Common Sense in an uncommon world

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Healthcare- Why allow emergency rooms to be cattle stalls for the uninsured ? All debt is written off for tax breaks by hospitals? The funds could be allocated to subsidize clean community health centers for all citizens. Pay per affordability. One subsidy will provide a healthier physical and fiscal community and lessen costs due to the proactive measures of health in the community Education - American children know safe sex at 18, but personal finance savings and credit is not. Which impacts life first sex or money? Financial System- The Federal Reserve under Ben Bernanke did use every tool to jump start the economy and the consumer banking system. The tools would work as the models predicted or calculations demonstrated, but the aggregate impact could not jump start the economy. The Federal Reserve cut benchmark rates to near zero and flooded the banks with cheap cash for the banks to lend out in the communities, but credit was tight and small business and credit worthy … [Read more...]

Wall Street Wk Ahead: Stocks to track earnings with eye on Europe | Article | Business | Reuters.com

http://mobile.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idUSBRE83D00A20120415 Wall Street Wk Ahead: Stocks to track earnings with eye on Europe By Chuck Mikolajczak and Caroline Valetkevitch NEW YORK (Reuters) - After suffering their worst two weeks of the year, stocks will look to quarterly earnings to determine whether the recent pullback has been exhausted or more losses are justified. Alcoa Inc (AA.N) opened the earnings season with a bang, reporting a first-quarter profit on Tuesday instead of the expected loss. That positive surprise foretold a trend. Of the 32 companies in the S&P 500 that have reported earnings so far, Thomson Reuters data showed that 75 percent - or two dozen - have beaten Wall Street's expectations. This week will start one of the busiest weeks of the quarterly earnings reporting period. About 86 companies in the Standard & Poor's 500 are expected to post results, according to Thomson Reuters Director's Report. At Friday's close, both the Dow Jones … [Read more...]

Spain again to test investors’ nerves

http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSBRE83C11J20120413?irpc=932 Spain again to test investors' nerves By Richard Hubbard LONDON (Reuters) - The euro zone crisis is flaring up and debt auctions by safe-haven Germany and current bad boy Spain in the coming week will provide a gauge how far investor sentiment has changed since the shock and awe of recent ECB liquidity injections has worn thin. Protecting the world economy from the euro area's debt crisis will top the agenda at the International Monetary Fund spring meeting in Washington at the end of the week, just as quarterly U.S. corporate earnings begin to reflect some improvements coming through in economic activity. Eyes will also be on the outcome of the first round of the French presidential election on April 22, and March data on the health of U.S. retail sales and industrial production. But it is the debt markets that are expected to hold the key to investor sentiment. "Macro factors will continue to dominate because … [Read more...]

North Carolina was Obama’s blue state in 2008

The News and Observer out of Raleigh, NC did feature a story in the focus of the Republican candidates and President Obama organization in the Tarheel State. Rick Santorum did bow out of the race, and the only candidate is Newt Gingrich in the Republican field of candidates. However, the change of fate does favor Mitt Romney in lieu of Rick Santorum being out of the race. However, the organizational genius is President Obama as the 13th campaign office was opened this week. In North Carolina politics, the unpredictable is the normal in North Carolina politics. The state did vote for President Obama in 2008, but voted the most conservative General Assembly two years later since the mid 1800's. North Carolina is peculiar state in its politics. Democrat or Republican should not take for granted the voting public and  sentiment in this state. Mitt Romney has the clear shot to the Republican Nomination for President, but he is far behind the Obama organizational structure in North … [Read more...]

