That’s exactly what the fed is doing, and was doing before the bailout bill even hit the floor of the House: The Federal Reserve will pump an additional $630 billion into the global financial system, flooding banks with cash to alleviate the worst banking crisis since the Great Depression. The Fed increased its existing currency […]
OK this is scary: Police in Las Vegas, Nevada, are investigating the discovery of what they said is the deadly poison ricin in a hotel room. Authorities were called to an Extended Stay America hotel around 3 p.m. PT Thursday after a man brought a bag with a small container to the manager’s office. The […]
It is getting ridiculous how much we hear stories like this: A Philadelphia teenager celebrating his 16th birthday is fighting for his life after a shooting over a snowball fight. Authorities said the Feltonville teen, identified as Tavin Rutledge, was shot in the head at point-blank range while playing with neighborhood friends in the 4800 […]
Ahh yes – freedom: Pakistan has become the latest country to block access to the video-sharing Web site YouTube on the grounds that one or more videos on the site offend Islam, authorities said Monday. The Pakistani government is also asking YouTube to remove “objectionable content,” said Nabiha Mehmood, a spokeswoman for the Pakistani Telecommunications […]
According to director of national intelligence, Mike McConnell, it is so the telecom companies can survive: “It’s true that some of the authorities would carry over to the period they were established for one year. That would put us into the August, September time frame. However, that’s not the real issue. The issue is liability […]
Or is it how he equates himself with the terrorists: Hundreds of U.S. Marines have been killed or injured by roadside bombs in Iraq because Marine Corps bureaucrats refused an urgent request in 2005 from battlefield commanders for blast-resistant vehicles, an internal military study concludes. The study, written by a civilian Marine Corps official and […]
News For The Left posted this yesterday: After seeing this post by John Aravosis on AmericaBlog, I was incensed and concerned at the same time. Here is the comment on O’Reilly’s blog that crossed the line: If Hillary wins, I will be respectful of our leader. If you could read my thoughts, I would be […]
This one will get you: While the U.S. military searches for a soldier missing in Iraq, kidnapped by insurgents possibly allied with al Qaeda, his wife back home in Massachusetts may be deported by the U.S. government. Army Spec. Alex Jimenez, who has been missing since his unit was attacked by insurgents in Iraq on […]
Chavez: U.S. Detained Foreign Minister President Hugo Chavez said his foreign minister was detained by U.S. authorities at a New York airport Saturday for more than hour as he tried to return to the South American country. Chavez told Venezuela’s state TV broadcaster that U.S. officials alleged that Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro had links to […]
So here I am watching CNN and guess what? We get another report of Bush at another anti-terrorism facility doing another tour and giving another press conference. You got to start wondering if these places are less effective when the President comes for these photo-ops? I mean they already got a hard enough job, but […]