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The HTC Rhyme
The HTC Rhyme is something of a delicate matter, as it is HTC's firstphone that is said to have been designed with a female audience in mind. Yet it comes in dull colours and looks quite a lot like every other HTC handset we’ve seen so far.
PENTAX Q-REVIEW
Let’s get one thing straight from the start. The Pentax Q is quite an incredible camera to behold. It’s tiny. But not only is it tiny, it also looks great.
NIKON 1 V1
Nikon has announced two new compact system cameras: the Nikon 1 V1 and the Nikon 1 J1. We got our hands on both new cameras today, so until we can bring you our Nikon 1 V1 review
The ULTra Personal Rapid Transit System
"Think of it as a horizontal lift," says Fraser Brown, managing director of ULTra, the company that has built a new way to travel to Heathrow Terminal 5 from the business car park
THREE MIFI HSPA
Three has updated its MiFi range with the new Huawei E586 complete with HSPA+, and we have managed to get our hands on one to test out all its mobile internet goodness
Friday, July 1, 2011
A preview of Gmail’s new look - Official Gmail Blog
A preview of Gmail’s new look
Thursday, June 30, 2011 | 5:00 PM
Posted by Jason Cornwell, User Experience Designer
We get a lot of great feedback about how Gmail helps you be more efficient, keep in touch with family and friends, and get work done. We’ve saved you from forgetting attachments and made sure that you got the right Bob. Over the years, adding countless features to Gmail has made it an increasingly powerful communication hub, but along the way the interface has also become more cluttered and complex.
That’s one of the reasons we’re embarking on a series of interface updates to help strip out unnecessary clutter and make Gmail as beautiful as it is powerful. This is part of a Google-wide effort to bring you an experience that’s more focused, elastic, and effortless across all of our products. The changes are not going to happen all at once. We know that you love and care about Gmail as much as we do, and we’ll be working on these upgrades gradually over the next few months to allow plenty of time to understand and incorporate your feedback into the evolving design.
We’re kicking things off with two new themes for you to try out as a sort of sneak peek at what we’re up to. Starting today, you’ll see the “Preview” and “Preview (Dense)” themes in the Themes tab in Gmail Settings. Why two themes? Our new interface will eventually expand dynamically to accommodate different screen sizes and user preferences, but until then you can pick the information density that you prefer.
Here’s what one of the new themes currently looks like:
And in conversation view:
Click the images above to see larger versions.If you poke around you’ll hopefully find a lot to like and a much cleaner, modern look but also few rough edges. In particular, some Labs features may look a little strange in the new themes. We plan to fix these issues as we roll out changes in the coming months. You can also expect some updated themes that embody the same design principles but are better suited to working in a dark environment, use a different color palette, or include the illustrations that we know many of you love to see around your inbox.
Look out for these and other new features over the next few months. In the meantime, try out the new themes as a preview of the future of Gmail and let us know what you think.
P.S. Like Gmail, Google Calendar is also getting a new look. You’ll see it automatically within the next few days so there’s no need to turn it on, and we’ll also continue to make improvements there in the coming months. Details about the current changes to Calendar can be found in the Calendar help center.
Stay N Alive: New Images Suggest "Shared Circles" Coming Soon in Google
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KDPaine's PR Measurement Blog: Lies and Consequences
I just had a great conversation about the great amount of BS that is shovelled around board rooms every day. In this particular case, a skeptical VP of Corp Comm was listening to a presentation and one of his peers put up a slide that stated that the company was in a global leadership position when everyone in the room knew that the company had just two small overseas offices. While "global leadership" might conceivably be in a long term plan somewhere it was very far from today's reality. And we all know it happens all the time, we just don't acknowledge the cost to the crediblity and authenticity of the speaker. The problem with today's reality is that it is so easy to fact check statements, that if you overstate a position, or exaggerate your achievements, the hard cold facts are only a click or two away. And the far more interesting conclusion of our converesation was how much more trust and credibilty is created if you just stick o those hard cold facts, even if it means speaking an uncomfortable truth.
What people don't seem to realize is how much lies can cost. Here are a few of the biggest whoppers I hear all the time.
1. We offer "Free WiFi"
What started me on this particular rant was the ubiquitous “Free wi-fi” offered by most hotels. Clearly you read the memo that said that the availability of wifi is a must have for hotels, but not the one that said that telling the truth was a good idea.
Yes, you have free wifi in the lobby, but I don’t chose to work sitting in a chair with my laptop on my balanced on my knees.
