tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77273465342796725952024-02-22T07:25:13.593-05:00Changing American LandscapesMacroeconomic news & indicators of changes in America & impact on families in everyday life. Localism, organic living, sustainability. Buckle up, folks, <b><u>Significant Turbulence Ahead.</u></b> This is the start of BIG changes in America. Time to THINK FOR OURSELVES. Get rooted in Values and Virtues. Mean what you say and say what you mean. Know what you believe in, because tough times try the hearts and minds of all.
HeartlanderMomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12186297887452658438noreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7727346534279672595.post-71869502814295893502011-01-29T00:17:00.000-05:002011-01-29T00:17:48.234-05:00Cold Fusion not just a failed programming language... it's a reality.Okay, class: who's seen this: Andrea_A._Rossi_Cold_Fusion_Generator This is so... flippin... amazing!!! This is a major game-changer. Seriously. Read up on it. They took Nickel and Hydrogen and are fusing them to form Copper. For every 1 unit energy put in, 8 come out. I totally put this in a nutshell of course, but this- if it does indeed work as it is HeartlanderMomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12186297887452658438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7727346534279672595.post-45226663011967609522011-01-29T00:09:00.002-05:002011-01-29T00:31:53.519-05:00Egypt just part of a chain of trouble.On Yahoo Finance Today: Fitch downgrades Egypt outlook to negative as violence and protests mount. Really. This is one of these things where I say... ah... yes? Isn't this pretty obvious? Maybe it's just me. Am I being too cynical? It's a scary thing because this really has the potential to set the entire region on fire, more on fire than it usually is, I mean. I HeartlanderMomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12186297887452658438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7727346534279672595.post-65387338401632370272011-01-25T23:20:00.000-05:002011-01-25T23:20:03.395-05:00Words of Wisdom I've Read From Someone Else.I read this and had to share:
"Little wooden blocks with paper letters peeling off or gone, some tarnished Lincoln Logs, and assorted steel parts from an old Erector Set.
As a boy of 5-6 years of age, I found great joy in playing with the above toys passed down from four older siblings. I would sort out the parts and pieces, those that had not HeartlanderMomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12186297887452658438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7727346534279672595.post-71552127970179109712010-04-29T12:06:00.001-04:002010-04-29T12:07:23.782-04:00Why the "Recovery" is bogus.
Thank you Karl Denninger.
Look carefully and you will see why a 'recovery' that happens even as the government's contribution to the GDP increases shows that the private sector is still sinking. While the govt spending has gone from circa 4% of GDP to nearly 12% while the overall GDP has declined from 2% down to circa -11%. Just think about that for a bit.HeartlanderMomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12186297887452658438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7727346534279672595.post-27519516216960138222010-03-29T13:35:00.003-04:002010-03-29T13:40:59.101-04:00Oops. Social Security Not Paying For Itself. 6 Years Earlier than Predicted. Government Misunderestimated. Again. What a Huge Surprise.Social Security Promo Poster, 1936 - 1937.
Social Security is no longer taking in more or the same than it's paying out. This is an interesting development. You see, we all knew the day would come, but it's now come 6 years earlier than expected. So for all those politicians who in the past have felt they can just kick the can to the next bunch of elected officials, well, time HeartlanderMomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12186297887452658438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7727346534279672595.post-55156720416989183552010-03-29T11:48:00.006-04:002010-03-29T14:19:00.243-04:00And the boys inside the beltway say there won't be any impact until 2014...Law of Unintended Consequences and What Healthcare May Mean to You
Check this out. Three days after the new healthcare bill is signed into law, there's an SEC filing by AT&T. Remember, the rules are that your company has to file these things as soon as you're aware of their impact, not when they're taking effect. So AT&T is aware, and they filed within 3 days.HeartlanderMomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12186297887452658438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7727346534279672595.post-7215354046342028512010-03-23T15:46:00.001-04:002010-03-29T12:03:55.889-04:00What the Hell is a CDO, Credit Swap and all that stuff anyway? The answers, in digestible format. Watch and Learn!For the layman, or laywoman, who doesn't have a degree in financial economics, Jonathan Jarvis does a *GREAT* job of boiling it down to a nice understandable format.
Enjoy. 10 minutes of your life, it's well worth it. You can visit his site at http://crisisofcredit.com
or just watch this video. Then you'll want to watch the others.
The Crisis of Credit Visualized from HeartlanderMomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12186297887452658438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7727346534279672595.post-87059414215555183762010-03-05T15:12:00.001-05:002010-03-05T15:15:00.773-05:00R.I.F. = Reduction In ForceEver have the feeling this will be waiting for you when you get back from the head?
HeartlanderMomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12186297887452658438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7727346534279672595.post-70484509054285903712010-03-05T14:48:00.002-05:002010-03-05T14:53:28.192-05:00A little light reading... can you please pass the hemlock when you're done?This was in Business Insider. Mike on the Feveriam youtube channel mentioned it in his broadcast on Feb 14. So I followed the link and checked it out. Now, really, none of this is news to me. Just read my posts and you'll see that I've got my eyes open and have for a couple years. Oct 08 really did it for me. But holy crap. Have you ever seen it put HeartlanderMomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12186297887452658438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7727346534279672595.post-13151776105600416692010-03-02T21:40:00.000-05:002010-03-02T21:40:25.760-05:00Back in production mode. No more store eggs.Spring is starting to, uh, 'spring' forth. With all the snow here in Ohio lately reflecting sunlight into the coop late in the afternoon and early in the morning, and the daylight lengthening, the ladies (my 6 hens) are in full swing again. It was KILLING me to have to buy eggs when I have 6 hens in the backyard. Argh! The girls were slowly molting over the winter, I only got 1 HeartlanderMomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12186297887452658438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7727346534279672595.post-37529668306947542172010-03-02T21:27:00.001-05:002010-03-02T21:45:05.789-05:00Abundant Blessings in Lean TimesSo after another unplanned hiatus, (sorry folks) I am back. I have the joyous news of two women in my life who are nearest to my heart, after long struggles trying to get pregnant, are successfully so. Blessings on you both and your bundles of joy. From one mother to two others: Love and congratulations to you and your husbands and familes. We are all rejoicing with HeartlanderMomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12186297887452658438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7727346534279672595.post-24648900830554796222009-11-24T11:46:00.000-05:002009-11-24T11:46:11.412-05:00How is your bank doing? You might want to check on that now that the FDIC is broke too.Fresh off WallStreet Journal today. negative 8.5 BILLION.
HeartlanderMomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12186297887452658438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7727346534279672595.post-12723600730685869302009-11-24T11:19:00.003-05:002009-11-24T11:47:14.378-05:00Fool Us Twice, Shame on US! -or- How We've Taught the Washington Weasels That We'll Put up With the Same Shit Over and Over Again.It is said, that we will get the government we deserve. And when we don't keep an eye on things, we do indeed get what we deserve.
Well this is the latest reiteration of the great social security scandal... now foisted upon the public in the name of "the common good" in order to "do something" to help all those millions of uninsured people gain access to healthcare.
&HeartlanderMomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12186297887452658438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7727346534279672595.post-38707751362284352062009-11-24T08:07:00.001-05:002009-11-24T08:07:00.554-05:00Montsanto's Feet Held to French FireYou know how much I love Montsanto.
Okay... well here's the latest on what they're up to. Basically, Roundup (TM) has been proven to not be biodegradable at all as Montsanto claims. Not only that, but it's toxic, causes DNA damage, and a slew of other nasty stuff. Add that to the Montsanto line of "Roundup-ready" GMO seeds and well... you have a lot of sales dropping off HeartlanderMomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12186297887452658438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7727346534279672595.post-16959657217284735872009-11-23T10:39:00.000-05:002009-11-23T10:39:59.979-05:00Cloward and Piven, Alinsky, et alIf you're not familiar with Cloward and Piven, here it is in a nutshell:
[aside: don't go to wiki for the real definition of Cloward and Piven or Alinsky. Those entries have been nicely 'scrubbed' and if you don't believe that, go to the edits page and look at it. It's downright indsidious how the efforts to 'clean up' the information about these strategies and re-package them as HeartlanderMomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12186297887452658438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7727346534279672595.post-15308766441750645652009-11-19T15:37:00.000-05:002009-11-19T15:37:20.139-05:00Wormhole Alert: Major Bank publishes a 68 page report on global collapse, 6 mos of predictions.Ambrose Evans-Pritchard telling it like it is. Again. Ambrose, do you sleep at night?
Societe Generale tells clients how to prepare for potential global collapse.
Gold is responding. I don't think it's a 'bubble.' I think people know the jig is up but no one wants to start the flash exodus from the ship of fools. This could get ver-ry interesting HeartlanderMomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12186297887452658438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7727346534279672595.post-66588573622565073252009-11-14T08:06:00.001-05:002009-11-14T08:06:00.683-05:00Just When You Thought it Couldn't Get Any More Orwellian, Britain Writes a New Chapter.I see this and just about shit myself. How is it possible that the people are standing for this? It's crazy. Best part: check out the comments at the end of the article for a good laugh.
