Saturday Speak: Whatever is on your mind
Posted by Michelle Moquin on June 2nd, 2012
Good morning!
Paola: Thanks for broaching this important topic, that I personally had not heard of before you blogged it. This one is for you:
Chagas Disease, an incurable infection, called the ‘new AIDS of the Americas’: report
Is this the disease that killed Charles Darwin?
Chagas disease is a parasitic infection transmitted by blood-sucking insects, largely in impovershed areas
Experts have dubbed it the “new AIDS of the Americas.”
A parasitic infection called Chagas Disease has similarities to the early spread of HIV, according to research published recently in the journal PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases.
Like AIDS, Chagas is hard to detect and has a long incubation period before symptoms emerge, the study said, according to the New York Times.
As many as 8 million people are infected in the Western Hemisphere, mainly in Bolivia, Mexico, Colombia and Central America, as well as some 30,000 people in the U.S., the newspaper reported. Chagas infects people in areas of poverty, and most U.S. cases are found in immigrants.
Because Chagas is often left untreated, it spreads easily, either genetically or through blood transfusion. If caught early, it can be treated with intense medication, but the drugs are scarce in poor countries and very little money is invested in searching for new treatments, the paper said.
Chagas is usually transmitted from the bite of blood-sucking insects that release a parasite called Trypanosoma cruzi into the victim’s bloodstream. The parasite can eventually make its way to the heart, where it can live and multiply.
Infections often stay dormant for years, and then emerge as heart arrhythmias and heart failure. About a quarter of victims develop enlarged heart or intestines that can lead to sudden death if they burst, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
New research suggests Chagas may have led to the death of Charles Darwin — one of the great medical mysteries.
Researchers from the University of Maryland School of Medicine believe Darwin suffered from three different illnesses, including a Chagas infection contracted on a voyage to the Andes in South America, the Wall Street Journal reported earlier this month.
Darwin wrote in his diary that he was bitten by a “great wingless black bug” during the trip in 1835. He died 47 years later of heart failure.
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June 2nd, 2012 at 10:34 am
Michelle, we are expressing out thanks for your help in Homs. Madaline was awesome as she stopped those tanks. Many videos were made.
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June 2nd, 2012 at 10:37 am
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June 3rd, 2012 at 5:42 am
Nothing could be truer.
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AFL-CIO Calls Jobs Report ‘Alarming and Unacceptable,’ Faults GOP
AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, the head of the largest U.S. labor federation, called Friday’s jobs report “alarming and unacceptable,” and he faulted GOP lawmakers in Congress for the tepid job growth. From his statement:
Most frustrating is the fact that it is not the means for recovery that lack, but rather the will.
For purely political and cynical reasons, Republicans in Congress have blocked President Obama’s efforts to maintain momentum for growth, whether it’s the American Jobs Act or routine highway infrastructure investments.
Moreover, under the leadership of Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan and John Boehner, Republicans are also looking to cut back on policies that provide relief for the millions of working families worrying about how to pay the bills and how to make ends meet.
–Dave Jamieson
June 3rd, 2012 at 5:47 am
John you and I have duel minds. I read that article. This is goes hand in hand with your likes I’m sure because it just shows how far the republicans will go to destroy Obama.
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Government Job Cuts Have Partially Offset Private Job Gains
From Derek Thompson, senior editor at The Atlantic:
@ DKThomp : Big picture #3: Since Dec 2009 public payrolls have fallen 510,000, offsetting about 1 out of every 8 new jobs added in the private sector
Since Thompson’s analysis does not account for the fiscal multiplier, government job cuts probably have hurt private job growth even more than he is saying.
That is because unemployed schoolteachers and firemen have less money to spend, which translates into less income for private-sector workers, who then spend less.
Austerity leads to a self-reinforcing cycle of unemployment, lower income, less consumer spending, and more unemployment.
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They don’t care what they have to do to the country to make Obama look bad.
Larry
June 3rd, 2012 at 5:59 am
Larry, you think that together we can educate some of Michelle’s readers. I am in Queens, Ny.
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Barclays: Details Of Manufacturing Report ‘Broadly Encouraging’
From Barclays Capital economist Peter Newland:
The details were broadly encouraging. First, the decline in the headline is no surprise, given the strong pace of manufacturing output growth in Q1, and remains consistent with continued recovery in activity.
Second, that the drop in May was driven largely by the production component (down to 55.6 from 61.0) suggests to us that producers are working to reduce inventory levels rather than responding to signs of weaker demand (the inventory index fell to 46.0 from 48.5, although this is a measure of raw materials rather than work in progress).
Indeed, the new orders index bucked the trend by increasing to 60.1 from 58.2, a thirteen-month high.
The employment index also remained at fairly robust levels, down slightly, to 56.9 from 57.3. All in all, given the backdrop of sharply weaker PMI indices in Europe and China and coming on the heels of a very soft payrolls number, this report offers signs that the recovery has not been entirely derailed.
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I don’t like facebook, but this is okay for a 57 year old man.
John
June 3rd, 2012 at 6:05 am
Find by me I guess it’s just the Great State of New York today. I’m 39 and in New York City.
