Economic development and the search for vision in politics
The piece argues that economic development hinges on adding outside-funded basic economy work, with private or public groups shaping regional growth. It notes delusion and relevance in chasing new firms, plus labor pools, infrastructure, and the arts as potential niches for New Mexico. It calls for a fresh generation of energized thinkers.
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Chamber of Commerce
Iowa
Texas
Ted Cruz
National Laboratory
Border Patrol
Silver City
General Motors
Ruidoso
New Mexico
Apple Computer
Audit the Fed debate stirs Congress and public fear
Editorial argues for a full GAO audit of the Federal Reserve, noting past Senate resistance and current Republican control as improving odds. It cites Fed officials' warnings and a Breitbart column claim about the lack of audit jurisdiction, urging transparency of monetary actions and beneficiaries. Reprinted from the Orange County Register.
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Rand Paul
Fed
Government Accountability Office
House
Harry Reid
D-Nev
Senate
Congress
Federal Reserve
Obama Administration
Sen. Paul
Jason Furman
Barack Obama
Council of Economic Advisers
Dallas Fed
Richard Fisher
the Hill
Congress of
The
United States
WIPP Fully Opens as Nuclear Waste Facility in New Mexico
The Waste Isolation Pilot Project in Carlsbad becomes a full functioning facility handling defense related transuranic waste from 22 DOE sites. Since 1999 it has disposed of waste in salt caverns 2159 feet underground, employing over 1000 people and serving sites like LANL and ORNL. An incident on Feb 14, 2014 at LANL barrels released plutonium 239 and americium 241, with minimal atmospheric radiation impact.
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WIPP
U.S. Department of Energy
DOE
Carlsbad
Los Alamos
LANL
Oak Ridge
ORNL
Rocky Flats
Colorado
New Mexico
Understanding stress fractures and quick treatment
Stress fractures are hairline cracks from unusual physical pressure on a bone not from emotional stress. They often occur in the metatarsals but can appear elsewhere and may not show on X rays for two weeks. Seek medical evaluation promptly to prevent poor healing or deformity.
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Doctor K
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