NASA Confirma Imagen De Un Ovni

La prensa argentina publicó este domingo "imágenes de un ovni" tomadas por un reportero gráfico que asegura que la NASA le ha confirmado la veracidad de la imagen.

Gastón Garnier, de 26 años, tomó la imagen en diciembre y en ella aparece la Luna junto a un "objeto raro, una especie de y griega, con pelotitas luminosas enganchadas en sus puntas y en perspectiva", tal y como lo ha descrito él mismo.

“En diciembre hubo un eclipse y estaba probando a qué distancia me salía la Luna en mi cámara, hice cinco fotos (...) Hasta ese momento no ví nada raro en las imágenes”, contó el periodista.

Al llegar a su casa, Garnier bajó las fotos y fue cuando se dio cuenta del objeto.

"Auténtica"

"Toda la gente que vio esa imagen, coincidieron en describirla como muy rara", dijo.

La instantánea fue tomada en la localidad de Venado Tuerto, en la provincia argentina de Santa Fe.

Garnier envió en marzo la imagen a la agencia espacial estadounidense para conocer su opinión y los expertos le contestaron que la imagen "había sido sometida a varios filtros y que se había determinado que era original, auténtica y que no había trucos de ninguna naturaleza".

l Gold, Silver And Oil Are All Skyrocketing And That Is Bad News For The U.S. Economy

Gold, Silver And Oil Are All Skyrocketing And That Is Bad News For The U.S. Economy

The following is one statement that you should get used to seeing: “The price of gold set another record today.”  Today, spot gold reached a new all-time record of $1461.91 an ounce before settling back a little bit.  Silver is also skyrocketing.  At one point today silver hit $39.75 an ounce.  It seems inevitable that at some point we are going to be talking about $50 silver.  The price of oil is also continuing to relentlessly march upwards.  At last check U.S. oil was at about $108 a barrel.  All of this is great news for those that are investing in gold, silver and oil, but all of this is also really bad news for the U.S. economy.  Why?  Well, because when these commodities go up in price it is a sign that the U.S. dollar is dying and that our country is getting closer to economic collapse.

Traditionally, there has been an inverse correlation between the price of gold and the value of the U.S. dollar.  Usually when the U.S. dollar goes down, the price of gold goes up.
One of the main reasons why gold has been so strong over the past year is because the U.S. dollar has been rapidly losing value.

So why is the U.S. dollar declining?

Most economists point to all of the quantitative easing that the Federal Reserve has been doing.
So exactly what is quantitative easing?Well, it is basically like playing Monopoly with someone that reaches under the table and pulls out a bunch of extra money when they are almost broke.

The Federal Reserve has been creating huge amounts of money out of thin air and has been pumping it into the financial system.  It is essentially cheating, and it is highly inflationary.  The rest of the world has not been amused.

