The latest in the wave of anti-globalization and anti-Americanism in South America is taking the form of striking oil workers in Ecuador: QUITO, Ecuador (Reuters) – Petroecuador said on Wednesday it expects production will climb to near normal levels in three or four days after troops fired tear gas to clear out strikers who have […]
Oh it’s such a good news day. Over the previous few days Tony Blair has been giving his support to Tessa Jowell over allegations of fraud that her husband is being investigated for in Italy along with the italian Prime Minister (see previous post for details). I think everyone but the PM believes Tessa Jowell […]
Well Bush has sunk to a new low in approval ratings. With that, what is his strategy now to regain support? Reuters has the answer: Amid rising sectarian violence in Iraq, President George W. Bush will make a new push to bolster support for his Iraq policy in a series of speeches that begin on […]
Now wouldn’t this be interesting: Today Dubai Ports World announced it would “transfer fully the U.S. operations…to a United States entity.” This evening on the PBS News Hour, AEI scholar Norm Ornstein said that DP World was considering selling its U.S. operations to Halliburton: Hat tip to ThinkProgress for this.
As I go through trying to fine tune everything I have noticed a couple small problems with the site. First off there was a couple days where it was slow loading. This was actually a problem with the hosting company. Thankfully they were quick to remedy the situation. It took a couple days because I […]
You have to watch this: http://www.channel4.com/guantanamo I’ve been sitting here for the past two hours watching a documentry/film about the 3 british Guys who were detained at Guantanamo for months. It tells the story of their capture, why they were there, how they were captured and above all the relentless abuse and torture they suffered […]
The Washington Post now has the story up regarding Dubai’s pull out: The United Arab Emirates company that was attempting to take over management operations at six U.S. ports announced today that it will divest itself of all American interests. The announcement appears to head off a major confrontation that was brewing between Congress and […]
Dubai has quit its bid for the ports deal. The following is appearing on CNN’s home page: Dubai Ports World has agreed to turn over all of its operations at U.S. ports to a United States entity, said Sen. John Warner, reading a statement from DP World. He said the reason is “to preserve” the […]
Raw Story has uncovered this interesting report about Chris Matthews A new report advanced to RAW STORY Thursday suggests that Chris Matthews, the star of the Sunday talk show circuit’s Hardball, has accepted hefty speaking fees from an array of conservative trade associations. Matthews has given speeches to at least ten major conservative trade associations […]