Más de 207.400 personas pierden su trabajo en un sólo trimestre mientras el total de desocupados alcanza niveles desconocidos en los últimos ocho años sobre los 2,3 millones.
El fuerte aumento del paro en el segundo trimestre del año no deja lugar a dudas: la economía española está en crisis. Según la Encuesta de Población Activa [...]
Es obvio que a medida que aumenta el precio de los alimentos, las personas deben tomar decisiones para mantener su presupuesto. Un incremento en el costo de la vida hace que las personas empiecen a tomar decisiones en materia económica, generalmente, basándose en el precio de los alimentos.
En momentos de crisis se empiezan a reducir [...]
(Note: If you are looking for more info on the gas in Venezuela being $0.12 per gallon?! Which is 97% less than USA, see near the bottom of this article)
Yes, I know, the gas prices in America are too high, and if you are unlucky enough to live in Southern California then you’ve nearing your [...]
Every day we hear about how we are ruining the environment or killing the planet with our thirst for polluting fossil fuels. Greenies and celebrities tell us that we should cut down on our green...
New material from the legendary Grandmaster Caz, available for pre-order, out August 12th. Definitely news worthy and something to look forward to.Tracklist:1. Be Gone (Produced By: Earl Boom Dap; DJ Parker Lee)2. Dont Mess Wit Me feat. Kyle (Produced By: Earl Boom Dap; DJ Parker Lee)3. Lioneere (Produced By: Earl Boom Dap; DJ Parker Lee)4. 4-Bar Funk (BTF Dance Remix) (Produced By: Earl Boom Dap;
El Estado central cerró el primer semestre con un déficit del 0,42% del PIB, que equivale a 4.683 millones. La Administración central no cosechaba un saldo negativo desde junio de 2005. El secretario de Estado de Hacienda, Carlos Ocaña, reconoció ayer por primera vez que el Estado cerrará este año ‘con unas décimas’ de números [...]
There is a single solution to both the illegal invasion crisis and the skyrocketing cost of gasoline. All it takes is the political will to do what is necessary to preserve American sovereignty, language, and culture.
The government of Tamilnadu has imposed a rule over the usage of electricity. According to the rule there will be a pre-told power cut to its state capital, Chennai, for an hour and the other areas of state would suffer a worse duration of 2 hours-daily. This rule will be enforced from Monday onwards (21-July, 2008). The worst news is that his rule has no borders. The rule stays as long as there
According to the independent, there’s an escargot shortage that is threatening French life as we know it. OH NON! Most of the snails people eat in France are from Eastern Europe. Gasp! Oui oui. It’s true. But now the snail harvesting profession there is frowned upon. NOT very glamorous. How will they supply this year’s [...]
The Revolution is ready to start sampling the various Final Crisis tie-in issues that DC has in store for us. I loved Final Crisis: Requiem #1. And next up is Final Crisis: Rogues Revenge #1. I am confident that this should be a quality read. It is Geoff Johns writing the Rogues and various other characters associate with the Flash. What more could you ask for? Let’s go ahead and do this review.
When the whole world is undergoing the fuel crisis currently how could only Nepal be left behind in the race.Nepal lacking oil reserves of its own and also unfortunately being a landlocked country has to depend on India for its needs.The fuel crisis in Nepal has intensified as Indian Oil Corporation (IOC),the main supplier of petroleum products to the Himalayan country, cuts its supply of fuel and
Democrats, who were outfoxed by President Bush last week when he lifted the executive ban on offshore drilling, have been scrambling to come up with their own energy plan. And now they have. Does it call for an increase in the oil supply? No. What it does call for is Americans to cut back [...]
It seems to me like Brooklyn is becoming the mecca for electro/psychadelic/pop/indie whatever you want to call it artists. I don’t really post much that would fall into this catagory, and to be honest, I wasn’t even that into this Boy Crisis track when I first heard it, but something about this catchy track titled [...]
El vicepresidente y ministro de Economía, Pedro Solbes, no dudó ayer en emplear la palabra “crisis” para definir la situación actual de la economía española, “la más compleja que nunca hemos vivido, por la cantidad de factores que están encima de la mesa”, apuntó en declaraciones a Punto Radio. Entre los responsables del espinoso escenario, [...]
In Wave 4, Richard Poe brings up a fact that I have never considered: the meaning of the word “job”. He quotes economists James Dale Davidson and Lord William Rees-Mogg who claim, “ The twenty first century will see the death of jobs as we know them.” The author goes on to explain that it [...]