What you really mean is that if you want to get some work done in the privacy of your room,
it will cost you anywhere between $10and $20 a day. What does it really cost you to provide a decent internet connection in my room? How does that compare to the fact that I no longer trust your web site, so now I will actually have to call your hotel and take up time trying to verify exactly what you really mean by “free wifi” and I will comparison shop based on room rate + taxes +cost of wi-fi, not the artificially low price you put on Quikbook2. I'm measuring results
No, having a Vocus/Radian 6 account is not measurement. That is monitoring. Presenting AVEs (Ad Value Equivalents) is not measurement. It's lying. To do measurement you have to have goals, metrics, a benchmark and a timeline. You have to build it into your plan, not just add it on at the end. Real measurement involves actualy doing something with the results. Drawing conclusion, making decis. ions and actually looking into the accuracy and meaning of the data.
Worse still, if you say you're measuring results and are just counting, you will never know what is working and not working, so your programs will never improve. Most organizations (and particularly their PR agencies) that confuse monitoring with measurement, use the resulting statitstics to justify their PR or social media budgets, And if you are justifying a program that isn't working, you pretty much ensure failure.
3. I'm measuring engagement
No, counting up the number of likes and followers you have is not measuring engagement in social media. Heck, even counting the number of views your video got on YouTube isn't measuring engagement. Engagement means that someone has taken an additional step beyond just viewing what you tossed out there. Unless they actually rate your video or comment on your blog or engagement in a conversation on Facebook, they're as likley to be couponers who more loyal to their wallet than your brand. The moment the competition puts a better coupon out there, they're gone. Unless you are actually putting interactions into a spread sheet and measuring improvement over time,
you're not measuring engagement.And if all you're doing is counting likes and not looking for those far fewer but far more worthwhile truly engaged customers, you will not ony be missing a great opportunity, but giving the competition a great opportunity to pick them up and steal them away.
4. I'm benchmarking against the competition
Probably not. Certainly, taking the competition into consideration is a big step up from simply monitoring your own brand, but too often a "competitive analysis" is intentially or unintentionally biased because your data collection is inconsistent. Most competitive media analyses are set up with a standard media list and a standard set of search terms that include the brands being studied plus an assortment of market issues, topics or categories that apply to the industry you are in. And that is valid competitive analysis.
Until one day you get a call from John Smith who writes JohnSmith'sBlog.com which you realize isn't on your top tier list, but you had a great conversation with him at the last industry trade show. You spend many hours setting up the interview with your key widget wizard, and finally the blog post comes out and it contains all your key messages, plus a flattering photo of your widget wizard with your hot new product. So of course it must go into your measurment report.
The problem is that unless you also run a search in JohnSmith'sBlog.com for all mentions of the competition, you have now completely skewed the results in your favor. You may look great, but your results are flawed, and your credibility is shot with that bean counter trying to cut your budget.
5. I'm gaining influence
If you mean that your Klout score is going up, I can create a "bot" that will beat your Klout score in about an hour. All Klout measures is activity, and primarily on Twitter which is used by a very small portion of the online universe. If you are in the B2B space, or in an market that doesn't care about celebrity, or have influencers that don't compulsively post their every activity, you aren't gaining anything but skepticism in the board room. The downside is that while you're focusing on the popularity contest, your real fans and prospects are growing bored and looking for other places that are realy interesting.
I'm sure there are lots more examples out there.. feel free to add to this list
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Understanding Your Google Accounts | Backupify
Google has so many different services – almost too many – that it is nearly impossible to keep track of them all. Gmail, Google Apps and a Google Account – what’s the difference?
Most people don’t even know they have multiple Google Accounts; in fact you may be using several different ones right now and not even know it. Perhaps you have one with @gmail.com at the end? Another with your domain associated with it (i.e. @backupify.com) and even another that is being forwarded from, say, Yahoo, to Gmail.
Don’t worry – you are not the only one who may be confused by the different Google Account types. They are constantly changing their product offerings and account types, so let’s clarify this a bit.
In a recent article published by Susan Cline, a Google Apps expert featured on TechRepublic’s Google in the Enterprise blog, the differences between these accounts is easily explained.
1. Gmail
A Gmail account is a free Google account with an email address ending in @gmail.com. Gmail accounts were first introduced in 2004 and have grown high in popularity due to it not only being free but having such a large storage limit. From a Gmail account, users can also access Google Docs, Google Calendar and Google Sites. Like all types of Google Accounts, a Gmail account is accessible anywhere at anytime since it is available via the Internet.
