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| - | Would Obama and His Ilk Lie?
The better question is: will Liberally (...)
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| - | Who Are the Evil Corporations?
You make some very good points here. One that (...)
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| - | Yes, The World is Really Getting Warmer
My God, Michael! You’ve turned into (...)
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| - | When good companies go bad ? How Nokia Seimens helped Iran monitor its citizens
The Boycott Campaign against Nokia is already (...)
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| - | France - What happened to little Typhaine?
Thanks for the news. As for France, Florence (...)
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| - | Sarkozy’s summertime government spring clean
Correction: Frédéric Mitterrand was director of (...)
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I see more and more as our leaving the cities got closer what I saw as a fact the day the idiot ignored all good advice against attacking Iraq and that is an all out war Sunni against Shiite and don’t forget the Kurd’s and other (...)
God Bless Karl Malden who came from humble beginnings in Gary, Indiana and demonstrated what hard work could accomplish. He was a member of my church and I remember him when I was a child during Holiday services when he would stand in the (...)
If you thought that America’s foreign policy outlook would improve with the election of Barack Obama, you thought wrong. Part of the problem, being residual blowback from previous American sins, is, admittedly, not Obama’s fault. But (...)
The maker of automotive seats and interior electronics Lear announced today that it would file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection shortly. The group and its lenders found an agreement on this solution.
Lear is the biggest collateral victim of (...)
I do not know why each time the figure of Muammar Gaddafi comes into my mind, I remember Haile Selassie, the former and final Emperor of Ethiopia. I, strongly, believe that the two men share a lot of things in common. On the one hand, Jah Haile (...)
There were a few messages on Twitter and a lengthy post from ResEuropa about the prospect of Baroness Shriti Vadera being appointed as the British member of the European Commission this autumn. The story stems from this article in The Times. (...)
Diana Ross has been named as a possible guardian for Michael Jackson’s three children.
“The late King of Pop’s will, dated July 7, 2002, says Ross should take custody of his children if his mother is unable to,” says Sky (...)
Dick Cheney reacted to the cessation of unilateral US patrols of major cities in Iraq, saying that he had concerns that the "insurgents" might launch more attacks and that “I would not want to see the U.S. waste all the tremendous (...)
I was really disappointed when the congress passed the recent Carbon Cap-N-Trade Bill. First was that it took me more than two days to read the 1200 plus pages and could only wonder how many carbon gases were released cutting down all them (...)
A picture in today’s New York Times showed Bernard Madoff victim Sharon Lissauer speaking to the press outside the courthouse after Madoff got his 150-year stretch in the Big House. Lissauer’s been quoted and photographed before. But (...)
The federal government owns 79.9% of American International Group (AIG). The government’s participation was decided during the crisis and was seen as temporary, but AIG’s managers announced today that it might remain permanent.
The (...)
The first thing that I’m going to note about the pullout this week of U.S. troops from major cities in Iraq is that I don’t know exactly what will happen next, but none of it is likely to be good.
I do know that this important first (...)
Many are wondering what happens now in Iran, after 18 days of The People’s struggle to demand a Legal Election and that their Votes be counted. At first there was outcry against the results, millions took to the Streets. Then there was the (...)
Another small hurdle for the much-beleaguered treaty to overcome:
the Act Extending and Strengthening the Rights of the Bundestag and the Bundesrat in European Union Matters (Gesetz über die Ausweitung und Stärkung der Rechte des Bundestages und des (...)
What I wanted to see in Stockholm the most - apart from Aleksandra - was the Vasa Museum. I wanted to know what a ship looks like that sank in 1628 after 1.5 km on its first journey and was found in 1956.
This ship is absolutely impressive and (...)
It is not very often the words ‘Google’ and ‘energy-saving’ appear in the same sentence. However, in Portugal last week at the industry-leading Next Generation Utilities Summit, over 50 European Utility leaders were presented with (...)
T.S. Eliot wrote at the end of "Hollow Men" in 1926, "This is the way the world ends/ Not with a bang but a whimper." He may as well have been talking about the war George W. Bush launched in Iraq in 2003.
The end of routine, independent (...)
