Despite rosy depictions, by the U.S. mainstream media, of the Vice President of China’s visit to the United States, things are not warm and fuzzy!
Vice President Xi Jinping, recently restated demands from China, that the United States end economic restrictions against China: “It is very important when addressing the China-U.S. trade imbalance that the […] Continue Reading…
“Iran is the only market in the world that can move billet prices and now trading has basically come to a halt.”-unnamed British steel trader
Not only is the U.S. oil sanctions on Iran backfiring, but so are U.S. sanctions on steel sold to Iran!
“Now you can really feel the effects of the sanctions imposed […] Continue Reading…
Sometime at the end of March, Iran and Oman will hold joint naval exercises. Oman is located northeast of Yemen, south of the Strait of Hormuz along the Indian Ocean.
The majority of Oman’s Muslims are Ibadhi, with major differences from Iran’s Shi’a. The government of Oman is a Unitary Islamic Absolute Monarcy.
The planned March […] Continue Reading…
February 16, 2012, Sears announced layoffs of 100 of its employees at its Illinois headquarters. Some Illinois politicians say the state was blackmailed into giving Sears a $150 million tax break, and that even more Sears layoffs are in the works.
Sears told Illinois lawmakers that if it didn’t get the tax break it would […] Continue Reading…
“We’ve slipped away from a true republic. Now we’re slipping into a fascist system where it’s a combination of government, big business and authoritarian rule, and the suppression of the individual rights of each and every American citizen.”-Ron Paul, congressman from Texas
While speaking in Kansas City, Missouri, Ron Paul renewed a warning issued by […] Continue Reading…
February 19, 2012, Iran has officially shut off oil supplies to oil companies from United Kingdom and France!
“We have our own oil customers and replacements for these companies have already been chosen, and we will sell the crude oil to new customers instead of the British and French companies.”-Alireza Nikzad-Rahbar, Iranian Oil Ministry
However, Britain and […] Continue Reading…
When scientists, who were paid by the U.S. government to find out if H5N1 ‘bird flu’ could be manipulated into a more deadly version, revealed their studies the U.S. government acted quickly to censor their publications.
Even the UN’s World Health Organization joined in the censorship.
On February 15, 2012, National Public Radio (NPR) interviewed three […] Continue Reading…
Vietnam has already had two people die from H5N1 ‘bird flu’ this year. Now health officials confirm a two year old girl has H3N2v ‘swine flu’, and she’s had it since April 2011!
Vietnam’s Department of Preventive Health announced on February 15, 2012, that a two year old girl has been sick with H3N2v since […] Continue Reading…
First off, having had to deal with so called unemployment “benefits” myself, I can say without a doubt that they are no “benefit”. You get piddly squat compared to what you were making when you had a job, and, as in the state of Idaho, they impose unrealistic “qualifications” and “standards” for you to […] Continue Reading…
“We have no intention whatsoever to intervene in Syria.”-Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO Secretary General
On February 17, 2012, NATO boss, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, told reporters in Turkey that NATO would not get involved in Syria. One reporter asked if that included a UN resolution calling for war: “No, I don’t think so because Syria is […] Continue Reading…