Chyden Finance: profit from hypocrisy

NextGov reports, “Two [US] [S]enators plan to introduce a bill that would bar foreign companies that sell technology to Iran from receiving federal contracts.”
Um… fellas…
That is the pot calling the kettle black.
When you point your finger at someone, you have three pointing back at you.
Those who live in glass houses should not throw [...]

Asia Times Online reports, “[A] US-China trade dispute over neodymium production could be just over the horizon.”
Earlier, I commented on the illegal mining and smuggling of rare earth metals in China that is fueled by the Chinese government’s restrictions on the export of rare earth metals, which are used in the production of electric car [...]

Recently, I addressed my long-standing observation that jail is the new conscription in the USA. The USA does not have mandatory military service, even though it is engaged in a two-front Forever War™, but it is fast approaching the point where every resident will serve a mandatory jail or house-arrest term.
The Palm Beach Post [...]

Bloomberg reports, “[former IBM CEO and former chairman of The Carlyle Group], Louis Gerstner, said that short-term investment gains should be taxed at 80 percent as a way to counter the culture of greed on Wall Street.”
And replace it with… what? A culture of Peace, Love, and Happiness™?
Markets thrive on liquidity, which means [...]

BBC News reports, “The new commander of US and NATO-led troops in Afghanistan has said troops must shift from conventional warfare to protecting Afghan civilians.”
Make love, not war?

“When you do anything that harms the people you just have a huge chance of alienating the population. And so even with the best of intentions, if our [...]

Kids today! pft.
This was featured on Slashdot recently: “15 year old Texan Javier Fernández-Han… developed a fully featured algae-powered energy system that combines a dozen new and existing technologies to treat waste, produce methane and bio-oil for fuel, produce food for humans and livestock, sequester greenhouse gases, and produce oxygen.”
So, take that, Vineet Nayar, [...]

Endangered — i.e., unsuccessful — species grab the hearts and minds of activists, while weeds and vermin — i.e., successful species — typically are deemed pests.
Whether plants, animals, firms, industries, professions, or anything else that humans care about, the tendency frequently is to take from each according to its ability and give to each according [...]

Obama Drastically Scales Back Goals For America After Visiting Denny’s

An alert reader just sent this in:
US To Trade Gold Reserves For Cash Through Cash4Gold.com

The New York Times reports on the preliminary results of Pres. Obama’s 21 January 2009 promise to make government more transparent and to give USA American citizens a greater voice through the use of government-controlled message boards and blogs, “The White House made its first major entree into government by the people last month when [...]