But quantitative easing is not the only issue.
The truth is that whenever the U.S. government goes into more debt, more money is created.  The U.S. has been running trillion dollar deficits for several years now, and this has created a lot of new money.
This is another reason why it is so important to get the U.S. government debt situation under control.  The Obama administration is projecting that the budget deficit for this fiscal year will be about 1.6 trillion dollars.  This is highly inflationary and it will continue to destroy the value of the dollar.
In addition, the rest of the world is beginning to have serious doubts about the sustainability of U.S. government debt.  They are starting to lose faith in the U.S. dollar and in U.S. Treasuries.
In fact, investors are losing faith in paper currencies all over the globe.  The euro is on the verge of a massive crisis.  On Tuesday, Moody’s downgraded Portuguese government debt for the second time in a month.  Portugal needs a bailout, but they are far from alone.  A half dozen European nations are experiencing a financial meltdown and the European debt crisis could spiral out of control at any moment.
Because of all of this financial instability, investors have been seeking some place safe to put their money.
For many investors, precious metals and commodities have been the answer.
In fact, silver has been doing even better than gold lately.  On Wednesday, silver set a new 31-year high for the third day in a row.
People are even starting to talk about the possibility of $50 silver.  Most analysts would have considered such talk complete nonsense a year ago.
But now nobody is laughing.
The price of oil is also soaring.  Some of that is due to inflation, but not all of it.  The truth is that when it comes to oil there are other factors at play.
Unfortunately, a high price for oil is far more damaging to the U.S. economy than a high price for gold is.
The U.S. economy has been designed to use massive amounts of cheap oil to transport massive quantities of goods over vast distances.  When the price of oil goes to $100 or $150 a barrel, it fundamentally changes the dynamics of our economic system.
Nobody has ever been able to prove that the U.S. economy can successfully handle a price for oil over $100 for an extended period of time.
Do you remember what happened back in 2008?  The price of oil hit a record high in June and then the entire financial system came unglued just a few months later.
The price of oil affects the price of almost everything else.  Almost all forms of economic activity use energy.  Almost all goods have to be transported a significant distance.
When the price of oil goes too high, some types of economic activity simply become unprofitable.  If the price of oil stays this high from now on, there are many businesses across America that will be forced to close.
A high price for oil is also going to hit U.S. consumers really hard.  According to AAA, the average price of a gallon of gasoline in the United States is now $3.70.
Many are convinced that the average price of gasoline is going to shatter the all-time record of $4.11 that was set back in July 2008.
So how much did a gallon of gas cost a year ago?
One year ago the average price of a gallon of gasoline was just $2.83.
Over the past 12 months the average price of gasoline has gone up about 30%.
So has your paycheck gone up by 30% over that time?
The truth is that wages have been very stagnant in the United States for a long, long time.
That means that U.S. household budgets are being increasingly stretched.  People have to fill up their cars so that they can get to work or to school.  Americans can cut back on pleasure driving to save money, but most of the driving that all of us do is to get to places that we have to be.
So if gas costs more that means that consumers are going to have less to spend other places.  Consumer spending accounts for approximately 70 percent of the U.S. economy, so any slowdown in U.S. consumer spending would be extremely significant.
Already a substantial percentage of the American people are feeling quite stressed about gas prices.
According to a recent Associated Press-GfK poll, approximately two-thirds of the American people believe that rising gasoline prices will cause significant hardship for their families over the next six months.
We are heading for some really difficult economic times.  As I wrote about recently, this economy has millions of Americans feeling depressed, but that is not the appropriate response.
Rather, once we understand how bad our economic problems are we should feel empowered because then we can start focusing on real solutions.
And somebody really needs to start focusing on solutions because panic is starting to abound.  Many top corporate insiders are selling off stock like there is no tomorrow.  The biggest bond fund in the world, PIMCO, has been getting rid of all of their U.S. Treasuries.  When Wall Street big shots start freaking out you know that the hour is late.
It certainly doesn’t help that the Middle East is in a state of chaos and that the Japanese economy is falling apart as a result of the recent disasters.
In these uncertain times investors are seeking something safe.  They are turning to real “global currencies” such as gold, silver and oil.  Paper currencies are rapidly losing favor and rampant inflation is on the horizon.
So where do all of you think that gold, silver and oil are going?  Feel free to leave a comment with your opinion below….

What Is A Black Swan Event & Are You Ready For The Next One?

What Is A Black Swan Event 

& Are You Ready For The Next One?

So far, 2011 has been a year plagued by a handful of unexpected events that have had a widespread global impact. The events are called “black swans.” History shows that black swan events, while rare in their frequency, have a significant influence in shaping the world we live in.

The term black swan can be traced back to the 2nd-centuryRoman poet Juvenal. He wrote that some events are “as rare a bird as a black swan.” Though black swans existed and weren’t a rarity, during that time no European had ever seen one (explorers found them in Australia centuries later). The term was popularized again in thanks to Nassim Nicholas Taleb, author of “The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable.” This best-selling book was released in 2008 and it describes how the world is severely affected by these rare events which are difficult to predict.

You’re familiar with most Black swan events because they have had a major impact in shaping your life. Examples include: World War I, the Depression that began in 1929, the personal computer, the rise of the internet, the September 11 attacks, the collapse of Bear Sterns and Lehman Brothers in 2008, etc.

