The price of goods leaving Spain’s factories, mines and refineries fell 1.2 percent from the previous month after a 0.7 percent decline in September, the National Statistics Institute in Madrid said in an e-mailed statement today. That compared with a median forecast for a 0.7 percent decline in a Bloomberg News survey of eight economists. Prices rose 5.9 percent on the year.
Retirement accounts already battered by a steep market decline may get hit again as several companies suspend or reduce their 401(k) match to save cash.
Japan cut interest rates for the first time in seven years on Friday, expecting severe stress in the global economy to persist, while UK banking giant Barclays said it was raising $12 billion in capital.
The nation’s economy slammed into reverse in the third quarter and suffered its biggest decline in seven years, according to a government report Thursday.
Chemical company BASF SE said Wednesday it is temporarily closing 80 plants worldwide due to slumping demand and cutting production at 100 more, including facilities in Texas and Louisiana. Some 20,000 workers are affected.
Nobody from Detroit got a particularly warm welcome in Washington last week, but the reception was coolest for General Motors, the largest and most vulnerable automaker.
French manufacturing confidence dropped to a 21-year low in October as new orders fell because of the global financial crisis, suggesting the economy will probably contract in the fourth quarter, the Bank of France said.
Gasoline prices fell to their lowest level in more than a year and a half Thursday, according to a nationwide survey of credit card swipes at gasoline stations.
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Yes the solution for current financial meltdown, caused by following a reckless and greedy conservative course for the past 8 years is now being shaped by pressure from the voters on this conservative Congress to not just roll over like a dog for Bush, but there are many other issue that we need to start speaking up about as well. USA munitions manufacturing and sales to non-NATO members should be considered treason.
Land mines are a serious issue in countries all over the world. Of course we know they are in any country where the US Military has made their boot print. But what most Americans don’t realize is that the USA is the primary world manufacturer of land mines and cluster bombs and they are spread all over the word. They will continue to be so until that day when the people of our country take legislative action to remove the profit from war and murder.
Who do you think sells these countries these land mines and cluster bombs? All Americans should remember that the ultimate, buck-stops-here-source is an American manufacturer. Think about that if you watch the video that follows. It was most likely an American manufacturer who made this situation possible.
Many Americans would be surprised to know that these hideous weapons are made in the heartland of the USA. For example, one of the biggest land-mine manufacturers in the country, Accudyne Operations, provides jobs to 325 people in Janesville, Wisconsin. Accudyne, which was founded in 1954 as a spinoff of Alliant Techsystems of Hopkins, Minnesota. The parent company, a leader in the munitions field, is worth more than $1 billion. Alliant raked in $350 million in land-mine sales between 1985 and 1995. Accudyne itself brought in $150 million from land mines during those years, making the company the third-largest builder of anti-personnel mines in the country.
Many U.S. military personnel don’t trust land mines — even “smart” ones. “We kill more Americans with our mines than we do anybody else,” said former Marine Corps Commandant General Alfred Gray Jr. in a statement to the American Defense Association’s Mines, Countermines, and Demolitions Symposium held in Asheville, North Carolina, in 1993. “We have many examples of our own young warriors trapped by their own minefields … We had examples even in Desert Storm.”
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The next President of the United States appeared in Flint MI USA 9/08/08.The next Democratic administration is committed to re-industrialization of American and specifically re-birth of the automobile industry.What Obama demonstrated is ability to advocate positive policies for change. But he cannot help us if he does not win. To win the Palin bump must be addressed. The Democrats will defeat the republican by the strength of policy argument. Our chant to McCain/Palin should be WHERE�S THE BEEF.In Flint, Obama said" that he -- not McCain -- has consistently advocated changes in tax policy, education, the war in Iraq and the U.S. auto industry that will create jobs and help average families who are struggling.""You can't just make stuff up. You can't just reinvent yourself," he said of McCain. "The American people aren't stupid. What they're looking for is someone who has consistently called for change."Polls have shown that voters consistently rate the economy as the top issue facing the nation this election season. Obama/Biden are talking economics, health care, good alternative fuel, national security, and correcting the chaos Bush has caused our national economy and international image. McCain/Palin are talking religious conversion and 4 more years of Bush policies. Its time for a change.[trb]
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The cynical way that Republicans deal with social issues is by changing the vocabulary and statistics--not the actual real life situation for Americans.
