“…officials are working hard in order to win a waiver from the sanctions by the end of this month.”-Osamu Fujimura, Chief Cabinet Secretary for Japan’s Prime Minister
Since January, 2012, Japan has been trying to get an exemption from the U.S. oil sanctions against Iran. Japan’s economy depends on it.
“We have not yet reached an […] Continue Reading…
Frontier Airlines has ended its Boise to Denver route. In the past two years the airline temporarily stopped service due to a seasonal drop in passengers, but they officially announced they will not restart service, for 2012.
For the past two years, the seasonal drop in business happens in winter, and Frontier restarts flights in […] Continue Reading…
On February 22, 2012, John McGee resigned his job as Idaho Senator, from Caldwell. He is facing an investigation for sexual harassment.
This is not the first time Republican McGee has made news in Idaho. Recently the Associated Press revealed McGee was sleeping in his parents Boise home, while collecting tax payer funded per diem […] Continue Reading…
Nobel prize winner, U.S. President Barack Obama, is extending sanctions against Libya, even though the person supposedly responsible for the sanctions is dead!
In February 2011, Obama placed “emergency” sanctions against Gaddafi. But Gaddafi was beaten and finally shot to death towards the end of last year.
On February 23, 2012, Obama claimed: “The situation in […] Continue Reading…
On February 24, 2012, between 50 and 80 countries will meet in Tunis for the Friends of Syria conference. The results of the conference could bypass the United Nations regarding overt foreign intervention in Syria.
China has refused to attend the conference, saying they are true friends of Syria. Chinese officials also say they were […] Continue Reading…
February 23, 2012, the United States imposes sanctions against the Yamaguchi-gumi.
The U.S. Treasury Department froze the assets held in the United States by the organized crime family. The U.S. has also banned the Yamaguchi-gumi from doing anymore business in the United States.
While this sounds good, it should raise the question: “How long has the […] Continue Reading…
I watched the January 2011 Egyptian Revolution from day one. It did not start with cyberspace, and it did not end with cyberspace. Rather cyberspace was only a briefly used tool of the Revolutionaries.
“I don’t think the Revolution ever happened in cyberspace…They need physical space, they need public space. Tahrir Square provided that.”-Nezar AlSayyad, […] Continue Reading…
“We saw letters issued by the provincial government of Herat that said, effectively, don’t direct any assistance specifically to displaced people. The theory is that since they don’t want to either encourage them to stay or even acknowledge that displacement is a problem they’re going to pretend that it doesn’t exist.”-Michael Bochenek, Amnesty International
Not […] Continue Reading…
U.S. media reporting that an Afghan soldier has killed two U.S. troops, vengeance for the burning of dozens of Qur’ans. It’s not the first, second or third time U.S. led forces have committed acts of desecration (in violation of the UCMJ) in Afghanistan.
At least 20 Afghans have been killed, as a direct result of […] Continue Reading…
The U.S. Embassy in Kabul is in lockdown: “The Embassy is on lockdown; all travel suspended. Please, everyone, be safe out there.”-Embassy Twitter announcement
For a second day, anti-U.S. riots continue in Afghanistan, over the burning of dozens of Qur’ans. A hospital in Kabul says more than 19 Afghans have been shot by U.S. led […] Continue Reading…