http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-10463132-71.html

Thoughts?

Example: Supposedly Tea Baggers are suddenly all upset about the deficit. This is a little hard to take seriously. Democrats turned yearly deficits into yearly surpluses in the 1990s. Then Republicans go in power and reversed this with massive tax cuts for the rich and a massive, unfunded benefit package (Medicare D) in an election year.

Where was concern for deficits then?

Republicans led us into a war based on false pretenses and refused to pay for it by raising taxes or cutting other spending. Instead, they celebrated with yet another massive tax cut for the rich.

Where was concern for deficits then?

And yet now we are to believe that these same folks--who couldn't be bothered to make a peep while Dick Cheney was assuring us the "Reagan proved that deficits don't matter"--are concerned about deficits.

It's a little hard to take seriously. Surely there must be some other motivation here.

What is it?

Hard to say. Hard to say.

http://wnymedia.net/paladino/

Best Regards

odzywki
Suplementy

Just finished:

Superfreakonomics by Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner
Lords of Finance by Liaquat Ahamed
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Vol. 1 and 2 by Alan Moore. 

Now reading:

Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson

Is Iran dangerous or benevolent? Will their actions reflect their rhetoric? Could the Iranian regime be more interested in improving the country's degraded infrastructure than developing weapons?

30 days and counting, estimated at over 200,000 gallons a day. Now starting to wash up on shores.

I am somewhat surprised there is no "shut off" valve buried deep in sea floor...you'd think they would have multiple contingency plans for this sort of thing, an oil platform leaking? It's not like an unexpected iceburg hit the platform, or the oil rig captain ran into one.

Look at this sat picture
Given the position of the debris, I can't believe that the plane was prepared for landing when it hit the ground.

The landing strip where it had to land is only patrtly visible on the top of the photo, several degrees off the plan direction.

Also there is no trace on the ground of the plane crashing track (fallen trees, earth removed, etc) which suggest the debris fell before the plane was destroyed. The debris themselves opened a way through the woods, but nothing before that. The area between the debris and the road for example is intact. The road itself whould have been cut.

The announcement stated that there are also 10 million homeless people live in urban areas. The population in cities around the world has increased from 730 million in 1950 to 3.3 billion at present, among which 80% of them live in cities of developing countries. Similar to others, refugees and the homeless also flood into cities since 1950s.

The UNHCR pointed out that the increasing number of refugees in cities has put great pressure on city hygiene, education and infrastructure construction. Many refugees have to crowd into slams, where basic health and social service cannot be guaranteed. Most refugees can only get job through illegal ways, which leads to tensions between local residents.

The UNHCR calls for local governments of each country, humanitarian agencies and other NGOs to realize the seriousness of refugees’ rushing into cities and work together to deal with the challenges.

source:http://forum.globaltimes.cn/forum/showthread.php?p=19124#post19124

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE60E4RA20100115

Maybe Pat Robertson followers just accept his statements about the   belief it was a curse from "god?"

Religious law should govern Israel: justice minister

So now adulterous women will be stoned to death and unruly sons put to the sword!

When people as prominent as the justice minister say things like that, it speaks volumes about ISrael, and mainly for the 20% Israeli Arabs who have absolutely nothing to do with the Torah law 

On the bright side, a Jewish revolution migh catch up with the Islamic revolution and we will see rabbis vs imams in fist fights 

As they say, when in Rome..... I think Israel is finally adapting to its environment haha...

What China is doing, is kind of intervention that cannot be seen. It’s an economic-based intervention. Chinese producers little by little push out our domestic producers on their own territory! It is terribly hard to resist it because economics of Kyrgyzstan got to serious harm during the crisis when China has vast financial resources. What is happening right now, Chinese business is actively penetrating with our economics. This is a real economic purge. Domestic enterprises go to rack and ruin one by one and Chinese enterprises come to their place. If it goes like this, soon their will be only Chinese enterprises here. More Chinese people, less Kyrgyz men. We are sure it goes on not without Chinese secret services that direct this intervention. We also can see it clearly that my nation is of no use for China. They only want our land and resources. When they are done with us, they will come to you too! Beware!