Take the issue of hunger in our nation--an issue with with few Republicans have first hand experience. Hunger goes hand in hand with poverty and homelessness--more issues that Republicans are famous for turning away from--in spite of the fact that so many of them create it with the legislation that they support.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skVtZBaA8ms&feature=related
The Agence France Presse called attention in 2005 to the fact that the US government tweaked its terminology in referring to the nearly 35 million Americans who face a constant struggle with hunger to refer to them as people with "very low food security."
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Who is Sarah Palin? Here's some basic background:
She was elected Alaska's governor a little over a year and a half ago. Her previous office was mayor of Wasilla, a small town outside Anchorage. She has no foreign policy experience. (1)
Palin is strongly anti-choice, opposing abortion even in the case of rape or incest. (2)
She supported right-wing extremist Pat Buchanan for president in 2000. (3)
Palin thinks creationism should be taught in public schools. (4)
She's doesn't think humans are the cause of climate change. (5) Read More »
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L= Larkin
U= Underwood
L: I would like to debate with you mainly upon policies. I have read your policies page, and I find them somewhat flawed and erroneous, unfortunately riddled with fallacies of logic. One thing that I would like to point out right now, and not on debate, is this excerpt: "First of all, if you support our troops, but say you don't like what they are doing in Iraq, try this:
"Hey honey. I love you, but I hate the way you cook, take care of the kids, wash the laundry, drive, sleep, talk, clean the house and walk, and that needs to change. Now!"
Where do you think you would sleep that night? Certainly not at home. Or at least she wouldn't. The point is, you can't say you like someone, but not like the way they do things. It doesn't make sense.
You are either for or against the troops."
This is an example of a fallacy of logic. The most significant trait of mankind is the fact that nobody is perfect. Once one realizes this, it becomes perfectly evident that loving one or supporting one even if you do not love what they do is acceptable. Otherwise, one never learns to befriend and support others.
One more point I would like to make is your litany of pointless, possibly untrue facts that justify your view about gun control.
I will be brief. Think about it this way. If there are more regulations on guns, then there is less chance of an unstable or dangerous criminal harming anybody.
U: I would like to point out that if more people have guns a criminal is less likely to commit violent crime. You see, criminals break the law. So if you say it is against the law to have guns, do you honestly think they will obey that law? No. So, when they realize that they have guns, but the people they are committing crimes against don't, what happens?
L: Seeing as guns are the most dangerous criminal weapon, it does not take a great mind to realize that if criminals do not possess guns, they CANNOT possibly use them.
U: Larkin! They are criminals! They will break the law and own guns! Seriously, I thought you were smarter than this! Do you honestly think that if we tell them "Now, please hand over your guns, like a good boy," they will do it? NO! They are lawbreakers, it is all they know. What makes you think that they will abide by such a law? Larkin, think about it. THERE LIFE IS ALL ABOUT BREAKING LAWS! IF THEY ARE WILLING TO KILL A MAN, THEY ARE DEFINITELY WILLING TO BREAK THE LAW AND OWN A GUN! They don't care what the government says about it. They will do it because they know that they can easily get away with it. And since all the good people would have no guns, they have a higher chance of using those guns.
L: I know that they are criminals! And a Larkin administration would not simply say "Now, please hand over your guns, like a good boy!" Besides, a criminal's life isn't all about breaking laws! Until we, as a whole, can finally step up and realize that criminals ARE PEOPLE LIKE US, we cannot possibly hope to understand them in order to stop them! We need to realize that we can reach out to them and help them, instead of wait for them to commit a crime and punish them, saying that the world is one criminal less!