Anwar Ibrahim is the former Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia and is currently the de facto leader of Keadilan, the People’s Justice Party. After a distinguished career in public service he was unjustly removed from office and endured six years in solitary confinement on trumped-up charges. In 2004 those charges were dismissed and he [...]
La Federación Nacional de Asociaciones de Transporte de España (Fenadismer), convocante del paro en el sector del pasado mes de junio, aseguró hoy que las medidas adoptadas por el Gobierno para ayudar al sector siguen siendo "insuficientes". La patronal insistió...
Las matriculaciones de vehículos industriales en España se situaron en 20.111 unidades durante los seis primeros meses del presente ejercicio, lo que supone una reducción del 11,7% al compararlo con las cifras del mismo periodo de 2007, informaron hoy las...
The current economic crisis is bad the world over and while its hitting some companies hard, GM shows just how bad with numbers.
Today we are hearing from a GM CEO news announcement that the automaker is making some massive cut backs just in order to survival the economic crisis, Rick Wagoner has shown in this [...]
The Revolution is enjoying Final Crisis, so I figured that I would sample some of DC’s Final Crisis tie-in issues. Hopefully, DC can deliver tie-in issues that are as entertaining as the Secret Invasion tie-in issues that Marvel has given us. Final Crisis: Requiem #1 deals with the death of Martian Manhunter. I have always loved J’onn’s character and I am looking forward to what hopefully wi
Not To Blame -- Joni Mitchell
Here are a few fragmented excerpts on Countrywide's thirst for quantity and increasing lack of quality.
As for Countrywide being a great place to work -- as Jonas Roth
(the head of the trading desk at Countrywide) and others might testify
to -- Betsy Bayer (VP of compliance at Countrywide) wasn't so sure. "It
was a sweatshop," sh
Por Ricardo Hormazábal, abogado y ex senador PDC.“Para enfrentar la crisis, las decisiones no son de Hacienda, sino de la Presidenta Bachelet”, dice Ricardo Hormazábal.El ex senador y ex embajador en Alemania sostiene que la gobernante deberá disponer de las políticas responsables que nos permitan enfrentar este escenario que llegó para quedarse, por un período corto, pero no menor.“Ha
What is going on in Lathrop, CA? Although the City of Lathop has been around a long time - the newer homes on the west side of Lathrop have not. I took a drive through the community and it was not a pretty sight. The foreclosure crisis has hit there pretty hard on these 2004 to present homes. The yards are the first sign of foreclosure. Then there is all the For Sale signs and the yellow
Oil price has doubled thus far, with speculation that it'd surge to $200 or $400 per bareel. Oil price is not only the concern of traders these days, it has become the concern of everyone from housewives to salaried employees to businesses. It is posing a threat to the stability of the world economy today.For older folks, the current oil crisis will inevitably bring to mind the oil crisis of the 7
Eesti Päevaleht kajastab Iraani hiljutisi raketikatsetusi, mainides muuhulgas (minu kursiivid): "Millegipärast on liikvel kahesugune fotomaterjal. Ühel on pildistatud nelja raketi start, kusjuures seda ülesvõtet levitas Iraani sõjavägi. Teisel on aga näha kolme raketi taevasse sööstmist, samal ajal kui ühelt stardiseadeldiselt paistab olev
It was a chaotic time on the stock market last week with rumors that Lehman Brothers would be the next investment bank to succumb to the credit crisis a la Bear Stearns, the closing of IndyMac, and the collapse of the stocks of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddy Mac after the announcement that they [...]
by F. William Engdahl
Global Research, July 10, 2008
A secret study by the World Bank, which reportedly has not been made public on pressure from the Bush Administration, concludes that bio-fuel cultivation in especially the USA and EU are directly responsible for the current explosion in grain and food prices worldwide. The US Government [...]
Bedika, New Delhi: Bollywood actor Rahul Bose has now joined hands with Hollywood counterparts to petition G-8 leaders to address the challenges of poverty and food crises worldwide during their three-day summit beginning in Tokyo today.Known for his intense acting in alternative and art house films like ‘English August,’ ‘Takshak,’ ‘Mr and Mrs Ayer,’ ‘Eve
by F. William Engdahl Global Research, July 10, 2008 A secret study by the World Bank, which reportedly has not been made public on pressure from the Bush Administration, concludes that bio-fuel cultivation in especially the USA and EU are directly responsible for the current explosion in grain and food prices worldwide. The US Government at the recent Rome UN Food Summit claim
HOLLYWOOD may love to churn out sequels but markets do not think much of them. Almost four months after the rescue of Bear Stearns, investors are again grappling with worries about the health of the banking industry. The spreads, or excess interest rates, on the riskiest corporate bonds are almost back to the levels last seen in March.Each day brings new sources of alarm. On July 7th shares in Fre
Australia Home Lending At Lowest Level Since 1991
“HOME lending growth has suffered its biggest decline since the 1991 recession while inflation continues to soar, confronting the Reserve Bank with the dilemma of a slowing economy and simultaneously rising prices as it meets today to set interest rates.” … level.html
U.K. House Prices Drop Most on [...]
