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Surging Into Syria: American Incursion Opens New Front in Quagmire

(UPDATED BELOW) Taking a page from the new bipartisan strategy now being employed in Afghanistan -- waging cross-border military raids into sovereign countries in order to protect a failing military occupation in a neighboring country -- the United States has apparently launched its first known incursion into Syria: [more...]

Date: 2008-10-27 13:49:03

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Politicians Knew Best…Expected Utopia created an Hell!

Eastern Europe braced for a violent ’spring of discontent’Riots and street battles are set to spread through Bulgaria, ... to the most recent estimates, the economies of some eastern European countries, after posting double-digit ... 13%. Many fear Romania, which joined the European Union with Bulgaria in 2007, may be the next [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 12:50:21

Bolsheviks Seize Detroit (GM)(F)(TM)

As far as anyone can prove, Henry Ford and Alfred Sloan were not members of the Communist Party. Neither one of them was asked to testify before the House Committee on Un-American Activities ... to GM are primarily Michigan Congressmen led by John Dingell, the Methuselah of the House who has served [more...]

Date: 2008-10-28 08:24:49

We made it. Now what?

Under a crisp sky, the jubilee rose to its climax as the 44th President took his oath ... of American fuel through Canadian oil, and help to coordinate Obama’s lofty environmental plans. Many ... behind? We are bombarded with news of how European nations are creating jobs and cleaning [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 23:42:22

Iran’s Fantasy: A Renewed Cold War between "Infidels" Russia and America

Following is a short commentary I wrote about the Iranian regime strategic opportunity to dodge the international sanctions and the rise of its own ... a military operation inside South Ossetia in Georgia. Ostensibly, the Georgian incursion ... by the leaderships at the White House and the Kremlin. Almost two decades after the fall [more...]

Date: 2008-09-02 01:04:32

JobCompass for iPhone: To Pay or Not to Pay

Would you pay for a job search application if you could get two others free of charge? The people behind JobCompass are hopeful. For $3 ... on location - the better to quickly see how far from home you’re willing to travel. Yes, there’ ... reference. (Applying while on-the-go perhaps isn’t the ideal way to seek gainful employment.) Plans [more...]

Date: 2008-11-23 16:24:51

Economic Potpourri December 26, 2008

The barrage of noteworthy economic news continues unabated. I took a lot of time off posting Christmas Eve and Christmas. Here are a few headline news reports of interest from the past couple days that have been stacking up.MetLife Drops as Commercial Mortgage Defaults LoomMetLife Inc. and Prudential Financial Inc., the largest U.S [more...]

Date: 2008-12-26 11:26:00

UK Police Legally Allowed to Hack into Computers. Without a Warrant.

0806231_400 British citizens will soon have their personal computers scrutinized by the police at any given time under new plans on electronic surveillance from the European Union council of ministers. According to The Times, police will not need a warrant to do so either and to add further fury, Ministers are also drawing up plans [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 15:17:17

Whiny Auto Makers Kick Off Paris Auto Show ‘08 With A Buzz[kill]

The 2008 Paris Auto Show kicked off today amid highly publicized financial turmoil in the auto industry and rather than attempt to make the best ... weak, but the European market is likely to flounder in the next few months as well. Not to be outdone ... back home. At a press event, Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn told reporters that VW expects [more...]

Date: 2008-10-02 21:09:09

Marxism - a Time Line

The Marxist dream of a one world dictatorship is now closer than ever to achieving it’s goal. They’ve been working to achieve their goal for a long, long time - the following time line will give you an idea of how long, as well as showing just how deeply entrenched within the political establishment the Marxist cancer really is! KARL MARX [more...]

Date: 2008-06-11 11:44:01

Marxism - a Time Line

Date: 2008-06-11 11:45:02

Noodles Chill Out

Noodles Chill Out Lots of Asian restaurants in the Bay Area offer cold noodle dishes, and most can also be made at home. Learn how! ... American/Latin (13) Southwestern (3) Spanish (19) Steak House (24) Sushi (57) Tapas (11) Teahouse ... ; Phan's plans Food takes backseat to MarketBar's locale California's blue-ribbon cheeses [more...]

Date: 2008-07-23 15:29:14

Richard Garriott back from outer space, fresh and ready to go

http://www.statesman.com/news/content/gen/ap/EU_Russia_US_Space.html Link: Russians, plus American tourist, return from space ... and sending one of the capsules far off target. The smooth re-entry may ease concerns about plans ... ," Garriott said in televised comments. "I've got my father here, but I've got other family back home [more...]