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I know what you're thinking. What's a kid doing running for president?
Good question.
Throughout my life, I've experienced the many follies of older generations, which all resulted in crisis to day; including a polluted planet, unnecessary wars, and genocide in the forgotten corners of the world, to list a few.
My generation is not ignorant about the world's problems.
I believe that the people of my generation, as well as every other generation, have the potential to change the world, for the better, or for the worse.
I believe that we can absolutely fill that potential to make the world a better place.
The only ignorant thing about this is ignoring it.
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My generation absolutely has the potential to change and fix the world, and here's why:
My generation has a fresher; more neutral "new perspective" about the world's problems.
We will not begin to influence the future tomorrow, we will begin influence the future today.
We see, entering the world and society as newcomers, that changes are needed, policies rethought, and problems fixed.
I am here today, a presidential candidate, because I believe that we, as a whole, can unite to fix the problems dividing us today.
For we are a divided people. And divided people fall together.
But I believe that we all can unite for any common cause and every common cause. Today, this cause is a call for unity.
So today, each and every one of us must answer this call, because only together will we prevail.
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The founders sought a nation of stability, a nation where in which their families could live in peace.
There were no political parties, an idea which was looked down upon at the time.
There was little division.
There was a common goal, a common belief, a commonality to stand together against the face of tyranny, corruption, and injustice, as well as a belief of Unity that our country was founded upon. "E Pluribus Unum", out of many, one.
We will have given up this idea of freedom and unity when we forget our past.
And again, almost a century later, the country was plunged into another major war.
But this war had much higher stakes and expenses:
The Civil War.
Didn't we, the American people, learn almost one and a half centuries ago, that more blood is shed when brother fights brother than in any other war we've ever participated in?
Didn't we learn, during that civil war, that united we stand, and only divided we may fall?
America was tested during those two points in time upon whether it could remain one united nation.
A nation of equality, a nation of hope, and a nation of the people.
It almost didn't.
But coming out of both wars, the new United States of Americas learned that it could only survive as one.
Many lives have been lost, so that you today can stand proud and free.
That is something worth preserving.
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Unity. A simple word with a convoluted meaning; "one".
Without unity, society condemns itself to failure every time.
One and a half Millennia ago, the Roman Empire collapsed, and only decades ago, the Soviet Union disintegrated.
Why was this?
These two powers shared two core problems:
Government corruption and a sharp divide in ideologies.
A sharp divide in ideologies causes a sharp divide in people.
Sound familiar? I think so. It's happening today.
Right here. The "United" States of America.
For we are in the midst of another battle, with stakes that can potentially become just as significant as they were one and a half centuries ago.
And that's why we ought to be concerned.
This huge cultural, psychological, and political civil war has been dividing America for years and continues to divide us today.
The combatants?
Are they the democrats and republicans? The poor and the rich? The left and the right? Black and white? Jews, Catholics, and Muslims? Religious and secular?
All of them, and none of them, in a way. For the real threat to our unity is not any particular conflict. The reality of the situation is not as simple.
The real threat towards America, democracy, and the World is the fact that the named conflicts, and so many more exist and perpetuate.
The fact that these conflicts divide us is the real culprit.
But we must come together by settling our differences, and only once that has happened can we take on the world's problems.
If we are to solve the world's problems, we must unite immediately.
Because procrastination is not an answer. In order to achieve unity, we MUST unite.
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A president needs to be the one who steps up and resolves conflicts to heal the nation and the world.
And that's the reason that America wants a President, and NEEDS a President who is going to strive for the rights of all Americans, as well as all the People of the World.
And that, my friends, is why I, Zachary D. Larkin, now officially stand before you today, a candidate for the office of President of the United States of America. Read More »
Very interesting article coming up from the opinion of a reader who is concerning about the situation in the Caucus. It seems to me finally the American opinion is taking conscientious about GEOPOLITICS and comprehends what the old fashion of politics of the 20th century is gone!
