Now, it may be that I have a lugubrious sense of humor, but I was bursting with laughter when I read about the latest fiasco. Oil spills will be with us until hell freezes over, Because the administration (and the next one, and the next one) haven’t the moxie to say ENOUGH ALL READY. A [...]

With those famous words at the 1988 Republican National Convention, soon-to-be President George H.W. Bush promised there would be no new taxes. He kept his word. That is, we did not get taxes on taking showers, eating ice cream or going to baseball games. But he never promised he would not raise the existing taxes. [...]

A court in Madagascar’s capital, Antanarivo, has sentenced former president Marc Ravalomanana and two officers to life imprisonment with hard labour for the part they played in the deaths of about 30 protesters before he was forced from office in 2009. Ravalomanana, who has lived in exile in South Africa since being deposed by the [...]

AllAfrica.com………….. Always the sweethearts, al Qaeda has done it again. Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (Aqim) militants have executed an Algerian customs officer held hostage since June in the Sahara, following an attack that claimed the lives of 11 Algerian police officers at the border between Mali and Algeria. Algiers refuses to negotiate with groups [...]

The complaint alleged that targeted assassinations by the federal government are unconstitutional. “A program that authorizes killing U.S. citizens, without judicial oversight, due process or disclosed standards is unconstitutional, unlawful and un-American,” ACLU Executive Director Anthony Romero said in a statement announcing the filing of the case. The group, along with the Center for Constitutional [...]

Japan Times Justice Minister Keiko Chiba allowed journalists for the first time Friday to enter the Tokyo Detention House’s execution chamber. Chiba, who has long been opposed to the death penalty, has taken various measures to promote public discussion on capital punishment by making it transparent, while like many other justice ministers she fulfilled her [...]

From propublica.org A prominent philanthropist, cancer survivor, and American businessman, David Koch, has given millions to the cause of cancer research, while his company—Koch Industries—has lobbied against formal recognition of formaldehyde as a carcinogen, The New Yorker reported in a piece published today. In article published on August 25, New Yorker magazine had this to [...]

The Merchant of Venice, 1596. Portia speaks: The quality of mercy is not strain’d, It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath: it is twice blest; It blesseth him that gives and him that takes: ‘Tis mightiest in the mightiest: it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown; That being [...]

In March 2009, President Barack Obama removed restrictions on embryonic research that were put in place by President George W. Bush. But Drs. James Sherley and Theresa Deisher and the Christian Medical Association, sued the Department of Health and Human Services last year to block the application of the new guidelines on human stem cell [...]

From the PEW Research Center. Is Obama a Christian? A growing number of Americans say he is not. What is Obama’s religion? March 2008 Christian. 47% Muslim 12% Don’t know 36% Other answers 5% August 2010 Christian 34% Muslim 18% Don’t know 43% Other answers 4% Among conservative Republicans, 34% say Obama is Muslim. 60% [...]

allAfrica.com…………Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (Aqim) has threatened reprisals against France following a raid carried out last month by French and Mauritanian forces in which six Aqim members were killed. An Aqim communiqué posted on an Islamic web forum accuses French President Nicolas Sarkozy of being an “enemy of Allah”. The statement, posted by Abou [...]

Amnesty International has urged the Saudi Arabian authorities not to deliberately paralyse a man in retribution for similar injuries he allegedly caused during a fight. Reports say a court in Tabuk, in the north-west of the country, had approached a number of hospitals about the possibility of cutting the man’s spinal cord to carry out [...]

Reprinted from aljazeera.net Israel and the anti-Muslim blow-up By MJ Rosenberg, Senior Foreign Policy Fellow at Media Matters Action Network A visiting rabbi from Israel gave a sermon [in Washington, D.C.] about the intifada that was then raging in Israel and the West Bank. The sermon’s ending which was unforgettable. The rabbi concluded with the [...]

From KOREAN CENTRAL NEWS AGENCY of DPRK(Democratic People’s Republic of Korea) Japan Urged to Make Apology for Its Past Crimes Pyongyang, August 22 (KCNA) — A spokesman for the Central Committee of the Democratic Front for the Reunification of Korea made public a statement on Sunday on the occasion of the lapse of a centenary [...]

From the Wall St. Journal By FARNAZ FASSIHI Defying mounting international pressure over its military ambitions, Iran on Sunday unveiled what it said was its latest battlefield advance—an armed aerial drone—a day after initiating the start-up of its first nuclear power plant. Tehran said the plant would be operational within a month. For much more [...]

From Japan Times India’s Commonwealth Games, which are set to roll in New Delhi from Oct. 3, have turned into the nation’s biggest shame. At a cost of $7.5 billion — excluding improvements and additions to city infrastructure — these will be the most expensive Commonwealth Games ever……..The cost — all laid to Indian taxpayers [...]

From the NY Times, March 21, 2010 The Supreme Court ruled that lawyers for people thinking of pleading guilty to a crime must advise their clients who are not citizens about the possibility that they will be deported. “It is our responsibility under the Constitution to ensure that no criminal defendant — whether a citizen [...]

U.S. Bankruptcy Judge James Peck in New York ruled for La Toya Jackson on Aug. 5 in rejecting a motion to reopen her Chapter 11 case. Jackson filed in 1995 and emerged from bankruptcy in 1999. A trust representing four unsecured creditors who were receiving monthly royalty payments from Jackson had not received any of [...]

Excerpted reprint from Earth Times. The full article may be read by CLICKING HERE. China overtook Japan as the world’s second-largest economy in the second quarter, capping three decades of spectacular growth. Japan held the number two title behind the United States for more than 40 years, but its economy hit a decade of stagnant [...]

That Americans have largely pulled out of Iraq and are putting their concentration upon Afghanistan is good news for terrorists who can now attack wherever they want with near impunity. 1. Iraqi officials say 41 people have been killed and 112 wounded in a suicide bombing strike against Iraqi army recruits in Baghdad. The Tuesday [...]

The following is the COMPLETE text of Dr. Singh’s address to the nation of India. If you can even find an extended excerpt of this in the NY Times or any other American newspaper, I’ll spit out my delicious Cadbury chocolate bar and never eat one again. It is reprinted from the Deccan Chronicle. “Dear [...]

The Vatican got a big dose of good news on Monday when three men who sought to hold the Vatican liable in an American court for sexual abuses by Roman Catholic priests signaled they were abandoning the case. The three men who alleged they’d been abused by Catholic priests years ago were attempting to hold [...]

A passenger plane operated by low-cost carrier Air Blue crashed in the hills outside of Islamabad Wednesday morning. The plane was carrying about 150 passengers and 10 crew and came down in bad weather outside the Pakistani capital. MUMBAI—Shipping around two of India’s biggest ports has been blocked after an accident in the busy Mumbai [...]

Taking a tip from the American colonists of 1776, Mike Bloomberg doesn’t want to pay taxes in Russia, claiming his company does not have a regular representative office in the country. For the first time, a U.S. company working in Russia has been accused of tax evasion by taking advantage of an intergovernmental agreement on [...]