—- UnprecedentedAttackOnEvolution ‘Indoctrination‘ MountedInMissouri: LivefromTheRoasterieLXXXXXII: February 21, 2014 // ThisIsBradDeLong’sGraspingReality… DylanScott: UnprecedentedAttackOnEvolution ‘Indoctrination‘ MountedInMissouri: "A Missouri lawmaker has proposed what ranks among the most anti-evolution legislation in recent years, which would require schools to notify parents if ‘the theory of evolution by natural selection’ was being taught at their child’s school and give them the opportunity to opt out of the class…. State Rep. Rick … Seguir leyendo Unprecedented Attack On Evolution ‘Indoctrination’ Mounted In Missouri: Live from The Roasterie LXXXXXII: February 21, 2014

—- India’sDisruptedDemocracy // ProjectSyndicate RSS-Feed India’s 15th Lok Sabha (the lower house of Parliament) passed into history ignominiously this month, following the least productive five years of any Indian parliament in six decades of functioning democracy. India’s “temple of democracy” has been soiled by its own priests, and is now in desperate need of reform. —- Shared via myfeedlyreader Seguir leyendo India’s Disrupted Democracy

—- Goldman’sSwirlogramPostsWorstReadingInOver A Year // ZeroHedge With G10 Macro data themostnegativein 8 months, it is perhaps unsurprising that Goldman’s Advanced Global Leading Indicator dropped further – to its lowest in at least a year. Firmly in "slowdown" phase, Goldman remains adamant that "weather-related" inputs will mean this will all be fixed any day now (apart from the fact that the trend has been down for … Seguir leyendo Goldman’s Swirlogram Posts Worst Reading In Over A Year

—- UkraineTruceEndsAlready;100 Dead, KievisBurning; Civil Uprisingor Civil War? // Mish’s Global EconomicTrendAnalysis Shortly after I wrote SpotlightonUkraine: RiotsinKiev, EUWeighsSanctions, EmergencyMeetings; FearofDefaultContagionSpreads, the government negotiated a truce with protesters. The truce lasted all of a few hours. The Financial Times reports Kievtruceendsinviolenceandgunfire. Deadly clashes between anti-government protesters and riot police erupted again in the Ukrainian capital Kiev on Thursday, despite a truce announced hours earlier, with … Seguir leyendo Ukraine Truce Ends Already;100 Dead, Kiev is Burning; Civil Uprising or Civil War?

—- Caterpillar Global Retail Sales Decline For 14th ConsecutiveMonth // ZeroHedge While the stock of Caterpillar may be discounting some improvement in global industrial demand, the current situation as reflected by the company’s latest monthly retail sales update is hardly as optimistic: as was justreportedbythecompany(in a revised retail sales format), global three month rolling retail sales declined by 8% in the month of January, which … Seguir leyendo Caterpillar Global Retail Sales Decline For 14th Consecutive Month

—- EuropeanConsumerConfidencePlunges; MissesByMostIn 30 Months // ZeroHedge Despiterecordlowyieldsonsovereignbonds, recordhighstockprices, and a political elite proclaiming it’s all shits and giggles from here… it seems record unemployment, record suicide rates, record bad loans, and record low credit creation were finally enough to trump the ‘wealth effect’ exuberance that European consumer confidence has envisaged in recent months. This is the biggestdropinconfidencein 18 monthsandthebiggestmisssinceAug 2011. This is a 3 … Seguir leyendo European Consumer Confidence Plunges; Misses By Most In 30 Months