MishTalk

DECEMBER 27, 2013

'If enough states act, we are on the way to a constitutional showdown over Obamacare. The Washington Times reports Missouri bill would gut Obamacare Next month, the Missouri Senate will consider a bill which would effectively cripple the implementation of the Affordable Care Act within the state. Following the lead of South Carolina, where lawmakers are fast-tracking House Bill 3101 in 2014, and Georgia, where HB707 was recently introduced by Rep.

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Seth Godin Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2013

'Others can better write about Nelson Mandela''s impact on the world stage, on how he stood up for the dignity of all people and on how he changed our world. For those that seek to make a change in the world, whether global or local, one lesson of his life is this: You can. You can make a difference. You can stand up to insurmountable forces. You can put up with far more than you think you can.

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MAY 28, 2013

'Good customer service is difficult to come by these days, but even more elusive is fun service. Some companies like Southwest Airlines and Zappos rely on laughter to stand out from the competition. In fact, Zappos, famed for its customer service that goes the extra mile for customers, has created a company culture that instills having fun on the job.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2013

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The Nonprofit Consultant

NOVEMBER 29, 2013

'You''ve likely heard or read about Common Core by now. The latest in educational "fixes," promoted by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the National Governors Association, and the Obama administration, the Common Core initiative was developed "to provide a clear and consistent framework to prepare our children for college and the workforce." And it will fail to improve our failing schools, wasting time, resources, and money in the process.

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MishTalk

DECEMBER 12, 2013

'Inquiring minds might be interested in the analysis of artist Josh Begley who catalogs every U.S. military base in the world. Here is a representation. Gizmodo comments on the Chilling Geometry of Every US Military Base Seen From Space. The United States military is everywhere. It''s so big that it''s hard to quantify just how massive it is—any number used to describe it is so large that it defies the understanding of an ordinary human brain.

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MishTalk

NOVEMBER 2, 2013

'PolicyMic has a very interesting chart that shows how 10 Corporations Control Almost Everything You Buy. click on chart for huge image. The chart was posted on Reddit as illusion of choice. I could not locate the original source. PolicyMic explains. Ten mega corporations control the output of almost everything you buy; from household products to batteries.

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MishTalk

OCTOBER 28, 2013

'There is little to no incentive in the healthcare industry to hold down costs. Worse yet, the rewards for performing unnecessary surgeries is huge, while the risks of doing them are essentially nonexistent. Here are a couple of articles that show what I mean. Prostate Cancer Radiation Therapy Rises as Doctors Profit. Bloomberg reports Prostate Cancer Radiation Therapy Rises as Doctors Profit.

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MishTalk

DECEMBER 11, 2013

'Counting transfer payments such as foods stamps, Medicaid, Medicare, and other government welfare, Congressional Budget Office (CBO) analysis shows the top 40% pay 106% of all taxes (more than all of them). In turn the bottom 60% get money back. Please consider The rich do not pay the most taxes, they pay ALL the taxes by CNBC reporter Jane Wells. Buried inside a Congressional Budget Office report this week was this nugget: when it comes to individual income taxes, the top 40 percent of wage ea

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MishTalk

OCTOBER 29, 2013

'U.S. Rep. Sam Johnson, R-Texas, left, wants to end the practice of giving illegal immigrants tax credits for kids, but U.S. Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., won’t let the House-approved measure H.R. 556 through the Senate. " The System is Working Fine " says Senator Harry Reid, even though the Joint Committee on Taxation calculates that enactment of H.R. 556 would save taxpayers $24.4 billion over the next decade.

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MishTalk

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

'When you do not have job (or have a low paying job), and are stuck with education costs that you cannot possibly pay back, what do you do? Eight Unfortunate Choices You stay in school accumulating debt You go back to school accumulating debt You move back home You share an apartment with others You delay marriage You delay having kids You delay buying a house You wish and hope and pray for better times Those choices are not mutually exclusive.

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MishTalk

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

'On August 1, in India Housing Bubble Still Expanding I posted a series of charts by Deepak Shenoy, an economic blogger at Capital Mind in India. Those charts showed the bubble in India was alive and growing. Here is one of the charts and a small bit of commentary. As of March 2013, Prices have more than doubled since 2009. The All-India Index is at 211, from 100 in March 2009.

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MishTalk

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

'Move over Detroit. The fiscal crisis in Chicago is far bigger. Pensions 31% funded. Moody''s downgraded Chicago Debt 3 Notches (just 4 steps above junk). City debt on negative watch. Pension Liability is $61,000 Per Household ($23,000 Per Capita). Via email, Ted Dabrowski at the Illinois Policy Center writes. While all eyes are focused on a solution for Illinois’ state-run pension systems, Chicago’s own debt crisis is looming.

