“The government is playing retail politics with energy and not solving the underlying problem. It does more damage than good.”-John Hoffmeister, former president of Royal Dutch Shell Oil
March 15, 2012, President Barack Obama, and Prime Minister David Cameron announced they will release oil from their respective Strategic Petroleum Reserves. However, there is no oil […] Continue Reading…
March 15, 2012, the U.S. supported al-Qaeda has ordered the killing of all Shi’a Muslims in Saudi Arabia!
Said al-Shihri, who leads al-Qaeda militants in the Salafi/Wahab dominated Arabian Peninsula, has ordered the killing of Shi’a protesters, and the stealing of their property!
Shihri said the Saudi government, and Wahhabi extremist leaders, have not done enough […] Continue Reading…
The Taliban have called off all negotiations with the United States, saying the Americans are nothing but back stabbers: “The Americans initially agreed to take practical steps regarding the exchange of prisoners and to not oppose our political office but with the passage of time, they turned their backs on their promises and started […] Continue Reading…
“The Food and Drug Administration is really only checking about 2% of the food that’s imported into the U.S., so a lot can go unchecked and problems may not be found.”-Erik Olson, Pew Health Group
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is warning that cuts to imported food inspections have resulted in increased […] Continue Reading…
March 15, 2012, a military base in France was hit by a drive by shooter. Two French soldiers are dead, another is wounded.
It happened near the southwestern city of Montauban. The base is home to the 17th Parachute Engineer Regiment.
Thursday’s shooter was riding a scooter. On Sunday, March 11, a shooter riding a motorcycle […] Continue Reading…
One of Japan’s oldest electronics appliance makers, NEC, is the first Japanese company to announce huge cuts for Union workers AND executives!
Union labor is asked to take a 4% pay cut, on top of 10,000 workers being laid off! But, wait there’s more! Managers will also get hit with a 4% cut in pay. […] Continue Reading…
A slow moving landslide, in Niigata Prefecture, has devoured eleven homes, so far. Locals are trying to stop the Earthly sloth by building a mound of dirt.
The landslide is 150 meters (492 feet) wide and 750 meters (2,460 feet) long, and is moving at only 17 centimeters (6.7 inches) per hour! The next victims […] Continue Reading…
In the major metropolis known as Tokyo some interesting numbers have come out; the average number of people living in one household has dropped to less than two people (1.99)!
According to the Tokyo Metropolitan Government it’s the lowest number since the survey started been taken in 1957!
Tokyo’s population has seen a piddly 0.31% increase […] Continue Reading…
It’s been revealed that six years ago the Japanese Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA) was asked to adopt the safety guidelines of the International Atomic Energy Agency.
The request was made in 2006 by Japan’s Nuclear Safety Commission. Top NISA officials refused, saying things such as evacuation areas as recommended by the IAEA, would […] Continue Reading…
“This is unprecedented in my experience. It’s very strange.”-Eugene Fidell, military law teacher at Yale University
Fidel is referring to the way the Department of Defense is handling the so called lone U.S. Army Staff Sergeant accused of shooting up women and children in Afghanistan.
U.S. military officials are telling the media that how they’re handling […] Continue Reading…