“I could see his hands were empty, I could see he didn’t have a weapon.”-PFC Andrew Holmes, U.S. Army
September 22, Private First Class Andrew Holmes, from Boise, Idaho, pled guilty to killing an unarmed teenager in Afghanistan.
“I knew I should have taken cover, but instead I pulled the trigger.”-Andrew Holmes
When Holmes says he “should […] Continue Reading…
“Legislation that would increase tariffs on imports from China is unlikely to create any incentive for China to move expeditiously to modify its exchange policies. Rather, it would likely have the opposite effect and result in retaliation against U.S. exports into China.”-USCBC statement
The latest numbers show that not only does China […] Continue Reading…
“I had been doing the same job for 20 years and have another 15 years to go. I said to myself, ‘It’s too boring. Let’s do something else for a few years and then come back’.”-Roy Weinberg, Spring Airlines
Weinberg, quit his job with US Airways and moved his family of four to […] Continue Reading…
“As you know, Israel attacked three ships, one of which carried over 400 people from 33 countries, in international waters from sea and air. Such an attack in international waters is against international law.”-Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkish Prime Minister
In an interview with PBS’s Charlie Rose, Erdogan was asked if he saw […] Continue Reading…
September 23, I have to admit that most of the pics coming out of Wall Street show what look like young hippie wannabes (there are pics of old women wearing yellow ponchos that read “Granny Peace Brigade”) but what else are they gonna do?
When a society has such a high unemployment rate for young […] Continue Reading…
September 23, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, the number of legal immigrants moving to the United States dropped off after the year 2000.
According to the American Community Survey (ACS) the percentage of “Foreign Born: Entered before 2000” immigrants who responded to the survey (includes those who became U.S. citizens and those who still […] Continue Reading…
September 23, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, the percentage of young adults (16-29 years of age) who’re unemployed is 44.7%, the highest since the end of World War 2.
Also, the number of households living in poverty, where the parents are younger than 25, hit 37%!
September 22, Toys R Us announced they will not hire as many holiday employees as in the past.
“It looks to me like they are preparing for lowered spending and will be very cautious about hiring people until they really know they need them.”-John Challenger, analyst
Last end of year holiday season, Toys R […] Continue Reading…
“I know many of you are frustrated by the lack of progress. I assure you, so am I…. There is no short cut to the end of a conflict that has endured for decades. Peace is hard work.”-Barack Obama, President of the United States
No “short cut”!?! What an ass hole!!! U.S. President […] Continue Reading…
“The WHO rates as ‘high’ the risk of further international spread of wild polio virus from Pakistan, particularly given the expected large-scale population movements associated with Umra and the upcoming Haj…in the coming months.”-UNWHO statement
The United Nations World Health Organization says Polio type 1 is spreading through Pakistan and China.
Wild polio […] Continue Reading…