Human remains possibly found in Titanic shipwreck

Human remains possibly found in Titanic shipwreck 2004 photo shows coat, boots in mud among debris THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Sunday, April 15, 2012, 9:41 AM AP The remains of a coat and boots, articulated in the mud on the sea bed near Titanic's stern, are suggestive evidence of where a victim of the disaster came to rest. Human remains may be embedded in the mud of the North Atlantic where the New York-bound Titanic came to rest when it sank 100 years ago, a federal official said Saturday. A 2004 photograph, released to the public for the first time this week in an uncropped version to coincide with the disaster’s centenary, shows a coat and boots in the mud at the legendary shipwreck site. “These are not shoes that fell out neatly from somebody’s bag right next to each other,” James Delgado, the director of maritime heritage at the National Oceanic and Atmosphere Administration, told The Associated Press in a phone interview. PHOTOS: LOOKING BACK 100 … [Read more...]

The spectacle of Fox News leadership in CEO Roger Ailes

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The two plus sides of political discussion in the media should be a welcome course of debate in both liberal and conservative circles. Roger Ailes CEO of Fox News spoke to UNC Journalism students this past week in Chapel Hill. No Holes Barred was the spectacle provided to the students at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. First, UNC is not the pinnacle of the conservative thought or movement. Chapel Hill and Carrboro are known as the pinnacle of liberalism including an openly gay mayor in the state of North Carolina. Second, the personal attacks on certain conservatives are from an executive with his personal agenda no matter the costs to Fair, Balanced, and Unafraid journalism. The inside source about the bias of Fox News against candidates other than Mitt Romney did direct the blame of the policy to Roger Ailes. The backing of Mitt Romney by Roger Ailes did impact coverage on Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich. The source did provide praise to Sean Hannity as a genuine … [Read more...]

U.S. News – Dozens of tornadoes pummel Midwest; hospital damaged in Creston, Iowa

http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/04/14/11195529-dozens-of-tornadoes-pummel-midwest-hospital-damaged-in-creston-iowa?lite Dozens of tornadoes pummel Midwest; hospital damaged in Creston, Iowa The National Weather Service warns that fast-moving, life-threatening tornadoes will potentially touch down after dark. The Weather Channel's Jim Cantore, Mike Seidel and Eric Fisher report. By msnbc.com staff and news services Updated at 9:40 p.m. ET: Dozens of tornadoes were reported Saturday as baseball-size hail shattered windows and tore the siding off homes in northeast Nebraska and one twister damaged a hospital in Creston, Iowa. Several homes were wrecked in Kansas. Forecasters had warned of "life-threatening" storms in the nation's midsection. No serious injuries from Saturday were immediately reported. At least 60 tornadoes were reported in Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska and Oklahoma, The Weather Channel reported. A tornado was reported on the ground near Wichita, Kan., late Saturday … [Read more...]

UK Press: Bee Gee Robin Gibb fights for life

Bee Gee Robin Gibb fights for life(UKPA) – 1 hour ago  Bee Gees star Robin Gibb is continuing to fight for his life after contracting pneumonia in his battle against cancer.The 62-year-old singer's family have been keeping vigil at his bedside at a hospital in Chelsea, west London.They are understood to include his wife Dwina, brother Barry, 65, daughter Melissa, 37, and sons Spencer, 39, and Robin-John, 29.Gibb had surgery on his bowel 18 months ago for an unrelated condition, but a tumour was discovered and he was diagnosed with cancer of the colon and, subsequently, of the liver. It had been thought his cancer was in remission as early as last month, but the latest deterioration in his health coincides with reports of a secondary tumour.Sources close to Gibb confirmed he was very ill in hospital but his agent declined to comment on reports that the star may have only days left to live.Gibb's twin brother and bandmate Maurice died from the same bowel condition that initially led … [Read more...]

Severe Weather Alert for Milwaukee, Madison, North of Chicago

http://youtu.be/IJpeUp7p1ec Live Radar of Storms in the Midwest. The severe storms will continue to move and impact Milwaukee, Madison, and Suburbia Chicago … [Read more...]

Governor Purdue’s You Tube Video on Amendment One

http://youtu.be/kUe-7Dd30kk Governor Beverly Purdue (D-NC) did speak out on the proposed Amendment One vote to be considered on the May 8 primary vote in North Carolina. The video is her argument why Amendment One is bad for the state of North Carolina. … [Read more...]

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