US Secretary of State Begins Visit to China
• Voice of AmericaU.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says the debate with China over human rights should not get in the way of progress in other areas.
Current News Headlines
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Girl Scout cookie sales crumbling
• USA TodaySales are a little thin for mint and other Girl Scout cookies so far this year.
Kyrgyzstan hands U.S. air base eviction notice
• Yahoo! NewsBISHKEK (Reuters) – Kyrgyzstan's Foreign Ministry said on Friday it had sent the United States ambassador a formal notice demanding Washington close its military air base in the country and giving U.S. troops 180 days to pack up and leave.
Alleged fraudster Stanford found in Virginia: FBI
• RawStoryTexas financier Allen Stanford, accused of a 9.2-billion-dollar fraud that prompted several governments to shut down his banks and seize assets, was on Thursday tracked down in the US state of Virginia, the FBI said. (no arrest)
Citigroup shares fall below $2 as U.S. banks plummet
• Yahoo! NewsNEW YORK (Reuters) - Shares of Citigroup (NYSE:C - News) dropped more than 20 percent to fall below $2 as bank shares plummeted shortly after the opening bell on Friday on fears the U.S. bank rescue plan might include nationalization.
US claims 52,000 hid UBS accounts
• Financial TimesAs many as 52,000 American customers hid UBS accounts from the authorities in violation of tax laws, a US government lawsuit against the Swiss bank alleged on Thursday. The Department of Justice filed a suit seeking to force UBS to disclose the holde
Atlantis ... spotted on ocean floor
• The SunThe site lies 620 miles off the west coast of Africa near the Canary Islands — a location for Atlantis seemingly suggested by the ancient philosopher Plato.
Surveillance cams help fight crime, city says
• Chicago Sun Times"...there will be a surveillance camera on every street corner in Chicago", Mayor Daily
CAUTION: October 87 Re-Run On Deck?
• Market-Ticker.Denninger.net/The banking sector has suffered a thirty percent loss in two weeks, in the very sector that we were promised would be "saved" by our new President, and that two weeks has passed without one iota of a plan being actually released.
Obama offers homeowners exploding mortgages
• John CarneyThe people whose mortgages the gov't will bailout this year will be saved ... until their mortgages reset in 5 years. This only delays the inevitable mass defaults/foreclosures (until after the 2012 elections -- coincidence?). Notice the plan
Senator Claims Marijuana Makes Man Wear Same Trench Coat For 20 Years!
• Reality CatcherRather than objecting to marijuana decrim on any rational basis, this dynamic duo of dimwits chose to resuscitate long-discredited Reefer Madness myths as valid reasons for the bill not to move forward. Sen. Hargrove said one of his former fraternity
Where do you get your rights?
• Mark YannoneShocking USA Today poll reveals nearly complete ignorance. Do YOU know?
If Violence Escalates in Mexico, Texas Officials Plan to Be Ready
• Fox NewsAs drug cartels continue to terrorize Mexico, Texas officials are planning for the worst-case scenario: how to respond if the violence spills over the border, and what to do if thousands of Mexicans seek refuge in the United States.
Mexican Leader Vows to Press Fight Against Cartels
• Washington PostMexican President Felipe Calderón on Thursday defended the deployment of the military in his fight against drug cartels, vowing that the army would continue to patrol cities until the country's weakened and often-corrupt police forces were retrai
Asia, Europe Find Their Supply Chains Yanked. Beware the Backlash.
• Washington PostFor the past two years, Asians and Europeans have tended to view their own financial and economic problems as largely imported from the United States. The impacts on their own economies, they reasoned smugly, would be modest and short-lived. Turns
A Tenth Amendment Commission is not the Answer
• The Price of LibertyThe Founders believed the system of limited government, coupled with the additional restraint enumerated in the Tenth Amendment would form an impregnable shield to protect the States and their people from any abuse of power by the federal government.
Rep. Clyburn: Opposition to stimulus is slap in face
• APThe highest-ranking black congressman said Thursday that opposition to the federal stimulus package by southern GOP governors is "a slap in the face of African-Americans."
Jobless hit with bank fees on benefits
• APSanta-Maria called Bank of America to ask how to check the balance of his new unemployment benefits debit card. The bank charged him 50 cents. He chose not to complain. That would have cost another 50 cents. So he took out some of the money and then
Discrimination is Not A Bad Word
• Christine Smith's blogTrue advances or “progress” as Holder states he wants to see in this area of relating to one another will not be forced upon us as he seems to advocate, but will come from the free will of a people as they grow in understanding personally.
OKC officer pulls man over for anti-Obama sign on vehicle
• http://freedomfighterradio.netAn Oklahoma City police officer wrongly pulled over a man last week and confiscated an anti-President Barack Obama sign the man had on his vehicle.
Manufacturing Guilt?
• Reason / Radley BalkoExperts say this exclusive video shows a dental examiner creating the bite marks that put a man on death row.
Gold Amid Inflation and Deflation
• SaveHaven.comGold doesn't always perform in high inflationary periods. Or high deflationary periods. So when does it perform well?
Meredith Whitney: Admin. Underestimated the Intelligence of Americans
• CNBC.com"What I thought was a mistake of this proposal was it underestimated the intelligence of the American people because it was built up to be this great 'saving grace' but somebody set those expectations and there was nothing behind it.
Dow Ends At Lowest Close In More Than 6 Years
• Yahoo! News and Yahoo! FinanceThe blue chips broke through a psychological barrier established in November to close at their lowest level since Oct. 9, 2002, the last bear market low.
Foreclosure Plan: Obama’s Accounting Gimmick to Protect Lenders
• optionarmageddon.ml-implode.com/By subsidizing monthly payments, and not forcing banks to write down principal by more than a token amount of $1000 per year for 5 years, the plan will keep homedebtors tethered to vastly overpriced mortgages. Who does this really benefit?
New Navy-funded Report Warns of War Robots Going “Terminator”
• Daily TechRobots must learn to obey a warrior code, but increasing intelligence may make keeping the robots from turning on their masters increasingly difficult
Roubini Says a ‘Sovereign Bank May Crack’ as Crisis Worsens
• Bloomberg.com“The process of socializing the private losses from this crisis has already moved many of the liabilities of the private sector onto the books of the sovereign,” said Roubini. “At some point a sovereign bank may crack.”
National Grand Jury Declaration
• constitutionallyspeaking.wordpress.com via WTPMove over Bob Schulz - there's more than one way to 'skin a cat'.... LETS TRY THEM ALL!
Evolution of Intelligent Design
• arcleinThis short item is extremely important because it identifies a mechanism by which a single cell organism can rewire its own DNA and thereby the information that it passes on to its offspring. I had come to this conclusion in my manuscript and had sai
China's Response to Global Crisis
• arcleinThe Chinese are doing everything and then some that I had hoped that they would do. This is more than I can say for the USA. They are taking this global economic interlude to shift purchasing power internally to maximize internal economic growth at a
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