The Sunday 'Report;' 06/12/2011

What The National Pamphleteers Don't Report:
Study: Women Lack In Understanding When It Comes To Investing

June 10, 2011
Reporting Paula Ebben
401K, business, fear, financial planning, Harriet Johnson Brackey, investment, INVESTMENTS, Money, Pamela Roberts, Paula Ebben, Roth IRA, Stock Market BOSTON (CBS) – More women are getting involved in family finances, but research shows they may not know where to begin. Women lag behind men when it comes to investing.  Often this is because women [....]
http://boston.cbslocal.com/2011/06/10/study-women-lack-in-understanding-when-it-comes-to-investing/?utm_source=home&utm_medium=dl&utm_campaign=police-tase-cow

Texas movie theater makes an example (and a PSA) of a texting audience member

By Phoebe Connelly
The Lookout – Tue, Jun 7, 2011
Ever been annoyed by a loud-talking patron at a film? Had that nail-biting darkened hallway scene ruined by someone turning on their phone to send a text? Well, one Texas theater has your back.  Alamo Drafthouse, a local chain of dine-and-screen movie theaters in Austin, Texas, has long waged a war against [....]
http://beta.news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/texas-movie-theater-makes-example-psa-texting-audience-170925090.html

Brooksville Teacher Who Punched Student Won't Face Criminal Charges

By Tony Marrero and John Woodrow Cox
St. Petersburg Times
Friday, June 3, 2011
BROOKSVILLE
Sandra Hadsock clenched her teeth, balled up her right fist and closed her eyes. The 5-foot-5 art teacher's first punch was a wild haymaker, just glancing the towering student's right cheek.  Then, as she drew her arm back again, Hadsock gripped the boy's jacket collar and leveled a right cross, catching him square [....]
http://www.theledger.com/article/20110603/NEWS/110609811/0/YOURTOWN21?p=1&tc=pg

Half Of Americans Do Not Support Obama Reelection

May 27, 2011
Personal Liberty News Desk
The honeymoon following the killing of Osama bin Laden appears to be over for President Barack Obama.  According to a new Harris Poll, nearly half of Americans — 49 percent of respondents — said that they were unlikely to vote for Obama if the election were held today. This was an increase [....]
http://www.personalliberty.com/news/half-of-americans-do-not-support-obama-reelection-800515526/?eiid=&rmid=2011_05_27_PLA_[P11799106]&rrid=387432349

20 biggest CEO pay windfalls

No one could've known it then, but 2009's stock market bust could be a boon for some executives' pay: Many were awarded options when their company's shares were so low that their value skyrocketed as stock prices revived. These big-company CEOs have seen the biggest gains, according to an analysis by Equilar. [....]
http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2010/news/1005/gallery.ceo_pay_options/index.html

Global war on drugs 'has failed' say former leaders

June 2, 2011
The global war on drugs has "failed" according to a new report by a group of politicians and former world leaders.  The Global Commission on Drug Policy report calls for the legalisation of some drugs and an end to the criminalisation of drug users.  The panel includes former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, the former leaders of Mexico, Colombia and Brazil, and the entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson.
The US and Mexican governments have rejected the findings as misguided. The Global Commission's 24-page report argues that anti-drug policy has failed by fuelling organised crime, costing taxpayers millions of dollars and causing thousands of deaths.  It cites UN estimates that opiate use increased [....]
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-13624303

The daredevil pilots of Colombia

Pilots fly through storms over the jungle along one of the most perilous air routes in the world to deliver supplies.
02 Jun 2011
It is one of the most perilous air routes in the world. Colombian pilots fly through storms in decrepit planes over dense forests to deliver food and goods to villagers isolated from the rest of the world. 
Jumping off point is Villavicencio, a city in the foothills of the Andean Cordillera. The destination is any one of the number of native Indian villages scattered throughout the jungle, cut off from civilisation.  The plane's arrival in the villages is a major event. It stops here only once or twice a month, its cargo comprising vegetables, beds, dogs, chicken, TV sets.  In Colombia, DC3s operate more like rural buses.  Somewhere over Colombia, high above the Amazonian rainforest near the borders with Brazil, an old DC3 prop plane is caught in a violent tropical storm.  No visibility.  Radio silence.  Undoubtedly flight 30-37 is in trouble.  Captain Raul tries to stabilise the twin-engine plane to bypass [....]
http://aljazeera.com/programmes/riskingitall/2011/05/201151112305049621.html
Until Next Sunday....