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Barclays And High Frequency Economics: Construction Will Add To Economic Growth
From Barclays Capital economist Cooper Howes:
Construction spending now stands 6.8% higher than in April 2011…. In all, this report shows a pattern similar to the one seen in March and remains consistent with our view that residential investment will provide a positive contribution to GDP growth in 2012.
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I am no fan of facebook either.
Larry
June 3rd, 2012 at 6:07 am
Hey, guys can I get a piece of this action. I’m in Manhattan and I have a piece of the same article? I can follow along and this can be educational and fun. I’m 42.
I can understand your dislike of Face Book also. It requires to much identity risk for me.
Ted
June 3rd, 2012 at 6:10 am
Can you guys use some help from Orange Lake, NY? I’m up checking out the news and recognize the article. It seems to be a slow day on Michelle’s blog.
Robert
June 3rd, 2012 at 6:13 am
Sure, It’s Michelle and one of the things I like about it is its openness, but just for now let’s limit it to business men from the Great State of New York.
For the next hour any cooperation would be appreciated.
So those of you from New York whose city is not yet represented grab the article and post first.
(-:
John
June 3rd, 2012 at 6:16 am
Thanks guys I’m 42, here’s my contribution.
from Ian Shepherdson, chief U.S. economist at High Frequency Economics:
April construction spending rose 0.3%, a tenth less than expected, but note that the level of spending in March was revised up by a hefty 1.2%, so overall this report is much better than it looks or was expected.
The details show housing continuing to lead the way, with new-build up 2.1%, getting the second quarter off to a very strong start. Even if May and June are flat – they won’t be – the quarter will be up at an annualized 18% rate…. Construction will add to Q2 GDP growth.
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Let’s keep this going New York is on this.
Ted
June 3rd, 2012 at 6:21 am
I’m 51 from Albany, NY.
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Felix Salmon Makes The Case For A Fiscal Stimulus
From Felix Salmon, the finance blogger at Reuters:
To spell this out: high corporate profits and low levels of job growth are two sides of the same coin. If things were working properly right now, companies would take their excess revenues and use them to hire more people.
Instead, they’re basically just letting those excess revenues sit on their balance sheets as cash because they’re scared to invest in themselves. It’s frankly pathetic.
The solution to this problem is nothing complex — the arbitrage is sitting there in the first chart, plain for all to see.
The government can borrow at 1.45%: it should do so, in vast quantities, and invest that money back into the economy itself.
Take a few hundred billion dollars and use it to fix our broken infrastructure, to re-hire all those laid-off teachers and firefighters, to provide some kind of safety net for the millions of Americans who have been out of work for more than a year.
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This my first is my first post on Michelle’s blog, but I’ve been an avid reader for more than three years.
Glad that you’re back Howie.
Sam
June 3rd, 2012 at 6:25 am
I’m from Hudson, Falls, NY.(58). I got my start 3 years ago left for a few months but have been a regular ever since.
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Stephen Bronars: ‘More And More Young Adults Are Taking Part-Time Rather Than Full-Time Jobs’
Stephen Bronars, senior economist at Welch Consulting, writes the following in a sobering blog post:
According to the latest figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, more and more young adults are taking part-time rather than full-time jobs.
While the number of young adults age 20-24 has increased by 6.78% over the past four years, full-time employment has plunged by 17.1%. In contrast, part-time employment for young adults has increased by 37.2% over the past four years. Put somewhat differently, in May of 2008 71.7% of employed young adults had full-time jobs.
In just four years the fraction of employed young adults with full-time jobs is 60.4%.
He speculates this may be partly due to students delaying their graduation because of the weak job market.
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I left because of the salty language on this blog. But I realized that it is still the best open forum out there.
Glen
June 3rd, 2012 at 6:29 am
Do same names count as a repeat. I’m 23 but I am from Ivington, NY haven’t seen that city yet.
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Government Job Cuts Have Partially Offset Private Job Gains
From Derek Thompson, senior editor at The Atlantic:
@ DKThomp : Big picture #3: Since Dec 2009 public payrolls have fallen 510,000, offsetting about 1 out of every 8 new jobs added in the private sector
Since Thompson’s analysis does not account for the fiscal multiplier, government job cuts probably have hurt private job growth even more than he is saying.
That is because unemployed schoolteachers and firemen have less money to spend, which translates into less income for private-sector workers, who then spend less. Austerity leads to a self-reinforcing cycle of unemployment, lower income, less consumer spending, and more unemployment.
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Me, I just think Michelle is hot.
John
June 3rd, 2012 at 6:34 am
I’m 29. My ex set me up about 2 back. She left, but I stayed with Michelle. Which shows she was wrong when she said I couldn’t commit to one woman.
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Labor Secretary Puts Positive Spin On Dismal Jobs Numbers
U.S. Labor Secretary Hilda Solis tried to put a rosy sheen on the disappointing jobs numbers in a statement issued Friday, glossing over May’s anemic growth in favor of a longer-term view:
Our labor market continues to recover. We continue to add jobs to an economy that was once bleeding 800,000 a month under the previous administration. Over the last 27 months, we have added more than 4 million private sector jobs. And for each of the past five months, we have created an average of 169,000 jobs. Additionally, the number of people who have been unemployed for six months or more has decreased by 800,000 over the last year.