2. Google Account
To access a Google Account, all you need is to create a username and password to log into multiple Google applications including Docs, Sites, Maps, Search, etc. As Cline explains, “This is different than a Google Apps account. These accounts do not necessarily end with ‘@gmail.com.’ For example, a user can sign up for a Google Apps account that is associated with her @yahoo email address.” This way, a user can still have their primary email account through a different server but can also access features like Google Docs and Calendar without having to use Google Email. “Anyone can sign up for a free Google Account and use it to access and edit shared docs and files,” Cline continued.
3. Google Apps
A Google Apps account is different from a Google Account. A Google Apps account is associated with a specific domain (i.e. backupify.com). Users of this domain use a Google Apps account for internal messaging and collaboration to run the business. These accounts are typically used for small businesses, schools, government agencies and non-profits who need a low-cost, reliable collaboration tool within their organization. Google Apps accounts come with 7GB of email storage space along with access to Docs, Calendar and Sites.
4. Google Apps for Business
The best messaging and collaboration tool within Google for an enterprise is Google Apps for Business. These types of accounts allow users up to 25GB of storage for Gmail, Calendar, Docs, Video and Groups for business. Google guarantees businesses 99.9% up-time which is the standard up-time guarantee for reliable cloud services today.
There are many expert Google Apps resellers available to help businesses migrate from other email providers, such as Microsoft Office, to Google Apps. Google itself also offers migration tools to help businesses migrate old messages, calendar events, and contacts themselves.
Google Apps for Business is the only type of Google service that is not free, however. Relative to the costs of competing email and team collaboration tools, however, Google Apps is actually extremely practical in price. For only $50 per user per year, that equates to just $5 a month to use 25GB of space for email, docs, sites, contacts and calendar! Accompanied by email and phone support as well as reseller support, that’s not a bad deal at all.
Today, people have multiple types of Google Accounts. For me personally, I have one @gmail.com account, three Google Apps accouts and one Google Account that is forwarded from an old aol.com email address. How many do you believe you have?
Are there any other Google Apps based question on which you would like clarification? We would love to hear your questions and follow up with continuous blog posts addressing these common issues.
I want to personally thank Susan Cline for her great clarification of these four accounts on TechRepublic which can be found here.
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Russia’s anti-drug chief slams “global PR-campaign to popularize narcotics”
Ivanov recalled that drug production in Afghanistan tripled in the ten years that Kofi Annan was the UN secretary-general The idea behind Kofi Annan’s Global Commission on Drug Policy organization to legalize some types of narcotics could suit the interests of a drug mafia, the head of Russia’s Federal Drug Control Service believes. The Rio de Janeiro-based commission is headed by former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, and includes the former leaders of Mexico, Colombia and Brazil. They have announced in the latest report that the repressive strategy against drug trafficking has allegedly failed and proposed that some types of narcotics should be legalized.
I am not the kind of man who tends to plunge into illusion – Mikhail Prokhorov exclusively on RT
One of Russia's richest men, businessman and now politician Mikhail Prokhorov told RT that although his realism does not allow him to aspire to become president, he might fight for the post of prime minister one day. Apart from revealing his future career plans, in an exclusive interview with RT, the leader of the political party Right Cause has spoken about corruption, Russian dependence on energy resources and his ties with the Kremlin. RT: Why does such a successful businessman like yourself want to get into politics? Mikhail Prokhorov: You know, when you achieve personal success and when you know this country well, any normal person in my position would have a desire to do something for other people. There is a mechanism for that, and it is called politics. All people have to deal with politics when they go to polling stations. But there is also the job of a professional politician. And so, I have made a decision to become a professional politician to help the citizens of this country to live better. RT: Let us talk about some of Russia’s biggest problems. It is thought corruption annually sucks nearly one third of GDP. According to some calculations, half of business spending is on kickbacks and bribes. As a representative of business, would you agree with these figures and what can be done to improve the situation? MP: This is a well-known fact. These figures are unlikely to surprise anybody. I think that our main problem is that the old model has exhausted its potential for development. We should suggest a new model of political and economic development, a new ideology, a new everything. This new model should produce a new effect. I know how we should do that, and we are going to explain it to every Russian citizen in our party program in a very simple way. RT: But does the Right Cause party have the resources to develop this new political model? MP: I think that if an opportunity emerges to bring it home to our citizens what you deem necessary then this chance cannot be missed. The motto of ‘who else can do it but me’ is very urgent at the moment. RT: Is it possible to do business in Russia without having close ties with those in power? MP: You know, you need to have