By far the biggest story this year regarding real estate is the potential implosion of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae and/or the potential government takeover of these two companies. It is the biggest story because if something bad happens to either or both of these Government Sponsored Enterprises the impact on real estate would be devastating. These two GSEs provide so much liquidity and foundation
This is not a financial crisis but a crisis of finance.This is not an economic crisis but a crisis of economics.This is not a strategic crisis but a crisis of strategy.Listening to Henry Paulson or Ben Bernanke is quite depressing. Not because of the news they carry but because of their absolute lack of vision. Along with the crowd, they postponed the realization of the crisis in a comical state o
You only have to peruse the supermarket aisles to realise that food prices are spiralling out of control, staple items like bread, pasta and rice have seen some supermarkets impose rationing to prevent bulk buying. Prices of rice alone have increased by 93% over the last year (granted some export restrictions have affected this) and they show no sign of stopping any time soon. These kind of scary
If 2007 was the hottest year on record, don’t you think we’d hear about it from the liberal press? Yes? Then why haven’t we? Because 2007 was not the hottest year on record and, in fact, global temperatures have been falling across the globe since an El Nino-induced heatwave in 1998. What the media continues [...]
En estos días de crisis llamada de mil forma diferentes , todos los ojos se centran en el sector que más ha impulsado el crecimiento en este país en los últimos años, la construcción. Todos sus indicadores parecen certificar que la falta de confianza esta resultando demoledora para conseguir unos mínimos resultados, para garantizar su supervivencia. ¿ Y que hacer? ¿Cómo vender las actual
The Algore Numbskull Baldspot RefugeClick on image to enlarge.We've been alerted that a new campaign, "with a solution to the national energy crisis", has been started by the Comrades at the People's Cube, the KG3: Drill in the ANBR.The graphic above explains all.Don't ask any questions: the walls have ears. So does the ANBR.Which is where the overly-curious may find themselves being shipped to--i
La crisis actual da mucho que pensar, yo mismo vivía para viajar, no sé cuantos vuelos y miles de kilómetros habré hecho, lo cierto es que siempre utilicé los transporte públicos, en países muy poblados como la India eran horas de días enteros a veces compartiendo con decenas de personas, ahora con la crisis energética y el recalentamiento del planeta, se plantea uno moverse lo mínimo y
ARLINGTON (Virginia) - JPMORGAN Chase Chief Executive Jamie Dimon said some problems in the credit markets have been resolved, but that does not mean market conditions will not deteriorate further.'I do think we have some very serious issues to face,' Mr Dimon said on Tuesday at a mortgage lending forum sponsored by the Federal Deposit Insurance. 'Things could actually get worse.'Wall Street inves
Thirty countries have already experienced food riots this year. Tens of millions of people are being pushed into abject poverty and starvation. And to a large degree, this crisis is man-made -- the result of misguided energy and farm policies.
Perhaps the most wrongheaded policies are the tangle of subsidies, mandates and tariffs that encourage the production of biofuels from crops in the United S
In the past few days there have been a flurry of conventional media and blog posts about how GM has decided both to unveil the production Chevy Volt and launch its production in an expedited fashion. These articles insinuate that these moves are suddenly taking place because of GMs finanical difficulties.
This began because of a [...]
It is hard to know how far the global financial crisis still has to run, with the extent of further credit losses dependent on what happens to the U.S. housing sector, IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn said on Wednesday."What is sure is that the consequences for the real (economy) sector of the financial crisis are still in front of us," Strauss-Kahn, the International Monetary Fund's managing dire
Professor Emerson from Oregon State University recently made a series of posts explaining the credit crisis on his blog, The Oregon Economics Blog. I enjoyed the series and thought you would too…Act I: Global CapitalAct II: SecuritizationAct III: The Fed’s ReactionHe often blogs about beer so you might want to check in every once in a while to see what is brewing.
