You just know this is going to get nasty in the near future: TEHRAN (Reuters) – President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Thursday Western countries were vulnerable and would suffer more than Iran if they continued to try to impede its attempts to develop nuclear technology, local media reported. Speaking a day after it became clear […]
The troubles in the Middle East thickens. Knowing Israels impateince in waiting for the UN to act on things which might affect it’s security, how long will Israel sit there and wait for the UN to go back and forth with Iran on this issue? Source: Reuters By Louis Charbonneau BERLIN (Reuters) – If the […]
At long last, but to the dismay of the investors in P&O moves are bieng made to block the ports deal, this is all very well…..BUT, have they decided what to do with the ports yet?..answer..NO, so this will mean the ports will be in ‘business limbo’ for a while, could turn out to be […]
THE TIMES have reported that Disneyland Paris have hidden a Swan that is suspected of dying from ‘bird-flu’. Perhaps they could use it instead of those disgusting hotdogs they sell there….it taste’s like chicken you know: DISNEYLAND PARIS was accused yesterday of hiding a dead swan as panic over bird flu spread across Europe. The […]
The Chinese report, issued by the State Council, or Cabinet, takes aim at U.S. democracy — calling it “a game for the rich” — the high murder rate, domestic wire tapping and detention of Iraqi reporters by U.S. forces in Iraq. “We urge the United States government to face squarely their own human rights problems, […]
I agree that abuse of people in Iraq is not acceptable. Thing is though with this case they have not disclosed what (if anything) was going on before the beatings took place. For all we know they could have been stoning the patrol, threatened the patrol with a weapon or made verbal threats. Before condemming […]
With the Associated Press picking up on the Vanity Fair article about Abramoff and Bush is a real good thing: Convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff says President Bush knew him well enough to joke with him about weightlifting. “What are you benching, buff guy?” Abramoff said Bush asked him. The president has said he doesn’t know […]
Following the Medicare/Medicaid debacle that happened first of this year it seems like Republicans are scrambling to once again distance themselves from Bush and also try and save that some of the vital senior votes this fall. This from Reuters: President George W. Bush’s plan to cut $36 billion from Medicare ran into stiff opposition […]
By a vote of 62-2, the House Appropriations Committee approved the amendment to stop the state-owned United Arab Emirates company Dubai Ports World from managing terminals at the American ports.
The radical right has been trying to pin the church fires in Alabama on the left. Even Chris Matthews had his little go at it. Now it turns out they did it as a “joke”. This from the AP: Three college students, including two aspiring actors known around campus as pranksters, were arrested Wednesday in […]