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To: combjelly who wrote (562648)	4/25/2010 5:42:49 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1577122

Remember back about a year ago the thread was talking housing and I was saying CA has this boom bust thing down to a science. Well the CA flippers are back: Flipping houses is back in South Los Angeles Investors are snapping up foreclosed homes in hopes of making a quick killing. latimes.com

To: combjelly who wrote (562648)	4/25/2010 8:25:29 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1577122

I wondered when someone would compare what's happening in the US with the Weimar Republic. Chomsky Warns of Rise of the Far Right in the U.S. Front page / Society / Real life stories 23.04.2010 Source: Pravda.Ru Recent research from the New York Times / CBS News poll revealed that 18% of Americans identify themselves as supporters of the Tea Party, classify themselves "very conservative" and are very pessimistic about the direction of the country and severely critical of Washington and, of course, Obama. Over 90% of them believe that the country moves to a wrong path and the same percentage disapproves of the president and his administration policy. Already 92% of respondents estimated that Obama leads the country "toward socialism" (an opinion shared by more than half the population in general). Moreover, the expressions of popular right-wing anger are registered when referencing more hate crimes, a rise of radical right-wing groups, as well as unofficial reports of a growing number of death threats against the president. Public safety agencies have raised the alert status for what is called "domestic terrorism." Incidents were reported, several under investigation, of acts of intimidation against congressmen and other elected officials. Earlier this month, more than 30 governors received letters from an anti-government, ultra-conservative group who demanded their resignation in a period of three days (although there was no threat of violence), which meant that federal authorities have warned local police that the letters could lead to violent behavior. As such, there are more examples throughout the country. The wave of disillusionment with the government and its rulers causes concern among some politicians who do not know what impact this might have on the elections of next November. But for others the issue is more alarming. "It's very similar to Weimar Germany, the parallels are striking." Here, too, there is a tremendous disappointment with the parliamentary system, pointed Chomsky interviewing on Truthdig. "The United States is very lucky that no honest and charismatic figure has appeared, and if this were to happen this country would be in real trouble for the frustration, disillusionment and the justified anger combined with the absence of a coherent response," he concludes. In Germany, he recalls, an enemy was created to explain the crisis which was the Jew. "Here they are the illegal immigrants and blacks. We will say that white men are a persecuted minority. We will say that we must uphold and defend the honor of the nation. Military force will be exalted. There will be blows. This could be converted into an undeniable force. And if it takes place, it will be more dangerous than Nazi Germany. The United States is a world power ... I do not believe that this is far from happening," he says. Translated from the Portuguese version by: Lisa KARPOVA PRAVDA.Ru

To: combjelly who wrote (562648)	4/25/2010 10:04:20 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1577122

Stephen Hawking Says Aliens are Coming To Get Us As part of a new Discovery Channel series physicist Stephen Hawking says that he's convinced aliens are out there, but that we should avoid them because they will probably come to earth and kick our asses like in the movies. The Times of London report Hawking's theory that intelligent extra-terrestrial life is mathematically very probable. And that we should be building alien shelters. "We only have to look at ourselves to see how intelligent life might develop into something we wouldn't want to meet," he said. "I imagine they might exist in massive ships, having used up all the resources from their home planet. Such advanced aliens would perhaps become nomads, looking to conquer and colonise whatever planets they can reach." "If aliens ever visit us," he added, "I think the outcome would be much as when Christopher Columbus first landed in America, which didn't turn out very well for the Native Americans." So watch out for any spacecraft called the Nina, the Pinta or the Santa Maria.