some kind of connections to do business in any country. Everything depends on the measure of these connections: to a greater or minor degree. Big business always has more ties and connections. We are like the rest of the world in this respect. RT: Where would you put the level of corruption in Russia on a ten-point scale? MP: The level of corruption is high and it permeates practically all spheres of life for our people. I think that we have inherited this corruption from the former USSR. It was more widespread at that time. In order to buy meat it was necessary to make friends with butchers. In order to buy nice clothes, it was necessary to have friendly ties with shop directors, etc. In the market economy this has become a thing of the past but a new kind of corruption has appeared. Everything linked to people’s daily life is corrupt. Everybody’s talking about that. We understand how we should tackle this problem. RT: Russia’s economy is still deeply dependent on national resources and their export. Obviously, this is a dead end. Is an innovation-based economy possible in Russia and what needs to be done to build it? MP: I think you should put this question a bit wider. What competitive advantages does this country have compared to other countries? We should develop them. Apart from our oil and gas sector, we are also a great transit power though we do not build roads, railroads or normal airports. But we can link together two parts of the globe like Europe and China. We have unique human resources which have been underused, and we are planning to focus our efforts exactly on the human potential. RT: What is your take on Russia’s judicial system? Can it be called independent? And what is your opinion on Mikhail Khodorkovsky’s second criminal case? MP: I think that our judicial system is imperfect just because of the mere fact that we don’t comply with the Constitution. Our Constitution has a provision about the administrative court but it has been shelved for 12 years. It is the administrative court that is supposed to defend our citizens. If a citizen does not like a directive issued by a bureaucrat he can turn to an administrative court for help. A bureaucrat, in turn, should prove that his directive is in line with the law. Today, a bureaucrat bears no responsibility. This is a problem to be tackled by an administrative court. The second thing is linked to Khodorkovsky. The law is a law irrespective of whether it is good or bad. All of us are obliged to stick to this law. If there are faults in it, it is the task of a political party to suggest amendments. But even this imperfect law implies a procedure called early release on parole. I personally think that there are no grounds to deny Khodorkovsky and Lebedev their right to be released early on parole. RT: The last ten years have seen the construction of a massive vertical line of power. Many of the regions’ privileges have been moved to Moscow. For example the election of regional governors was cancelled. In your opinion, does such a system meet modern demands? MP: Only a system that can answer one simple question can be considered to match modern realities. A problem should be solved wherever it emerges. Our system of government does not meet those criteria at the moment. RT: It is well-known that you have close ties both with the Kremlin and the government, but the Right Cause party can be considered opposition, even though you had asked others to forget this term. Nevertheless, the policies you want to put forward are different from those of the current political force. MP: This is just a different model, a different vision. The United Russia party is a political monopoly, and we will be fighting all kinds of monopolies, whether political, natural, spiritual or economic. We are for competition. RT: But do you think your own ideas may become a problem for your interests, having such close ties with those in power? MP: I believe every development model comes from the inside. Correspondingly, this is my conviction, and therefore I will be proposing it. RT: Do you see yourself running for president in the future? MP: I am not the kind of person who tends to dream or plunge into illusions. We have particular goals – to get into Russia's lower house of parliament with the maximum number of votes. What I also understand is that I could be a good prime minister. If the party is successful I would fight for this position. RT: On a totally different issue now, our audience is quite international. As the owner of the New Jersey Nets, can you shed some light on what awaits the team this year, any surprises maybe? MP: The team will be consolidating. We have a clear plan, and we are not going to give up this plan that I have announced time and again, that within four years we will become champions. RT: Another non-political question, about Yo-Mobile. It is reported there is already a five-year waiting list for this car. MP: It is ten years already. RT: Ten? This is a tremendous success, even though the car is not yet being produced and most people have not seen these cars in real life. Is there also interest from abroad and how do you evaluate Russia’s car market in general? MP: I am only happy to see such great demand for the new Russian car. Our people want to see something new and Russian, so we must meet their expectations. As for Russia's automotive industry, I think it is now following the traditional way, trying to get quite modern Western makes into the country. Localization of any Western car broadens the gap by seven or eight years. This is why we chose a different way: make an entirely new car, based on a new concept. We need to be able to go ahead of time; that's the point of innovation, and that's what innovators take risks for. RT: Is it possible to draw parallels between the Yo-Mobile and the Right Cause party? Do you expect the party to be as popular as this car among the people? MP: I would not have gone into politics if I did not think so. RT: Thank you very much.
