CONSIDER THIS: Let me explain my thought here. Health care insurance could start to put some restrictions on coverage or the premium the insured would pay based on one’s BMI as we discussed in Tuesday’s brief. News today suggests that Washington DC could force gun owners in the city to carry liability coverage up to [...]
RUMOR & RAW INTEL: A BBC reporter has been given access to evidence and video footage taken in one of the northern towns of Syria reportedly confirming the use of nerve gas agents and sarin gas. The White House continues to say that it needs indisputable evidence that chemical weapons were used and that indeed [...]
The Honey Bee population has hit what scientists are calling the “bare minimum” levels in order to keep about $20 billion worth of US agriculture pollinated. Professional bee keepers are still experiencing a massive die-off of honey bee populations – theories abound as to why this is happening – but the effect is fairly wide-spread. [...]
We’ve touched on a new strain of Avian Flu that is spreading through an isolated part of China – the H7N9 strain. Many of you who have been with us for several years will remember our coverage of the H5N1 avian flu virus – the risk of which is still evident around the lesser developed [...]
We watch the automotive sector pretty close, and what we are about to highlight is pure anecdote. Looking at dealership lots in a couple of Midwest cities, we have seen a major buildup of new car inventory since the beginning of the year. We’ve watched these lots for years and have seen them go from [...]
Chris Kuehl on Dutch tv July 2012 LINK
That sounds so far-fetched that you might be surprised that we would even bring it up. We are fairly straight-forward thinkers at Armada and try not to live in the extremes. But here is the premise that we were hit with by an inquisitive thinker: with significant legislation and executive order being aimed at historically [...]
That’s the hypothesis in a recent investigation by Mother Jones. Antibiotics are frequently mixed into the feed of farm animals, in part to fend off frequent infections and in part because they tend to increase weight gain. A study of 11,000 children found that those who were given antibiotics experienced a 22% greater chance of [...]
Norovirus is not as dangerous as it sounds. Although it is often mischaracterized as the stomach flu, it is not the flu but a virus that causes gastroenteritis. Symptoms include nausea, stomach cramping, and diarrhea. The reason that we bring this up is because it is hitting unusually hard this year. The US has not [...]
