“We don’t even have minimum wage!”-German protester
“Fair wages, decent work and social security is the minimum that workers in this country expect, need and have to fight for again and again.”-Michael Sommer, head of Confederation of German Trade Unions
Germany is one of the few European countries that has a good economy. It […] Continue Reading…
“There are no Saudi forces, there are GCC [Gulf Cooperation Council: Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates ] forces and they will leave when they are done with any external threat. The external threat is a regional one. The external threat is a complete misunderstanding between the GCC and Iran.”-Sheikh […] Continue Reading…
John Brennan, homeland security and counter terrorism adviser to President Obama, says Osama bin Laden’s body was hastily buried at sea, after the Sunday special military operation that supposedly killed him.
Why? Does the United States have a new policy of burying at sea any enemy of the state? Anyone watching the Sunday night U.S. […] Continue Reading…
Tokyo Electric Power Company announced early May 2, that another of their nuclear plants in Japan is in trouble. The Tsuruga nuclear plant is having technical problems, resulting in overheating.
The plant is around 450 km (280 miles) west of Tokyo, in Fukui prefecture. TEPCo says the problem is so bad they are considering shutting […] Continue Reading…
“Do not use Facebook and Twitter”-Egyptian revolution manual
WikiLeaks founder has told Russian media that he’s discovered that popular social networking tools are really tools for many governments to collect data on the users.
Julian Assange is talking about Facebook, Twitter, even Yahoo and Google. He says an Egyptian revolution manual warns people not to use […] Continue Reading…
Ocean researchers say the March 11 earthquake off the coast of north east Honshu, believe the quake was more powerful than 9.0.
The Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, studied the sea floor at the epicenter of the March 11 quake, using a deep sea research vessel named “Kairei”. They determined that the sea […] Continue Reading…
Fast five had a midnight opening, April 29, in the United States. But, the Vin Diesel, U.S. franchise success, opened in Russia first.
In fact Vin Diesel told Russian media, on opening night in Moscow, that he “…wanna shoot a movie in Moscow so badly…”, adding that “…when you see Fast Five, you’ll hear Mia […] Continue Reading…
“If you hit Houston with a Category 4 or 5 (hurricane), and we’ve only got a couple billion dollars in the rainy day fund, instead of going in and rebuilding and recovering, we’re talking about bankruptcy. That’s the choice that we have here.”- Rick Perry, Governor of Texas
Texas Governor Rick Perry asked President […] Continue Reading…
An annual Enadis 2010 survey, released on April 12, reveals Mexicans don’t trust the police or religion.
The survey asked what Mexicans fear most. Number one was violent robbery, followed by violent act by drug gang, and at number three; being a victim of the police or other government enforcement agencies. Gee, the government is […] Continue Reading…
Russia has stopped exporting refined fuel, officially to deal with fuel shortages in Russia.
Russian officials hope the export ban will last only through May, but after that Russia will increase to costs of exporting their fuel. In any event, this move by Russia should add to the increasing fuel prices the world is paying.
I […] Continue Reading…