Notes from the Surf
Bird Moonwalk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-wtO7pjJKk
Is that physically possible?
Los Angeles sunrise
http://www.flickr.com/photos/shawnlipowski/3687164986/sizes/l/
The sun is an amazing thing. Another one from Bizerte, Tunisia..
Need Money for Beer!
http://www.amazingsuperpowers.com/2009/06/beer-money/
Honesty is the best policy.
American and Canadian Health Care
http://www.denverpost.com/recommended/ci_12523427
While I doubt the Canadian system is perfect, which is the lesser of two evils, or the greater of two goods?
Buying gold as crisis-proof investments? Not a good idea!
http://www.onyxbits.de/content/blog/patrick/buying-gold-crisis-proof-investments-not-good-idea
"I seriously suspect, that there is a method behind this. A game, played by financial jugglers, that revolves around scaring people, looking for security, into buying their reserves at inflated prices, by trumpeting around, that the global market will collapse soon... The only way to make money with precious metals is through arbitrage."
US Embassies Are Advised to Buy Enough Local Currency for 1 Year
http://uncensored.co.nz/2009/06/26/us-embassies-are-advised-to-buy-enough-local-currency-for-1-year/
What exactly are they expecting? "Some embassies are being sent enormous amounts of U.S. cash to purchase currencies from those governments, quietly. But not pound sterling."
China, Brazil Working on Trade Currency Arrangements
http://www.cnbc.com/id/31600755
"China and Brazil are working on a currency arrangement to allow exporters and importers to settle deals in their local currencies, bypassing the U.S. dollar..."
Three major unions launch strike against current Honduran regime
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/06/30/honduras.political.turmoil/
About 100,000 workers joined the strike, said Oscar Garcia... "It will be an indefinite strike," Garcia said. "We don't recognize this new government imposed by the oligarchy..."
Bangladesh: Killing of employee brings thousands into streets from neighboring companies
http://libcom.org/news/more-mayhem-cops-kill-again-garment-workers-rioting-continues-bangladesh-28062009
"...cops baton charged and workers responded with a barrage of bricks and stones. Running battles began, of chase and counter-chase, and the whole industrial area became a battleground."
Worker Ownership from a Catholic Perspective
http://the-american-catholic.com/2009/06/25/worker-ownership-%E2%80%93-the-untold-stories/
That it (the “Employee Ownership Act” of 1999) came up it all, and that a conservative Christian Republican introduced it, is one of the most positive signs of a transformation in economic thinking on the right I have seen.