Moldova Begins to Creep into the 21st Centuryhttp://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/15/world/europe/15moldova.html
Although it will be a struggle that could last a few years, youth will prevail and Moldova will move towards becoming a part of western Europe than Russia. I foresee Moldova even becoming part of the EU and NATO within a decade.
Homemade Buttery Southern Biscuits ! Mmmm !
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/15/dining/15united.html
One of my best memories of youth was the homemade breads, biscuits, muffins, cakes, and pies made by Mom. I think its been better than 25 years, probably longer, since I had these kinds of products that were not store bought and mass produced. A couple of times when I was young I helped make pan fried biscuits on the campfire when I was in Boy Scouts. Pretty tasty, melts in your mouth, buttery.
Northern Rockies Continue Upsurge
http://www.newwest.net/topic/article/new_research_points_to_new_boom_in_northern_rockies/C35/L35/
A lot of people want out of the expensive troubled illegal immigrant laden Sunbelt as well as other regions that have a less than superb quality of life. They want to go to Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming, where it is more what America was.
New Weaponry Technology and West Indian Ocean Pirates
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2009/04/super-snipers/
Lets mow those scurvy ridden pirates down !
It Won't Happen Overnight
http://washingtonindependent.com/30789/fewer-green-transportation-jobs-in-stimulus-than-touted
The transition will take several years and likely more than a decade to start appearing in significant earnest.
The Discontinuity Now Underway and in the Years Ahead
http://www.britannica.com/blogs/2009/04/what-happens-after-the-crash-america-faces-a-future-of-discontinuity/
The coming years will not be easy. The good times are indeed over.
An Astronomical Phenomena
http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/space/04/14/space.hand/index.html
Pretty amazing and surreal....
What is Next
http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0414/p09s05-coop.html
Additional troubling information about the current economic collapse and what the future holds in another part of the globe.
Mass Murder in the Albuquerque Desert
http://www.hcn.org/issues/41.6/last-rites-and-forgotten-landscapes
Wasted lives and wasted lands...the all too often common Albuquerque and New Mexico, as well as elsewhere, story...
Pour Some Sugar in Me --
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/15/dining/15sweet.html
The substitute sweetener story. Saccharin is totally out, Aspertame is the current favorite but questions remain about it; Splenda is a stopgap; and the new product, Truvia, is a rather expensive alternative that still has to be proven as a worthy substitute.
"Don't bother with any of those. If you're going to eat sugar, eat the real thing, but in moderation. It's the high fructose corn syrup among other things that are making people fat." - K.S.
Texas Republicans: A Goofy Collection of Critters
http://blogs.chron.com/texaspolitics/archives/2009/04/perry_says_texa.html
Texas bolting from the US ? It is possible, but I will believe it when I see it...but this could be the first brick to fall from the wall...
Fifty Most Polluted Sites
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=7342326
Most of the sites are not in the Mountain West, but two are in CO; one in NM; three in ID; two in MT; four in UT; and none in AZ, NV, and WY. For the complete list see this:
http://www.epa.gov/superfu
The Asarco site in CO is just north of downtown Denver near the Mousetrap I-25/I-70 interchange in a very old impoverished neighborhood called Globeville. A lead and other heavy metal smelting plant (Asarco) operated there from the 1880s until the 1960s coating the ground with toxic waste. Kids are not allowed to play outside in that area except in designated clean areas like parks. I have driven through this area numerous times and its quite quaint and simple in its beauty and seems to dispell the horrendous environmental mess that is lurking almost everywhere in this area.
Utter Foolishness by Some
http://trueslant.com/matttaibbi/2009/04/14/americas-peasant-mentality/
A must read ! Totally outstanding !
Analyzing Americans' Understanding of Capitalism
http://www.britannica.com/blogs/2009/04/debating-law-of-the-jungle-capitalism/
European-Japanese Socialistic Capitalism is the way to go with additional controlling, regulatory, and anti-oligarchal improvements put into place. Competition, mass opportunity, diversity, limits, and investment....
The Growing Increasing Peril of Valley Fever
http://wwwp.dailyclimate.org/tdc-newsroom/valley-fever/Valley-Fever-blowin2019-on-a-hotter-wind
Just one of many challenges and ramifications because of significant change in local and regional climate coming quickly.....
Twelve That are Going Belly-Up
http://247wallst.com/2009/04/15/twelve-major-brands-that-will-disappear/#more-30817
These are just a few of the names that are going to go belly up and be liquidated in the next two years or so. A lot of retailers are on life support right now and their time is numbered....
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