Sustainable Tourism

Sustainable Tourism Industry reprint By Louise Twining-Ward Sustainable tourism is getting renewed attention these days because of its inclusion in the United Nations’ new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), but the idea is not new. Sometimes referred to as responsible, green, low-impact or eco-tourism, tourism designed to protect natural and cultural heritage and Read More

Concurrent Development Weakens US Military

F35 Hundreds of $ Billions Lost Already…No Audits Done The F-35 is the most expensive weapons program in history, with a total cost of $1.5 trillion. The F-35 program has been plagued by cost overruns and delays, has been grounded twice, and even has been criticized by those within the Pentagon. Read More

Liquidity Stress Spikes as Collapse Continues

excellent article reprint from WolfStreet.com Liquidity Stress Spikes to Worst Level since Financial Crisis by Wolf Richter • September 2, 2015 Moody’s blamed oil and the collapse of commodity prices. Earlier in August, it blamed the financial turmoil around the globe and the implosion of the stock market bubble in China. Earlier, Read More

Chinese Build U.S. Factories

Chinese Build U.S. Factories, Bring Tensions Along With Jobs Bonnie Cao and Ye Xie August 30, 2015 — 10:00 AM MDT Updated on August 31, 2015 — 8:44 AM MDT When Chen Mingxu was a boy, U.S. businessmen poured into rural China, welcomed with tax breaks and steamed turtle. Thirty Read More

Chinese Paper Value Now Plunging

‘Chinese Paper’ Now Plunging in Value by Eric Margolis • August 30, 2015    reprinted here from original  My father, a New York financier, used to call dubious stocks or bonds,  “Chinese paper.”   Last week, we saw a blizzard of  Chinese paper, both in China and around the world. As manager of Read More

Farmers Dump GMO Crops

Aug. 09- 2015 article reprinted here  Farmers and GMO crops Five years ago, Dan Beyers took his farm in a new direction. Or, rather, back in an old direction. The Pana, Ill.-area farmer had been using corn and soybean seeds genetically modified to work with glyphosate — the generic name Read More