Date: 2008-10-25 09:44:06

Comics & Comics: Charlie Todd Interview

Howdy Inter-Webbers. I’m Matt Cohen and I dig Improv Everywhere. And I am far from the only one ... chapters in countries as varied as some European nations and even the strange mystical land known ... was drinking on the house surrounded by women and his ‘two big fans’ were thrown out of the bar for ’ [more...]

Date: 2008-09-11 04:37:59

DrumBeat: November 26, 2008

Russia’s Comeuppance Any international economic crisis afflicts different countries in different ways, but an unfortunate few experience every painful dimension of it. In the current crisis, Russia is confronting virtually all the negatives at once--sharply declining export earnings from energy and metals, [more...]

Date: 2008-11-26 13:53:17

Green Ink: Oil Falls Again, and Gazprom Visits Alaska

The latest rescue financial rescue plan wasn’t enough to offset oil-market pessimism, with crude oil futures dropping to $77 Wednesday, ... Conservatives oust the Liberal Party and its plans for a carbon tax, in the Globe and Mail. European Union ... on its energy plans, and offers expertise in cold-weather pipeline operations, in the NYT [more...]

Date: 2008-10-15 15:03:00

Singapore Perspectives Conference

Nation's next step? Nourish its soulPanellists discuss what country needs in quest to be First World stateLee Siew Hua, Straits Times 20 Jan 09; ... - Singapore will be second to none where businesses and talent, foreign or home-grown, will find most ... . This would make Singapore 'the best home for all'.The concept of home and rootedness was also [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 01:15:00

On The Clinton Appointment: More Facts, Less Drama, Please!

Finally, someone says it. John Isaacs, the Executive Director of the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, has written a great piece about how much Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton agree on many critical defense and foreign policy issues. His point about the media is absolutely dead-on correct. The traditional media (and many blogs) [more...]

Date: 2008-12-02 02:15:04

“What television has done, with the revenues it has thrown at the product, is drive an economic wedge between the players and the fans.”

Comment & analysis round up Quote of the Day: “We can’t believe the tribunal can be so vindictive. What on earth are they thinking of, trying to destroy us like this? I just do not understand. All right, give us some sort of sanction but 20 points, plus the 10 from the FA, it’s just beyond belief [more...]

Date: 2008-07-14 05:57:14

Complete Chat Transcript

This is from our live chat following Obama's speech tonight. Keven Ann Willey: We're looking forward to this chat tonight! Tod Robberson: Great pre-warm-up speech by Bill Richardson. Talking about all of the times John McCain has reversed himself, Richardson said, "John McCain will pay hundreds of dollars for his own shoes [more...]

Date: 2008-08-29 03:37:26

become infamous for its ballooning costs, which have swollen to four times the original estimate in just three years. The velodrome and main stadium are also bulging beyond the confines of their original budget. That said, CLM can perhaps take credit that they're far from the greediest kitten at the teat [more...]

Date: 2008-07-18 16:12:03

DrumBeat: September 5, 2008

U.S. highway fund crushed by cutback in driving NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- An unprecedented decline in driving will deplete the federal Highway Trust Fund by the end of September prompting the government to ask Congress for an $8 billion emergency infusion Friday. Gasoline sales are crucial to maintaining the nation's highway infrastructure [more...]

Date: 2008-09-05 14:22:45

Retail Sales Disappoint

Retail sales disappoint…. Chuck’s views on the Lone Prop… Waiting on the ECB… Emerging market currencies sell off… And Now… Today’s Pfennig! Good day… The big news yesterday was the retail sales numbers, which fell twice as much as expected. Chuck predicted a tough Christmas season, and the BHI was right again. Sales dropped 2 [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 17:57:41

DrumBeat: October 24, 2008

Heating Oil Distributors Fear Tough Winter Amid Credit Freeze NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--The tight credit market is forcing weak links in the heating oil supply chain, from wholesale suppliers to homeowners, into the cold. Borrowed cash infuses nearly every step of the supply networks that bring heating oil from refiners to individual homeowners [more...]

Date: 2008-10-24 12:30:39

Stop the Home Wrecking and Protect America's Future

Michael Blim Perhaps “the great crash,” to borrow the title from John Kenneth Galbraith’s study of the onset of the Great Depression, has been avoided. The seemingly irresistible fall in the American, European, and Japanese stock markets slowed a bit over the last week, and bits of commercial paper passed hands. The panic [more...]

Date: 2008-11-03 13:00:43

Quotes Against the Bailout

While it’s clear something needs to be done to shore up the world’s ailing financial system, Republicans hate this bailout, reports The Associated Press. Can you blame them? Republicans get elected in districts in which the general population favors less government and a no bailout mentality [more...]

