Wednesday, January 19, 2011
U.S. Housing Starts Slowed Sharply in December
NYTimes: U.S. Housing Starts Slowed Sharply in December
- But at least Wall St. is booming. Maybe we'll get some crumbs. Unfortunately we won't have anyplace to live. Maybe we'll get discovered by the roadside like Ted Williams.
- But at least Wall St. is booming. Maybe we'll get some crumbs. Unfortunately we won't have anyplace to live. Maybe we'll get discovered by the roadside like Ted Williams.
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Deadly Gas Explosion Caught on Video
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Harry Reid calls Chinese leader Hu Jintao a 'dictator'
And this is news? He spoke the truth--which is rare for politicians in Washington. The liberal establishment won't scream in protest as they did with Reagan's "evil empire" remark, because Reid is a Democrat.
“I am going to go back to Washington and meet with the President of China. He is a dictator. He can do a lot of things through the form of government they have. Maybe I shouldn’t have said dictator, but they have a different type of government then we have, and that is an understatement,” Reid said in the interview.
“So we have to work in the system we have, the best system ever devised to rule the affairs of men and women,” Reid continued. “And one of the few ways we get things done, in fact the most important way we get things done, is through compromise. It’s not a bad word, and that is how we get things done.”
Family of Yvonne Freeman, New York City Woman Who Died in Blizzard, Plans $20 Million Lawsuit
Bloomberg should be made to pay the family. He can afford it, not the City:
Suffering a heart attack during the New York City blizzard after Christmas, Yvonne Freeman "never had a chance," her daughter says, because an ambulance took three hours to reach her over unplowed streets. By the time it got there, it was too late.
Alabama's Governor Wants You to Convert
It is frightening such a person is Governor of a State. What must non-Christians of that State be thinking right about now. Are we becoming like the people we are fighting--the Jihadists?:
There may be some people here today who do not have living within them the Holy Spirit ... But if you have been adopted in God's family like I have, and like you have if you're a Christian and if you're saved, and the Holy Spirit lives within you just like the Holy Spirit lives within me, then you know what that makes? It makes you and me brothers. And it makes you and me brother and sister. ... Now I will have to say that, if we don't have the same daddy, we're not brothers and sisters. So anybody here today who has not accepted Jesus Christ as their savior, I'm telling you, you're not my brother and you're not my sister, and I want to be your brother.
Saudi ends Lebanon mediation, says country at risk
Sounds like more chaos in the Middle East:
Saudi Arabia said on Wednesday it had abandoned mediation efforts in Lebanon between Shi'ite Hezbollah and Sunni leader Saad al-Hariri over the killing of his father and warned that the country's future was at stake.
Regional power Saudi Arabia and Syria had worked for months to resolve a dispute between Hezbollah and Hariri over indictments in the 2005 killing of former prime minister Rafik al-Hariri, which are widely expected to accuse Hezbollah members.
Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal said the kingdom had abandoned its efforts and that the situation in Lebanon was "dangerous."
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Obama's Bogus Explanation For Economic Troubles
Obama's Bogus Explanation For Economic Troubles
- Just like a typical politician.
- Just like a typical politician.
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Jailed US spy sent secrets to Moscow while in prison
Why wasn't this scum executed
A former CIA agent jailed for spying for Russia in 1997 had eight years added to his prison term Tuesday, after admitting using his son to pass more secrets to Moscow while behind bars.
Harold James Nicholson, 59, is serving over 23 years in the northwest state of Oregon, but has admitted to passing information during prison visits by his son Nathaniel, who then traveled abroad, from 2006 to December 2008.
'World must protect Palestinians from Israeli violence'
And Palestinian violence, as well:
UN Special Rapporteur Richard Falk has called on the global community to protect the Palestinians from excessive Israeli violence.
“It is time for the international community to step in and offer this long-vulnerable Palestinian population protection against the violence perpetrated by Israeli authorities,” Falk said in a statement on Friday.
Rant against politicians lands Nobel laureate in court in Bangladesh
And I'm sure that the government deserved criticism.
Micro-credit pioneer and Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus appeared in a Bangladesh court Tuesday on a defamation charge for reportedly criticizing politicians four years ago, court officials said.
The state prosecutor for Mymensingh district court, Wazedul Islam, confirmed Yunus' appearance, saying he "appeared in a defamation suit filed in January 2007."
Video: FBI: Bomb found on MLK march route
Why isn't frontpage news? I didn't hear a thing about until a day later:
A backpack found along the route of the Martin Luther King Jr. march in Spokane contained a bomb "capable of inflicting multiple casualties," the FBI said Tuesday, describing the case as "domestic terrorism."
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Afghanistan's push to tax U.S. contractors could renew tensions
Afghanistan's push to tax U.S. contractors could renew tensions
- Tell me again why we are supporting the corrupt government in Kabul.
The Afghan government is ramping up efforts to tax U.S. contractors operating there - an effort that could raise millions for the cash-strapped government but could also provoke fresh confrontation with the United States, according to U.S. and Afghan officials.
Taxation of U.S. government assistance is barred by U.S. law, as well as by a number of bilateral accords between Afghanistan and the United States. But the wording in the documents is vague, and the two governments disagree on what "tax-exempt" means.
- Tell me again why we are supporting the corrupt government in Kabul.
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US on verge of approving NBC-Comcast deal: report
Apparently no one in the government seems to realize that greater concentration of media in fewer hands is a bad thing:
US regulators were on the verge of approving cable giant Comcast's purchase of entertainment titan NBC Universal and could announce the deal as early as Tuesday, a US newspaper reported.
The Wall Street Journal's website, citing unnamed sources, said Monday that Federal Communications Commission (FCC) officials spent the weekend making last-minute revisions to an order clearing the deal.
Poll: Little Support for Gun Control
That means we will continue to have mass shootings and national tragedies. When will we learn? The next time it could be President Obama.
Most Americans have not changed their views on gun control following the shooting nine days ago in Tucson, according to a CNN/Opinion Research poll out Monday.
Sixty-nine percent of those polled said the shooting that left six dead and injured 13, including Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.), has not changed their opinion on gun control. Twenty-eight percent said the shooting has made them “more likely” to support stricter controls on the sale of firearms, while 3 percent were “less likely.”
Why America's credit rating might be cut, and why it matters
We are on the verge of financial catastrophe:
Two major credit-rating firms have warned that the U.S. is at risk of losing its AAA rating. Analysts at Moody's and Standard & Poor said the U.S. credit rating — currently at the highest possible level — could be downgraded if the country continues on its present course. The U.S. national debt is around $14 trillion and rising, and the government must pay over $200 billion a year just to service it. The credit agencies worry that the U.S. is not doing enough to shrink its debt levels. The consequences of a downgrade could devastate the U.S. economy. Is this really a possibility, and should we be worried?
UN agency warns of shortfall in fight on hunger
UN agency warns of shortfall in fight on hunger
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Oprah Owns Piers Morgan in CNN Debut
So much for the second British invasion:
If he'd watched this, Ricky Gervais might just have needed a very large handkerchief.
The debut of fellow Englishman Piers Morgan's talk show on CNN, the one in which he officially succeeded Larry King, showed none of Gervais' pointed exposition of celebrity at the Golden Globes.
Instead, Morgan's debut was a wonderful advertisement.
A wonderful advertisement for Oprah Winfrey's new OWN TV channel.
It was an advertisement in which Piers Morgan largely served as the announcer.
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