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Financing Farming in The U.S.(PDF) INTRODUCTION A member of our network asked me to read and comment on a new study, “Financing Farming in the U.S.: Opportunities To Improve the Financial and Business Environment for Small and Midsized Farms Through Strategic Financing.” The report was sent to her by Slow Money. The report was funded by the W.K. [...]

Agricultural Bank of China (AgBank) said on Sunday it had fully exercised an over-allotment option for the Shanghai portion of its initial public offering, taking total proceeds from the offer to $22.1 billion, making the IPO the world’s biggest. The statement by AgBank, posted on the website of the Shanghai Stock Exchange, confirmed a Reuters report [...]

4 September a.d. 2010, 1:00 p.m. till 10:00 p.m. Watercress Farm (Top of the World Farm) 842 Waterloo Road, Westpoint, Tennessee 38486 (between Lawrenceburg & Waynesboro, Tennessee) (RSVP by Phone or Mail) Direct inquiries to Justin Sanders (888) 218-9226 ADMISSION: $4 per person, children 4 & under free. If you are carrying a stringed instrument or harmonica or spoons & can [...]

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No more than 25% say they have a “great deal” or “quite a lot” of confidence in either By Lymari Morales Americans continue to express near-record-low confidence in newspapers and television news — with no more than 25% of Americans saying they have a “great deal” or “quite a lot” of confidence in either. These views have [...]

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Here’s what John [Williams of Shadowstats.com] has to say about both the gold and silver price… Despite the June 28th historic high gold price of $1,261.00 per troy ounce, gold and silver prices have yet to approach their historic high levels, adjusted for inflation. The London afternoon fix, per Kitco.com of January 21, 1980 would be [...]

Prayer heals when it’s close-up and personal, and there’s a study to prove it. It’s not just any kind of prayer, but “proximal intercessory prayer,” or PIP — when one or more people pray for someone in that person’s presence and often with physical contact — that was found by a team of doctors, scientists, and [...]

“Everyone has a plan until he gets punched in the face.” ~ Mike Tyson Thanks to Simon Black ( Sovereign Man) for pointing this one out!

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Chinese Economy Eclipses Japan The Vancouver Sun (16 Aug 10) Matterhorn Asset Management There Will Be No Double Dip… It Will Be A Lot Worse Zero Hedge (16 Aug 10) US and China to Clash Over Yuan Fall Telegraph.co.uk (15 Aug 10) China Erases Yuan’s Gains on Dollar The Wall Street Journal (13 Aug 10) Japan Hints at Yen Intervention The Wall Street [...]

Manhattan Luxury Condos Try FHA Backing in `Game Changer’ Bloomberg (13 Aug 10)

Charges Against Former Lehman Execs Imminent? Zero Hedge (16 Aug 10) Banks to Benefit Most From White House Program to Help Fight Foreclosures The Hill (15 Aug 10) 14% Say Job Market Better Than Year Ago, 46% Say Worse Rasmussen Reports (15 Aug 10) Economy Remains Top Concern as Nov. Elections Draw Nearer Gallup (13 Aug 10) US Senators Press SEC [...]

The Fight Against Fracking Yes Magazine (13 Aug 10) Millions of Fish Dead in Bolivian Rivers
Authorities Explain What Really Happened BoliviaBella.com (9 Aug 10)

Wealth of Today’s Sports Stars is ‘No Match For The Fortunes of Rome’s Chariot Racers’ Telegraph.co.uk (13 Aug 10) Unsuspecting Plastic Soda Bottle Left In Yard May Be A Bottle Bomb Snopes (27 April 10)

Dead Fish Are Washing Up Everywhere . . . Is It Due to BP Oil Spill and Dispersants? Zero Hedge (15 Aug 10) Heartbeats at the Speed of Light Technology Review (16 Aug 10)

I was walking through the card section at Wal-Mart last night and noticed that they have a new section of cards. Typical sections are “Sympathy,” “Thank You,” and “Get Well.” The new one is called “Recession Humor.” Next to it they have a modification called “Job Loss.” One of the cards was a cartoon that showed [...]