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North Carolina Tornadoes Serious Devastation
Search and rescue efforts continue in North Carolina, the state that was primarily devastated by the record number of tornadoes that hit the U.S. East Coast. To me, this represented an interesting juncture in how the U.S. handles natural disaster. It would be unfair to compare the series of tornadoes with the tsunami and subsequent [...]
Syria Revolution Intensifies
The revolution in the Middle East has intensified in Syria, a country that can be characterized quite differently from its North African counterparts and even Yemen. Homs, Syria’s third largest city, was occupied by anti-government protesters. Many were killed Sunday and their funerals served as venues of protest for those angry at the long reign [...]
David Frum On Gaddafi’s Options
An article from David Frum, who served as special assistant to President Bush, on CNN lays out Gaddafi’s options. Stay in power or die in prison. From cites Slobodan Milosevic, the perpetrator of genocide from Serbia who died in a Dutch prison; Saddam Hussein, who was found grimy in a pit and publicly hanged after [...]
Tornadoes 2011 Southern States
Picture the scene. Trees bent over. Cars flipped upside down. Houses ripped apart. Families devastated at the level of destruction. It has been reported that the death toll primarily North Carolina, Alabama, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Mississippi has risen to at least 43. This does not include parts of North Carolina where the level of destruction [...]
BP Downsizing
Due to the oil spills in the Gulf of Mexico, BP shareholders have called for the oil giant to sell off half of its assets, which are worth an estimated $30 billion. What is truly shocking and representative of the unequal distribution of wealth in this country, this $30 billion is held by the company’s [...]
Man Trapped Underground At Lucky Friday Mine In Idaho
Tragedy struck when the roof of a min in northeast Idaho collapsed trapping one man inside. The man is now trapped over a mile below the surface of the Earth. His companion was able to escape but the man is still below and rescue operators are working feverishly to rescue him. The accident occurred at [...]
Geoffrey Fieger Wants To Save Detroit Using Pot & Prostitution
You know times are hard when officials want to legalize prostitution and decriminalize the use of marijuana. The hard-up suggestion comes from Barrister and former Michigan GOP candidate Geoffrey Fieger who tossed out the idea on a talk show there called “Michigan Matters”. Fieger went on to say that he’d even shovel snow and make [...]
China Time Travel Ban On Television
As if China does not anything other to do than to crack down on things, they’re at it again but this time they’re going after imagination, mythology, and anything else that might allow their people a chance at critical thought and independent expression. The government there is censoring entertainment and literature again forbidding such things [...]
Natalee Holloway Buried?
The National Enquirer is making the claim that missing American Natalee Holloway is actually buried in a tomb. The new revelation reportedly comes from an informant from the Peruvian prison that suspect Joran van der Sloot is in awaiting trial for the murder of a woman named Stephany Flores. Not only that but van der [...]
Katie Couric on CBS Evening News Failure
CBS anchorwoman Katie Couric has been publicly speculating as to why the CBS Evening News is remaining in third place and surprisingly she doesn’t point the finger at herself. Instead Couric points the finger at the lead in local news. Couric does point out something substantial when she mentions that the CBS Evening News was [...]
