100 year of Japanese Immigration to Brazil - Family albums added

UPDATE Nice and funny Brazilian Japanese family pictures can be found here. UPDATE Slideshow  about Japan's crown prince meeting Lula da Silva, Brazil's President. I am adding links to Brazilian Japonese...

Oil imports increase US trade gap

Soaring fuel prices have now started  hitting even American economy badly. According to a latest report for the first time in last 13 months, US trade deficit have gone up to $60.9bn in April ."The rising cost...

On Vetting In The Run-Up To Carter's Second Term :: MAXINE

"Barack Obama Says, "We're not, uh, vetting the, uh, vetters."One has to watch this protracted and convoluted response in order to actually see how weak a response it really is.Video Link Here (Crowd Power function...

Blue-collar GM staffers take buyout en masse

The auto industry has been hit hard with the rising fuel prices and the effects echo through the ranks. More than one quarter of GM's auto workers have decided to take their buyout offers - some ranging up to...

Nigeria attacks boost oil price

Oil supply fears have been exacerbated after an anti government group in Nigeria had threatned to stop Royal Dutch Shell pipeline. This threat will increaase the pressure on oil supply and likely...

Manchester City Fans support Eriksson at Anfield

"Manchester City's fans showed loyal support to Sven Goran Eriksson at Anfield today, with many holding up the "Save Sven" back page of the Manchester Evening News, Sven masks, and Swedish flags.The City players hardly helped their manager's future, however, giving the ball...

Race Matters

" NEW YORK--Do white right-wing preachers have it easier than black left-wing preachers? Is there a double standard? The political explosion around the Rev. Jeremiah Wright was inevitable, given Wright's personal closeness to Barack Obama and the outrageous rubbish the pastor...

Hamas: “Satanic Jews” Thought Up Holocaust to Kill Disabled

On the day before Holocaust Rememberance day, Hamas Blames Jews for Holocaust to Get rid of the weak and drum up Support for reestablishing the Nation of IsrealSo I guess Iran's President was wrong all...

Starbucks to slash U.S. store openings

Fewer Starbucks will do us all a world of good, by forcing us to walk that extra ten steps to the Starbucks on the next corner. "Starbucks Corp said on Wednesday it would slash U.S. coffee store openings through 2011...

Time Magazine goes green

Iconic Time Magazine has a new green cover for this issue, in order to address climate change."When time magazine first did a climate change front page with a lonely polar bear on thin ice, it was clear to all that the debate on the reality of climate change was coming to an...

George Clooney claims not to be the World's Sexiest Man

"Is there anyone who doesn't like George Clooney? Clooney: grooming a new generation I mean in the week leading up to our interview with him for his new film Leatherheads, everyone I've spoken to has either said 'Oh, he seems like a nice guy' (if they're male) or they've...

CNN iReport: Citizen Journalism Makes it Big

"There are a number of citizen journalism sites out there that let everyday people eport on the events in their neighborhoods and communities. Those sites range from the weak and rant-filled like LiveLeak to the professional and well organized like NowPublic. CNN is...

Interview with a Hedge Fund Manager

From a fascinating interview with an anonymous hedge fund manager:On the dollar:"From time to time, the dollar’s been very weak; from time to time, it’s very strong; and unfortunately what tends to happen is people tend to just extrapolate. But in reality, over the very...

Finger out your health

After the recent report fom Nottingham University UK on how the ratio between index and ring fingers can predict osteoarthritic problems here's the low down from an Indian palm reader on the same subject:"It’s not...

Is Rudy Traumatized?

Rudy Giuliani finished sixth in the Iowa caucus, behind Ron Paul. ""We were not going to emphasize Iowa in the way that other candidates did," Giuliani said, insisting this was "absolutely no insult to Iowa at all.""Even though he spent more time and money in Iowa than Ron...

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