Did more than a DOZEN teens in one New York suburb get cancer from toxic chemicals left under school playing fields for over a decade?

Fields of New York public school filled with waste from construction sites
Now at least two students have died and ten more have been treated from cancers and tumors that may have been linked to the harmful chemicals

Parents in a New York suburb are outraged as information comes to light about a deal struck over a decade ago by a local public school that filled their sports fields with toxic chemical waste.

A possible [...]

Alarming!! During INTENSE DROUGHT, team Obama seizing western water supplies – unprecedented legal claim to water!!!

Team Obama Seizing Western Water Supplies

Clearly, it was jolting news the New Mexico Legislature’s Water and Natural Resources Committee wasn’t prepared for.

During Monday’s committee meeting, in the Barbara Hubbard Room at the Pan American Center Annex, lawyers representing the New Mexico Office of the State Engineer, Elephant Butte Irrigation District, and the city of Las Cruces, told the committee that a state Water Court hearing will be at 9 a.m. [...]

Couple seeks to trademark ‘Occupy Wall St.’

OCTOBER 24–Citing the potential of “Occupy Wall Street” to become a “global brand,” a Long Island couple has filed to trademark the name of the amorphous organization responsible for the protests and encampments in lower Manhattan and other U.S. cities, The Smoking Gun has learned.

In a U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) application, Robert and Diane Maresca are seeking to trademark the phrase “Occupy Wall St.” so that they can [...]

Bassman’s Model Portfolio for 2011

1a)  Long “Big Oil” + “Big Pharm” + “Big Tobacco” + etc equities.  I am precluded from making naming names, but you know what I like.  Mega Cap international stocks with patent and pricing power.  P/Es of 13ish (an earnings yield of 7 1/2%) and Dividend of 2 1/2% to 4 1/2%.  FED will encourage Retail to reverse out of Bonds and into Stocks.

1b)  For [...]