Archive for June, 2010
Democrats Are Skipping Town Halls to Avoid Voter Rage
BEL AIR, Md. — The reception that Representative Frank Kratovil Jr., a Democrat, received here one night last week as he faced a small group of constituents was far more pleasant than his encounters during a Congressional recess last summer.
Then, he was hanged in effigy by protesters. This time, a round of applause was followed […]
Tax Hikes and the 2011 Economic Collapse
People can change the volume, the location and the composition of their income, and they can do so in response to changes in government policies.
It shouldn’t surprise anyone that the nine states without an income tax are growing far faster and attracting more people than are the nine states with the highest income tax rates. […]
IRAN OFFERS ESCORT FOR NEXT GAZA CONVOY
Hojjatoleslam Ali Shirazi, an aide to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, pledged Tehran would send Revolutionary Guard units to escort Gaza aid convoys. Photograph: Reuters Iran has warned that it could send Revolutionary Guard naval units to escort humanitarian aid convoys seeking to break the Israeli blockade of Gaza – a move that would certainly […]
Europe, Jobs Could Weigh On Stocks This Week
Europe, Jobs Could Weigh On Stocks This Week Retail sales, consumer sentiment reports should give clues to spending
By Caroline Valetkevitch
NEW YORK - U.S. stocks could face further pressure next week unless investors get some relief from worries about Europe, jobs and the toll they might take on the economic recovery.
Reports on retail sales and consumer […]
Man Arrested After Putting Pot in Courthouse Security Tray
OKLAHOMA CITY — A man was arrested after placing pot in the security tray at a courthouse checkpoint.
Cleveland County Deputies Steve Lucas and Jacob Wheeler said when Vaughn Ray Jones Jr. first went through the courthouse security checkpoint on Tuesday he put his belongings in a tray, including a bag of marijuana. When the deputies […]
Fierce struggle for McCain to retain Arizona seat (It’s time for McCain to go - No more RHINO)
A serious re-election fight wasn’t what Republican John McCain expected when he returned to the Senate after losing the presidency.
Yet that’s just what he’s got.
The four-term senator is battling for his political life in a race that embodies the volatility of an unpredictable election year. He’s facing former Rep. J.D. Hayworth, a fellow Republican pushing […]
NASA: ‘Sun is waking up from a deep slumber’; Warns solar storms may wreak havoc on power grids, GPS, air travel, radio communications
Earth and space are about to come into contact in a way that’s new to human history. To make preparations, authorities in Washington DC are holding a meeting: The Space Weather Enterprise Forum at the National Press Club on June 8th.
Many technologies of the 21st century […]
What are the Bilderberg Group really doing in Spain? (Must Read)
If the conspiracy theorists are on to something, they could be plotting the invasion of Iran, planning the funeral of the Euro or scheming to wipe out French poodles in pink sweaters at this very minute.
Or perhaps the world’s financial and political leaders are simply schmoozing about their golf game as they enjoy a “chocolate […]
Oregon cafe shows Portland officer the door, won’t sell him coffee again
In mid-May, Portland police Officer James Crooker went to Southeast Portland on a patrol call. With a few minutes to spare, he decided to get a coffee.
So, he popped into the Red & Black cafe on Southeast 12th Avenue near Oak Street, bought a coffee and was heading out when a customer approached him, saying […]
Helen Thomas tells Jews to go back to Germany (Video)
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$6 to $8 Gas? Prices Will “Skyrocket” If U.S. Stops Drilling, Says Former Shell Exec
Oily tar balls hit the sands of the Florida Panhandle Friday even as BP engineers adjusted a sophisticated cap over the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. The containment cap is the latest attempt to plug the worst oil spill in U.S. history, triggered when the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded April 20, killing 11 people.
“The next […]
Nerves at Newsweek over prospect of purchase by conservative media company Newsmax
Newsweek reporters are nervous, an employee told The Daily Caller, about being owned by the conservative Newsmax media company, which announced Wednesday that it had placed a bid to purchase the money-losing magazine.
Newsweek’s owner, the Washington Post Company, put up the weekly for sale in May, about a year after a major redesign that included […]
Obama says expects strong May jobs report (Yawn)
(Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Wednesday said he believed that the upcoming May employment report would show strong growth in U.S. payrolls.
“We expect to see strong jobs growth in Friday’s report,” Obama said in a speech in Pittsburgh. “This economy is getting stronger by the day.”
(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com
50 Statistics About The U.S. Economy That Are Almost Too Crazy To Believe
Most Americans know that the U.S. economy is in bad shape, but what most Americans don’t know is how truly desperate the financial situation of the United States really is. The truth is that what we are experiencing is not simply a “downturn” or a “recession”. What we are witnessing is the beginning of the […]
Jobless Recovery: Stocks Tumble on “Punk” Private Sector Hiring (411,000 temporary census workers, 41,000 from Private Sector)
On the surface, Friday’s jobs report doesn’t look so bad: Non-farm payrolls rose by 430,000 in May, the second straight month of solid gains, the unemployment rate fell to 9.7%, and the averages for hours worked and hourly earnings beat expectations.But it’s hard to put lipstick on this pig, which helped send stocks sharply lower […]
Jaguar is world’s fastest supercomputer
Jaguar, an American computer that can perform as many calculations in a day as a normal computer can in 100 years, has been crowned as the world’s fastest supercomputer.
Jaguar, built by the Cray company and housed at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee, has a top speed of 1.75 petaflops per second, according to […]
Countdown To U.S. Economic Collapse
Economics / US Economy
Jun 03, 2010 - 10:59 AM
By: Pravda
Michael Snyder writes: So just how bad is the U.S. economy? Well, the truth is that sometimes it is hard to put into words. We have squandered the great wealth left to us by our forefathers, we have almost totally dismantled the world’s greatest manufacturing […]
GM, WH and Congress expand War on Toyota to War on Ford and the US Consumer
Despite what headlines proclaimed as a GM success with May figures of a 17% increase year over year, GM’s lackluster gains landed them in 11th position out of 15 auto manufacturers’ gains in the same period. Apparently, this simply will not do for Obama’s Government Motors. So a two pronged assault on competition has been […]
Is President Obama’s Carter Moment Nearing? (Shocking this is coming from Washington Compost)
“This is the worst,” a Democratic friend exclaimed over the phone on Tuesday, the first day back at work after the Memorial Day weekend. I knew without asking what he meant — the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico that dominated television coverage and was into its second month with no quick solution in […]
President George W. Bush Joins Facebook
Former president George W. Bush’s Facebook page was set up around two weeks ago but made public Wednesday, rapidly climbing to more than 27,000 who “Liked” it by mid-afternoon.
The first Facebook post was written in the third person, suggesting the page is being maintained by someone other than the president, as is common with Facebook […]