Top Picks ~ Week of April 1, 2007

Fort Knox: Bretton Bacteria Outbreak
By Hirus Dhnow – The Applachian Sentinel (Apr 1, 2007)

“The Secret”: Creating a Culture of Cheerfulness as Rome Burns
By Carolyn Baker – Speaking Truth to Power (Mar 30, 2007)

Venezuela to Introduce Local Currencies
By Gregory Wilpert – venezuelanalysis.com (Mar 30, 2007)

DARPA’s iXO Artifical Intelligence Control Grid: ‘The Official Version’
A 20 min Google video by IIB Films (Mar 25, 2007)

–> NASA Takes Google on Journey Into Space (Google Press Center)
–> NASA Takes Google on Journey Into Space NASA Press Release (Sept. 28, 2005)

Beckett’s Ghost Rules in Tehran
By Chris Sanders – Sanders Research (Mar 30, 2007)

Cities Set Limits on Serving Food to Homeless People
By Emily Bazar – USA Today (Mar 31, 2007)

It’s Time for Citizen Controlled Banks
By Jonathan M. Feldman – counterpunch (Mar 28, 2007)

Majority of Americans Think Global Warming as Serious as Terrorism
The Sietch Blog – Written by The Naib (Mar 25, 2007)

The Latest Tyranny: Tagging Terrorist Chickens
By Justin Sanders – The Moneychanger (Mar 31, 2007)

FarmHands in Montana has a new Map – Guide to Flathead Farms & Fresh Food (contact thebrants@centurytel.net for more info)

John Crudele: Treasury Clams up on PPT
By John Crudele – NY Post (Apr 3, 2007)

National Institute on Money in State Politics

Eagle Eye ~ Provider of Federal Procurement & Grant Business Intelligence

Ecuador’s President Denounces Adoption of US Dollar
By Matthew Walter & Theresa Bradley – Bloomberg.com (Apr 2, 2007)

Who is Fattening at the Government Trough?
Tennessee Farmers & Freeholders website

Retirement Community Navigates the Falling Dollar
By Catherine Austin Fitts – Scoop (Apr 4, 2007)

The War on Consciousness
By Paul Levy – awakeinthedream.com

Fannie Mae has Probably Bought and Repackaged This One Already
By Brendan Montague – London Times Online (Mar 25, 2007)

Republic or empire: A National Intelligence Estimate on the United States
By Chalmers A. Johnson – Harpers Online (Mar 2007)

HOPE – Healing of Persons Exceptional

Sucker-punch Spam with Award-winning Protection
From NewImprovedArt.com

Former Fed Analyst Questions M1 Currency Componenet Spike Prior to 9/11
By Ed Haas – muckrakerreport.com (Mar 22, 2007)

James Turk: More Trouble for the Dollar
From James Turk – goldmoney.com (Apr 1, 2007)

Derivatives Soon May Overwhelm Trading Even in Treasury Bonds
By Chris Powell – GATA Daily Dispatches (Apr 1, 2007)

China Figures How to Unload US Bonds Without Selling Them
From AFX News via Forbes.com

Combining Demand-Side Technologies, California Produces a Green Jail
By Penelope Grenoble O’Malley – Distributed Energy (Mar-Apr 2007)

Dirt Exposure ‘Boosts Happiness’
BBC News (Apr 1, 2007

Doing Well, Doing Good Need to sign-in as a Member to access
By Victoria Murphy Barret – Forbes.com (Apr 23, 2007)

Decline of bees, UK and worldwide: See article about half-way down the page: ‘Behavorial Changes Under Exposure to Electromagnetic Fields’:
Two beehives were unexposed and two beehives were exposed to a DECT phone. 25 bees were selected from each beehive and released 800 meters away.
Unexposed beehives: 16 and 17 bees returned after respectively 28 and 32 minutes.
DECT-exposed ones: 6 bees returned after 38 minutes to one hive. The other hive remained deserted. In the exposed beehives, there were 21% fewer cells constructed in the hive frames after 9 days.

Goldman Sachs is Biggest Creditor of Bankrupt New Century
By Robert Lindsay – The Times, London (Apr 4, 2007)

Blanchard Research Note: Not Much More Gold Likely to Come Out of Europe
By Chris Powell – GATA (Apr 5, 2007)

NovaGold Beats Barrack – Toronto (CP) – (Apr 5, 2007)
Also see: Solari Update – Why is NovaGold’s Success Important to you? (Aug 22, 2006)

Questions Linger About Bushes and BCCI
By Lucy Komisar – InterPress Service (Apr 4, 2007)

Jay Hughes on Preserving Dynastic Wealth in a Democracy
The Gift Hub – Blogging Philanthropy