Finally Friday October 16 th 2009

2012 forecast: Food riots, ghost malls, mob rule, terror Trends chief says people should brace for 'the greatest depression' October 10, 2009 WorldNetDaily A trends forecaster says the current economic "rebound" from last winter's Wall Street collapse of banks, insur and automobile manufacturers is an artificial blip created by 'phantom money printed out of thin air backed by nothing." And Gerald Celente of TrendsResearch.com , says people right now should be bracing for "the greatest recession" which will hit worldwide and will mark the "decline of empire America." Crop failures could be among the minor concerns. "Here we are in 2012. Food riots, tax protests, farmer rebellions, student revolts, squatter diggins, homeless uprisings, tent cities, ghost malls, general strikes, bossnappings, kidnappings, industrial saboteurs, gang warfare, mob rule, terror," he writes for a quarterly publication that is available through subscription on his website. The recent surge in Wall Street indexes back to near the 10,000 level, still far below the 14,000 prior to the crash, should be no reassurance for anyone, he said. "There's no recovery. This is merely a cover-up," he said. "The market crashed in March of 2009 and around the world they papered over the damage from the collapse with phantom money printed out of thin air backed by nothing," he said. This is "much bigger" than an economic collapse, he said. "This is the decline of empire America." Find out what you can do to be more prepared "Look what's happened to the dollar," he warned. "Gold prices are surging forward. That's the evidence. The rest that's coming from Washington and Wall Street is rhetoric." "This is the beginning of the greatest depression . We're telling our readers to take pro-active measures in anticipation of much worse to come," he said. USA Today says Celente "has a knack for getting the zeitgeist right," and CNBC says, "The man knows what he's talking about.”

The Wall Street Jounral has said, "Those who take their predictions seriously … consider the Trends Research Institute." He said during the Radio America/WND interview that retail sales this coming Christmas season will be the "real nail in the economic coffin." "The second American revolution has already begun; it just hasn't been announced yet by the mainstream media," he said. "Anybody waiting for hope to show up at the door with a big bag full of money is going to be in for a shock." Tim Barello in the Examiner noted that since 1980 Celente has made at least 40 accurate predictions about major world events, such as the 1987 stock market crash. "Throughout the 1990's, many other forecasts came true, including the collapse of the Soviet Union, surges in global terrorism, the popularity of spiritual and new age philosophies, public backlash against globalization, upsurges in online shopping, and the 1997 Asian financial crisis, to name a select few," he wrote. Now comes his forecast for a global depression and for the United States, "Obamageddon." "We want to make it very clear that the policies leading to the decline of 'Empire America' have been long in the making," Celente told Barello. "What has happened in the Obama administration is that they have taken policies far beyond even what Bush took with the TARP program; for example, with his stimulus package, with the buyouts, with the bailouts , the rescue packages, these are unprecedented in American history. "Never before has so much phantom money been printed out of thin air, backed by nothing, producing practically nothing," Celente continued. "You don't even have to be a student of history to know the outcome of this. All you have to do is have your eyes open, and start thinking for yourself." In his conversation with the Examiner, Celente warned with the "bubble" bursts, U.S. taxpayers will be slammed because, unlike during the dot-com bubble, the stock market bubble and the real estate bubble, they are stockholders in a long list of major companies. He forecasts the possibility of a civil war, and says if people want to see what Main Street America will look like, they should "drive around Detroit. Look at all the blown out houses and empty neighborhoods . Look at the violence that's increasing. … Look at the types of heinous crimes being committed by people – some blowing their whole families away…"

