The following statements are from John Boehner’s interview with the Wall Street Journal:
“My problem is not with our 89 freshmen, my problem is with a few senior members who—they always want more. They always want more than what you can produce….[Nancy Pelosi] went through the same problem with her side.”
“We got 435 members. It’s […] Continue Reading…
“What is torture for? It’s really a way of getting false confessions. That’s what it does. That’s what it’s for.”-Daniel Ellsberg, former RAND Corporation employee turned anti-government activist
The UN special rapporteur on torture, Juan Mendez, has formally accused the U.S. government of torturing one of their own citizens!!!
After 14 months of investigation, Mendez concluded that the […] Continue Reading…
A ghostly reminder of the March 11, 2011, Mega Quake and tsunami that hit north eastern Honshu, Japan, made its way back home.
The boat belonged to a fisherman from Otsuchi in Iwate Prefecture. Otsuchi is one of the coastal towns devastated by the tsunami. The fisherman did not survive the monster tidal surge, but […] Continue Reading…
Sales of Japanese beer, and beer based drinks, hit all time lows in February, 2012.
Japanese brewers shipped less than 360,000 kiloliters (95,101,938 U.S. liquid gallons), that’s the lowest amount in February since such record keeping was started in 1992.
Nippon beer makers blame the cold weather! They say demand dropped in the areas of Japan […] Continue Reading…
The London based charity Reprieve, and the law firm Leigh Day & Company, are suing the British Foreign Secretary William Hague. They say they have evidence that the United Kingdom, specifically the Foreign Office, has been directing U.S. terror drone (UAV) attacks in Pakistan.
They claim that Britain’s signals intelligence agency (GCHQ/SIGNIT) are “secondary parties […] Continue Reading…
The Idaho Board of Medicine is investigating complaints that Steve M. Skoumal screwed up at least ten autopsies. It was brought to the attention of the Board mainly because the local police questioned the results.
In one case Skoumal, a faculty member at Idaho State University in Pocatello (in Bannock County), ruled three deaths were […] Continue Reading…
South Korea officials reporting that bird flu has hit their country. 45 chickens died from bird flu, however, they are conducting more thorough tests to determine which strain of bird flu it was.
In Vietnam, officials thought they got things under control after more than 400 poultry died in February, but now, a new outbreak […] Continue Reading…
“They’re very worried about the consumer. If we go into another recession, a lot of risk officers feel this is where the damage will be done.”-Paul Miller, former Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, currently working for FBR Capital Markets
It appears the Federal Reserve is losing patience with the Too Big To Fail Banks (TBTFB). It’s […] Continue Reading…
“I wish members of the U.S. Congress could listen to you now to realize that this is the parliament of the revolution, which does not allow a breach of the nation’s sovereignty or interference in its affairs! It seems that the government is pushing for a crisis with parliament.”-Saad el-Katatni, Egyptian Parliament Speaker
After the […] Continue Reading…
“We all wish we didn’t have to build such a facility. But we’re in a certain situation due to certain circumstances, and we need a facility to address these needs.”-unnamed Israeli Defense official
According to an article in The Independent, Israel is about to build the World’s largest “detention center”, designed to hold 8,000 Black […] Continue Reading…