The lamestream media told you: Francoise Hollande, the head of France’s Socialist Party, has endorsed Barack Obama for U.S. president, and promised “to work for the senator’s victory,” in the words of the Associated Press in an unbylined article. The article goes on to say, “but he (Hollande) acknowledged that the French Socialists’ endorsement...
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Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama was quick to blame the bankruptcy of Wall Street giant Lehman Brothers on Republicans’ “failed philosophyâ€ÂÂ. Obama’s September 15 comments were repeated throughout the media–yet reporters have not noted Obama’s glaring conflict of interestâ€â€Âthe Lehman debt owed to a bank owned by the financier who loaned millions of dollars...
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My friend Rick Shenkman, who runs History News Network, recently published his new book Just How Stupid Are We? Facing the Truth about the American Voter. Considering the legions of Democrats convinced that “Jesus was a community organizer; Pilate was a governor†qualifies as sound political discourse, I’d have to answer “pretty damn stupid.â€ÂÂ...
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For a moment those who sat with me at the Pajamas TV booth at the Republican convention must have thought I was crazy. Soon after reading an e-mail from a left-leaning lesbian friend with whom I almost always lock horns on matters political, I had to share the news  with anyone who would...
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In 1990 Senate hearings Vice Presidential candidate Senator Joseph Robinette Biden revealed, “In my house, being raised with a sister and three brothers, there was an absolute – it was a nuclear sanction, if under any circumstances, for any reason, no matter how justified, even self-defense – if you ever touched your sister, not...
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Even a few weeks ago, that question would have been a punchline. Now it is a legitimate inquiry. In our 50-50 nation, the election could go either way. The always interesting Russ Smith predicts that some Democratic activists would cry “vote fraud†and decry “Swift Boat-style†ads–and, of course, attack the fly-over sections of...
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Is it open season on men this election year? I have noticed an upswing in the amount of blatant male bashing going on in the media and blogs as of late. Let me give you a few examples. First, there is a pathetic article from the health section of the New York Times. “If...
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Experiments during the past several years examining membranes formed from carbon nanotubes have demonstrated potential for a variety of applications, perhaps most notably economical filtration of water for desalination. But something that has consistently confused researchers is that the rate of flow for water passing through these special membranes is considerably higher than would...
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Trading on Russia’s major stock markets has been suspended for a second consecutive day due to the ongoing turmoil in the financial markets around the world. The suspension took place due to an order of the Russian government’s Federal Service for the Financial Markets, which demanded the suspension. “It took too long for the...
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The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) that started preliminary experiments on September 10, 2008 in CERN, Geneva, and the planned International Linear Collider (ILC) will carry out a series of experiments in future to validate the standard model of particle physics. The model predicts that Higgs boson particles gives mass to all fundamental particles and...
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Stock markets around the world, particularly those in the United States have fallen dramatically today due to the ongoing events events in the financial world, including the bailout of large insurance firm AIG by the US Federal Reserve. The primary UK index, the FTSE 100, dropped in value by 2.36%, which is 118.40 points,...
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The Federal Reserve took over American International Group (AIG) on Tuesday in an US$85 billion loan, in exchange for a 79.9% stake in the company. A press release issued Tuesday stated, “the Board determined that, in current circumstances, a disorderly failure of AIG could add to already significant levels of financial market fragility and...
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Eight members of the 662 Boss Piru gang, which purports to be a sect of the notorious, nationwide Bloods gang, have been charged by a federal grand jury in a 19-count indictment. The indictment includes conspiracy to commit kidnapping in aid of racketeering activity, kidnapping in aid of racketeering activity and numerous local offenses,...
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The Libertarian National Committee (LNC) continues to be in a fierce deadlock today over how to address the growing controversies surrounding their party’s U.S. presidential nominee, former congressman Bob Barr. Many libertarians have spoken out against Barr since his last minute refusal to attend former Republican presidential hopeful Congressman Ron Paul’s third party unity...
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At least I’ve learned something from McCain’s choice of running mate. Mainly that I didn’t know my party as well as I thought I did. First they nominated McCain, a known immigration-amnesty RINO. Then when I expressed what I expected to be widespread reservations about her, my fellow Republicans were mystified. Am I implying...
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Part of it seems to be (and not just on the part of women) that some people look at politics like they look at sports. People mostly cheer for a team just because it’s from their state or their alma mater, regardless of its actual qualities or the character of its members. In sports,...
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The International Monetary Fund and the European Union approved aid packages to help Georgia recover from its conflict with Russia, which occurred in early August. The IMF approved a $750 million loan, which will allow Georgia to rebuild its currency reserves. The European Union also approved an aid package of €500 million in aid...
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Bank of America (BoA) is attempting a takeover of Merrill Lynch, which, if successful, would combine two of the largest banks in the world. BoA would buy Merrill Lynch for around $44 billion in stock. BoA, the largest bank in the United States, has been looking for a major acquisition for the last few...
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Lehman Brothers, a major American investment banker, has filed paperwork for bankruptcy. It would be the largest collapse of an investment firm in 18 years. Lehman attempted to find a buyer over the weekend but it met with no success. The last remaining bidder, Barclays PLC bank pulled out Sunday afternoon. Barclays, a United...
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BRIC Countries: China (2008-09-15) by David John Marotta In mid-September, the Chinese observe the Moon Festival. Timed to the moon’s fullest and brightest phase, the festival celebrates the abundance of the summer’s harvest. In recent years the Chinese economy has been waxing toward ascendance. It passed Japan in November 2007 and began to rival...
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