch for Parent Barack: [more...]

Date: 2008-12-19 00:14:46

Project Humanbeingsfirst Index

Honorific of the day “you are a completely stupid fool, a disgrace to humanity” -- Paul Craig Roberts, ... on Terror' News Analysis in Context Financial Terrorism November–December 2008 Financial News Analysis in ContextLatest Reports Response to Ellen Brown's 'How to Resolve the Credit Crisis' January [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 00:03:00

Shiller on Housing and Bubbles

Robert Shiller of Yale University talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the current housing mess and related financial market problems ... Zeckhauser. Concise Encyclopedia of Economics. "Corporate Debt," by Annette Paulson. Discussion of agency costs. Concise Encyclopedia of Economics. Podcasts and Blogs: "Report from Jackson Hole [more...]

Date: 2008-09-15 10:36:06

Baby-Sitting the Economy

Baby-Sitting the Economy The baby-sitting co-op that went bust teaches us something that could save the world.By Paul Krugman Posted Friday, Aug. 14, 1998Twenty years ago I read a story that changed my life. I think about that story often; it helps me to stay calm in the face of crisis, to remain hopeful in times of depression, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 18:41:00

More reactions to Bill Redpath’s list of Libertarian Party promises

There has been no shortage of reaction among libertarians to Bill Redpath’s list of Libertarian Party promises which he issued upon the occasion of the party’s 37th birthday last week. Earlier, we covered the reaction by Classically Liberal blog. At Delaware Libertarian, Brian Miller writes Introducing The New and Improved NeoConTarian Party ™: [more...]

Date: 2008-12-17 15:57:28

ROSSELLINI’S HISTORY FILMS - The Change and Growth of An Independent Master

It’s hard to think of a more universally influential film than Roberto Rossellini’s Open City (1945) ... walls of the studio and turned the camera on the world. We all owe a great debt to this one film and its maker. But there’s also a larger debt that has gone unpaid for far too long, which [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 17:25:52

First Look: September 23, 2008

Online advertising is failing users and advertisers both. Such ads often provide the gateway for computer security problems ranging from click fraud to spyware. And "malvertisement" banner ads purport to sell anti-spyware software, but only make matters worse, says HBS professor Ben Edelman [more...]

Date: 2008-09-23 20:03:34

Annual Report - Sasken - 2008-2009

SASKEN COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES LIMITEDANNUAL REPORT 2008-2009DIRECTOR'S REPORTYour Directors have pleasure in presenting the report on the business and operations of the Company along with the Audited Accounts for the financial year ended March 31, 2009.Result of Operations (Consolidated) - Extract Amount in Rs. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-16 03:37:00

Rwanda / IMF Executive Board Completes Fifth Review under PRGF and Approves US$1 ... Executive Board also concluded the 2008 Article IV consultation with Rwanda. Details of the findings ... program in 2008. Economic growth accelerated and external public debt sustainability improved. While [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 10:12:00

Money for nothing and your checks for free

Over a decade ago, as I toured Vietville in Palawan (I was involved in the campaign to prevent the eviction of the Vietnamese refugees there), one of the nuns involved in running the place pointed out how the neat sawali houses of the residents had been built by the refugee-residents themselves [more...]

Date: 2008-06-18 08:29:10

Sprint posts Q3 2008 results

Sprint has posted its Q3 2008 financial results, and the numbers show a sad consistency with previous quarters: ... the quarter, the company retired approximately $1 billion in principal of debt and incurred a $694 ... and maintain substantial liquidity while continuing to reduce debt. At the same time, we made [more...]

Date: 2008-11-10 17:28:10

Globalisation..Who…Where…And When…

“One World or None” “Time is Running Out” Globalization Index - Peter Myers, Canberra, Australia, ph.                +61 2 62475187        . August 31, 2001; update January 16, 2006. My comments in quoted text are shown {thus}. Write to me (Peter Myers) at myers@cyberone.com.au [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 11:47:46

World's Richest Football Owners...Football's Financial Future Set to Burst?

-Visit the QPR Report Messageboard for additional football articles and comments such as re FA Cutting Wembley Ticket Prices------- FA Cup Attendances Up------Ex-QPR Player one of Powerade's Nominated Player of the Month.... All perspectives welcome! - See Also: [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 07:21:00

2008’s New Words

Do you suffer from Wii shoulder or nomophobia? Have you ever engaged in sexting? What do you think of ear gauging? Are you a mockbuster fan or do you prefer car crash TV? Do you know any pod people or celebutards? Do you have a fur child? When was the last time you suffered from audiation?No, it’s not a strange language [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 05:19:58

Obama’s Global Poverty Bill

BARACK OBAMA AND THE UN’S DRIVE FOR GLOBAL GOVERNANCE Tom Deweese Wednesday, July 16, 2008 Senator Barack Obama has introduced the ‘Global Poverty’ bill and it’s on the fast track to Senate passage, probably because of his high profile position as the expected Democrat presidential nominee [more...]

Date: 2008-12-01 14:55:54

Explainer: How the Senate Rescue Bill Is Different

Explainer: How the Senate Rescue Bill Is Different By Ben Pershing Two days after the House failed to pass a financial rescue bill, sending the stock market into free fall, the Senate will take its own shot tonight by voting on a measure with extra sweeteners designed to attract additional votes [more...]