The events that have taken place in North Africa, the Middle East, and Japan are black swans. Few, if anyone, predicted these occurrences and their impact has been felt globally.

In just the first quarter of 2011, MENA (Middle East North Africa) has been turned upside-down. The leaders of Tunisia and Egypt were forced out of power by social unrest in just days, though they had ruled for decades. Presently, there is a civil war going on in Libya and protests have hit Bahrain and Syria. This turmoil has pushed commodity prices higher, especially oil, which is affecting everyone around the world.

Japan was hit with a massive 9.0 earthquake which resulted in a tsunami. Thousands of people lost their lives and Japan is still battling with damaged nuclear reactors that are spewing radiation. This has caused governments around the world to reassess nuclear power and call for nuclear plants to have major safety overhauls.

Black swan events are often rationalized in hindsight, as if they should have been expected. Often when I talk to people about the financial collapse that occurred in 2008, they act as if it should have been predicted by everyone because of how easy it was for to get a loan and the exponential rise in real estate prices. However, most of those same people didn’t sell their stocks or their homes in 2008 and have suffered the consequences.

There are some investors, like John Paulson, who were able to predict the black swan event in 2008 and capitalize on it. Paulson is the founder and president of Paulson & Co., a New York based hedge fund. A smart, successful but relatively unknown investor from Queens, NY, Paulson began betting against the US mortgage market in 2006. In 2007 and 2008 he increased his investments, betting against not only mortgage backed securities but also the banks. As a result of predicting this black swan event, Paulson made billions of dollars for himself and his investors.

Black swan events are not easy to predict and the vast majority won’t profit from them. However, if you are one of those people that are able to anticipate these unexpected occurrences, you can exploit the situation and prosper.

What do you think could be the next black swan event? Do you invest in a manner in which to capitalize on such occurrences? Do you think trying to position for a black swan event is futile? Email me at matt@thestockenthusiast.com

 

Father-son team sends balloon into space, captures video

Balloon floats 19 miles high into the upper stratosphere … and returns with video filmed on a camera tethered to the homemade capsule

A father-son team, prompted by the boy’s persistent request to build a homemade spacecraft, have exceeded expectations by successfully sending a small helium-filled balloon into space and capturing the dizzying journey on video.

This short video made by the father and son team has become a viral hit receiving over a million views.

Want to read more go to: EARTHEASY.COM/BLOG

Wikileaks info on Cuba : Fidel Castro nearly died

in 2006 Cuban leader Fidel Castro came close to death , according to the latest secret US diplomatic cables published by the site Wikileaks.

Castro almost died after suffering a perforated intestine during an internal flight, unnamed sources told US diplomats in Havana.

The illness led Castro to hand power to his brother Raul, although he has since returned to public life.

In Cuba the 84-year-old's health is considered a state secret

The Wikileaks cables, published by the Spanish newspaper El Pais, reveal the intense efforts made by US diplomats in Havana to find out the nature of Fidel Castro's illness and his chances of recovery.

The names of the sources of information reported in the cables have been redacted by Wikileaks, but some apparently knew people who were close to the Cuban leader, or had access to his medical records.

The details of what they say cannot be independently verified.

One cable, sent in March 2007 by the then-head of the US interests section in Havana, Michael Parmly, quotes a report by an unnamed doctor on the moment Mr Castro fell seriously ill in July 2006.

"He will progressively lose his faculties and become ever more debilitated until he dies”

End Quote Unnamed medical source quoted in leaked 2007 US cable

"The illness began on the plane from Holguin to Havana," reports the cable.

As it was a short flight there was no doctor on board and they had to land urgently once they knew of Mr Castro's bleeding. He was diagnosed with diverticulitis of the colon.

The source said Mr Castro had a perforation of the large intestine and needed surgery.

But it says he "capriciously" refused to have a colostomy, with the result that his condition deteriorated over time and he required further surgery.