“U.S. is a puppet of private bankers” – Alex Jones
Alex Jones, a U.S. radio host and film director has made a documentary exposing new claims about Barack Obama. The film 'The Obama Deception' claims America has become a puppet in the hands of private bankers working towards a new world order. Several months after Obama stepped in as President of the United States, you make a documentary calling him a deceiver. Why? Jones: He said he wouldn’t hire lobbyists. All he’s done is hire high power lobbyists at every level of government. And he has handed the country over to the oligarchs, the international bankers, to loot the nation, according to Bloomer Financial, $9.7 trillion. He has lied about leaving Iraq. He said that he would take the troops out immediately, now he is saying 16 to 23 months he is going to keep them there. He has increased the troops by 30 thousand, doubling them in Afghanistan. He is bombing Pakistan. Barack Obama promised that he would only raise taxes on those making over a quarter million dollars a year. He has now announced in the Wall Street Journal, he is going to change all the loop holes to tax all Americans, taking away our waivers we have for homes, taking away the exemptions. The lies are incredible. Everything Obama has said has been a lie. In your work, you talk a lot about the new world order. What is the new world order? Jones: The new world order is a private group of ultra rich bankers who are off shore. They are above the US, above Iran, Russia, Venezuela. They are international, and they are creating a network of international laws to regulate, and control, and dominate nations. They openly state that they want to deindustrialize countries, they want to bankrupt the population. They want a poor population that has to go to the government for handouts. They want a domesticated population. So the new world order is what every other dictatorship has called for in history. They are people who want a planetary dictatorship run by a group of plutocratic financiers. It is a world government of, for, and by private bankers. And what you say is that the American government is a puppet of the new world order, is that right? Jones: Absolutely! I am a patriot, I believe in the free market, I believe in the red, white and blue, Constitution, or Bill of Rights. And everything that the supposed government is doing is the opposite of that. It is 180 degrees from what this nation is supposed to be. In every poll, American people are against the wars, they are against the open borders, they are against the police state, but the central government does the opposite of what the people want. And they are setting up this control grid to try to suppress the American people. How do you see Barack Obama as the American President? Jones: President Barack Obama is a deceiver. He says one thing, but he does the opposite. And that is the only thing that is constant with Barack Obama. He builds himself as anti-establishment, but really he is completely owned and paid for by the establishment. So how do you see the future of American politics? Jones: The United States is a corrupt empire that has been used by international banks and global crime syndicates to expand that empire world-wide. They have basically been using the United States like a credit card to pay for the world government. And I see the United States entering the greatest crisis since its founding 235 years ago. So I see the United States as a hijacked nation, a nation that is being used as a tool or an engine of international oligarchs, international financiers. I see the United States in danger of being collapsed. But at the same time, I see a massive awakening of the global agenda taking place. So I know we have a fighting chance of defeating this. Following up on that, some people go further and say that a collapse for America is inevitable. What do you say to that?
