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2/9/2012

Researchers Develop Smart Phone Technology To Sense Depression - CBS Chicago

Northwestern University is developing a version of the smart phone that can identify whether a person is falling victim to depression. I really do not know if I want a phone that has this ability, at least not if it is going to be used on me. Does this mean my phone is going to start telling me to cheer up, and that it is going to be ok?

Welcome to the Party! - Mike Maharrey - The Tenth Amendment Center

The acceptance of the National Defense Authorization Act, which holds provisions for detention of American citizens and resident aliens, should certainly open many Americans to some very serious problems we are facing right now.

Maharrey Writes “Over the last week,we’ve seen people never before interested in the work of the Tenth AmendmentCenter logging on to our website, quoting us in news stories, and emailing toask how they can help. These folks spanthe political spectrum from left to right; Republican, Democrat andindependent, and even the generally apathetic.”

“The idea that your government can kidnap you seems to have lit off a firestorm.”

This is why I think you should also get involved, and you can start by going to the link above.

The coming retail boom: Europe’s dozy retailers... - shumpeter - The Economist

I would have to rewrite this article to give you an idea of what it is about, but I will just say it is about the problems Europe is having in their grand single market, which is so culturally diverse that it is often hard to get a full days shopping done in a single day:

"Parisian butchers close on Tuesday afternoons and Thursdays—and whenever else the proprietor decides to put a “fermeture exceptionelle” sign in the window"

"Food and soft drinks cost 28% more in Belgium than in the Netherlands. Over-the-counter drugs can cost five times as much in one European country as in another (if you can buy them at all: Germany and Italy bar the sale of pharmaceuticals by non-pharmacies). Shoes cost 30% more in Montenegro, a relatively poor country, than in Britain, a relatively rich one."

Either way you look at it, this is a revealing article that could very well end up only leaving you with a history lesson and a good understanding of why most Americans do not like the sound of their country becoming like Europe, and that is minus the whole socialism thing.

NRCC Grants 21 ‘On the Radar’ Status - Kyle Trygstad - Roll Call

Yesterday the National Republican Congressional Committee released a full account of 21 vital candidates in its Young Guns program.

“The newly recognized challengers andcandidates for open seats are in the bronze tier of the NRCC’s four-levelfundraising and infrastructure program.” Trygstad