A Daily Glimpse

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Should plastic bags be banned?  I think this is a pretty controversial law, but I do like it.  How are we going to get people to change their habits?  But, does the government really need to get its hands in this.

The mortgage deal is a bust.

The mortgage settlement:  no political solutions to a math problem.

Gotta love the Onion!

Barclay’s skyscraper index points to Chinese bubble.

The Brazilian government has filed a lawsuit against Twitter for not closing the accounts of users who have been providing information on drunk driving checkpoints and speedtraps.  An interesting conflict!

Let’s hope so!  An interesting article on the shrinking house size in the United States.  Is it because people don’t have the money?  Or are people starting to realize size isn’t everything?

Colombia resumes Dollar buying to devalue Peso.  So does everyone else… a race to the bottom.  Now Argentina announces it will control wage growth.

Is anyone not corrupt in the Brazilian government?  The head of the Brazilian mint (Casa da Moeda) was supposedly taking kickbacks!

Brazil to lower interest rates.  Risky business says Economonitor, but they should turn out to be ok.

Japanese firms to enter lithium industry in Chile.  I think specific companies in this area will do well in the next decade.

Is Rio ready for the World Cup and the Olympics?  Some of the infrastructure problems leave observers uneasy.

Can Hugo Chavez lose?

Brazil getting China wary?

Mexico’s presidential election and the cartel war.

So I am not going to take any opinions here because I understand both sides.

Buffett’s praise of stocks.

An interesting rebuttal many seem to be starting to agree with from the always controversial Sovereign Man.  WTF Warren Buffett?

I am kind of sick of the media as well as politicians beating on the war drum.  Why does it seem like the beginning of another endless war?  Glen Greenwald always seems to express exactly what I would like to in his opinion articles.  This well-spoken article expresses my opinion completely.

Fun article from the Onion, that has a lot of truth.  The whole Iran thing is way over the top.