“In our opinion, the longer-term deficit reduction framework adopted as part of the Budget Control Act of 2011 (BCA) could undermine the already fragile economic recovery and complicate aspects of state and local government fiscal management.”-Gabriel Petek, S&P’s
Standard & Poor’s has already downgraded the credit rating of Nevada, New Jersey and […] Continue Reading…
“Whether you’re a street sweeper or queen, we just didn’t have a table or enough manpower in the kitchen at that time and our hands were tied.”-Nadine Schellenberger, restaurant Zum Gueldenen Stern
Sweden’s King Carl XVI Gustaf, and German-born Queen Silvia, were refused service at one of Germany’s oldest restaurants, the Zum Gueldenen Stern […] Continue Reading…
Japanese and California scientists are now reporting they were able to track the March 11 tsunami on radar. It was the first time a tsunami was observed on radar.
For the past ten years, scientists from California and Japan, have been using radar to track ocean currents. They discovered they could track large tsunamis as […] Continue Reading…
Journal of Geophysical Research-Space Physics published a study which showed the March 11, 9.0 quake in Japan hit the upper atmosphere as well.
Disturbances in the upper atmosphere, directly above the epicenter of the earthquake, were picked up by more than 1,000 GPS systems. The effect is called seismotraveling ionospheric disturbances, literally air bending.
This is […] Continue Reading…
“Whoever visits Facebook.com or uses a plug-in must expect that he or she will be tracked by the company for two years.”-Thilo Weichert, privacy commissioner
German officials, in the state of Schleswig-Holstein, have discovered that every time the Facebook ‘like’ button is clicked, it sends your private info back to several U.S. databases. This violates […] Continue Reading…
Some reports say a live interview from inside Gaddafi’s home, was stopped when gunfire erupted inside the home.
Other reports say that Gaddafi’s Presidential Guards have joined with rebels.
Three of Gaddafi’s sons have been detained. Rebels claim they have total control of Tripoli.
The Libyan government holding emergency press conference. They say that Tripoli has been under constant attack by rebel and NATO forces for the past 11 straight hours.
They say the hospitals are full of dead and dying. At least 1,300 residents of Tripoli are dead, another 5,000 are wounded. Libyan officials say that is far […] Continue Reading…
Libyan western supported rebels claim they’ve captured two of Muammar Muhammad al-Gaddafi’s sons. This after days of ground fighting in Tripoli.
There were also rumors that Tunisia offered Gaddafi asylum. Gaddafi says he will stay in Tripoli “until the end.”
In Brazil, the Libyan embassy lowered the Libyan flag, and raised the flag of the Libyan […] Continue Reading…
“Between 100 and 120 people have been arrested. In terms of size, there has never been such an arrest operation on this scale in the Hebron area before.”-Samira Halaika, Palestinian Member of Parliament in West Bank
Israeli troops raided Hebron, West Bank, and detained 120 men. Analysts say it was a desperate attempt […] Continue Reading…
“The United Nations has to take procedures to stop the Israeli offensive on Gaza.”-Nabil El-Araby, Arab League Secretary General
After an emergency meeting, the Arab league has condemned the Israeli attacks on Gaza, and demand action by the United Nations.
The Arab League also condemned “Israeli aggression against the Egyptian forces”.
More than a week ago Israeli […] Continue Reading…