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Say Hello to the Rocket Stove Heating System. In a Nutshell:

* Heat your home with 80% to 90% less wood
* Exhaust is nearly pure steam and CO2 (a little smoke at the beginning)
* The heat from one fire can last for days
* You can build one in a day and half
* Folks have built them spending less than $20

The YouTube video below was created/posted by the forward thinking engineer ZeroFossilFuel. In it he explains and demonstrates his most recent build. Not only do the less fortunate not need to freeze to death during hard times, but their energy use can be clean and efficient as well. A timely innovation to say the least.

More Info: http://www.richsoil.com/rocket-stove-mass-heater.jsp

2013/08/06

Laurence Kotlikoff: Please Support the INFORM Act, Inter-Generational Fiscal Gap and Accounting Integrity

03 Economy, Ethics, Government

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Dear Friends,

I write to ask you to join 11 Nobel Laureates in Economics, other leading economists, and former government officials in endorsing the INFORM ACT (Intergenerational Financial Obligations Reform Act) at www.theinformact.org.

All endorsements will be included in a letter to Congress, which is posted on the website, that will appear early this fall in a full-page ad in the New York Times.

The INFORM ACT, which I drafted in large part with the assistance of Alan Auerbach, requires the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), the Government Accountability Office (GAO), and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to do fiscal gap and generational accounting on an annual basis and, upon request by Congress, to use these accounting methods to evaluate major pieces of proposed legislation.

2013/08/06

Eagle: New Hip Cost — in Corrupt USA, Over $100,000; in Honest Other Countries, $13,000 Inclusive of Travel Costs

03 Economy, 07 Health, 11 Society, Commerce, Corruption, Government

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300 Million Talons... — 300 Million Talons…

This sucks — seems like a real truth-teller on the failure of the USA in relation to public needs and expectations.

In Need of a New Hip, but Priced Out of the U.S.

EXTRACT

“Very leery” of going to a developing country like India or Thailand, which both draw so-called medical tourists, he ultimately chose to have his hip replaced in 2007 at a private hospital outside Brussels for $13,660. That price included not only a hip joint, made by Warsaw-based Zimmer Holdings, but also all doctors’ fees, operating room charges, crutches, medicine, a hospital room for five days, a week in rehab and a round-trip ticket from America.

Read full article.

2013/08/062013/08/06

SmartPlanet: Teacher Earns Million (in Korea); UPS Offers 3D Printing; Stock Exchange for Crowd-Funding

SmartPlanet

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Korea's million dollar private teachers

You may think that a teacher could only achieve rock star status and be paid millions in some alternate universe. However, it's really happening in South Korea – in the private sector.

UPS stores now offer 3D printing services

The UPS Store is the first nationwide retailer to offer 3D printing services. Will small businesses be interested?

Now, a ‘stock exchange' for crowdfunding

A new exchange seeks to provide a single view of transactions across more than 500 crowdfunding sites.

2013/08/06

SchwartzReport: Swedish Energy From Garbage Others Pay For; San Francisco to Get Its Own Bank

Commercial Intelligence, Cultural Intelligence

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Here is some very good news about garbage, at least for Sweden. One can only wonder why we can't seem to muster the political will to do something similar.

Models of Sustainability: Sweden Runs Out of Garbage
ALAN PIERCE – The Pachamama Alliance

Here is the best news I have read about banking in several years.

San Francisco Strikes Blow to Wall Street: City May Now Get Its Own Public Bank
ELLEN BROWN – AlterNet (U.S.)

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2013/08/052013/08/05

Marcus Aurelius: BREAKING – Defense to Protect Hardware Contracts, Savage the People

Military, Officers Call

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There is lot of stuff flying around Pentagon these days. There is memo that underlies article next below but I haven't seen it yet, trying to get from Sister service. Irrespective of your opinion of publication, this might be very good week to buy current Army Times (12 Aug 2013) because it has some data and graphics I haven't previously seen about what may be coming. Trends I'm sensing so far:

Hardware is more important than humans.
Sequestration decrements will be largely borne by MILPERS and CIVPERS
Even if sequestration disappeared today, MILPERS and CIVPERS would be principal targets.
DoD is seeking to ((FUNDAMENTALLY)) change, in negative ways, compensation scheme for MILPERS.
DoD will seek to screw retirees under age 55 out of TRICARE coverage
Cart is clearly before horse — DEPSECDEF has relayed SECDEF's guidance to cut HQs by 20 percent without determining what functions will no longer be performed. Long experience is being ignored: downsizing, rightsizing, doing more with less don't work. Less is less and, generally, all you can do with less is less.
SECDEF appears to be disproportionately influenced by one particular retired Marine Reserve GO who also happens to be an executive of one of the big defense contractors.

DOD Memo Provides Specifics for Headquarters Spending Cuts

By Cheryl Pellerin

American Forces Press Service

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2013/08/052013/08/05

John Maguire: BREAKING: Monsanto Hires Blackwater, Big Plans for Africa

01 Agriculture, 07 Health, 07 Other Atrocities, 10 Transnational Crime, Commerce, Corruption

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This is a truly Satanic combination. The Southweb article sums it up best:

“While they may not be owned by the same individuals, one thing is clear: the relationship between these two companies is enough cause for alarm.”

So Monsanto has not bought Blackwater, but is leveraging them against its opponents, and one can only imagine what Blackwater might offer to do in Africa, where murder by mob is done every day with impunity, led by CIA with its drones. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation connection is highlights in the 3 August piece, they are known for their eugenics agenda that is not well covered by the mainstream media.

20 July 2013 Monsanto buys Blackwater the largest Mercenary Army in the World? UPDATE

The truth of the matter is that Academi (Blackwater) was purchased by private investors, and the heavily sourced article written by Jeremy Scahill in The Nation actually says nothing about Monsanto buying Blackwater.

What the articles does say, however, is that Monsanto and Blackwater are indeed working together to target anti-Monsanto activists and organizations.

3 August 2013 Academi (ex-Blackwater) acquired by Monsanto

29 June 2013 Yes, Monsanto Actually DID Buy the BLACKWATER Mercenary Group!