Excerpt from the UK Telegraph:
"Everyone in Britain could be given a personal 'carbon allowance' Everyone in Britain should have an annual carbon ration and be HeartlanderMomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12186297887452658438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7727346534279672595.post-76669002247294856692009-11-13T13:21:00.003-05:002009-11-13T13:29:57.613-05:00"Shout Out" to the American Thinker Article "The Audacity of Extremism"Worth the read. Enjoy. Of course it's chock full o' Brit humour and thinking points despite being written by a Yank.
teaser:
"...Don't tell me these folks are mainstream Americans. No way. Obama is running the most extremist administration in American history. It's chockfull of wild-eyed bizarros like Van Jones, Rahm Gawdhelpus, and the whole Chicago Gang. How many HeartlanderMomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12186297887452658438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7727346534279672595.post-37426237745123292522009-11-13T12:54:00.000-05:002009-11-13T12:54:32.323-05:00This Healthcare Bill is Actually "Exporatory" Surgery.
I've just found this interesting blog. I am not vouching for the accuracy of the information found within, but based on what I've seen so far, it seems to be pretty accurate so far.
"The Health Insurance Sausage Factory."
The thing about sausage is that it is actually very scary and something that you'd never ever want to eat if you actually *saw* what was really going intoHeartlanderMomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12186297887452658438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7727346534279672595.post-81463940947719837182009-11-11T14:41:00.002-05:002009-11-19T10:59:27.611-05:00Informed About Swine Flu (H1N1)Interesting series of presentations about SwineFlu, the vaccine(s) and some minor history if influenza dating back to 1918. If you aren't up on your immunology, influenza knowledge, and vaccine manufacturing methodologies, this will be *very* enlightening.
Hat tip to Mike on Feveriam channel (his blog is Don't Panic) for publicizing this! Anyway: I've included the videos so HeartlanderMomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12186297887452658438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7727346534279672595.post-74695426817288856462009-11-11T14:40:00.001-05:002009-11-19T10:57:33.884-05:00Text of 6-part H1N1 / Swine Flu presentation by Dr. Teresa ForcadesInteresting series of presentations about SwineFlu, the vaccine(s) and some minor history if influenza dating back to 1918. If you aren't up on your immunology, influenza knowledge, and vaccine manufacturing methodologies, this will be *very* enlightening.
Hat tip to Mike on Feveriam channel (his blog is Don't Panic) for publicizing this!
Text transcript of video series:
"What HeartlanderMomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12186297887452658438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7727346534279672595.post-19136146143359309192009-11-10T09:36:00.000-05:002009-11-10T09:36:05.527-05:00Urban Farmers get Real in Butchering ClassesHat tip to Lee Hill Kavanaugh, published in the Kansas City Star. [Good for you writing about this!]
Writeup here: Chicken butchering classes really are offered and attended.
Pictoral Blog of workshop here: [There is blood so don't visit if you are squeamish] Urban chicken butchering workshop pictures
The pictures from the chicken workshop are exactly what my workshop was like.&HeartlanderMomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12186297887452658438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7727346534279672595.post-9112442470324947942009-11-09T12:43:00.004-05:002009-11-09T12:53:08.991-05:00Bloomberg, UK Telegraph Reports Gold Sold Like Candy From Vending Machines in Germany
Here's an article in the UK Telegraph about Gold sold in vending machines.
And Here's Bloomberg doing a segment on it too.
[!?!]
HeartlanderMomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12186297887452658438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7727346534279672595.post-81954994237846344952009-11-08T12:39:00.000-05:002009-11-09T13:45:53.921-05:00Raising the Bar~ Applying to HarvardAn interesting little op/ed using some of that pesky math again... Anyway, worth the read.
I've apparently been in the active 'applying to Harvard' category for the last year. No wonder jobhunting been difficult. I didn't even bother to apply there for my undergrad, well, because I knew I didn't have a snowball's chance in hell. I guess I've raised my expectations of HeartlanderMomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12186297887452658438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7727346534279672595.post-48063273838456849072009-11-07T10:42:00.000-05:002009-11-09T13:45:28.477-05:00New Yorker ChooksIf you want to be allowed to have chickens, New York is the place to be. Apparently, the hottest spot is Brooklyn! (Hat tip to bloggers at PathToSustainability for pointing the way to this clip)
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