Date: 2008-09-26 13:57:58

CEO SPOTLIGHT: Jerry Edgerton of Command Information on IPv6

It’s been 10-plus years since its creation and IPv6 is finally gaining adoption momentum. AT&T is building a production-quality IPv6 data network for the U.S. Army in Germany. Meanwhile, Google just announced the option for accessing Google services over IPv6. But how will the technology play out in the federal marketplace? [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 12:54:29

10 Countries Least Affected by the US Financial Crisis

It’s official: The United States financial crisis has reverberated around the world ... offer banks their house keys, Malaysians shrug. While Americans talk nonstop about the Second Great ... she does on us. China owns roughly 19% of US treasuries; if needed, it plans to use its sizable [more...]

Date: 2008-10-08 18:00:59

Marc Rich! Again??

Matthews: Bush is Like the Cop Who Shoots an Unarmed ManBy David Neiwert - Crooks and LiarsDiscussing the Bush legacy Friday, Chris Matthews on MSNBC's Hardball came up with a good metaphorMatthews: I found it interesting that the president, who admitted he was wrong about WMDs as a justification for war, called it a "disappointment [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 18:23:00

NIC “Global Trends 2025″ Report: World to See Economic Growth At the Cost of Environment and Human Life

Read more of this story » Campaign politics dominated the headlines in 2008, making it a banner year for the armchair pundit and the politically uninitiated alike. 2008 was also a year that issues like energy use, climate change and carbon footprints came to the forefront of popular culture and political reality. And that’s where we came in [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 15:16:34

BRUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCE

Sorry it's taken so long. It's just that this is post #1353, and we wanted to take our time and really get it right. So let's go with Bruce Jenkins and his screed about the dire consequences of adhering to pitch counts. These are the dark ages of pitching. I like opening grafs that read like Star Wars scrolls [more...]

Date: 2008-08-28 18:47:37

DrumBeat: October 25, 2008

Crisis could trigger big public transit payments WASHINGTON (AP) — Transit agencies around the country may have to come up with billions of dollars to repay investors as long-term financing deals disintegrate, a result of the global credit crisis that could eventually affect millions of commuters [more...]

Date: 2008-10-25 14:00:26

Dr. Paul’s Speech - Rally for the Republic

’ One of the things we love so much about Dr. Paul is that he never reads canned speeches - he always speaks from his head, and, his heart. For the Rally for the Republic, Dr. Paul worked hard on an outline and wanted to share his notes. His exact words will differ, and some parts will improvised, but his sentiment is in this text [more...]

Date: 2008-09-02 23:39:23

DrumBeat: September 18, 2008

Refilling fuel tanks after Ike to take weeks HOUSTON (Reuters) - Oil refiners and producers on Thursday rushed to restore Gulf of Mexico production following Hurricane Ike, but energy traders and analysts warned it will take several more weeks to refill U.S. fuel inventories, increasing the risk of shortages [more...]

Date: 2008-09-18 13:19:59

DrumBeat: October 13, 2008

Growth Economics on a Finite Planet Over the weekend, I asked Herman Daly, the specialist in “ecological economics” at the University of Maryland, about the recent financial turmoil. He pointed me to a short piece he wrote that was posted on the Oil Drum blog a few days ago and that he gave me permission to post below [more...]

Date: 2008-10-13 13:20:00

Will the Crisis Brings Down the Global Financial System? Go Get Your Dollars Out Now! FAST!!!

Dandelion Salad by Adrian Salbuchi Global Research, October 3, 2008 The events of the last two weeks have clearly revealed that the global financial, monetary and banking system imposed on the world by the power structures promoting “globalization” is fundamentally flawed, unviable and immoral in its effects upon the most all of Mankind [more...]

Date: 2008-10-04 00:18:57

The Political Economy of Media (Part II) by Stephen Lendman

Dandelion Salad by Stephen Lendman Global Research June 27, 2008 Review of Robert McChesney’s book McChesney’s book is a compilation of his best political economy of media work in the past two decades. It contains 23 separate offerings under three topic headings. In them he covers “enduring issues” and “emerging dilemmas [more...]

Date: 2008-06-28 02:15:42

“If there’s a footballer you would trust to leave your kids/wife/mother-in-law/boss or dog with, it’s Theo Walcott”

Comment & analysis round-up Quote of the day: “What happened you have to consider to be an exception, even for players of 25, 26, to score three goals in an international is a one-off. But what is very good is that he has the confidence of Capello and he is playing at that level at 19 [more...]