And for the sake and PEACE in this small rock called PLANET a new alignment of POWER will be welcomed soon rather than later.
Article published today in USA TODAY page 12A. on August 19, 2008
Superpowers flex muscle, but at what cost?
Earl Beal - Terre Haute, Ind.
In the power politics of international relations, superpower behavior is governed by the concept of geopolitical spheres of influence. When a superpower nation meddles in the internal affairs of another and attempts to exert undue political or economic influence in its perceived sphere, that's when trouble starts.
The trouble started when President Bush pressured Poland and the Czech Republic to establish a missile-defense system in their territories. This policy was then, and continues to be, seen by some as a direct threat to Russia, not to mention Bush's push for democratic reforms in former Soviet Republics still considered vital to Russia's national security interests.
Also, if Russia placed ballistic missiles in Cuba and/or Venezuela, this would constitute a direct threat to the U.S. Washington's hue and cry over such a move would be surpassed only by Bush's hypocrisy when he and his Pentagon took the "dramatic," "brutal" and "disproportionate" measure of invading a sovereign Iraq in 2003. As a result, what do we have?
The hemorrhaging of our national treasure in terms of lives lost.
Thousands of courageous people wounded.
A cost of more than $10 billion a month to finance this fiasco.
5 million Iraqi refugees scattered and without homes.
Percy H Florez
I find the following newsclip from the Tehran Times interesting:
"President Mahmud Ahmadinejad has called for full cooperation between the Majlis and the administration in implementation of the economic reform plan. The plan states that all subsidies for various products should be directly paid to the people. The president called energy a “national asset” and cited “saving the energy” as one of the aims of the plan. The plan was devised to tackle rising inflation (at 26.1 percent) and to ensure that low-income families pay less taxes and receive more government benefits.
In order to decrease inflation caused by middlemen, the plan calls for the creation of a direct link between consumers and producers through new chain stores and monitoring of the distribution of goods through the use of a new national coding system for all products."
Read More »While the American media is bluffing about the “Invasion of Georgia” the Bush administration just receive a lap in his face as a consequence of his erroneous and horrendous mishandling of the situation in the Middle East; special remarks on his attitudes an action in the illegal war in Iraq.
Percy H Florez
Read More »There is not a long list of things that I am ashamed of my county for doing, but there are a few things, and continued use of cluster bombs are at the very top of that list. THERE IS NO JUSTIFICATION AND NO EXCUSE FOR THEIR CONTINUED USE AS A WEAPON BY THE USA. NONE! and I remind my three elected officials in DC of this every week.
and the ONLY REASON we use cluster bombs is because of Washington DC munitions Lobbyists. That is the ONLY REASON. And that is one more reason why we need to make a law to keep these people out of Washington DC.
Did you know that in May of this year that some of our "allies" [ie munitions lobbyists from DC actually went over to Dublin and tried to talk an international conference of nations who were hammering out an agreement to not use cluster bomb into writing in a clause that would make the USA an exception?]
If you want to see how I REALLY feel about this, go to my website, but be forewarned, the two photographs may make you feel very sad.
That is a good question and there are many indicators that point to yes. However, the one that I find the most convincing is the comparison of the US incarceration rate with that of other countries in the world.
The United States has the highest incarceration rate in the world at 737 persons imprisoned per 100,000. [ Paige M. Harrison and Allen J. Beck, Ph.D. (November 2006). "Prisoners in 2005" (PDF) 13. U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Statistics.]
A report released Feb. 28, 2008 indicates that in the United States more than 1 in 100 adults is now confined in an American jail or prison. [One in 100: Behind Bars in America 2008. Released Feb. 28, 2008. The Pew Center on the States. ]
The United States has 5% of the world's population and 25% of the world's incarcerated population.
Is it getting worse? Yep! In recent decades the U.S. has experienced a surge in its prison population, quadrupling since 1980, partially as a result of mandated sentences that came about during the "war on drugs." Violent crime and property crime have declined since the early 1990s.
