On Monday night, the Maywood City Council voted unanimously to fire all 100 city employees and contract out most services, including record-keeping, street maintenance, and parks and recreation, to the neighboring town of Bell.
"We will become 100
All along the water line this morning, tar has been washing ashore. You can see it in the surf – it is all over the beach. It is sticky, brown and running in lines all along the waterline, in front of the hotels and near Pensacola’s famous fishing...
What happened to the recovery? This report from AP: WASHINGTON (AP) – Sales of previously occupied homes dipped 2.2 percent in May, signaling that a boost from home-buying tax credits is fading sooner than expected.
The impact of the Census on June payroll employment is minus 243 thousand (this will be close). The employment report will be released on July 2nd, and the headline number for June - including Census numbers - will almost certainly be negative.
As the Global System Unravels - No Drilling = Higher Prices
So Jim Rogers wants to buy oil - Public School Is a 12-Year Jail Sentence - The Backyard Homestead - Why You Can't Defy Economic Law Forever
Several franchises have arisen to "monetize" this model, but the open-source community is catching up fast. One way young patriot couples are making it through while providing much needed care to our elders.
On 1 July, 46 of the 50 US states will begin a new fiscal year. The cumulative deficit of the 50 states is about $127.5 bln. Their outstanding debt is about $2.2 trillion, a 57% increase since 2000.
Liberty is dying everyday because worse than President Barack Obama we mishandle our belief in individual freedom.
And so is the daily wounding of the Libertarian cause, espe
The moratorium, which we now expect to continue because of Obama political calculus, will cost up to 200,000 higher-paying jobs in the oil drilling and oil service business and that the employment multiplier of 4.7 will put the total job loss at...
The information disclosed this week "indicates BP operated unsafely and failed to monitor and react to several critical warning signs during the drilling" the statement continued. "BP's behavior and actions likely represent gross negligence or...
BP's out-of-control well will go on spewing oil into the Gulf of Mexico for the next two years or more if all attempts to contain or plug the gusher fail, oil industry experts said today.
California’s fiscal hole is now so large that the state would have to liberate 168,000 prison inmates and permanently shutter 240 university and community college campuses to balance its budget in the fiscal year that begins July 1.
The economic downturn in the US is discussed with reference to the excessive debt and deficit spending and how that will affect the long term economic outlook.
I Refuse To Be Counted - Government Is Not Your Savior, Andrew Napolitano - Government Is a Cancer - The Angry Sea of Bankruptcy - Disrespect for Government - Why I Gave Up My US Citizenship - Harry Browne Was Right (Must be anti-Gov't Day :)
When one looks at the percentage of its market size, the naked short position in silver today is perhaps the largest short position in any precious metal in the history of all commodities.
Stocks were flat yesterday. Gold fell $3. The news was mixed. The big debate is between those who think the authorities are being too tight and those who think they are being too loose. Broadly, Europeans are on one side. Americans are on the other.
Philly Fed drops from 21.4 to 8, worst since August of 2009. Expected at 20. This means that the Fed will soon have its Congress OpCo legalize a) negative interest rates and b) make holding any cash in deposit or money market funds treason.
Stocks rallied yesterday. The Dow rose 213 points. Gold went up too – plus $9. So many people are buying gold coins that the storage vaults are getting crowded, says a Bloomberg report.
By the 22nd of August, 2010 ocean currents will have carried the oil from the Gulf of Mexico to the shores of Virginia. Tampa's desalination plant will be closed, along with many power plants before the end of July.
Latest HYCOM-GFS oilspill forecast shows a large stretch of oil approximately 15 miles south of the Florida Keys, near Marathon and Big Pine Key by this weekend.
More than 90 U.S. banks and thrifts missed making a May 17 payment to the U.S. government under its main bank bailout program, signaling a rising number of lenders are struggling to meet their obligations.
Leak estimates have gone from 1,000 barrels a day to 5,000 bbl to 25,000 bbl to 60,000 bbl. While many take this as evidence of a BP coverup, it could also be that the hole is getting bigger.
"So, as this disaster has been increasing in duration and in size, you are seeing an impact now into Mississipi banks, Florida banks, folks that are dependent on revenue out of that particular region."
Credit-rating agencies like Moody's and Standard & Poor's dodged a bullet on Tuesday as lawmakers decided to strip out a provision in the Wall Street reform bill that would have upended their business model.
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