This just pisses me off. My friend Big Bad Wolf poseted a bolg about Oil prices and I replied with a few thoughts on his blog and it got we riled up enough to share those same posted thoughts with my ...
Rebelion. Cómo fabricar una crisis alimentaria global: Lecciones del Banco Mundial, el Fondo Monetario Internacional y la Organización Mundial del Comercio:Walden BelloLa JornadaEl aumento global en los precios de los alimentos no es sólo la consecuencia de utilizar productos agrícolas para convertirlos en agrocombustibles, si no de las políticas del “libre mercado” promovidas por las ins
On Sunday the Edmonton Sun had an article on the world water crisis that really got us thinking about things.The world is rapidly running out of clean fresh water.Did you know that every eight seconds a child dies from drinking dirty water?Did you know that a new desert the size of Rhode Island is created in China because of drought every year?Did you know that in the developing world, 90% of wast
I've been thinking way too much lately about the fact that there are several hundred blogs with the title "Mommy" in them. And that's not a bad thing, it's just that I like to be different. Or is it difficult? Anyway....I was thinking I wanted a catchier blog title...something that could sum me up in one word or two...something memorable.Am I nuts?Of course there would be the serious pain in th
The fastest online payday loans are gaining popularity among the money borrowers. Its features are what make the difference. There are times when you are faced with unforeseen financial demands that need to be addressed urgently. There is no time for you to wait. At such an hour you would wish for a financial solution [...]
It’s no secret that the Anglican Communion, which is spearheaded by the Church of England is imploding and conservative and orthodox factions of the Church of England are threatening to defect back to the Roman Catholic Church if the Anglican Church decides to allow women to serve as Bishops. If the liberal figureheads of [...]
El índice del ICO acumula una caída de 41 puntos en un año y de 4,7 enteros en junio
El pesimismo sobre la evolución del precio del barril de crudo, el Índice de Precios al Consumo (IPC), los tipos de interés, el ahorro y el consumo redujeron en 4,7 puntos la confianza del consumidor en junio, [...]
News from BoingBoing: all the stolen laptops have essentially been replaced. Enough money was earned thanks to the community. Good news indeed. That was darn fast too.Good work people.(Don't click the read more, there isn't any more after this!)
Business Times - 05 Jul 2008THERE would be few people who have seen banking and financial turmoil as close up, and from as many angles, as Shaukat Aziz. In his 30-year-long career at Citibank alone, he had first hand experience of several banking crises. In particular, during the early 1990s, he was in the thick of the action when Citibank got into deep trouble after vast amounts of its loans to L
Crisis in Afgan still in progress forClass News Asia › Buat Tulisan Baru — WordPress get dicreasing ofdamage. It’s big case but many country and many union did want to help Afgan. NGO is the last wish. UN want to help Afgan and Indonesia is the leader of it but the real problem is never [...]
Internal World Bank study delivers blow to plant energy drive Aditya Chakrabortty The Guardian - Friday July 4, 2008 Original URL A handful of corn before it is processed. Photograph: Charlie Neibergall/AP Biofuels have forced global food prices up by 75% - far more than previously estimated - according to a confidential World Bank report obtained by the Guardian. The damning unp
Large banks in Britain such as HSBC, Barclays and Nat West approved less mortgages in May since the same time in 1997. The cause of this is reluctant buyers, high asking prices and increasing household outgoings. The British Bankers Association said that banks approved 27,986 mortgages in May which was down from the 34,752 in April. This is a 56.1% decline from this time last year. This decrease r
Food crisis thesis paper deals with this much heated topic of today that has endangered thousands of human live particularly in the poor countries and it has affected the people all over the world.
There is a lot of debate to identify who is responsible for this crisis. President Bush has earlier stated [...]
Durante estos días se celebra en Madrid el XIX Congreso Mundial del Petróleo. Y la conclusión a la que han llegado es la siguiente: ni los mayores expertos son capaces de ponerse de acuerdo en cuáles son los motivos. No saben si la crisis se debe a la especulación financiera, a una crisis estructural o a la falta de oferta.Por un lado las petroleras hablan de factores estructurales como la es
Los españoles “se están dando cuenta tarde de la magnitud de sus problemas económicos“, pese a que su presidente, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, “siga negando que existan”, publica el semanario británico The Economist.