Welcome to Debt City Expats who took out loans to finance extravagances during Dubai's good times now flee or face jail. October 12, 2009 DUBAI, UAE — Default on a loan or bounce a check in Dubai and you could end up in debtors’ prison. That was the very Dickensian prospect facing Simon Ford, a boyish British entrepreneur whose “alternative gift” business sold rides in hot air balloons and Formula 1 racing cars to the party crowd in this Disneyesque city-state. But the recession has hit Dubai hard and Ford’s business foundered. When his loans came due last June, he did what thousands of other expats have done. He packed up his family and fled — a few hours ahead of the law. Ford also left behind an anguished “open letter” to friends and creditors that neatly encapsulates the predicament of many expats in Dubai who took out loans during the flush times and now find themselves out of work and unable to keep up with the payments on their seaside villas and luxury cars. “I am not running away from debt, I am purely protecting those dearest to me and getting out of a country which, due to the lack of structured bankruptcy laws and a banking system which has zero flexibility on loan repayments, drives people to make horrible decisions,” he wrote in an open letter to local media. He promised to repay all of his creditors. Dubai authorities won’t say precisely how many people have been jailed for their debts, but local news accounts put the number at about 1,200 — more than 40 percent of the total prison population. Even trickier to gauge is how many others took Ford’s route and simply fled. Judging by the number of apparently abandoned BMW’s and Mercedes gathering dust on city streets and the ensuing chatter on expats’ discussion boards, the number is not insignificant. One recent escapee has written a book about his flight. Herve Jaubert, a former French intelligence agent who used to cruise around Dubai in a red Lamborghini, found the law breathing down his neck after his plans to manufacture “luxury submarines” became submerged in debt. Jaubert explains that he bolted last year after government interrogators threatened to stick needles up his nose. With 007 panache and a woman’s all-encompassing burqa concealing his frogman gear, Jaubert slipped into the sea, swam out to a police patrol boat and disabled its fuel line so that it could not give chase. He then used a rubber dingy to get safely beyond the UAE’s territorial waters where he was met by a confederate in a sailboat. Eight days later they landed in India. The book, “Escape from Dubai” comes out next month. But Jaubert’s website has been blocked in Dubai and sale of his book will no doubt be banned here. The Frenchman, now living in Florida, was tried in absentia and sentenced to five years imprisonment for fraud. A number of U.S. citizens have been imprisoned for bounced checks, but the American Embassy — apparently in keeping with the local custom of casting a veil of silence over disturbing news — declined to provide specific figures.

World’s Smartest Little Boy October 10, 2009 “While other two-year-olds are discovering the joy of playgrounds, Oscar Wrigley would rather be learning about wildlife or the history of Ancient Rome. He has recently taken to conducting classical music as he listens in the back of the car and identifies the different instruments. So his parents were not surprised when, at the ripe old age of two years, five months and 11 days, he became the youngest boy in Britain to be accepted by Mensa. With an IQ of at least 160, he has the same score as the likes of Einstein and Stephen Hawking .”

$1.5M Russian SUV Features Diamonds, Whale Penis Leather Tue Oct 13 2009 Whale penis leather interior. That's all you really need to know about the $1.5 million Dartz Prombron Monaco Red Diamond Edition. Yes, the diamond-encrusted white gold gauges and gold-plated bulletproof windows are impressive, but seriously, whale penis leather interior. The already bulletproof and wildly over-the-top 8.1 liter GM V8-powered Dartz Kombat T98 is getting a name change to Prombron and along with it will come a complete and brain-maimingly bourgeoisie upgrade with the Monaco Red Diamond Edition . The world's most expensive ultra-luxury SUV will debut at the 2010 Top Marques Monaco show with luxe features crazy enough to make a Maybach blush. For your $1.5 million you get the following features: 1. Ruby Red matte paint 2. Gold-plated bulletproof windows 3. 22" Kremlin Red Star bulletproof wheels 4. Whale Penis Leather interior 5. Tungsten exhaust 6. Tungsten and white gold gauges with diamonds and rubies 7. White gold diamond and ruby encrusted badges - grill, side and dashboard 8. Special edition Vertu mobile phone with "alert" button 9. Additional outside kevlar coating 10. Rogue Acoustic Audio System. And, of course, of course - THREE BOTTLES OF World Most Expensive Vodka - RussoBaltique Vodka, drink edition, same as in the RussoBaltique car when it visited Monaco at 1912.

Sugar Heals Wounds Faster October 14, 2009 “A British-based scientist has won a $37,000 grant to develop an African tribal remedy of healing wounds – with SUGAR. Zimbabwean-born Moses Murandu, 43, stunned doctors when he sprinkled granulated sugar on infected cuts to heal them earlier this year. Incredibly, the ancient remedy cured 21 patients quicker than conventional medicines. Bosses at the Selly Oak Hospital in Birmingham have been so impressed that he has been awarded $37,000 to treat up to 100 more patients with sugar. Delighted Moses, a medical lecturer from the University of Wolverhampton, said: ‘Using granulated sugar in wounds has never been done in the UK before, although sugar paste has been used. ‘When I was a child, my father used sugar or salt on wounds and I grew up without realising that not everybody else uses it. ‘While salt is painful, sugar is not and it reduces the pain drastically. Sugar is also much cheaper than expensive medicines and it has proven to be just as effective.’

