thestatedtruth.com | February 4, 2011
The House is the youngest since Eisenhower was elected in 1952. And the Senate, well….it’s the oldest Senate we’ve ever had going back to the Civil War. No wonder they can’t agree on anything!
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thestatedtruth.com | February 3, 2011
From Art Cashin on the floor of The New York Stock Exchange On this day in 1468, one of the most influential figures in the last 2000 years (and maybe all of history) died. Â To keep things in perspective try to remember a few things:Â Leonardo Da Vinci was seven years old, Michelangelo had not […]
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thestatedtruth.com | January 31, 2011
From Art Cashin on the floor of The New York Stock Exchange On this day in 1876, an already legendary medical professor at Edinburgh University began to address a new group of students. He began his lecture with his usual demand for observation. He pounded on his theme of the “vast importance of little distinctions” […]
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thestatedtruth.com | January 18, 2011
At income tax time, did you ever notice when puttting the two words ‘The’ and ‘IRS’ together it spells  — ‘THEIRS’?
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thestatedtruth.com | January 15, 2011
Wikipedia is 10 years old!  The site is currently the fifth-most visited Website on the Internet, with about 400 million people visiting each day, looking up information on just about anything — science, math, languages, art, culture, company histories and entries on sports.  What is extraordinary about this free encyclopedia, which contains more than 17 […]
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thestatedtruth.com | January 9, 2011
Wow….One wonders what kind of semiconductor sensors these were back in the day. The first personal computer wasn’t even invented until 1972, Xerox claims it was a Xerox PARC (ALTO), the Apple verson was invented in 1976, the Apple I, it then became, yep the Apple IIe. So now you know! Signals from seismic sensors left on the […]
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thestatedtruth.com | December 6, 2010
Census Reports indicate that the most frequent family name in the U.S. is “Smith.” …..How many Smith’s do you know?
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thestatedtruth.com | December 6, 2010
From Art Cashin on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange On this day in about 705 A.D., the Nordic tribes of Europe, recently converted to Christianity, began to adopt a theologically un-definable affection to an Archbishop who had existed three centuries before in an area east of Greece. Legend says he was as […]
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thestatedtruth.com | December 3, 2010
The Government has recently appointed a new Golf Czar and major rule changes in the game of golf will become effective as of December 10, 2010.  This is a preview, as the complete rule book (expect 2,000 pages) is being rewritten as we speak.  Here are a few of the changes.: Golfers with handicaps: ~ below 10 […]
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thestatedtruth.com | November 2, 2010
After years of dishing trash, folly and misfortune, The National Enquirer’s publisher has fallen on hard times.  American Media Inc., a privately held company said today that it plans to seek federal bankruptcy protection in the next two weeks. American Media’s publications include The National Enquirer, Star, Shape, Men’s Fitness and Fit Pregnancy.
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thestatedtruth.com | October 31, 2010
Back in (approx.) 823 B.C., the most inventive, charming and clever people ever to grace God’s green earth came up with an ingenious idea. They were, of course, the Irish (at this time A/K/A the Celts). Being bright they did not labor upon the obvious. So they let somebody else invent fire, the wheel, iron, […]
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thestatedtruth.com | October 31, 2010
Hmm, no matter how you add it, the number always comes out to number 9!  Movie  Test:  Pick a number from  1-9. Multiply by 3. Add  3. Multiply by 3 again.   Now add the two digits together to find your predicted favorite movie in the list of 18 movies below.      […]
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thestatedtruth.com | October 28, 2010
By Jack Doyle October 28, 2010 Mohammed has become the most popular name for newborn boys in Britain. It shot up from third the previous year, overtaking Jack, which had topped the list for the past 14 years but was relegated to third spot. Olivia topped the list for little girls for the second year in […]
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thestatedtruth.com | September 28, 2010
For the first time in at least a century, the proportion of U.S. adults between 25 and 34 who have never been married exceeded those who are married, according to data released Tuesday by the Census Bureau. In 2009, the proportion of adults 25 to 34 who had never been married was 46.3%, compared to 44.9% […]
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thestatedtruth.com | September 7, 2010
Here is another government controlled project. These are unbelievable statistics. Simply beyond belief! Credit card debt peaked at $975 billion back in September of 2008 and is now down to $826 billion. Past and current students now carry a stunning $829 billion in student loan debt.   Fact:  You are not allowed to discharge student loan debt through bankruptcy. […]
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thestatedtruth.com | September 2, 2010
Consumers are eschewing fixed-line alternatives for their cell phones, opting to keep connected to a single number whether they’re at home or in the car. www.dailyreckoning.com
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thestatedtruth.com | September 1, 2010
A wise and frugal government, which shall leave men free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned – this is the sum of good government. – Thomas Jefferson, Writings, 1743-1826 Â I predict future happiness for Americans if they […]
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thestatedtruth.com | August 25, 2010
NIKOLA TESLA         THE GENIUS WHO LIT THE WORLD             Nikola Tesla was born on July 10, 1856 in Smiljan, Lika, which was then part of the Austo-Hungarian Empire, region of Croatia. His father, Milutin Tesla was a Serbian Orthodox Priest and his mother Djuka Mandic was an inventor in her own right of household […]
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thestatedtruth.com | August 14, 2010
INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT THIS AUGUST This August has 5 Sundays, 5 Mondays, 5 Tuesdays It happens once in 823 years
