This is a semi-private general reference blog.
https://j7f.blogspot.ca/search?q=DBI
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relationship_between_religion_and_science-
https://explorable.com/religion-vs-science-
http://www.religionnews.com/2015/01/29/science-religion-evolution-big-bang-
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/faith-vs-fact-takes-aim-religion
MONEY, ECONOMICS, CONTROL and THE $Y$TEM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dataverse
Pink Floyd - Money
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hkjkTe5kZE
Lou Dobbs: North American Union
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H65f3q_Lm9U,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4axRYJymHI&feature=related,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T74VA3xU0EA&feature=related,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Art_urDdwLs&feature=related
There are benefits to the European_Union concept. However, each nation state may have to gradually give up more in order to become fully integrated into the greater EU.
Some like the concept of a North_American_Union , but there are several unaddressed concerns. These global continental blocks or regions have a benefit for some but most people wont have much say in the matter.
It seems that some people in the EU still lack confidence in Euromoney.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2008/06/13/cneuro113.xml
What will the people of the Mex-US-Can union also be giving up besides money? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_currency_union
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Things don't look any better for the 2nd half of 2008
http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/calgarybusiness/story.html?k=94059&id=ae4fd4f0-4800-4cfe-b9c0-5a181ce18a61
{New surveys point to growing growth and inflation woes for economy
Julian Beltrame, THE CANADIAN PRESS
July 07, 2008
OTTAWA - Soaring energy prices are casting a long shadow over the economy, increasing the risk that Canadians face a period of low growth and high inflation, economists say.}
http://finance.sympatico.msn.ca/investing/insight/article.aspx?cp-documentid=8494628
The Carlyle_Group
{In March 2008, Carlyle Capital Corporation, established in August 2006 for the purpose of making investments in U.S. mortgage-backed securities, defaulted on about US$ 16.6 billion of debt as the global credit crunch brought about by the subprime mortgage crisis worsened for leveraged investors.}
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlyle_Group#Carlyle_Capital_Corporation
{Is America in a permanent decline?
The greenback is plunging. Detroit's car dominance is history. London claims to be out-financing Wall Street. So maybe it's time to ask whether the era of U.S. dominance is over for good.
By Ernest Beck
July 03, 2008}
http://finance.sympatico.msn.ca/investing/insight/article.aspx?cp-documentid=8397758
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{Who runs the world?
Wrestling for influence Jul 3rd 2008From The Economist print edition
The post-war global institutions have largely worked well. But rising countries and growing threats are challenging their pre-eminence THE powerful, like the victorious, do not just write history. They grab the seats at the top tables, from the United Nations Security Council to the boards of the big international economic and financial institutions. They collude behind closed doors. They decide who can join their cosy clubs and expect the rest of the world to obey the instructions they hand down.} http://www.economist.com/displayStory.cfm?source=hptextfeature&story_id=11664289
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No BS from RBS? RBS issues global stock and credit crash alert By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, International Business Editor Last Updated: 12:19am BST 19/06/2008
{The Royal Bank of Scotland has advised clients to brace for a full-fledged crash in global stock and credit markets over the next three months as inflation paralyses the major central banks. "A very nasty period is soon to be upon us - be prepared," said Bob Janjuah, the bank's credit strategist. A report by the bank's research team warns that the S&P 500 index of Wall Street equities is likely to fall by more than 300 points to around 1050 by September as "all the chickens come home to roost" from the excesses of the global boom, with contagion spreading across Europe and emerging markets.} http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=A1YourView&xml=/money/2008/06/18/cnrbs118.xml
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Global markets Bearish battalions Jul 3rd 2008From The Economist print edition
{Almost everything that could is going wrong for world stockmarkets As house prices fall in America, Britain, Ireland and Spain, the wealth effect kicks in. George Magnus, a strategist at UBS, cites the examples of Finland and Sweden in the early 1990s. As house prices fell, personal-savings rates jumped by 12-14 percentage points. A similar move in America or Britain would have a devastating effect on consumer demand, and thus on GDP growth over the next couple of years. As yet, there has been more of an effect on consumer sentiment than actual retail sales, although individual retailers (such as Britain’s Marks & Spencer) are suffering. It looks like a lengthy period of gloom is in store for the stockmarkets. Meanwhile, the best investors can do is hope, Micawber-like, that something will turn up. A collapse in oil prices would help.} http://www.economist.com/finance/displayStory.cfm?source=hptextfeature&story_id=11670925
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June job losses add to list of consumer worries Falling home prices, rising energy costs already squeezing spending By John W. Schoen Senior Producer MSNBC updated 8:05 a.m. PT, Thurs., July. 3, 2008 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25484133/
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{Page last updated at 14:52 GMT, Wednesday, 2 July 2008 15:52 UK E-mail this to a friend Printable version Starbucks to close 500 more shops Coffee chain Starbucks plans to shut 500 stores in the US on top of the 100 closures it had already announced. Up to 12,000 full and part-time jobs will go, although Starbucks will try to move staff into other stores.} http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7484563.stm
