Weekend: Your World is Changing

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Weekend: Your World is Changing By Nick Hodge | Saturday, July 23rd, 2011 Welcome to the Energy and Capital Weekend Edition — our insights from the week in investing and links to our most-read Energy and Capital and sister publication articles. Your world is changing. Actually, it's always been changing... But for some reason, right now feels especially turbulent. Chalk it up to divisive politics, rapidly advancing technology, or the Third World coming of age, never in my life have I seen a time when the world faced such serious problems and at the same time engaged in so much idiotic and fruitless behavior. Something's awry, indeed. Stay focused and you can make the chaos pay off for you. (Ideas on how to do that further below.) But first, a bit more prodding of this craziness. Advertisement Warning: You Could Be Broke By Winter! The following video is shocking, to say the least... But it just might save your life. As you sit there, eyes wide open, you'll wonder how you didn't see this catastrophe coming sooner... but you'll be thrilled you now have the opportunity to prepare! Watch the video now. The New “Poor” Results out from the 2010 Census claim 40 million Americans — one in seven — are “poor.” But don't cry for them just yet... The Census also shows the average “poor” family lives in a home that is in good repair, has air conditioning, a washer and dryer, two color TVs and cable or satellite, a coffee maker, a microwave, an oven, a DVD player, and if children live in the house, a video game system like Xbox or PlayStation. These “poor” families also had enough money in the past year to meet essential needs including adequate food and medical care. Your Congress continues to give these “poor” families nearly $1 trillion per year in handouts. And then they act like children as the country is about to default. But that might be alright... the new poor doesn't look too bad. What's Another Trillion or So? The Navy decided to put two ships in the graveyard last week. But neither of them had ever gone on a mission. The Benjamin Isherwood and the Henry Eckford are being taken from a Virginia port to a Texas salvage yard to be scrapped... Over 1,200 feet and $300 million worth of brand-new oil tankers never to be used. And the Treasury won't get a dime back. And a Congressional Research Service report shone some light on how $1 trillion in tax breaks are handed out each year. Eskimo whaling ships can deduct $10,000 a year, even though commercial whaling is illegal in U.S. waters; businesses can deduct the entire cost of “recreational, social or similar activities” for low-paid employees (I wonder if that includes the cocaine and sex being shared between oil and Interior Department employees?); junkyard owners can take a deduction for feeding stray cats. I should have been a poor, junkyard-owning Eskimo whaler. 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Called the Advanced QUestion Answering for INTelligence (AQUAINT), the system will analyze your phone calls, credit and debit purchases, social network activity, GPS locations, cell phone location, Internet searches, and toll records to know exactly where you are, what you're doing, and even what you're thinking. Keep an eye on your liberty, folks. Cussin' the Sun and the Texas Heat and the Skeeters The intense heat you know about. Rolling blackouts are now occurring. But there's another danger to look out for on your deck. I thought I was crazy the last few weeks as I angrily swatted mosquitoes while tending my garden. They were like none I had ever encountered — larger and much more persistent. Turns out I wasn't crazy, as I often think, but right. Our latest treat from China is the Asian tiger mosquito. The Wall Street Journal reports it is “more vicious, harder to kill and, unlike most native mosquitoes, bites during the daytime.” Worse? “It also prefers large cities to rural or marshy areas.” Rutgers entomology professor Dina Fonseca says these litter buggers are “very aggressive... You can try and swat it all you want, but once it's on you, it doesn't let go. Even if it goes away, it will be back for a bite." More than half the states now have them. Keep these and other less-reported nuggets in mind as cable news diverts your focus to the incredible drama of the NFL lockout, which Palin sibling is next to be a parent, and which pose kids are photographing themselves in this week. There's a lot of nonsense out there. Keep your eye on the prize. Call it like you see it, Nick Hodge Editor, Energy and Capital Nighttime Solar Power: The Energy Company No One Can Catch This secret technology — and the tiny startup firm that owns it — could earn you the easiest $131,500 you've ever made. Get it Before it Goes Viral: An Offer You Can't Refuse Publisher Brian Hicks makes his best offer yet: a free 60-day preview of our newest advisory service, Viral Investing. It may be the best free investment you will ever make. Memetics Reveals Gold's Next Move: The Current High is Great News for Gold Holders, But Don't Sell Yet Memetics reveals a peculiar fold in the futures chart that could mean even more gains for gold holders! Geothermal Blockbuster: Cleaner than Gas and More Powerful than Nuclear Editor Jeff Siegel discusses the only pure play geothermal stock that Uncle Sam is about to send much, much higher. Regenerative Breakthroughs: Tomorrow's Medicine Today Editor Steve Christ explains why the promise of regenerative medicine is worthy of the hype. Wireless Electricity Is Here: And It's Being Used to Charge Cars The new strategy for the world's most expensive car can also be a valuable investment tool. Great Opportunity in Argentina: Death Rides a Brown Horse The sky was velvet blue over Mongolia's windswept steppes the day I almost died. Clean Coal Investing: Don't Fall for This Clean Energy Scam Editor Jeff Siegel offers his take on the worst "clean energy" investment. Top 3 Pure Silver Stocks for the Rest of 2011: Gold Will Shine, but Silver Will Be the Moneymaker Analyst Luke Burgess discusses his top three primary silver stocks for the rest of 2011. Peabody Energy (NYSE: BTU) Stock: The One Stock You Can't Pass On Analyst Ian Cooper shares reader feedback regarding peak coal and offers two ways to profit from the coal demand supercycle. Canada's First Oil War Erupts: The Smart Money in Canadian Energy Canada has become one of the very few countries left with a strong outlook for oil production. Not only is their oil production secure, but you don't need a map and your fourth grade geography teacher to tell you it's much less volatile than Saudi crude... Keith Kohl tells readers where the smart money is being played in the Canadian oil sands. Losing Our Energy Security: When Big Oil Packs Up and Goes Home Energy security. At one point or another, we've all heard this term — and we have much less of it now than ever before. Editor Keith Kohl explains why the United States is losing its future energy security to China. Related Articles What Powers Battery Stocks Vanadium: The Best Thing Since Lithium Graphene Research Expects Great Things Invest In Materials of the Future Today From the Archives... When Big Oil Packs Up and Goes Home 2011-07-22 - Keith Kohl Report Says Yes, and It'll Happen This Year 2011-07-21 - Ian Cooper Coking Coal Company Opens at $17 2011-07-21 - Brianna Panzica Maryland's First Wind Farm Celebrates Opening 2011-07-20 - Brianna Panzica Group Discount Company Offers Deals on Solar 2011-07-20 - Brianna Panzica Economic Releases for the week of Monday, July 25th, 2011: Jul 26 - Case Stiller 20 City Index Jul 27 - MBA Mortgage Purchase Index Jul 29 - Chicago PMI Jul 26 - Consumer Confidence Jul 28 - Pending Home Sales Jul 26 - New Home Sales Jul 27 - Durable Orders Jul 27 - Fed's Beige Book Jul 29 - Michigan Sentiment Brought to you by Wealth Daily

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