Democrats blast GOP ‘front groups,’ but use them too
Sunday, October 31st, 2010 | Post a comment
Party strategists funnel donations from nonprofits into attack ads, records show
Number of the Week: 107 Months to Clear Banks’ Housing Backlog
Saturday, October 30th, 2010 | Post a comment
107: How many months it would take to sell banks’ current and shadow inventory of foreclosed homes.
Posted by John under: Anti-Semitism
Stocks, Dollar in Rare Sync
Saturday, October 30th, 2010 | Post a comment
Posted by John under: Perplexity
U.K. Bomb Designed to Detonate in Flight
Saturday, October 30th, 2010 | Post a comment
A device found in the U.K. on a United Parcel Service Inc. plane bound to Chicago on Friday was designed to go off on the aircraft, Prime Minister David Cameron said Saturday. U.K. Home Secretary Theresa May added that the devise that was powerful enough to bring down the aircraft.
Posted by John under: Days of Noah,Ishmael,Violence
World’s big enough for India and China: Wen
Friday, October 29th, 2010 | Post a comment
China’s Premier Wen Jiabao is seen during the 13th ASEAN – China Summit in Hanoi October 29, 2010.
Credit: Reuters/Na Son Nguyen/Pool
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao told Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday the world was big enough for their two countries to develop and cooperate, sounding a positive note ahead of a visit planned for later this year.
Posted by John under: New World Order
IDF encrypting drones after Hizbullah accessed footage
Thursday, October 28th, 2010 | Post a comment
Photo by: Courtesy: IAF [illustrative]
Army investigation concludes Hizbullah used footage from IDF drone to plan the 1997 attack in which 11 Israeli commandos were killed.
Posted by John under: Knowledge Increased
Palestinians to declare statehood in 2011
Thursday, October 28th, 2010 | Post a comment
RAMALLAH, West Bank, Oct. 28 (UPI) — Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad said plans are under way to declare an independent Palestinian state next year.
Posted by John under: Israel in the Last Days
One in ten teens has same-sex partners: study
Thursday, October 28th, 2010 | Post a comment
A new study suggests that nearly one in ten teens have same-sex partners — almost twice as many as previous research found.
Posted by John under: Days of Lot
Dollar at Risk of Becoming ‘Toxic Waste’: Charts
Wednesday, October 27th, 2010 | One comment
The dollar’s slump could get far worse if the dollar index takes out last year’s low, Robin Griffiths, technical strategist at Cazenove Capital, told CNBC Monday.
Posted by John under: Divided Nation,Perplexity
Obama Appoints Record Number of Gay Officials
Wednesday, October 27th, 2010 | One comment
WASHINGTON — Less than halfway through his first term, President Barack Obama has appointed more openly gay officials than any other president in history.