Government miscalculates American worker productivity

Skating on bad calculations Basically, the article explains in copious detail that past and present administrations perpetuate a myth that American workers are exceedingly more productive. In calculating...

From Gangsters Paradise To People Paradise

  Having given much thought to the situation in inner city, based on both what is known in the media and much of what I gathered from the experience of good friends who have lived there, I would like to make...

US hits China pipes with tariffs - Babel told you so

Those whom remember my views and opinions concerning the need for USA to tax certain chineses good to attract home manufacture. Yes the think tank has most definatly took the path that I thought they would. You need jobs in the USA and need a new manufactural base and...

narcotic stupor

On an icy Chilla Kalan evening, the freezing cold congeals drains ditches, cesspools and even the famous Dal Lake. ‘Kot koush’ freezes the successive drops trickling from the point of attachment into the glassy icicles of tapering formation. The vast expanses of the white...

Sneezing Fetish: Man Arrested in Pepper Attack

An elderly sneezing fetishist was arrested after repeatedly blowing pepper into a female clerk's face at a Commerce, Texas hardware store. According to Police Chief Kerry Crews, the man, whose name has not been...

Socialism on a bus route

Is it capitalism or socialism when a company owned by another company who then states it will not provide a social necessity unless they are subsidised by the public purse?It is often said here and elsewhere that capitalism should be allowed to run its course because that is...

Against Obama=Against US?

This is a dumb statement. Obama is president but he is not THE country.It is possible to oppose the presidentand not be against the country. This sounds like 40 years ago."“It appears that the Republican Party...

AP Exclusive: Gregg had stake in, won aid for base

Sen. Judd Gregg attempted to do some damage control on Friday in the wake of a news article that reported the lawmaker steered taxpayer money to the redevelopment of a former Air Force base as he and his brother engaged in real estate deals there." WASHINGTON (AP) —...

Gregg Withdraws as Commerce Nominee

"New Hampshire Republican Sen. Judd Gregg has withdrawn his name from consideration as President Obama's commerce secretary, a major blow to an administration seeking to put a series of Cabinet problems behind it. In his written statement, Gregg cited recent developments...

Retail sales rise 1 percent in January

" U.S. retail sales jumped 1 percent in January, reversing a six-month declining trend and defying economists' expectations by posting the biggest increase in 14 months."This is good news.  It certainly ...

You Want To Become A Paralegal? Read This Article

It was In the early days of the Paralegal profession that only the law firms employed Paralegals, today firms and corporations including government agencies employ Paralegals to facilitate legal research, legal documents drafting, debriefing of clients and to generally...

Brazil's foreign policy: The samba beat, with missteps

The following article at the Economist recounts the Brazilian diplomatic mischiefs in the region amid the recent celebration of the LatAm Summit. It also analyses the Brazilian falling of grace with left...

IBM: Talking Web, Memory Assistants and Solar-Powered Cell Phones in 5 Years

This year's "Next Five in Five" from IBM; social and trends to watch that will change our lives forever- 1. Solar-power everywhere; roofs, driveways, windows, paint, notebook computers, cars, cell phones and even...

Jobless claims hit 25-year high, imports plunge

Jobless claims hit 25-year high, imports plunge Doug Palmer WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of U.S. workers drawing jobless benefits hit a 25-year...

Financial Meltdown – Systemic Morality and “Where’s the Money?”

Who of us understands the complexities of a debt economy? While it may be true that the modern economy is so complex, even in its fundamentals, that no one is really in control of it, this doesn’t mean that...

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