En su número de esta semana, la revista aborda la situación económica de España en un artículo titulado irónicamente “¿Crisis? ¿Qué crisi
With the amount of mortgage foreclosures continuing to rise in the United States, shocking figures reveal that more and more middle class professional Americans are being forced to sell their homes and live in their cars or motor-homes. As the number of homeless people increases, one charity agency in California, has launched a safe parking scheme. New Beginnings aim is to provide a place of refug
España.- Ifema prevé una participación ligeramente inferior, con medio millar de empresas, para la próxima convocatoria del salón internacional Modacalzado Iberpiel , que reunirá en septiembre a los principales fabricantes, importadores y distribuidores de calzado, productos textiles y artículos de piel.A pesar de la actual coyuntura económic
The soaring global food prices will adversely impact government finances in countries like India and Pakistan and may result in bloating of their deficits by over five per cent of the GDP, according to a Standard & Poors (S&P) report.India, Pakistan and Egypt would be hardest hit by the rise in food costs, with a general government deficits of 5.9 per cent, 6.5 per cent, and 6.9 per cent o
Jonathan Greene talks about the inferior reality of the disciples and the superior reality of Jesus during a crisis. This teaching offers some useful pointers for surviving tough events with dignity and character, and not shooting yourself in the foot with a negative confession. Part 1 of 2.
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Runaway Ice chunk In Antarctica Worries ScientistsThe Associated PressMarch 26, 2008(Taken by Arunava Das, Media Analyst, EmPower Research, Bangalore with special permission from Alfred Albert Al Gore, Environmental Activist, UN for Blog Display on 3 June, 2008… Details: is a registered user with --- We Can Solve The Climate Crisis)WASHINGTON: A chunk of Antarctic ice seven times the size of M
Hoy mismo se ha conocido que España fue país de la UE donde más subió el paro en el último año, hasta el 9,9%; que las ventas de coches se han desplomado un 17,6% en el primer semestre; que productos básicos como los limones, la harina o el aceite de girasol subieron en junio hasta un 63,7%; que el Euríbor cerró el mes de junio en el 5,361% y marcó así un máximo histórico; y a todo
"We told you so." The Bank for International Settlements has long warned of the dangers of unrestrained credit growth and asset price inflation. In this year's annual report, the last to be prepared under the direction of William White, its long-serving Canadian economic adviser, it felt free to point out how right it had been. But it did so with restraint: "Rather than seeking to apportion blame,
JSMP Press Release 2 July 2008Timor-Leste’s President José Ramos-Horta yesterday unveiled his legislative plan for an ambitious reconciliation process covering the events of the 2006 crisis. The draft law, authored by his office, sets out a scheme whereby those charged, or even sentenced, for their role in the crisis could be excused from criminal responsibility.“Passage of this draft law wou
In What Happens When They Grow Up, Newsweek, to its credit, focuses on the very real adult autism residential care crisis which exists in the United States (and in Canada). Newsweek is unable to provide any real solutions but hopefully the article will help focus the public discussion of autism on the very serious crisis confronting adults with autism disorders who can not care for themselve
El director gerente del Fondo Monetario Internacional (FMI), Dominique Strauss-Kahn, dijo ayer que “el mundo está en crisis” por el alza de los precios del petróleo y de los alimentos, y alertó de que algunos países se hallan en “un punto crítico”.
El mundo ha encajado mejor de lo previsto la espiral de precios de las [...]
Han caído un 7% los pares exportados.Vendemos menos en EE UU o Alemania.España.- Las exportaciones del calzado español han caído en mercados tradicionales como EE UU, Alemania y Reino Unido, durante el primer trimestre de 2008 por "la crisis de consumo internacional", aunque han aumentado en países emergentes.
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Oil prices have hit $143 a barrel and there appears to be little let-up as traders push the energy commodity to record highs, almost on a daily basis. At the same time the US dollar is hovering near record lows against a line of major currencies with markets continuously seeking to send the US currency lower. Commodity traders jump on any reason, no matter how minute, to send crude prices higher.
I've received my share of "singlehood" forwards over the years. They help us laugh at our situation, maybe cope with them better and maybe still keep us wondering if we'd rather be on the other side and that these were just created by the singles to feel better about themselves. Whatever it may be, it is still a phase in most normal lives. For some it's just a longer phase than usual.You've proba
Restrictions exist on oddly shaped fruits and vegetables that are too big, small, or ugly. However, easing these restrictions within the European Union and United States may help alleviate the food crisis because tiny imperfections may leave indistinguishable (appearance and taste) fruit and vegetables second rate.
Anyone who has ever shopped at a [...]