Date: 2008-09-12 06:21:42

UN DAILY NEWS DIGEST - 19 January

UN DAILY NEWS from the UNITED NATIONS NEWS SERVICE19 January, 2009 =========================================================================SECRETARY-GENERAL RELIEVED AT CEASEFIRES CALLED BY ISRAEL, HAMASVoicing relief at Israel’s unilateral decision to halt its 22-day military offensive in Gaza and Hamas’ announcement of a temporary ceasefire, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 23:14:00

DrumBeat: October 8, 2008

Oil prices: Buckle up for a wild ride Outlook for crude depends largely on the health of the global economy. Analyst predictions range from a fall to $50 or a surge to $150 a barrel. NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Expect nothing but volatility for oil prices over the next year or two - with the fate of the global economy largely dictating whether [more...]

Date: 2008-10-08 13:29:59

Review: AT&T Samsung BlackJack II 3G, great for abroad

We have had the AT&T Samsung BlackJack II Windows smartphone sent to us and was a little optimistic at first, being similar to a BlackBerry which I have never got used to gave me some horrid thoughts. In my own mind I feel that these types of phones are too bulky, and for the masses to much to handle in the way of features and specs; [more...]

Date: 2008-07-29 09:02:58

DrumBeat: January 16, 2009

Venezuela Says $70 Oil Needed to Maintain Investments (Bloomberg) -- Oil prices need to rise to about $70 a barrel to sustain investment in fields and avoid shortages, Venezuelan Energy and Oil Minister Rafael Ramirez said. The South American country is discussing prices with other members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 13:53:03

When the news sounds too good… statin, the new wonder drug

“It's a breakthrough study. It's a blockbuster. It's absolutely paradigm-shifting.” — Dr. Steven E. Nissen of the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio (Washington Post, November 9, 2008) The news has been nothing short of breathless, as every major news publication has come out with a story on the clinical trial of the statin rosuvastatin (Crestor) [more...]

Date: 2008-11-10 23:12:00

A Passion Most Pure by Julie Lessman: First Chapter

Today FIRST Wild Card is featuring one of my favorite books! Julie Lessman's A Passion Most Pure is one of the best romances I've read. She really really knows how to write a love scene (and no not that kind!) And Julie herself is quite possibly one of the nicest people ever! I'm counting down the days until the release of A Passion Redeemed [more...]

Date: 2008-07-14 17:00:10

DrumBeat: September 4, 2008

Gulf Coast Faces Sea Level-Sinkage Double Whammy Hurricane Gustav has been a harsh reminder that it's only the whim of a hurricane track, a few miles this way or that, which can make the difference between a close call and another Katrina-like catastrophe for New Orleans and other Gulf Coast communities [more...]

Date: 2008-09-04 13:35:06

Europeans Form Renewable Energy Agency

solar thermal dish A consortium of European governments is developing the world's first International Renewable Energy Agency. The agency, known as IRENA, will serve as a global cheerleader for clean energy. It plans to offer technical, financial, and policy advice for governments worldwide, according to a joint [more...]

Date: 2008-11-05 16:02:11

Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News

Tax breaks on the horizon. Obama wants tax cuts to make up 40% of his much-heralded stimulus package, ... they can. The Federal Reserve and European Central Bank committed to fighting the effects of possible deflation ... president of the ECB, said more ECB rate cuts are likely to support the European economy and stave [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 12:14:52

Western Climate Initiative - A Big Leap for Diverse Region

The Western Climate Initiative (WCI, at http://www.westernclimateinitiative.org/Useful_Links.cfm) may not be perfect. Nothing in the Western U.S ... been a similar meeting of strange bedfellows. These states have all done state-level climate plans ... and premiers will have trouble getting buyin at home, from industry, from legislative and [more...]

Date: 2008-09-22 21:13:21

RNC Speeches Open Thread

Discuss the GOP speeches here. Just got this in a press release from the RNC about Palin’s speech: SAINT PAUL, Minn. - This evening Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, the Republican Party’s vice presidential nominee, will address the 2008 Republican National Convention. Excerpts from the governor’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, are below [more...]

Date: 2008-09-03 23:37:09

Owning an iPhone - pros and cons

Ok, time for an admission: I now, honestly, own an iPhone. Like my friend Big H told me, when I said I was thinking about getting one: After all you’ve written and bitched about it, surely you can’t get one? Right? So now, when I have one, I think it no more than fair to write about what I think and revisit my previous criticism [more...]

Date: 2008-12-02 20:07:45

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