Month August 2009

How to spot a Ponzi scheme

The Assoc. of Certified Fraud Examiners has a useful list of red flags of Ponzi schemes. #1 Sounds too good to be true. If an investment sounds too good to be true, it probably is. This old saying is perhaps…

Oregon legalizes hemp farming

The bill, which passed the House by a vote of 46 to 11 and the Senate by a vote of 27 to 2, permits the production, trade and possession of industrial hemp commodities and products. Industrial hemp is grown for…

The 2010 census will include gay couples

Queerty “Free of an agenda except that gay one” notes The 2010 U.S. Census will record and report raw data about Americans in same-sex relationships. It’s a stark departure from the Bush administration, which collected the data but barred its…