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EL PASO - Mexico is one of two countries that "bear consideration for a rapid and sudden collapse," according to a report by the U.S. Joint Forces Command on worldwide security threats.
"Nobody else but the individual can decide what is right for them, but one’s beliefs and priorities, based on the values placed in one’s heart, will determine the choices made throughout life and the subsequent blessings or sorrows."
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Last winter was one of the coldest on record in South America and China. Currently, the U.S. is in the grips of a big freeze from the Pacific Northwest through the Midwest to New England and the Southeast. If this keeps up, will Al gore surrender h
I can understand why the FEDS want to eliminate ammunition availability, but KIDS CLOTHES, TOYS, AND BOOKS!?!
Any possible arrangement might protect Bank of America from losses on Merrill's bad assets. There would be a cap on the amount of losses the bank would have to absorb with the federal government being on the hook for the remainder ...
In an interview this afternoon with Maria Bartiromo, Meredith Whitney said the banks had underestimated the fall in housing prices, and the rise in unemployment. She also pointed out that the TARP money was going quickly.
Perverse as it may seem, both sides of the Gaza conflict are succeeding in their carefully-planned strategies.
The wave of bankruptcies that was predicted for the first 3 months of 2009 is starting to wash ashore.
The New York Times reports banks need more bailout money, and some are already lobbying for it. Collectively, these stories suggest the problems in the financial sector are far from over, and more government bailouts are coming.
The recent news that there has been a 32% increase in the number of New Yorkers who educated their children at home between 2003 and 2007 has me preparing for the onslaught of questions I'll be fielding over the coming days.
[The designation clears] the way for the city to receive federal money to help cover the overwhelming cost of providing security for the inauguration events, the first time the designation has been used for anything other than a national disaster.
GoldMoney provides thousands of customers with a useful, secure and affordable way to buy and hold gold and silver. In addition, GoldMoney's patented payment system modernizes gold's oldest, most valuable feature: its use as money.
"They have already hit zero," said Charles de Trenck, a broker at Transport Trackers in Hong Kong. "We have seen trade activity fall off a cliff. Asia-Europe is an unmitigated disaster."
Police look to hack citizens' home PCs 'Very intrusive powers – as intrusive as someone busting down your door'
If passed, this bill would require that anyone wishing to purchase, own, or possess a "qualifying firearm" ... would have to be licensed by the state or the federal government in a licensing program managed by the Attorney General.
EWI was alone in forecasting a deflationary collapse across nearly every asset class. Editors of The Elliott Wave Financial Forecast, were alone in not predicting a commensurate run-up in commodity prices – which inflation-fearing analysts mistakenly
This is our money we’re talking about. Why don’t we get to read the fine print in what will end up being trillions of dollars in taxpayer obligations? Because we are suckers, that’s why, and the folks who swindled us into this disaster can count on i
Max Blumenthal and Alternet present a video short with a little irony and satire at a pro Israeli rally. "Wipe them all out" says one Israeli supporter. "They're making missiles under their desks"...LOL
Think Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were a politicized financial disaster? Just wait until pension funds implode.
Other large cities are bleeding red ink, too, and are expected to slash many more dollars than Phoenix in the coming year. But an analysis of the nation's 10 largest cities shows that no spending decrease rivals the 22.5 percent in cuts now being
Marshall Vest of the Eller College of Management at the University of Arizona offered a slightly less-dour outlook, telling lawmakers the economy could start a slow turnaround midway through 2009.
Although the Census Bureau reported that nominal retail sales decreased 10.2% year-over-year (retail and food services decreased 9.8%), real retail sales declined by 11.3% (on a YoY basis). This is the largest YoY decline since the Census Bureau star
U.S. budget outlays through the first three months of fiscal 2009 topped $1 trillion for the first time ever, rising nearly $300 billion from the year-ago period.
Citigroup will combine Smith Barney with the wealth management division of long-time rival Morgan Stanley. Citigroup will own 49% of the joint venture and get a cash payment of $2.7 billion from Morgan Stanley, which can buy the rest of the joint ven
The top Bush administration official in charge of deciding whether to bring Guantanamo Bay detainees to trial has concluded that the US military tortured a Saudi national who allegedly planned to participate in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, interrogat
A former military prosecutor said in a declaration filed in federal court yesterday that the system of handling evidence against detainees at Guantanamo Bay is so chaotic that it is impossible to prepare a fair and successful prosecution.
A white former transit police officer accused of killing an unarmed black man on an Oakland train platform has been arrested in Nevada, 12 days after the shooting inflamed long-running tensions between police and many African-American residents.
LEAP cop fired, then rehired for speaking out against the War on Drugs. [my take on Free Talk Live]
We have obtained Govt.. Documents that have never been seen by the public, which prove that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and CPS of San Diego California had inside information 6 years ago on 911 and the Siddiqui and Kahns terrorists. We
