U.S. President Barack Obama is sending 100 troops to central Africa, officially to fight terrorism.
According to the Associated Press the U.S. troops will be stationed in the Central African Republic, Congo and the newly independent South Sudan.
Former U.S. President George Bush Jr established the U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM). The creation of AFRICOM was greatly […] Continue Reading…
According to Idaho media reports, the executive director for the Idaho Republican Party, Jonathan Parker, is accused of helping AnalyzeSoft (a tech company that makes tracking devices for prisoners) get a big contract from Idaho Governor Butch Otter.
AnalyzeSoft is now barred from doing business with Idaho for at least one year, after it was […] Continue Reading…
As a matter of incompetence, or conspiracy, when the list of China’s top trading partners is presented, it shows the United States as the top dog. But that’s misleading, because the European Union, as a whole, is not counted.
Instead, EU members are broken up into the individual member states. If you look at the […] Continue Reading…
Shiitake mushrooms used in school lunches have tested positive for 350 becquerels per kilogram of radioactive cesium. That’s below the government limit of 500 becquerels, but Yokohama school officials are getting rid of them anyway.
Yokohama is about 250 kilometers (155 miles) from the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.
At a Ibaraki Prefecture mushroom farm, 830 […] Continue Reading…
“Seems likely that this is their attempt to shut down OWS for good. We know where the real dirt is: on Wall Street … We won’t allow Bloomberg and the NYPD to foreclose our occupation. This is an occupation, not a permitted picnic…”-OWS statement
“The cleanup is a pretext to remove us […] Continue Reading…
“People know that there is no real out. The children of the current adults are looking and realizing they are not likely to have as good a life as their parents. And their parents are distressed because they realize it’s true!”-Jeff Gates, former counsel to the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance
In an […] Continue Reading…
“Canada is required by its international obligations to arrest and prosecute former president Bush given his responsibility for crimes under international law including torture. As the U.S. authorities have, so far, failed to bring former president Bush to justice, the international community must step in. A failure by […] Continue Reading…
On the night of October 11, the U.S. Senate blocked President Obama’s proposed Jobs creation bill.
In the latest Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll, 74% of people says the United States is going in the wrong direction. 32% said the economy will get worse. 45% said it will stay the same.
On October 11, the CBS […] Continue Reading…
October 13, there are protests planned for at least 90 college campuses across the United States today.
Also today, hundreds of janitors and security guards have joined the Wall Street protests in New York City.
Across the world, there have been anti-government, anti-corruption and anti-corporation protests in about 1,400 cities, so far.
The latest Reuters/Ipsos poll shows […] Continue Reading…
October 13, Reports out of New York City say that the mayor has ordered protestors out, so that city workers can clean Zucotti park.
Protestors will hold a meeting soon, to decide how they will respond.
Several War on Terror veterans were arrested, one a former U.S. Army interrogator in Iraq. At least eleven protestors in […] Continue Reading…