“Those life preservers are just for show”
“Those who desire to give up freedom in order to gain security will not have, nor do they deserve, either one.” ~ Benjamin Franklin
Freedom:
Cybersecurity Act of 2012 lets Facebook and Google monitor your online communications and pass that data to the government without a warrant.
- If concerned, let your congressional representative know using this locator
- Ex. @ChuckSchumer Stop seizing freedom and power in the faux name of security. People are losing trust in Congress and Guv. Vote against #CISPA
Research:
"People who avoid regularly looking at email experience less stress and increased productivity." ~ Farnam Street
Decision making under hypoxia: Oxygen depletion increases risk seeking for losses but not for gains ~ (pdf) Journal
The art of writing can be reduced to a few simple rules. ~ NYT
60 percent of hiring managers in the survey said that they would automatically dismiss a candidate when seeing typos in their résumé
U.S.
Denied rumor of financial blockade against the NY Times by Visa, Mastercard, American Express for wikileaks coverage ~ max keiser
- The successful spread of a rumor implies either hidden wants; or, a belief in a rumor’s capacity to be true.
What Are the Odds Your Employer Will Drop Health Coverage? ~ Heritage – 100%, by design; government, big companies, and unions will be last
Rep. Kelly’s Rousing Floor Speech lambasts regulatory costs, receives Standing Ovation and Chants of "USA" ~ youtube
World:
The great currency war of 2007-2012 is over ~ The Atlantic is rivaling Time Magazine as the consummate fade
Japan and India Pair Up on Defense to counter China ~ NYT – picking sides – China, Russia, NK vs US, ASEAN, Japan, India #war
"Peak may be in sight for commodity prices" ~ The Economist
Marc Faber sees the middle east going up in flames, favors equities over bonds ~ Arabian Money
"Only Mario Draghi’s ECB can avert global calamity before the year is out" Telegraph – and create a bigger one later
‘In 1985, Bob Prechter observed that in bear markets, culture shows a preference for “masculine” women’s and “feminine” men’s fashions’ ~ Social Mood Watch
China:
"In China, we have continued to see evidence of a faster-than-anticipated economic slowdown." ~ mining giant $BHP ~ bankokpost
20-30% of China’s Graduates in China to Struggle to Find Jobs ~ businessweek
- something like 700k foreigners, led by the Chinese, are educated in U.S. universities – wonder if they will sour, help pop .edu bubble
98 per cent of all criminal cases in China result in convictions according to a 2009 Harvard study
Why massive protests happened in Shifang? ~ WSJ – for those that believe China has an unlimited capacity for a stimulus
Abandoned Olympic Cathedrals Sit Rotting in Beijing ~ Bloomberg
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