"This illness is not curable and will not, in her opinion, allow him to return to leading Cuba," the report concludes.

"He won't die immediately, but he will progressively lose his faculties and become ever more debilitated until he dies."

Defiance

Further leaked cables quote other sources as saying Mr Castro was terminally ill, and examine statements by his medical team and reports of specialist drugs being brought into Cuba.

Pictures released in January 2007 showed Fidel Castro looking thin and weak

But the reports of his imminent death have proved to be exaggerated.

Castro has since made an apparent recovery and earlier this year returned to making speeches and appearing in public, though he has not taken back the reins of power from his brother Raul.

The former Cuban leader recently praised Wikileaks and its founder, Julian Assange, saying the leaks of thousands of diplomatic cables had brought the US "morally, to its knees".

"Julian Assange, a man who a few months ago hardly anyone in the world had heard of, is showing that the most powerful empire in history can be defied," he wrote in an article published by Cuban state media.

The US government and its intelligence agencies have been staunch enemies of Mr Castro and the communist government in Cuba for more than half a century.

So far, all their predictions of the imminent demise of communist party rule on the island have proved false.

Hot topics news: Las Vegas casino stupid robber's luck runs out

An armed bandit has escaped on a motorbike after stealing, at least $1.5 million from the casino Bellagio resort in Las Vegas - something normally only in the Hollywood movies.

The thief took chips from the Bellagio resort and he may have carried out a similar raid elsewhere, less than a week ago.

But he may not have thought his plan through, as Rajesh Mirchandani reports. The $1,5 million was in casino chips that are only used in the same casino so the authorities are looking for someone that try to pass as a big winner in the Bellagio Hotel Casino.

What do you Think does he have a real plan as in the Hollywood movies?, or was only a bad robber's desicion?

Hot topics news: Wikileaks founder bailed, but release delayed

The founder of whistle-blowing website Wikileaks, Julian Assange, has been granted bail in London on conditions including cash guarantees of £240,000.

But he will remain in prison pending an appeal against the bail decision lodged by Swedish prosecutors.

Mr Assange is fighting extradition to Sweden, where he is accused of sexually assaulting two women earlier this year.

He denies the charges, which he says are politically motivated and designed to discredit him.

His lawyer Mark Stephens said the case was turning into a "show trial".

A large crowd including demonstrators, reporters and a number of Mr Assange's high-profile supporters gathered outside City of Westminster Magistrates' Court for the bail hearing on Tuesday.

Journalists inside the court were given permission by the judge to report on proceedings live via micro-blogging website Twitter.

Mr Assange was granted bail on condition he provides a security of £200,000 to the court, with a further £40,000 guaranteed in two sureties of £20,000 each.

He must also surrender his passport, obey a curfew at an address in Suffolk, wear an electronic tag and report to a local police station every evening.

Mr Stephens said the court would hear the challenge to the bail decision within the next 48 hours.

Speaking outside court, he said: "The Swedes won't abide by the umpire's decision. They want to put Mr Assange through yet more trouble, more expense, more hurdles.

"They clearly will not spare any expense but to keep Mr Assange in jail."

'No access'

Mrs Assange also read a statement from him, which she had copied down when he spoke to her from Wandsworth Prison. In it, he defended the actions of Wikileaks, adding: "My convictions are unfaltering."

Mr Stephens said his client had not been given any of his post - including letters relating to legal letters - since being remanded in custody.

People demonstrated in support of Mr Assange outside
City of Westminster Magistrates' Court

"He has absolutely no access to any electronic equipment, no access to the outside world, no access to outside media," he said.

The lawyer said the only correspondence his client had received was a note telling him that a copy of Time magazine sent to him had been destroyed because the cover bore his photograph.

In recent weeks, Wikileaks has published a series of US diplomatic cables revealing secret information on topics such as terrorism and international relations.

The latest release, published by the Guardian newspaper, shows that the US had concerns after the 7 July bombings that the UK was not doing enough to tackle home-grown extremists.

Another cable claims British police helped "develop" evidence against Madeleine McCann's parents after she went missing.