The Magazine Survey Says: Hydration Trumps Sex Survey Says: Hydration Trumps Sex Drinking enough water is more important than having enough sex, women report in survey. When it comes to health, drinking the recommended daily amount of water is more important to women than having enough sex, according to a national survey conducted by our magazine. When asked to prioritize behaviors related to their overall health and well being, women ranked drinking enough water fifth and sex seventh on the list. More than 1,000 women participated in the nationwide Women’s Wellness Survey, which polled their opinions on healthy living, eating, and exercise. Respondents ranked the following behaviors in terms of importance to overall health and well being. Their priorities may surprise you: Getting enough sleep Keeping stress level low Finding time to relax Eating healthfully Drinking the recommended amount of water Finding time to exercise Having enough sex Cooking Light

Ever Dream of This Man? October 14, 2009 If your answer was yes, you’re not alone. At least 2000 psychiatric patients around the world claim to have seen this man in their dreams at some point. It all started in 2006 when a patient of a well-known psychiatrist drew the picture of a man who had been appearing in their recurring dreams. After leaving the drawn photo on his desk, another patient claimed to have also seen the man in their dreams. Becoming increasingly more interested, the psychiatrist eventually sent the image of the man to a bunch of his colleagues where even more claimed to have seen the man in their dreams. Theories abound on the man’s identity, stretching from the scientific to the paranormal though the mystery of his identity remains. His magical eyebrows of dream power continue their death grip on our unconscious psyche.

The Sea Monkeys and the White Supremacist October 01, 2000 APART FROM THE FACT THAT THEY CAN HATCH WITHIN MINUTES AFTER contact with water, brine shrimp are unappealing creatures. They're ant-sized and translucent and bear a striking resemblance to sperm. Yet brine shrimp packaged as "Sea Monkeys" are currently sold as children's companions, and portrayed on their boxes as pink, pear-shaped simian creatures with spindly legs, paunches and coy smiles. They are one of the most impressive achievements in the annals of marketing. Harold von Braunhut, a former manager of novelty acts, first packaged his patented hybrids in 1960, transforming the Sea Monkeys into American icons via millions of comic book ads. Von Braunhut also wrote the 32-page handbook that is included in most Sea Monkey kits to this day, which states that the creatures can be hypnotized, play baseball and rise from the dead. The tone of the handbook is florid and huckstery: "It seems that at mating time in the Animal Kingdom, the males engage in combat to win the fin, paw, flipper, hoof, wing or what-have-you, of their 'lady love.' " In 1999, the Sea Monkeys were in line for an overhaul: The freeze-dried creatures were, and still are, licensed to Educational Insights Inc., a Carson-based company whose ExploraToy division handles production development and sales of the Sea Monkeys. According to then-art director Gregory Bevington, the classic '70s naked monkeys lounging on a seaweed bank in front of a castle are too "lame" for today's children. Hoping that a new look and some razzle-dazzle would parlay Sea Monkeys from an undisclosed-but-"significant" portion of their $40 million in annual sales to a $25-million-a-year line, Educational Insights brought in Alan Fine, who spent the majority of his adult life in Mattel's marketing department.

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Mon Oct 12, 11:04 PM ET MOB This undated artist's rendering provided by Boeing Co. shows a 'massive ordinance penetrator' or MOP bomb made by Boeing Co. is undergoing testing and is slated to come on line by mid-2010, to become the largest conventional bomb in the U.S. arsenal. The bomb is approximately 20.5 feet long, has a 31.5-inch diameter and a total weight of slightly less than 30,000 pounds. The weapon will carry over 5,300 pounds of explosive material and will deliver more than 10 times the explosive power of its predecessor, the BLU-109. Guided by global positioning system navigation, the MOP will be carried aboard Air Force B-2 bombers.

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The Old Olympics October 12, 2009 “ With a puff, a heave and a ho, 100-year-old Ruth Frith tossed a 9lb shot an astounding 14ft to win a gold medal at the World Masters Games yesterday . It must be said, though, that Mrs Frith was the only shot-put competitor game enough to turn up for the event in the women aged 100-104 category. Her possible competitors were too old to get to the Sydney stadium or didn’t have the strength to lift the weight. She was one of 28,292 competitors from 95 countries ranging in age from 24 to 101 who were taking part in the world’s biggest multi-sport event.”