For anyone who’s been following the Madoff trial, he’s been sentenced to 150 years in the slammer.
And with that kind of sentence imposed, he’s unlikely to end up in a federal holiday camp, the destination of all too many (...)
City authorities slap an injunction on a woman preventing her from putting plants on neglected tombs.
It’s perhaps just one of those everyday stories that illustrates how rigid bureaucracy can sometimes be, and also how rules are applied (...)
The merging of the two German automakers Porsche and Volkswagen has be cancelled today. Porsche owns 51% of Volkswagen, but is going through big difficulties. Volkswagen offered to buy 49.9% of Porsche’s share, but the luxury automaker (...)
Amongst the impressive items which populate Dr Liel’s CV, the one that stands out the most is his position as the Israeli ambassador to South Africa during the turbulent post-apartheid years between 1992-1994.
I recently had the (...)
Today Ecojustice released Flushing Out the Truth, a report highlighting the tens of billions of litres of untreated sewage that are knowingly allowed to flow into the Great Lakes each year because of the province’s inadequate sewage (...)
We have certainly come a long way. Not too long ago, the only people “allowed” to express their opinions were politicians and those in the mainstream media. Today, however, anyone can launch his or her own opinion column, radio or TV (...)
I am sorry Michael Jackson Died but let’s get on with dealing with the world today!
Fans moonwalk, hold worldwide vigils for Jackson
Remember the Climate Bill? It barely passed the house but I don’t know about the Senate. (...)
Or would Obama and his ilk tell the truth to the American public?
Answers: Yes and No in that order.
From the Washington Examiner:
Natural forces as opposed to human activity are largely responsible for temperature fluctuations, according to a (...)
The American automaker Ford, announced that it would use the $5.9 billion received from this week from the government to increase its production. Car sales are starting to get bigger, and so is Ford’s market share in the sector.
The help (...)
I’ve just about had enough of the Daily Mail.
It really thinks it can write anything it likes and there’s no consequences to that.
Its position in the market is one of supposedely representing the interests of conservative middle (...)
Paul Krugman offers us the data on global climate, rather than the random cherry-picking of temperatures technique favored by the denialists:
Now you don’t really need that trendline (which he tells us is a third-degree polynomial) to see (...)
The protests in Iran have subsided because of regime violence. Despite that, some people are willing to take the risk of demonstrating. Here is footage of the latest protest from Raye man kojast? Where is my (...)
Michael Jackson’s sad death at age 50 has provoked an outpouring of emotion around the whole world. Because of globalization, it is an event that affects fans in Asia and the Middle East, as well. In early 2007, his brother Jermaine, a (...)
French finance minister, Christine Lagarde, has no difficult expressing her personal indifference to news of the death of Michael Jackson.
It was of course the major story leading the news here in France on Friday; the death of US pop singer, (...)
The Basij, the Young women, the Geeks the Mullah’s are shaping the new face of Iran! Iran will never be the same!
For the last two days I have been working on a story for this morning about the Basij and the rapidly changing Dynamics on (...)
I agree with this company, why on earth should the vaccines be free? Say I am a shareholder of GSK and Novartis (which I am not, btw), and I have invested my money in its stock. Why are you expecting ME to fund the vaccines? What’s the (...)
In a desperate scramble to pay for the soaring costs of President Obama’s health care plan, the Senate Finance Committee is contemplating taxing for the first time the health insurance benefits workers get from their employers. One (...)
The healthcare debate is once again alive and well in the Land of the Free. (As long as you don’t mean free healthcare.) The healthcare industry is amassing their vast resources and placing their paid mercenaries at the gates to their (...)
An update on the crocodile "on the loose" in the eastern French village of Xertigny - It’s still at large.
Well it’s certainly not in the village pond. That has been drained and the only beast of any notable variety found was a (...)
I only heard about Michael Jackson’s death on the radio this morning, which was a massive shock, specially as I didn’t hear it in a news item and was half asleep. He was a big part of my childhood and this video of a group of dancers (...)
Above: Obama as Mr. Spock the Vulcan from Star Trek.
Below: click on the photo to access the video So are you impressed?
I was completely shocked to learn in the last few hours the news that Michael Jackson died. Apparently of a heart attack.
