July 27, 2014 by Cathy C

Keiser Report: Dumb Money E632 – YouTube

Published on Jul 26, 2014In this episode of the Keiser Report, Max Keiser and Stacy Herbert with a double header discussing the ‘dumb money’ piling into markets just as the Spectator’s cover story reads: “The Next Crash: We could be on the brink of another financial crisis.” Max and Stacy read through the piece in shock at the obvious signs of misallocation of wealth while chasing dumb bubbles – including a P/E ratio now at 25.6 compared to a historic norm of 16.5. In the second half, they examine more misallocation of wealth as the US spends an additional $1 trillion annually on healthcare compared to if they spent the same percentage of GDP as the next most expensive country, the Netherlands. While overspending by $1 trillion, the energy grid has the most blackouts of any developed nation and yet less than half a trillion could replace the dumb, old grid with a smart, new one.

July 19, 2014 by Cathy C

This Supermarket Came Up With A Brilliant Way To Keep Food From Going To Waste

People don’t really think of starvation when they’re about to toss a perfectly fine batch of vegetables into the trash after dinner. Furthermore, people don’t think about all of the food being wasted when they sort through their refrigerators. Perhaps what’s even more frightening, is the fact that no one thinks about the fact that “spoiled” fruits and vegetables found at supermarkets can be used to create juices and supplements. Instead, they just go unused and wasted. However, Intermarché, a French supermarket chain might’ve found the answer to stop things like that from happening. Instead of tossing out spoiled-looking fruits and vegetables people refuse to buy at supermarkets, the company decided to transform these batches into soups and fruit juices. The end result? Everyone bought the juices and soups! Check out the video above for a closer look!

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July 13, 2014 by Cathy C

Still Report #305 – ICE Flies Illegals With No ID – YouTube

Still Report #305 – ICE Flies Illegals With No ID – YouTube.

July 3, 2014 by Cathy C

Study: Wastewater Drilling Likely Earthquake Culprit | Arkansas Business News | ArkansasBusiness.com

by Associated Press on Thursday, Jul. 3, 2014 1:48 pm

WASHINGTON — A new study explains how just four wells forcing massive amounts of drilling wastewater into the ground are probably shaking up Oklahoma and surrounding states including Arkansas.Those wells seem to have triggered more than 100 small-to-medium earthquakes in the past five years, according to a study published Thursday by the journal Science. Many of the quakes were much farther away from the wells than expected.Combined, those wells daily pour more than 5 million gallons of water a mile or two underground into rock formations, the study found. That buildup of fluid creates more pressure that “has to go somewhere,” said study lead author Cornell University seismologist Katie Keranen.

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July 3, 2014 by Cathy C

Ending Hunger Will Require Compromise Jo Luck Commentary | Arkansas Business News | ArkansasBusiness.com

After more than two decades working alongside sustainable development experts at Heifer International, I am confident that world hunger can be eliminated with the appropriate approach and collaboration. I am frequently asked the question “When global food security or insecurity issues are addressed, who are the stakeholders?” My reply is anyone who eats.However, while the goal of food security seems straightforward, the path to achieve it is complex and involves often competing demands and belief systems. Take the issue of climate change.

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July 1, 2014 by Cathy C

Robert Graboyes: How to Grow the Supply of Healthcare – YouTube

Published on Jul 1, 2014″For two or three generations, we’ve almost completely ignored the supply side” of health care, warns Robert Graboyes, an economist who specializes in health care issues. That’s especially a big problem now that Obamacare is coming online. The whole point of the program, after all, is to increase demand for medical services. Yet even President Obama and his supporters acknowledge the plan does next to nothing to generate more doctors and more medical innovations.Graboyes, a senior research analyst at George Mason’s Mercatus Center, sat down with Reason TV’s Nick Gillespie to outline immediate ways to grow the number of hospitals, doctors, and nurses to serve millions of newly insured patients.Even more important is the need to increase the pace of the transformative medical innovation that has always extended lifespans and raised the quality of life, says Graboyes. At the dawn of “molecular medicine,” in which drugs are targeted to specific individuals, the FDA’s backward-looking and hyper-expensive approval process is more destructive than ever. Medicare’s byzantine cost-codes freeze into place yesteryear’s solutions. At the state level, “certificate of need” laws make it tougher than ever to expand or build new health care facilities.We’ve got to “look for every obstruction to the supply and get rid of it,” says Graboyes.Produced by Todd Krainin. Cameras by Ford Fischer and Josh Swain.About 9 minutes.