100 Miles Per Gallon
As part of an industry known for product pre-launch hype, you’d think that Team Everest would be shouting from the housetops that they were given marketing rights to a device that promises any vehicle will get at least 100 miles per gallon. Yet this device, known as the PICC, seems to be [...]
Since joining Kiva, a website allowing users to provide micro-loans to entrepreneurs in developing countries, my family and I have made over 20 loans ranging from $25 to $75. Though we considered it a donation, the idea of it being a loan, and the fact that I can pull out my money after the loan [...]
The worst of the financial crisis is over and markets should start settling from the second half of this year, the head of France's biggest listed bank, BNP Paribas, told Italy's La Repubblica newspaper."The worst should be over and I think that from the second half onwards the crisis should normalize: that is, the phase of exceptional turbulence on the markets should end," Baudouin Prot, chief ex
The crisis fuelled by fertiliser shortage appears to be spreading with various towns in Karnataka and Maharashtra witnessing violent protests by farmers .
While the chief ministers of the two states — B S Yeddyurappa and Vilasrao Deshmukh — have pressed the panic button and met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, separately, to ensure adequate supply ahead of the planting of the kharif crop,
Image by Getty Images via DaylifeBen Affleck, writer and director of Gone Baby Gone, Academy Award winning co-writer of Good Will Hunting, and actor in several films, will now be discussing the humanitarian crisis in the Congo as a Nightline correspondent. Affleck had been to the Congo a few times before and then brought a Nightline crew with him to spread the story. The Congo story will air Thurs
Stock prices plunged on Wall Street yesterday as a fresh wave of anxiety swept across the markets over the banking industry’s struggle with the mounting credit crisis.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average slumped by 360 points to 13,300 - its fifth worst day of the year. It was second drop of more than 300 points [...]
Stock prices plunged on Wall Street yesterday as a fresh wave of anxiety swept across the markets over the banking industry’s struggle with the mounting credit crisis.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average slumped by 360 points to 13,300 - its fifth worst day of the year. It was second drop of more than 300 points [...]
Parenting Through Crisis - An article describing the challenges of mindful parenting when true crisis emerges in life. How do we remain focused on our children's needs while we face financial difficulties? More: continued here Other Review: Antibacterial Diaper - 2 oz., (Natures Inventory) (Health and Beauty)
Fuel Crisis Changes Airlines' Flight Plans - Yahoo! News: "With fuel costs hovering stubbornly at record highs, airlines are abruptly changing course by suspending flights, slapping new luggage fees on travelers, raising fuel surcharges on tickets, switching to smaller planes, grounding older, inefficient aircraft and raising fares.Industry-watchers say the current, fuel-driven crisis may be wors
Los datos son escalofriantes: un niño menor de 10 años muere de hambre cada cinco segundos y 100,000 personas al día fallecen por inanición o causas relacionadas. Una de cada seis personas en el planeta sufre permanentemente malnutrición. La subida del precio de los alimentos ha condenado al hambre a 100 millones de personas más. [...]
¡Que no nos vendan la moto! ¡Que no nos tomen más el pelo! Estamos ya un poco hartos de ver y oír a artistas el rollo de que “la industria está en crisis”, que “la piratería ha hecho mucho daño” y demás cuentos. Recuerdo una noticia de 2004 (sí, ya llevamos demasiados años aguantando el [...]
While the world's eyes are focused on the global rice shortage, skyrocketing rice prices, and how it is affecting 3rd world countries, there is another issue that seems to have slipped by relatively unnoticed: the skyrocketing price of pasta in the US.Over the last year there has been an extreme increase in the price of spaghetti and most other macaroni products. In some cases it has been an almos
The Revolution completely enjoyed Final Crisis #1. Too bad that the sales numbers reflect that not many comic book readers share my enthusiasm over this title. Now, there is probably no way that I will not love Final Crisis #2. I am a huge Barry Allen fan. I was just a little kid when DC killed Barry and I was completely and totally traumatized. Barry’s death was the first one I experienced in m
Admittedly, I am getting a little jaded with the constant housing mess news, however this is probably the only way to fundamentally affect behavior. Pain, and a constant reminder of that pain, in some cases, can be a very positive thing.David Frum wrote an interesting piece for Marketplace Money about how the current mortgage turmoil may actually be a good thing for this country. I completely ag
Por fin está entre nosotros después de una larga espera un Final Fantasy en condiciones para la consola portátil de Sony. Regresa el sistema de materias y escenarios del que para muchos fue el mejor RPG que haya visto la faz de la tierra junto con personajes que nos harán recordar momentos entrañables.
Pues agarraros que [...]
