Italian media is claiming that Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is dead. They point out that it’s been nine days since he was seen in public, since the time a NATO airstrike killed one of his sons.
Several foreign envoys are also spreading the rumor by saying there is talk within the Libyan government about who […] Continue Reading…
Talk about taxation without representation, Israel collects most of the customs fees, and taxes for the Palestinian territories. It’s another way the Israelis make life hell for the Palestinians.
Now Israel says they will not turn that tax money over to the Palestinian government, in retribution for Fatah and Hamas unifying. The money Israel is […] Continue Reading…
“If the U.S. military and intelligence apparatus have really arrested or killed bin Laden, why don’t they shown him (his dead body), why have they thrown his corpse into the sea?”-Heidar Moslehi, Iran’s Intelligence Minister
Iran’s Intelligence Minister, Heidar Moslehi, claims Osama bin Laden died from disease years ago. Pakistani officials made a similar claim […] Continue Reading…
Japan Atomic Power Company said its Tsuruga nuclear plant leaked a small amount of radiation on Sunday, 08 May 2011. But this is not the first time.
On 02 May radiation was detected outside the reactors. JAPCo officials think the radiation leak is coming from the cooling water for the fuel rods. They are shutting […] Continue Reading…
Radioactive strontium continues to be spewed from the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. Soil samples taken at the plant, on 18 April, tested positive for strontium 89 and strontium 90.
Strontium collects in your bones and can cause various bone cancers. You get contaminated by breathing it.
Tokyo Electric Power Company says April’s strontium 90 levels […] Continue Reading…
After first saying no, CEPCo now says OK they will shut down their Hamaoka plant.
Prime Minister Naoto Kan asked Chubu Electric Power Company to shut down their Hamaoka nuke plant, because the plant sits on top of a convergence of fault lines, that could produce an 8+ quake. The plant is not built to […] Continue Reading…
China is the biggest buyer of U.S. sovereign debt (bonds), but has been selling off that debt at a steady pace. In February China sold off $1.15 trillion (yes, trillion) in U.S. bonds.
Chinese officials say the sell off of U.S. bonds could continue for another two months, or as long as the Federal Reserve […] Continue Reading…
“The U.S. wants China to pay its economic bills by raising the value of the yuan. This is preposterous!”-Zhang Yansheng, Institute of Foreign Economics
Officials from China and the United States are meeting this week to discuss, what else, economic issues. Many U.S. officials want the Chinese to raise the value of their money, the […] Continue Reading…
Think the recent jobs data are a good sign of recovery? Think again!
Since 2007 the United States has lost 7.25 million jobs. According to a USA Today report, only 45.4% of workers, both men and women, were employed. When you look at just men, only 66.8% of male workers had jobs in 2010. That’s […] Continue Reading…
A report by Standard & Poor’s shows that while the workers of the United States continue to struggle, the corporate leaders are raking in the dough. In fact corporate executives are making more now, than they did before the 2007 market correction.
S & P’s 500 reports that in 2010, the average yearly salary of […] Continue Reading…