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India plans $70 million mission to Mars in 2013

“India said on Thursday it will send a $70 million space mission to Mars this year to study the red planet’s atmosphere. The unmanned Mars orbiter mission, to be launched in October by the Indian Space Research Organisation, will undertake a 300-day journey to the planet to collect data about its climate and geology. India says the Mars mission will mark a significant step in its space programme, which has already placed a probe on the moon and envisages its first manned mission in 2016.” Continue reading →

The Heroic Spirit of Business

“Lew Rockwell talks to John Mackey, founder of Whole Foods.” Continue reading →

Scientists create lifelike ears with 3D printing

“The new ears could provide the solution long sought by reconstructive surgeons to treat thousands of children born with the congenital deformity microtia, along with those who suffered ear loss to cancer or in an accident. Cornell biomedical engineers and physicians said the flexible ears grew cartilage over three months to replace the collagen used to mold them. Bonassar and his colleagues first constructed the ears with a digitized 3D image of a person’s ear that served to build a mold of a solid ear using a 3D printer. A high-density, injectable gel made of living cells helped fill the mold. Once the mold removed, cartilage was grown on the collagen.” Continue reading →

Can I Get a Witness? Moving towards Obama Care

TODAY’S ACTION ITEM INCLUDED But first some background: The move in Michigan towards establishing the Health Care Exchange has many components. Our sister Group, Grassroots in Nebraska founder Shelli Dawdy, reminded me that , “One of those in the Stimulus Bill AARA 2009) the National Coordinator of Health Information Technology or the “Comparative Effective …

PBS Runs an Article on Government Default

“Should the U.S. government default? Wrong question. The right question: Can the U.S. government avoid defaulting? The answer is clear: no. It will default. It is $222 trillion in the hole. That’s the present value of its future obligations. Of course it’s going to default. Would that be bad? Not for taxpayers. Would it be bad for the Powers That Be who run this country? Yes. Devastating. It’s coming. The mainstream media have ignored this statistically inevitable problem. The problem threatens the Establishment as no other. So, the media pretend it does not exist. But the blackout may at long last be cracking. We read this on PBS.” Continue reading →

British pound strikes seven-month lows amid calls for further weakness

“Sterling’s slide came as Martin Weale, a senior Bank of England policymaker, said on Saturday that the pound may need to weaken further, which would help to make exports cheaper and spur growth. ‘It may be that high levels of uncertainty and a reluctance to take on new risks have stood in the way of exporters seeking new markets and domestic producers doing what is needed to displace imports,’ Mr Weale said in a speech. ‘Provided the calmer atmosphere we have seen since the summer is sustained, we may see further benefits of the depreciation.'” Continue reading →

Guthrie man still “smarting” from police detainment after refusing new “smart meter”

Kaye Beach Feb.20, 2013 By Andrew Griffin at the Red Dirt Report; Guthrie man still “smarting” from police detainment after refusing new “smart meter” OKLAHOMA CITY — While most customers of Oklahoma City-based utility OG&E fully accept the installation of … Continue reading →

UK Government and Isle of Man in deal to stop offshore tax evasion

“Under the agreement, a wide range of financial information on UK taxpayers with accounts in the Isle of Man will be passed automatically to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). A disclosure facility will allow account-holders to come forward and settle their past affairs before the details are automatically passed on to HMRC. The Treasury said the deal with the Manx authorities closely followed an agreement struck with the United States to improve international tax compliance.” Continue reading →