Bloomberg Investigative Reporter Mark Pittman, Dead at 52 (Predicted Collapse of Banking System; Fought for More Fed Transparency)

~~By InsightAnalytical-GRL Bloomberg News has reported that Mark Pittman, who investigated the run-up to the banking system crash, has died.  From Bloomberg: Mark Pittman, Reporter Who Foresaw Subprime Crisis, Dies at 52 Nov. 28 (Bloomberg) — Mark Pittman, the award-winning investigative reporter whose fight to open the Federal Reserve to more scrutiny led Bloomberg News [...]

China Solar Panel Maker (Who Already Has Installed a Solar Farm On a U.S. Military Base), Now Sets Up 1st U.S. Plant

~~By InsightAnalytical-GRL I just watched a BBC America show about the reticent Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, and over the last couple of days on NPR radio, the Stardate segments have been devoted to the anniversary of  the Apollo 12 mission when Pete Conrad (the third man to make that [...]

Unemployment in the U.S. Visualized in a Time-Lapse Map: More Grim Than Reading Numbers

~~By InsightAnalytical-GRL Stumbled across this tidbit below  in a thread over at ChrisMartenson.com. It’s a time-lapse map of how unemployment has been growing across the nation from January 2007 until now.  Click on this link to play it in all its full-sized glory.  It’s a pretty amazing sequence…and pretty grim to see it unfolding,county by [...]

China Called “The Biggest Risk to the World Economy” But History Shows that War Can Always Straighten This Sort of Situation Out (Update 1X: China Missile = “No-Go Zone” for U.S.?)

~~By InsightAnalytical-GRL We’ve be writing later about the strength of China, but lately there has been some talk rising about a possible bubble being created in China.  In the Telegraph (U.K.),  Ambrose Evans-Pritchard has written a piece which looks at what’s going on titled China has now become the biggest risk to the world economy. [...]

Larry Kudlow Has a Fit as Obama the “Declinist” Opens His Mouth in Japan; Says Obama is “Not His President”

~~By  InsightAnalytical-GRL Well, Larry Kudlow over at CNBC is already having fits about Obama’s first statement since his arrival in Asia. You can see Kudlow flip out in this video. On the Friday night  Kudlow Report (11/13/2009),  Larry bellowed that Obama was “not his President.” I had to laugh.  I’ve never called Obama “President” either, [...]