There are those who argue that this surge is to serve the Corrections Corporation of America, the GEO Group and Cornell Companies--the three corporations who now manage most of our prison via privatization of our penal systems .
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Tonight I've been doing some research on Afghanistan, and in so doing I came across a term that I was not familiar with, but now I am: "Failed state".
A "failed state" has several attributes. Common indicators include a state whose central government is so weak or ineffective that it has little practical control over much of its territory; non-provision of public services; widespread corruption and criminality; refugees and involuntary movement of populations; sharp economic decline. Since 2005, the Fund for Peace has published a failed state index.
The groupings are ALERT [most vulnerable] 32 nations --these can really be considered failed states as far as I'm concerned. Iraq, Sudan, Somalia, Zimbabwe, Chad and Afghanistan number among these nations.
WARNING [vulnerable] 97 nations in serious danger of becoming failed states
This include Israel, Rwanda, Peru, Mexico, Syria, Indonesia, Mexico
MODERATE [walking on thin ice] 33 nations including the USA--We are ranked with nations like Slovakia, Chile, Czech Republic, The UK and France are the only other leading western nations in our category.
SUSTAINABLE [in good shape] 15 nations I'm not sure about Japan's healthcare, but I found it interesting that all of these have government supported healthcare.
HERE IS MORE INFORMATION ON THE TOPIC:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_Failed_States_Index
When you go about securing a car loan the vehicle itself is used as the collateral on the car loan which is what makes the secured car loan itself. The auto finance company online that you end up going with will then loan you the finances for the car based upon the cars current value at the time of the loan based upon the loan value of the car. This loan value will usually be about seventy five to eighty percent of the actual retail cost of the car itself. There is an answer to why this is the case and that is simply because one year after you drive a new car off of the car lot the value of it lowers to that amount which is called depreciation.
The car finance company online that you go with will want to make sure that the car loan they are giving you will cover this so that the overall end result cost of the car loan is equal to or less than the value of the loan itself. This is to ensure that they will be able to make a profit if they wanted to sell the car if they were to ever go about having to take it away from you for nonpayment at some point.
An upside down auto financing online is when a car balance is worth more than the value of the loan that is on it. Another way of putting it is that the car itself is not worth the amount of the loan. In order for you to ever go about selling the car back or if you were to ever go about trying to trade it in you will find that you are going to have to pay the difference of the car value in cash in order for you to be settled up with the car loan company. This is a very bad thing to find yourself into because even with great credit you can have a car loan lender approve you for the full amount of a car loan but as a result of that you could end up owing a lot more then you should for several years because you are always trying to pay down more of the balance then the car itself ends up being worth until you end up paying off a car to the value that it really is.
Another problem with having this happen is that if you have car insurance it only will cover the cost of the book value on your car so in the event that you get into a major accident or if perhaps your call was stolen then you very well may end up being forced to pay the difference in cash.
This is something that you are going to want to make sure that you remember when you go to buy a new or used car online. You should make sure that you are going to stick with it for a while and that you do not over finance the worth of the car or you could end up in a really bad process where the end result is you paying a lot more money then you should be paying. You can avoid these things so long as you do the proper research and plan out carefully the car itself as well as the car refinancing that you go about getting for this car. The other thing that you are going to want to be aware is that a car loan company may entice you with very low car loan rates in order to get you to end up financing more on the car than you should. You should only take these sorts of options if you are lucky enough to have the cash in hand to pay for something should the situation ever occur otherwise do not take the risk unless you understand fully what you may be getting into before this happens.
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Whatever choice that you make when it comes to get any upside down auto loan it is really a matter of doing all of the research that needs to be done in order to make sure that you do not make the mistake of falling into an upside down car loans online. This research while at times may seem tedious or boring could help you avoid a huge mistake down the line that could negatively impact not only your finances, but your credit as well.