I was huge fan of Michael Jackson as a child and he’s a huge influence. Of course we don’t know what’s (...)
Pop star Michael Jackson died in Los Angeles today, says the CBC, quoting media reports.
Captain Steve Ruda with the Los Angeles Fire Department said Jackson wasn’t breathing, “when paramedics responded to a call at his Los Angeles (...)
I felt obligated to tune in at 10:00 p.m. to ABC for the 90-minute Obamacare infomercial broadcast from the White House. I credit my A.D.D. for allowing me to fade in and out a bit, picking up a few tidbits here and there as President Barack (...)
Important New Videos below show Military Presence in Crackdown Scroll Down in Update to 1 PM
First I need to say that there are many that are Liveblogging and following this situation closely at this point. Huffington Post is still (...)
University of British Columbia journalism students investigating electronic waste uncovered a massive US security breach in a country listed as one of the top 10 sources of cybercrime.
When the Canadian students bought hard drives in an open-air (...)
It has now been a week since five-year-old Typhaine Taton disappeared without trace while walking with her mother in broad daylight in the northern French town of Maubeuge - and there’s still no sign of her.
Everyone surely remembers the (...)
The Banker magazine released its annual ranking of the 1,000 strongest banks in the world. JPMorgan Chase, which was ranked fourth last year, was considered the strongest bank in 2008.
The magazine took into consideration the tough situation (...)
The large increase in government debt that we are witnessing across many countries have raised questions about the adjustment that will be necessary to bring those levels back to normal.
As much as the projected increases in debt are large for (...)
It’s been another silly day of do-they, don’t-they with regard to the composition of the political groups in the European Parliament. The ECRG lost one MEP (Takkula, Finland) and gained one (Tomaszewski, Lithuania). Meanwhile on the (...)
ProLiberty - From the March 2009 Idaho Observer.
If "accidental" contamination is virtually impossible,
then intentional contamination likely
Globally-practiced protocols and regulatory schemes governing the handling of pathogens in the (...)
Iranians abroad are using every means available to follow events in their homeland and stand alongside their compatriots. One of them, Kamin Mohammadi, reports.
If my experience is any guide, Iranians outside Iran are living some of the most (...)
President Barack Obama had this to say about the Iran crisis on Tuesday:
’ First, I’d like to say a few words about the situation in Iran. The United States and the international community have been appalled and outraged by the (...)
A Mitterrand enters government as Sarkozy makes a bigger-than-expected reshuffle. But what happened to the women in government and human rights?
All right so a French government reshuffle has been very much on the cards for some time now. (...)
The American plane manufacturer Boeing announced today that it was delaying its "Dreaminer 787" program. The project has already been delayed several times since 2007. This time the problem is technical : part of the fuselage of the plane is too (...)
Like many a child of the Sixties, I exalted over the writings and the adventures of Jack Kerouac, William Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg and the other Beats, but it was a free spirit by the name of Neal Cassady who held a special attraction for me. (...)
In Farsi, Neda means "voice". The accidental "voice" of the New Iranian Revolution has also become its first martyr. The murder of Neda Agha Soltan has become the nourishment needed for the blossoming of freedom in Iran. Millions of Iranians, (...)
Recently Democrats have been talking about taxing health care benefits as a way to pay for their plans for government health care. And while that wasn’t a bad idea when McCain proposed it as a way to push people off of employer health (...)
“the world has heard so much about duck houses and lame duck prime ministers that they must think we are all completely quackers”
If the BBC’s chiefs have an ounce of common sense they will seize the moment, cut Jonathan (...)
Contrary to its opponents, the British news magazine The Economist Group succeeded in remaining profitable during its 2008-2009 term which ended in March.
The group saw its profit increase by 26% to reach 55.7 million pounds (66 million euros). (...)
Ahmadinejad and Khamenei are terrorists! The final Authority the so called Supreme Leader has cracked the people are proving the final Authority! Not just Iran but The entire middle east appears to be Obama’s Berlin Wall!
Yesterday (...)
The International Association of Business Communicators world conference in San Francisco may have been a little smaller than last year’s meeting in New York, but it was still packed with content and networking opportunities. Because of (...)
