“…it will surely take at least a decade from the beginning of the crisis for the world economy to get back to decent shape.”-Olivier Blanchard, IMF Chief Economist
“The current status of the economy and the global economy needs both Japan and China fully engaged.”-Christine Lagarde, IMF Managing Director
Officials with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) […] Continue Reading…
“In the spirit of indivisibility of security and solidarity deriving from the Washington Treaty, the Alliance continues to stand by Turkey…”-NATO statement
04 October 2012, Turkey continues artillery attacks on Syrian towns, after a mortar attack killed five, and wounded 10 people in Turkey on 03 October.
Several Syrian soldiers have been killed by the Turkish […] Continue Reading…
03 October 2012, a Red Bug (actually the official non-scientific name in the U.S.) was first reported in California in 2009, however, I moved to Idaho in 1997 and have seen the bug in the area since then.
Scantius aegyptius, aka Lodosiana (=Scantius) aegyptius, is native to the Mediterranean area. It feeds on the […] Continue Reading…
“Sending millionaires unemployment checks is a case study in out-of control spending. Providing welfare to the wealthy undermines the program for those who need it most while burdening future generations with senseless debt.”-Tom Coburn, U.S. Senator for Oklahoma
A Congressional Research Service (CRS) report revealed that 2,362 people in the same class as Mitt Romney (millionaires), […] Continue Reading…
02 October 2012, the local media in the state of Maine reported that “Unlike last winter’s mass closings……Lewiston’s Sears is the only one closing now.”-Sun Journal, Lewiston, Maine
That’s a big FAIL Sun Journal!!! There’s at least a handful of Sears and Kmart store being shut down for the same reason as the Lewiston, Maine, […] Continue Reading…
“To judge from past reporting trends, these figures suggest that this year’s West Nile virus outbreak will be among the largest ever recorded!”-Lyle Petersen, CDC
“…disturbingly unpredictable, disagreeable, and difficult to control.”-CDC statement
“At first they said West Nile would remain concentrated along the Eastern Seaboard. Then, as it moved westward, they said it wouldn’t spread […] Continue Reading…
“I believe in creative destruction.”-Meg Whitman, CEO Hewlett Packard
“It’s staggering, this is now the cheapest big stock in the last 25 years. That reflects an industry belief that the company is going to decline.”-A. M. Sacconaghi, Bernstein Research
According to a New York Times article, Meg Whitman will reveal her tactical plans for rejuvenating Hewlett […] Continue Reading…
“At the request of the Iraqi government, according to General Caslen, a unit of Army Special Operations soldiers was recently deployed to Iraq…”-New York Times, 24 September 2012
According to a New York Times article, President Barack Obama has sent Special Forces troops back into Iraq!
The revelation is buried fifteen paragraphs into the article: “Iraq […] Continue Reading…
30 September 2012
In Maidan Wardak Province, there is a report that NATO called in a U.S. drone strike, which killed four civilians and wounded several others. It could be vengeance for yesterday’s Green on Blue attack.
In Nangarhar Province, four people killed, three wounded, after a motorcycle bomb exploded near a Mosque.
The National Coalition of […] Continue Reading…
27 September 2012
Despite threats of war with Pakistan, Afghan President Hamid Karzai and President of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari, agreed to come up with a long term military pact. They hope to come up with an agreement by the end of 2013, and the United Kingdom said they will support it.
26 September 2012
In Kabul […] Continue Reading…