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thestatedtruth.com | August 8, 2010
A chunk of ice four times the size of Manhattan has calved from Greenland’s Petermann Glacier, scientists announced on Friday. The last time the Arctic lost such a large chunk of ice was in 1962. Petermann Glacier, the parent of the new ice island, is one of the two largest remaining glaciers in Greenland that […]
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thestatedtruth.com | August 3, 2010
Earth is bracing for a cosmic tsunami Tuesday night as tons of plasma from a massive solar flare head directly toward the planet. The Sun’s surface erupted early Sunday morning, shooting a wall of ionized atoms directly at Earth, scientists say. It is expected to create a geomagnetic storm and a spectacular light show — […]
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thestatedtruth.com | August 3, 2010
Las Vegans  just lived through the hottest month ever. The high reached triple digits every day in July, and the heat hung on through the night to push last month into record territory. According to the National Weather Service, July’s average temperature of 96.2 degrees was the highest of any month since record keeping began […]
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thestatedtruth.com | August 3, 2010
From Art Cashin on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Longtime readers know that for years we’ve been remarking on the unusual lack of solar activity. Well, the sleeping sun woke up Sunday and woke up in a big way. Here’s a bit of detail from Spaceweather.com: COMPLEX ERUPTION ON THE SUN: On […]
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thestatedtruth.com | June 30, 2010
Old Farmer’s Advice: Your fences need to be horse-high, pig-tight and bull-strong.  Keep skunks and bankers at a distance. Life is simpler when you plow around the stump. A bumble bee is considerably faster than a John Deere tractor. Words that soak into your ears are whispered…not yelled. Meanness don’t jes’ happen overnight. Forgive […]
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thestatedtruth.com | June 20, 2010
  BP document…. “If BOP and wellhead are removed and if we have incorrectly modeled the restrictions the rate could be as high as 100,000 barrels per day up the casing or 55,000 barrels per day up the annulus (low probability worst cases).” ….. “This number is in sharp contrast to BP’s initial claim […]
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thestatedtruth.com | June 19, 2010
By JENN SAVEDGE Â Mother Nature Network (mnn.com) Five years ago, Sprint erected an 85-foot cell phone tower in the middle of California’s Vista Del Monte Elementary school. At the time, Sprint studied the tower’s structural safety and an initial power reading, but since then teachers and students have become increasingly concerned about the tower’s […]
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thestatedtruth.com | June 19, 2010
More ships are on the way…… Sometime in the next 10 days, the Helix Producer processing ship is due to arrive on the scene – and start pumping up 20,000 to 25,000 barrels (840,000 to 1.05 million gallons) of oil daily from yet another line connected to the Gulf of Mexico well’s broken blowout preventer. […]
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thestatedtruth.com | June 19, 2010
Can burning oil be ‘environmentally friendly’? At current crude-oil prices, that burn rate suggests that $700,000 worth of petroleum is going up in smoke every day. Admittedly, it’s not your usual “smoke.” BP is using in a smokeless atomizing burner that is supposed to be more environmentally friendly than the usual equipment. However, the EverGreen […]
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thestatedtruth.com | June 15, 2010
A bleak Ghazni Province seems to offer little, but a Pentagon study says it may have among the world’s largest deposits of lithium. By JAMES RISEN Published: June 13, 2010 WASHINGTON — The United States has discovered nearly $1 trillion in untapped mineral deposits in Afghanistan, far beyond any previously known reserves and enough to […]
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thestatedtruth.com | June 15, 2010
Britain could face widespread power blackouts and be left without critical communication signals for long periods of time, after the earth is hit by a once-in-a-generation “space stormâ€, NASA has warned. By Andrew Hough National power grids could overheat and air travel severely disrupted while electronic items, navigation devices and major satellites could stop working […]
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thestatedtruth.com | April 6, 2010
This game takes some real skill………………. Â Click here: PARACHUTE JUMP
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thestatedtruth.com | April 6, 2010
This is quite a test for us, especially if you answer truthfully !How long will you live?This is pretty interesting. Watch the age prediction on the top left of the screen change as you answer the various questions. http://media.nmfn.com/flash/longevity-game/game.html
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thestatedtruth.com | April 5, 2010
During the past fifteen months, the Fed purchased $1.25 Trillion in MBS, which represented 80% of the mortgage market. Prior to this program, mortgage rates were above 6%. Now that the Fed program has ended, it’s reasonable to assume that mortgage rates will rise back towards those levels. Just How Much Money is $1.25 Trillion? […]
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thestatedtruth.com | March 10, 2010
From Art Cashin on the floor of the NYSE……… On this day in 1349, in the midst of the infamous Black Plague epidemic, the forces of government, science and academia came together with a plan to save the people. As you recall from earlier episodes, the Black Plague had spread from the eastern Mediterranean throughout […]
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thestatedtruth.com | March 3, 2010
The Los Angeles Unified School District’s board voted Tuesday to send notices of possible layoffs to nearly 5,200 teachers and other workers while urging union leaders to negotiate concessions that could make some of the cuts unnecessary. Members on Tuesday discussed cutting the pay of its nearly 40,000 full-time workers and shortening the school year […]
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thestatedtruth.com | March 3, 2010
Heather Knight, Chronicle Staff Writer Wednesday, March 3, 2010 More than 15,000 San Francisco city workers across all departments will receive layoff notices Friday, and most of them will have the option of being rehired to work a shorter week, Mayor Gavin Newsom said Tuesday. Newsom’s controversial plan to help reduce the city’s $522 million […]
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