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MishTalk

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

'Abby Martin speaks with UK Parliament Member, George Galloway, about Syria war propaganda and his upcoming film ''The Killing of Tony Blair''. Link if video does not play: George Galloway: Dogs of War Slaver over Syria, Powder keg for Disaster. Quote of the day goes to Abby Martin who says " We''re killing Syrians to Show Syria that Killing Syrians is Wrong.

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MishTalk

NOVEMBER 29, 2013

'Please consider the viewpoint of a 32-year old Austin Texas welfare recipient who says working is stupid because she gets nearly free housing, food stamps, a welfare check, and other handouts. Mike "Mish" Shedlock [link] Mike "Mish" Shedlock is a registered investment advisor representative for SitkaPacific Capital Management. Sitka Pacific is an asset management firm whose goal is strong performance and low volatility, regardless of market direction.

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MishTalk

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

'It appears there may be some energy sources in Syria that I was unaware of previously. They are in the Golan Heights area of Syria, now occupied by Israel. Dick Cheney is in the picture. Please consider Cheney-Linked Company to Drill in Occupied Golan Heights. The Israeli government awarded a local subsidiary of U.S.-based Genie Energy the rights to explore for oil and natural gas in about 150 square miles of the southern section of the Golan Heights.

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MishTalk

DECEMBER 28, 2013

'The economic stupidity in France is astounding. It''s hard keeping up with all the inane ideas of President Francois Hollande''s socialist administration. Here''s another one of Hollande''s ideas for your amusement. RT reports French broadcasting watchdog CSA eager to tax YouTube, Facebook, Dailymotion France''s Superior Council of Audiovisual, an independent broadcasting authority, wants to impose taxes on media giants like YouTube, Facebook and Dailymotion to force them to contribute to finan

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MishTalk

JULY 26, 2013

'MISHS. Global Economic. Trend Analysis. Home. Contact. Advertisers. Sitka Pacific. Recent Posts. Featured Links. GoldMoney: The Best Way to Buy Gold & Silver. Dollar Collapse News on the Dollar's Death Spiral. Minyanville Business and Market News. Patrick Housing Crash News Top Housing and Commercial Real Estate News. Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide.

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MishTalk

AUGUST 25, 2013

'By now, everyone is well aware that real wages have not kept up worker productivity. But why is that? The Fed, government bureaucrats, and economists are puzzled by the phenomenon as well as what to do about it. I can explain easily, but first let''s zero in on what is happening. Workers Don''t Share in Companies'' Productivity Gains. In stark contrast to the great American dream, CNN notes Workers don''t share in companies'' productivity gains.

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MishTalk

DECEMBER 1, 2013

'Puerto Rico has been in recession for 8 years. The unemployment rate is 15% and debt has piled up to the tune of $70 billion. For Comparison purposes, California public debt is $96 billion and Detroit debt was $18 billion. Wall Street rates Puerto Bonds at one step above junk. How did Puerto Rico get into trouble? The short answer is the same way as Detroit: loss of industry coupled with lavish pensions.

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MishTalk

OCTOBER 3, 2013

'In yet another act of economic stupidity, France targets Amazon to protect bookshops. France’s parliament has passed a law preventing internet booksellers from offering free delivery to customers, in an attempt to protect the country’s struggling bookshops from the growing dominance of US online retailer Amazon. On Thursday, Aurélie Filippetti, the culture minister who originally proposed the move, denounced Amazon for its alleged “strategy of dumping”, claiming that the company used offers of

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MishTalk

JULY 19, 2013

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MishTalk

DECEMBER 13, 2013

'Over the past four days "pitchfork protests" have spread to numerous cities, disrupting road and rail travel in protest of the state of the economy. The pitchfork movement started with a loose group of Sicilian farmers concerned about rising taxes and cuts to agricultural state funds, then evolved into a nationwide umbrella grouping of truckers, small businessman, the unemployed, low-paid workers, rightwing extremists and ultras football supporters according to IBTimes.

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MishTalk

AUGUST 26, 2013

'Secretary of State John Kerry says the use of chemical weapons in Syria is " a moral obscenity ". With that clue (and many others), note that Obama prepares wary US public for war with Syria. The White House has begun to prepare a wary US public for military action in Syria, with a flurry of well-publicised meetings of the administration’s national security team, backed by a statement by secretary of state, John Kerry, calling the regime’s use of chemical weapons “a moral obscenity”.

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MishTalk

JULY 27, 2013

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