Across the board, industry sectors are growing. This month we saw strong growth in health care, transportation and warehousing, and wholesale trade. Also, growth in manufacturing continues to trend up, with nearly 500,000 jobs added over the last 28 months — the strongest growth in manufacturing since April 1995.
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I’m really into all the different places the comments come from on this blog.
Leroy
June 3rd, 2012 at 6:38 am
I’m from Boston, New York. I’m 68. Yeah that Michelle is a very beautiful woman. Reminds me of first wife. She was beautiful and just as opinionated.
Sorry couldn’t find the article but this is my first opportunity to write in to this blog and I am in the Great State of New York.
Harrold
June 3rd, 2012 at 6:43 am
I’m from Scarsdale, NY. I’m 44. I like Zen Lill. Now that’s a blond that gets me hot. My wife says dream all you want. She would email me fights Zen Lill was having with the rest of this blog back in the day when it happened more often than not.
I liked her feistiness.
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Spain’s Unemployment Rate Is Much Worse Than The U.S.’
There’s no gilding the rotting dead rodent that is the U.S. job numbers report. But as any teenager knows, rationalization is a key coping strategy. Got bad grades? Tell mom how lucky she is that she didn’t give birth to Tommy down the block, who failed every subject.
Spain, in the job news context, is our Tommy. Pushed along by a banking crisis sparked by a massive real estate bubble (sound familiar?) the country is in absolute free-fall. Unemployment recently hit a mind-blowing 24.3 percent, according to Bloomberg News, far and above the European Union average of 11 percent. More than 5 million Spaniards are unemployed.
Feel any better?
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Her pictures didn’t hurt either.
Mickey
June 3rd, 2012 at 6:49 am
Yorktown, Heights, NY – 62, single and I really think you are sooooooooo Hot Michelle. How many nights that smile, glasses, green and purple dress have gotten me through a difficult night with the Mrs. I just can’t count.
So glad you are divorced now, I have wanted to tell you how you have practically saved my marriage with that smile.
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Bank Of America: ‘This Is The Recovery Of Fits And Starts’
From a research note by Michelle Meyer, senior U.S. economist at Bank of America:
This is the recovery of fits and starts, and we believe we are entering a slow patch in the second half of the year. This report is not sufficient to prompt Fed action in June, but it makes August QE increasingly likely.
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I would also like to mention that I like the topics here also.
Monty
June 3rd, 2012 at 6:49 am
Fuck New York, LA
June 3rd, 2012 at 6:53 am
Union City, NY checking in. 31, I just want to meet Social Butterfly. She has to be secretly from NY and having California on.
No one that witty is from that sex preoccupied haven of iniquity.
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Sorry I don’t have an article just wanted to make a connection with Social Butterfly
Clark
June 3rd, 2012 at 6:56 am
I’m from Verona, NY. I’m 24 and a student of economics at Morrisville State College. Dennis you are an asshole.
June 3rd, 2012 at 7:00 am
Representing Staten Island, NY 31 and happening all day. I have been reading this since my ex sent me a flyer. She said I could learn something from a smart woman.
So far, all I learned is that when women use their mouths for something other than pleasing a man all that comes out is nagging.
June 3rd, 2012 at 7:02 am
I’m from Staten Island. My first time blogging here. 22. I am heading to LA for work in two weeks, if anybody has any leads post them here.
Louis, G.
June 3rd, 2012 at 7:03 am
Why should this be an all males club? I’m 19 from Utica, NY if the city is different fuck the gender.
I like Prism Princess, she is just brilliant!!!!!!!!
Mildred
June 3rd, 2012 at 7:06 am
This is GREAT! My dad told me about this blog. We are UFO enthusiasts. I’m now a huge fan of Howie. I was really pissed off when certain of you assholes drove him off.
I am glad you are back Howie.
Oh, I’m 22.
Kenny
June 3rd, 2012 at 7:08 am
Checking in from North Castle, NY. I read for the delight of listening to the alien stuff. It has been a long time since I have found a blog that comes across so authentic.
Jack
June 3rd, 2012 at 7:11 am
Times up guys. Back to serious discussion. You were just using the space to oogle the women.
No one is discussing the seriousness of the article Michelle posted. Chagas Disease could pose a serious health problem in the future if not taken seriously.
Gwen
June 3rd, 2012 at 7:12 am
I miss the tales from Adam and AH. Whatever happened to them Michelle. Did you just drop them?
Ian
June 3rd, 2012 at 7:14 am
I miss the the pictures that Zen Lill used to post. One hot chick with something to say about her surroundings.
Bring’em back Zen Lill
Kelly
June 3rd, 2012 at 7:17 am
Brunswick, New Jersey saying it’s over NY, we are taking our blog back.
Michelle, I am moving to San Francisco, got a job in editing with the Star Wars man.
Any chances this 25 year old athlete will run into you at the Presidio? Any particular spots you hang out at would help.
Daniel