Starbucks Announces It Will Close 600 Stores By MICHAEL J. de la MERCED Published: July 2, 2008 http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/02/business/02sbux.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
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American carmakers That shrinking feeling Jul 2nd 2008From Economist.com High petrol prices land Detroit’s Big Three in even deeper trouble
{GM’s woes are shared by the other two members of Detroit’s Big Three. Ford has abandoned all hope of returning to profit as promised in 2009 and appears to be bracing itself for an even bigger loss in 2008 than last year’s $2.7 billion. And on June 26th Chrysler had to deny rumours that it was preparing to file for bankruptcy.} http://www.economist.com/business/displayStory.cfm?story_id=11660385&source=features_box_main
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Britain is edging closer to recession, economists warn By Philip Aldrick Last Updated: 12:55am BST 04/07/2008
{Britain is edging closer to recession, economists warned yesterday, after two bleak reports showed that activity in the country's vital services sector has slumped to its lowest level since 2001 and the credit squeeze on businesses is worsening.} http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2008/07/04/cnrecess104.xml
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British banks The bungling bank Jul 4th 2008From Economist.com
{More gloom for British banking as Bradford & Bingley lurches from one calamity to another For other British banks, the news is yet another blow. In many ways, B&B is a special case. It is more vulnerable to the housing downturn than many lenders, because of outsized exposures to specialist segments of the market such as buy-to-let and self-certification markets. Its management team has less credibility than others. But TPG’s withdrawal still looks like a vote of no-confidence in a sector that desperately needs it.} http://www.economist.com/finance/displayStory.cfm?story_id=11692974&source=features_box1
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Credit crisis: How safe is your bank? Last Updated: 12:56am BST 04/07/2008 Page 1 of 3 Treasury bids to boost confidence as savers go on strike. By Ian Cowie
{The Treasury took dramatic steps to boost investor confidence this week, as official figures revealed that savings have plunged to their lowest level for nearly half a century.} Depositors queuing outside Northern Rock in September 2007 {Savers' confidence remains badly dented by the run on Northern Rock last September. When it became known that the Bank of England, in its role as lender of last resort, had granted the former building society emergency financial support, depositors responded by queuing outside Northern Rock branches to demand their money back.} http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2008/07/03/cmbanking103.xml
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Housing slump Collateral damage Jul 3rd 2008From The Economist print edition
{The latest blows to the property market will pound the economy too AFTER the longest and biggest boom in post-war history, it is payback time for Britain’s ever more troubled housing market. As shares in homebuilders wilt following the failure of Taylor Wimpey, the country’s largest, to raise urgently needed capital (see article), there are wider worries that Britain may revisit the trauma of the early 1990s, when a housing bust led to a deep recession. With activity in the services sector at its lowest since October 2001, the economy looks perilously vulnerable to falling housing wealth and the collapse in mortgage finance, residential investment and property transactions.} http://www.economist.com/world/britain/displayStory.cfm?source=hptextfeature&story_id=11671702
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Morgan Stanley warns of 'catastrophic event' as ECB fights Federal Reserve By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, International Business Editor Last Updated: 1:29am BST 17/06/2008
{The clash between the European Central Bank and the US Federal Reserve over monetary strategy is causing serious strains in the global financial system and could lead to a replay of Europe's exchange rate crisis in the 1990s, a team of bankers has warned. "We see striking similarities between the transatlantic tensions that built up in the early 1990s and those that are accumulating again today. The outcome of the 1992 deadlock was a major currency crisis and a recession in Europe," said a report by Morgan Stanley's European experts.} http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2008/06/16/bcnecb116.xml&CMP=ILC-mostviewedbox
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{Airbus Gathering clouds Jun 19th 2008From The Economist print edition An aviation giant faces difficulties on several fronts} http://www.economist.com/business/displaystory.cfm?story_id=11585349
{Airbus' Cost-Cuts Don't Fly The Berstrong Euro, On Top Of A Failed Plan To Sell Factories, Means The Planemaker May Have To Take Brutal Measures That Will Slash European Jobs Labor unions and some politicians protested when Airbus announced its Power8 plans to sell off factories. But, Morris says, "What's coming now is going to be even more brutal. Power 8 will have been the easy bit."} http://www.kcra.com/money/16198530/detail.html
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Central_Bank#Location
{Most richer countries today have an "independent" central bank, that is, one which operates under rules designed to prevent political interference. Examples include the European Central Bank, the U.S. Federal Reserve, the Banco Central de Chile, and the Reserve Bank of Australia. Some central banks are publicly-owned, and others are, in theory, privately-owned. In practice, there is little difference between public and private ownership, since in the latter case almost all profits of the bank are paid to the government either as a tax or a transfer to the government.}
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_bank
THE SECRET BIRTH OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FncbqFAHnjE&feature=related
American Money, Banking and the Federal_Reserve
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYZM58dulPE
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