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Jones: The globalists want to have a collapse of the United States, and yes, we are in a very real danger of collapsing, because the Central Bank has gotten this country deep in debt, has done it by design. And now they have cut off the money supply. And the economy for the last year has been in free fall. Real unemployment is up 20%. So yes, I have seen many scholars in the United States and worldwide talk about the collapse of the United States. That is a real danger. But again, in the new world order, bankers only want the collapse of the United States, so that they can come back in, pose as saviors, bring control over the nation and then reform the United States as a fascist engine to carry out military operations against any free nation in the world. They openly state that the United States will be the pit-bull, the attack dog. The American people will be used to go after any free nation in the world. So the United States is in the process of going from a corrupt oligarchy to a fascistic Hitlerian pit-bull, meant to go out and literally wage war against the planet. Meanwhile, the international financiers will sit in Switzerland, and London, and Paris, and Berlin, and blame America for all the tyranny, when they own our private federal reserve, and they are launching attacks. One of the things you talk about in your film is that the American government is trying to build a civil army to be able to use unsuspecting civilians for their own purposes. Can you explain what you mean by that? Jones: Yes, legislation has passed the House and the Senate, and they are in the process right now of ratifying it to create, in the words of the New York Times, a 7 million person army. And they openly state that citizens will be spying on each other, that this will be a para-military force, domestically and internationally. To be a civilian force, so that after the US takes over a country, then a civilian force will come in and administer the country. So the United States is being used as a colony of the offshore bankers to create a social service class to administer the world government. You allege that the Builderberg group runs the world, who are they exactly? Jones: The Bilderberg group is the Queen of England, the Queen of the Netherlands, it is the Rockefellers, it is the Rothchilds. They write books, they brag about it. Rockefeller wrote a book four years ago saying he wants world government and the US sovereignty. And they are these incredibly wealthy, powerful families. They play with nations. The whole population is like their little toy. And they are outside the laws, they don’t have to follow the laws of the nations they control. And they come in and buy off the governments, and finance those governments to go along with their aims. And the new world order is just a super-rich international mafia of oligarchs that are playing gods, who want to abolish and bankrupt nation states, so they can set up an international order, where the planet is owned by a private bank. Some people say in the next couple of years there is going to be a revolution in America. Could that be possible? Jones: The globalists hate America. But at the same time, they know that America is waking up, and there are over 100 million armed American citizens who understand that the big arm has the basic right and who refuse to be this arm. So we have the internal government documents, the state police documents. They are very concerned about the revolution. Because they know that as they bankrupt the nation, as they turn us into third world slaves, the people will resist. So they are attempting to set up a high tech police state in the United States as rear-guard action. So they’ve stolen the country blind, using the US’s energy, and money, and finance to build it. Now they are done with us, but the final phase is putting a police state in, so they can successfully rob the United States without having the American people ever take control of the country and then prosecute them and arrest them. How do you explain the extreme popularity of Barack Obama? How long do you think this Obama phenomenon is going to last? Jones: Barack Obama is a manufactured Madison Avenue pitch man. He is a fraud. And he made all these great promises and said a lot of good things during the campaign. Now he is going back on all those promises. Now he is flip-flopping, lying. So we already see in polls as much as a 20% drop in his approval. So I think the Messianic support for Barack Obama as a cult leader is fading quickly. The American media and the bloggers, the main stream media, and the alternative media seem to be in a war. Who should the American people trust? Who is the reliable source of information? Jones: There is a war between the alternative media and the mainstream media. And you have thousands and thousands of sources in the alternative media, some of it is true, some of it – lies, they all have agendas. And you have the government trying to infiltrate the blogs to put out their propaganda. The mainstream corporate media in the United States have proven their agenda is to spin and lie and kind of dumb the information down. They lie by omission. The blogs are very diverse, some of it is true, some of it is partially true, some of it is not true. But people are developing a sense and becoming more sophisticated, and they have learned that the alternative media on average is more accurate and delivers more diversity in thought and opinion than the mainstream media. So the mainstream media is going bankrupt, TV is going bankrupt, newspapers are going bankrupt. There is the Internet, and people have learned they have an agenda and they are lying. But the Pandora’s box is open. The genie is out of the bottle. They are not going to be able to shut down the Internet. People have had the taste of alternative information, the whole cornucopia, that whole rainbow of ideas. And the establishment is in trouble. That’s why they are launching this whole police state takeover, because people have finally woken up to the fact that the emperor has no clothes.
The rich get richer as the rest of America is screwed---RT
Image from endoftheamericandream.com A new report shows that the USA is home to around 3.1 million “mega-wealthy” Americans, each boasting at least a million dollars in ready cash. The World Wealth Report released this week put America at top of the list of countries hosting “dollar millionaires,” as they call them. These are all people with investable assets totaling at least a million dollars that are not tied up in homes or pensions. By comparison, the nation that can boast the next most millionaires is Japan — though their statistic is nearly half of what the US has. While nearly one-in-ten Americans are seeking unemployment benefit applicants, one-in-one hundred are dollar millionaires. When coupled with the 282,000 millionaires in Canada, this elite — and alarmingly large — group of North Americans have a total of nearly $43 trillion in their bank accounts. In the meantime, the nation as a whole — including its nearly 24 million unemployed — is $14 trillion in debt. Looking at the disparity between classes even further, while 3.1 million Americans have mega-wealthy status in 2011, 45 million receive food stamp benefits and 1.6 million filed for bankruptcy this year. And if you’re wondering just how many 3.1 million is, here is another group you can compare it to — the National Coalition for the homeless says that around 3.5 million Americans live on the streets each year.
another recession looming and a national deficit worth screaming about, many Americans will agree that times are tough for the nation’s economy. Many, maybe — but not all.
