After announcing some very fuel efficient vehicles (which will not be sold in the U.S. for some reason), Mazda has announced that it needs at least $2.87 billion cash! (early reports from Japan said $1 billion)
For the year 2011, Mazda’s said it expected an annual net loss of about $1 billion (to be officially […] Continue Reading…
“We are deeply concerned about the report of Qur’an or religious materials being damaged, and will get to the bottom of what actually happened.”-Lieutenant Lauren Rago, ISAF
Yet again, U.S. led forces have committed acts of desecration in Afghanistan, this time burning unknown numbers of Qur’ans. A French photographer reported it, after Afghans working at […] Continue Reading…
“It’s a nightmare, it’s a nightmare!”-Mother of victim, CNN interview
Last week, the Florida Highway Patrol cleared a fat ass 267 pound Trooper of wrongdoing in a tasering incident that’s left a 100 pound, 20 year old woman brain dead!
The woman was already handcuffed, with her hands in front of her. When she was tasered […] Continue Reading…
Early morning February 21, 2012, European Union finance ministers approved a 130 billion Euro bail out loan for Greece.
However, on February 20, EU finance minister Johan van Overtveldt, said it would take at least 200 billion Euros! Obviously this latest loan is not going to be enough, yet again!
Many Greeks are convinced they are […] Continue Reading…
Japan’s Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency is being questioned by their own experts regarding the safety of nuclear reactors. The Agency responded by censoring their own experts!
A publicized debate held by Agency experts was cut short, when it became clear that the consensus was that the government was accountable for the lack of response […] Continue Reading…
There’s a new space race, thanks in part to Google’s Lunar X Prize, but also because the Moon is indeed full of mineral wealth.
But the new race is not for exploration, it’s for exploitation. The Moon has titanium, trace amounts of water, and rare minerals used in high tech electronics: “In our case it’d […] Continue Reading…
February 20, 2012, European Union finance minister, Johan van Overtveldt, said one of the reasons bail out loans keep getting put on hold is because everyday new problems are revealed.
He says Greece now needs loans at least equal to its GDP, in order to get through the next few years: “So we are talking […] Continue Reading…
On February 20, 2012, French steel workers are occupying the ArcelorMittal steel plant in northeast France. Two blast furnaces have been shut down since October 2011.
I’ve posted how U.S. sanctions against Iran include the steel industry, and it’s having negative affects, not for Iran but the West!
The shut down of the ArcelorMittal blast furnaces […] Continue Reading…
Recently the Obama administration announced a victory against the too big to fail banks which are causing the home foreclosure nightmare. Basically the banks admitted they screwed up, and agreed to pay a huge settlement to help people (lucky enough to still be in their homes) refinance their loans.
But now it’s been revealed that […] Continue Reading…
On February 17, 2012, the results of an autopsy on a 15 year old, shot and killed by Texas cops, were released. It shows the cops were not justified!
On January 4, cops shot a 15 year old at Cummings Middle School in Brownsville, Texas. He died of gunshot to his chest and abdomen. Associated […] Continue Reading…