New Fan With No Rotor October 13, 2009 “ He is the man who brought us the vacuum cleaner without the bag. Now Sir James Dyson has unveiled his latest household invention – the fan without the rotor . Called the Dyson Air Multiplier, it is able to create a powerful, cooling breeze seemingly from thin air… The Air Multiplier works by pushing air through a 1.3millimetre-wide slit that runs along its circumference. As it is forced through the circle, the volume of traveling air increases by up to 15 times and its speed rises to 22mph. Crucially, according to Sir James, the resulting air flow is smoother than that produced by normal fans. He said: ‘The amount of air it produces is up there with the very best of fans. We are not claiming that you get more air. But it’s much better quality. ‘Because there are no blades to “chop up” the air, it doesn’t annoy you and it doesn’t buffet you. But it cools you as it is a constant air stream.”

Breaking News Train drags German mooner half naked along tracks October 12, 2009 A German man mooning at railway staff in a departing train got his trousers caught in a carriage door and ended up being dragged half naked along the platform, out of the station and onto the tracks. The 22-year-old journalism student shoved his backside against the window of a low-slung double-decker train when staff forced him off in Lauenbrueck for travelling without a ticket, a spokesman for police in the northern city of Bremen said. "It's a miracle he wasn't badly hurt," the spokesman said on Monday. "This sort of thing can end up killing you." Instead, dangling by his trousers, the man got pulled along for about 200 metres, all the while managing to keep his legs away from the wheels of the train. The ordeal ended when a passenger pulled the emergency brake. Rescues services were called in, causing rail services between Bremen and Hamburg to be suspended for over an hour, delaying 23 trains. The man -- unharmed except for cuts and bruises -- now faces charges of dangerous interference in rail transport, insulting the train staff, and may face sizeable a compensation claim for the delays he caused, police said. "He was full of remorse when I talked to him," the spokesman said. "And he advised others not to try the same thing."

Marge Simpson makes cover of Playboy Sat Oct 10, 1:07 pm ET LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – "D'oh!" doesn't even start to cover it. Marge Simpson -- the blue beehived matriarch of America's most loved dysfunctional family - is Playboy magazine's November cover, the magazine said on Friday. Simpson, tastefully concealing her assets behind a signature Playboy Bunny chair, is the first cartoon character ever to front the glossy adult magazine, joining the ranks of sex symbols like Marilyn Monroe and Cindy Crawford. Playboy said the cover and a three-page picture spread inside was a celebration of the 20th anniversary of the "The Simpsons" and part of a plan to appeal to a younger generation of readers. Scott Flanders, the recently-hired chief executive of Playboy Enterprises, told the Chicago Sun-Times in an interview that the Marge Simpson cover and centerfold was "somewhat tongue-in-cheek."

Lancaster County Man Busted for Allegedly Sexually Propositioning his Biological Daughter on Facebook The Attorney General's office arrests five Internet predators 11:23 AM EDT, October 9, 2009 HARRISBURG - Attorney General Tom Corbett announces the arrest of five Internet predators from Lancaster County, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, and Schuylkill County, including a father who allegedly used the social networking site Facebook to sexually proposition his biological daughter. A 39-year-old Lititz man, faces charges of unlawful contact with a minor (related to involuntary deviate sexual intercourse), unlawful contact with a minor (related to statutory sexual assault), and criminal attempted incest. The man allegedly used Facebook to locate and proposition his daughter, calling himself "Big Daddy." He proposed meeting his daughter for sex and discussed sex acts in graphic detail, Corbett said. The man told the girl, "Not many fathers and daughters are this brave, so not many of them are so lucky to experience these pleasures." The girl alerted her mother, who contacted Ephrata Borough Police. Agents from the Child Predator Unit and Ephrata Police arrested the man when he went to a predetermined meeting location on October 7. Agents seized an unopened box of condoms and a camera and tripod from his vehicle, along with a digital camera, camcorder, computers and data storage devices from his home . FOX 43 NEWS

Basketball coach charged with 'manipulating' genitals at Costco Oct 13, 2009 KBCI BOISE - A local high school math teacher has been arrested for obscene conduct in a public place. Chuck McClure, Boise Police public information officer, says Kyle Dennis, 37, was arrested after multiple instances of "obscene live conduct" that took place at two Boise retail outlets starting in February of this year. According to court documents, Dennis "knowingly engaged in obscene conduct...by manipulating his penis with his hands while walking around a Costco store with an erection." The documents go on to say that Dennis performed the same behavior at the Costco on 2051 S. Cole Road as well as the Walmart on Overland in June. Dennis, who teaches geometry and coaches basketball at Capital High School, was arrested Monday at 6:30 a.m. He allegedly walked around the stores performing the behavior in front of other shoppers. Dan Hollar, Boise School District spokesperson, said Dennis is on paid administrative leave. The coach faces a fine up to $1,000 or six months in jail.