The Dirty Secret of the Financial Crisis: Our Banking System's Broken

"Henry Paulson's $700 billion plan to save the world is dead or dying, but the bailout was not killed by his arrogance or his grossly misleading claims about what the public's money would buy. The plan collapsed because it didn't work. The Treasury secretary has launched a PR...

British to disclose clampdown on hate-preachers

230 people who have been barred from entering the UK because they are suspected of preaching hate will be listed and named, and refused entry permanently unless they make public statement renouncing terror, the government revealed today."Preachers of hate who have been banned...

'Therapist' charged with rape is charming dropout, associates say

Carmine Baffa, life coach, motivational speaker, and self made millionaire has been accused of rape by 8 of his clients in the Atlanta metro area.""He has amazing ability to influence people and persuade them," said Michal Wallace, who worked as an apprentice to Baffa in...

Deadline looms in Ukraine gas row

"Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko is in Moscow to try to persuade Russia not to cut gas supplies to his country in a dispute over an unpaid bill. He has just a few hours with President Vladimir Putin to settle the row over a demand by Russian gas monopoly Gazprom for...

Shannon-Heathrow service ends

"The Aer Lingus service between Shannon and Heathrow has come to an end today, after almost 60 years. The company took a decision last August to transfer its valuable Heathrow slots to Belfast, from where a new daily service to London begins tomorrow. The controversial...

Daughter of the West

" * LRB * 13 December 2007 * Tariq Ali more detail icon * printer icon print layout * mail icon tell a friend Daughter of the West Tariq Ali Arranged marriages can be a messy business. Designed principally as a means of accumulating wealth, circumventing...

Hubby in jail over Facebook

"A HUBBY was jailed for breaking a court order not to contact his estranged wife after website Facebook sent her an automatic email. Engineer Dylan Osborn, 37, only joined the social-networking site to look at a pal’s wedding photos. It then sent an invite to be a...

Your All My SEO Link Biatches Now!

"Amazing what the Title Tag can do for a web page. Good title tags that reinforce what a page is all about can help not only with rankings but also persuade a person browsing the search engine results pages to click your link. Sadly, nowadays, when I’m hunting for something...

'Global war curriculum' seen in Iran's schools

The pious leaders of the Religion of Peace™ and tolerance have a brand new curricula for their school children: Global jihad against the infidel oppressors Suicide bombing 101 sounds like a real blast, but I hear the final exam is just murder. (Sorry, I couldn't...