China trade surplus shadows Obama visit
"HONG KONG - China's surging trade surplus, with the increase last month almost double the September figure, makes it impossible that trade issues will not be a key topic when...
Allen Stanford Back in Jail after Banged Up From brawl
Alleged mastermind of a $7 billion fraud, Allen Stanford, is back in his jail cell after suffering a mild concussion, broken nose and two black eyes in a prison brawl last week. "Stanford, 59, was injured in a...
Phillip Morris Pays Millions To Smoker's Daughter Jodie Bullock
Jodie Bullock, daugter of longtime smoker Betty Bullock who died of lung cancer in 2003, has been awarded $13.9 million in damages by the cigarette company Phillip Morris. The recommendation was made on Monday, in the third trial between Bullock and Phillip Morris. Jodie...
Zimbabweans Use Text and Web 2.0 to Weather Crisis
" With the crisis in Zimbabwe going from worse to worse, there are still effective ways to help people there get food and survive.The beep-beep of a received text on a mobile phone is now becoming a much-needed...
Connoisseur Chocolate from the South Gets a Higher Price
" Like coffee beans, cocoa beans are grown around the world and are a major commodity, highly prized in wealthy countries. West Africa accounts for 70 percent of the world's output, with the rest grown either...
The Great Tax Con Job
Thom Hartman does it again - he explains how The Great Tax Con Job is pulled off without people realizing how it is done to them. EXCERPT from Page 2: When I was in Denmark last year doing my radio show from the Danish Radio offices for a week and interviewing many of that...
created by Maireid Sullivan | 17 wks ago | updated 17 wks ago
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Plan mapped out to sell water to U.S.
This could be good for both countries. The US could get a dependable water supply and Canada could generate electricity and get money for the surplus money, " Quebec could raise as much as $9.5 billion a...
House plan boosts taxes on rich to 20-year high
Increasing taxes is a bad idea. The economy needs to grow to recover from the recession. More taxes will just slow down any possible recovery." House Democrats scrambling for ways to pay for overhauling...
Should America Close Its Door To Immigrants?
Boom! (shockwave, screeching, yells for my head), but do listen, first.
Over the past few hundred years, America has grown by leaps and bounds via...
'Michael Jackson was murdered for his money' says sister La Toya
""A couple of years ago Michael told me he was worried that people were out to get him," she said. "'They're gonna kill me for my publishing. They want my catalogues and they're gonna kill me for these.' I knew...
Nokia follows the footsteps of Apple
Nokia has opened Ovi, it's online App store, to some 50 million phone users worldwide on Tuesday. It seems as if Nokia followed the footsteps of Apple whose App store is still a huge success. "Nokia said it opened...
created by Nauman Umair Khan | 25 wks ago | updated 25 wks ago
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Federal reserve refuses to release where your $700Bn went.
Thats right...they won't tell anyone and they're still lending your money out, 2.2Tril and counting... Reuters: "My question to you is, will you tell the American people to whom you lent $2.2 trillion of their...
B.C. is Now a "World Crime Superpower"
Barry Artiste, Op/EdYou know, I was tempted to include my No Shit Sherlock Photo into this story, but decided against it, as it is far from humorous.With Attorney General Wally Oppal, our Head Judge announcing this... 1265 views | 26 recommendations | 22 comments
Human Consumption of Frog Legs Might Cause Frogs to Go Extinct
Humans are overindulging in frog legs according to recent research. Scinetists suspect that anywhere between 200 million to 1 billion of frog legs are consumed each year. This has detrimental effects on frog...
created by Yuliya Talmazan | 43 wks ago | updated 41 wks ago
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1090 views | 10 recommendations | 5 comments
