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15 years ago @ Global Dashboard - Scarcity issues and co... · 0 replies · +1 points

I don't know why a lot of governments push up inflation through energy and food subsidies. This way, they are caught into a dangerous circle the inflation brings. They could they focus their assistance at the poorest people through social protection systems – providing food, energy, even cash. But these social protection systems are often pretty demanding from the administrative point of view and in those countries which aren't so developed, they are vulnerable by corruption, so they need to be more regularized.

15 years ago @ Revolutionary Politics - Gerald Celente Forecas... · 0 replies · +1 points

Gerald Celente doesn't criticize in fact the Americans, but their view about food. Food and water is what we're made of, and it would be better if we just ate something close to what our ancestors ate. I'm glad the most balanced diet are still allowing some meat and fish. For years I've had issues keeping my iron levels up. I could eat spinach all day and I'd still be deficient to the point where it impeded my ability to live a normal life--most people don't feel weak just by standing up. I even took supplements, but that didn't work either. After a good long talk with my doctor, I discovered that some people have difficulty processing the iron that comes from non-animal sources. Her advice? Eat red meat. A moderate amount and lean cuts, but make sure I eat it. Ever since I made an effort to include it in my diet, I've been able to be appropriately active, which helps counter the extra calories I might be consuming

15 years ago @ Big Journalism - A Smoking Gun: Coverag... · 0 replies · +1 points

People in Arizona certainly don´t like too much illegal immigrants and maybe they think they should leave USA as soon as possible, the figures are a proof for this. The media is the one which selects from an amount of people who speak their minds those opinions with which they agree. But what I don´t really understand is why some people say that illegal aliens don´t generally pay taxes. If they said that the illegal aliens are less likely to pay the taxes, or that illegal aliens are disproportionately likely not to pay tax, then they are correct. Although there are some illegal aliens who receive paychecks from which tax is withheld and there are some citizens who receive cash payments and fail to report them to the IRS, these combinations are less common than taxpaying citizens and non-paying aliens. Illegal aliens are more likely to be day laborers than U.S. citizens are. Most jobs as executives of major corporations are held by citizens or by legal aliens. Ironically, this is mostly because the law does not allow companies to hire regular W-2 employees for jobs that pay by check without documentation that they are not illegal. If companies were allowed to hire illegal aliens, then more illegal aliens would pay tax.

15 years ago @ Global Dashboard - A mobile world · 0 replies · +1 points

It´s good that the Africa borrowed all the Western technology, but I´m afraid that they borrow also our worries concerning the world. They are like our children, who ask themselves what is going to happen with their mobile contract if they die... http://www.financialcrisisforum.org/forum/Credit/... They certainly don´´t need to throw money on contracts and in the same time I don´t think they are ready for the kinds of trick people do using mobile phone, like that trick in which people ask you important data, like your debit card details: http://www.financialcrisisforum.org/forum/Credit/... Anyone can get your name and number online pretty much. If you don't know what it is and dont want it then just tell them you arent interested. If it's something you need I'm sure you can find a reputable company and contact them on your own, no sense in giving in to the first salesperson that comes along. Because you never know when it could be a scam.

15 years ago @ 20s Money - The Dave Ramsey Approa... · 0 replies · +1 points

A lot of people are asking themselves if they are getting good deals of mortgages. They are asking a lot of questions of forums, like this: http://www.financialcrisistoday.org/forum/Credit/... The most significant thing about a mortgage is the interest rates. The lower the interest rate the less money you have to pay back over the mortgage term.
Each of the mortgage lenders has its own standard variable rate (SVR) of interest. These can vary by several per cent, but most lenders will be within a couple of per cent of each other. it's generally best to avoid mortgages with an extended redemption penalty that is, a penalty that lasts longer than any initial fixed or discounted interest deal. The rule of Ramsey brings another rule in the equation, limiting the price of the house, making one sure that they afford it. We should certainly have this in view, no matter how conservative it couls be.

15 years ago @ Breitbart.tv - Helen Thomas Tells Jew... · 0 replies · +1 points

Nice quotation I learnt in a commentary: "She will be judged by her own words".

15 years ago @ Breitbart.tv - C-SPAN CEO: White Hous... · 0 replies · +1 points

The money from taxes money from will go for abortions...This isn't good, people should be taught not to do abortions...and the television and the books must play this role...that's all.

15 years ago @ Breitbart.tv - Puzzling Statement: Ob... · 0 replies · +1 points

Here is a list of earthquakes in Hawaii , if one wants to be more informed than others: http://tux.wr.usgs.gov/Quakes/quakes0.html

15 years ago @ Big Journalism - Full Version of Haqqan... · 0 replies · +1 points

Something profoundly un-American is happening in America: the irrational fear and hatred of a group of people because of an aspect of their identity. People are taking the criminals of this community and superimposing their image on every other member, including children. Somehow, my Muslim baby will look like Osama bin Laden to millions of Americans.

15 years ago @ Pulse2 - Technology Ne... - Power.com Suing Facebo... · 0 replies · +1 points

I think that not only does Facebook try to monopolize as a social social network, but also it tries to monopolize everybody's time. Some people don't do a lot a normal things, they don't do friends, they don't work as they should, just trying to create another reality with facebook.

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