California Farm Labor Shortage ‘Worst It’s Been, Ever’

There’s a different sort of drought plaguing California, the nation’s largest farm state. It’s $38 billion agricultural sector is facing a scarcity of labor. “This year is the worst it’s been, ever,” said Craig Underwood, who farms everything from strawberries to lemons to peppers, carrots, and turnips in Ventura County. Some crops aren’t get picked this season due to a lack of workers. “We just left them in the field,” he said. [...]

2012 could be busy year for Internet technology law and policy

Michael Geist
Toronto Star
January 1, 2012

Technology law and policy is notoriously unpredictable but 2012 promises to be a busy year. My best guess for the coming months:

January. The Supreme Court of Canada holds a hearing on whether Internet service providers can be treated as broadcasters under the Broadcasting Act. The case, which arises from a CRTC reference to the courts on the issue, represents the last possibility for an ISP levy [...]

I’m Calling For A General Financial Market Strike

PETER SCHIFF INTERVIEW
POSTED BY ANN BARNHARDT – DECEMBER 21, AD 2011 8:44 PM MST
I did the Peter Schiff radio show this morning and here is the YouTube of the video of that interview. Mr. Schiff actually said something that sets up an essay I have been wanting to write for quite a while now, so please do watch, and that essay will be written and posted tomorrow.There is some new [...]

DISMISSES FARMER CONCERNED ABOUT OVER-REGULATION… ‘Don’t always believe what you hear’

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During a town hall meeting at Wyffels Hybrids in Atkinson, Illinois, a farmer expressed concern to President Obama about forthcoming regulations. The man stated that people would rather be farming than “filling out forms and permits to do what we like to do.” President Obama told the farmer “don’t always believe what you hear” and blamed Washington for ginning up speculation. Obama added that, “Nobody [...]

The most important dynamic in the financial world today is that of the monetary policies between China and the US. This relationship can be summated in six words:

by Graham Summers, SA

The US wants inflation, China DOESN’T.

The Chinese Regime knows that when food, fuel, cooking oil and fiber inflation become unendurable for scores of millions of poor people, regime change can ensue. It fears inflation.

The US Regime knows that inflation always enriches the ruling upper class, devalues fraudulent debt, deludes the lower class with money illusion and further squeezes the already intimidated and fragmented middle class. It adores [...]