Date: 2008-10-01 17:10:57

Budget: Dar(wanist) Supply side deficit financed Voo Doo Economics again

The budget proposed and created by Mr. Dar of the PMLN raises spending by an astronomical 30% which in effect will boost inflation and further hurt ... Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) in 2007: $ 475.5 billion Pak revenue collection 1999: Rs. 305 billion Pak revenue collection 2007: Rs. 708 billion Pak Foreign reserves in 1999: $ 700 million Pak [more...]

Date: 2008-06-12 11:43:59

Retailers Brace for Major Change, to put it lightly

well, whats shaping up to be dismal X mas season retail wise, the roadmap us being fulfilled…remember the mantra of the road to recession and this one being far worse, all net effects will be far worse…it’s a comin’….the slide; financial, retail, techs, [more...]

Date: 2008-12-28 20:45:00

Popcorn & Candy: Safe European Home

DCist's highly subjective and hardly comprehensive guide to the most interesting movies playing around town in the coming week. [ 2008_11_06_noel ... wide and foreign box-office hits, resulting in a sort of best of collection of films [more...]

Date: 2008-11-08 20:10:37

Central Asia, Oil, Geo-Politics and Smart Playlists

One of the delightful potentials we have today if we’re fortunate to be digitally connected to the Internet and own (or have access) ... . However, because individuals at the University of Chicago’s Center for International Studies [more...]

Date: 2008-07-30 19:07:19

Ants, Galileo, and Gandhi: Designing the Future of Business Through Nature, Genius, and Compassion: Sissel A. Waage, Ray Anderson

Ants, Galileo, and Gandhi: Designing the Future of Business Through Nature, Genius, and Compassion: Sissel A. Waage, Ray Anderson [ ... a debt of gratitude to the pioneering work of Ray Anderson, Matt Klein, and others affiliated with …” ... the compelling metaphor of “Ants, Galileo and Gandhi”. This collection, developed from The Natural Step’ [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 16:38:19

Money Hacks Carnival - New Year’s Eve Edition

Welcome to the New Year’s Eve Edition of Money Hacks Carnival ... , wealth, and love! Debt & Credit The credit crunch is in full effect right now - lenders ... are taking on less debt, leading to an increase in the savings rate in the US. I think that’ [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 12:03:10

[IMG Daily Kos]

SUBSCRIBE! If you use ad blocking software while viewing Daily Kos, you're getting all the benefits of our site but we're not getting any of the advertisement revenue associated with your visits. This site relies on ad revenue for daily operations: [more...]

Date: 2008-06-18 21:23:35

Jenny Beorkrem Speaks Up

Jenny Beorkrem left a cushy nine to five design job after her typographic city posters became an online phenomenon by showcasing her work at Ork Posters. Her designs, sold to the rich and famous, are intricate studies in type, texture, and information design [more...]

Date: 2008-09-04 13:32:59

Two New Articles on Publishing; or Bad News, Good News

From Salon.comRead it and weepThe economic news couldn't be worse for the book industry. Now insiders are asking how literature will survive.By Jason BoogDec. 23, 2008 | The end of days is here for the publishing industry -- or it sure seems like it. On Dec [more...]

Date: 2008-12-23 23:23:00

Gates of Vienna News Feed 11/24/2008

The big news of the evening is that the Holy Land Foundation was convicted of 108 counts related to the funneling of money to Hamas. Add this to the serving of CAIR (see last night’s GoV), and we can only hope that Nihad Awad has heartburn from it all.Thanks to C [more...]

Date: 2008-11-25 04:45:00

Hey DJ! Friday Q&A: Paul Costuros a.k.a. Special Lord B.

Name: Paul Costuros aka Paul Paul a.k.a. Special Lord B ... , Ska War. Style of music you spin: 60's Soul, R&B, Oldies, International Soul/Funk/Disco/Pop ... , we should ask, what's your reaction to Isaac Hayes' death? We are all in debt [more...]

Date: 2008-08-15 17:03:40

Focus on Trengganu: Vote for virtue, not vultures

TO KUALA TRENGGANU VOTERSI read with concern the nature of "gift-giving" that is happening in this by-election. Here are my thoughts:First, a video on the cost of corruption:Vote virtues, not vultures into power. This should be the guiding principle for Malaysian voters [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 03:00:00

Report : Unfinished Business: A Comparative Survey of Historical and Contemporary Slavery

A New UNESCO/WISE publication: Unfinished Business: A Comparative Survey of Historical and Contemporary Slavery By Dr Joel Quirk, ... trafficking, debt-bondage, child labor and other related problems are analyzed in view of the historical [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 18:04:20

Repudiation now

We have not acquired any debt. The so-called public debt really belongs to the oligarchy ... Calls foreign Debt Illegal, Defaults on Payments Last month, the government of Ecuador defaulted on a US$ 30,600,000 interest payment on US$ 510,000,000 in bond debt. They will be defaulting [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 21:03:45

Caprock Analytics Stock Ratings

Stock-Net presents custom stock ratings, powered by Caprock Analytics ... owned subsidiary, Eagle Shipping International (USA) LLC. The Company, either directly or through Eagle Shipping International (USA) LLC, provides services, such as commercial operations [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 18:03:13

Should Barack Obama Go To Georgia?

Should Barack Obama Go To Georgia? Democratic Senatorial candidate Jim Martin hugs state Sen. Nan Orrock during a rally on the Capitol steps, Monday, Nov. 3, 2008 in Atlanta. Martin is challenging incumbent Sen. Saxby Chambliss. (AP Photo/John Bazemore) [more...]

Date: 2008-11-20 23:30:00

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