Archive for January 24th, 2011

Egypt’s frustrated young wait for their lives to begin, and dream of revolution In Cairo, as in places all over the country, all eyes are fixed on the drama that is unfolding in Tunisia. Jack Shenker travelled across Egypt and heard people increasingly asking: could it happen here, and if so, when? Jack Shenker... »

Tunisian-style protests erupted in Yemen over the weekend with thousands demanding the downfall of its autocratic president who has joined leaders from Algeria to Jordan in the crosshairs of a regional revolt. By Damien McElroy TelegraphUK 23 Jan 2011 Pressure for regime change in the stagnant Arab dictatorships has shifted across the Middle East... »

By Aya Takada Jan 23, 2011 Bloomberg.com Japan is culling about 410,000 chickens at a farm in the southern prefecture of Miyazaki as avian influenza spreads to the nation’s second-biggest growing region for poultry. The government is taking measures to contain the disease as the H5 flu virus has been detected in chickens found... »

by Captain Hook FinancialSense.com Mon, 24 Jan 2011 It’s a funny thing – actually it’s not so funny for the poor lost and trusting souls that give their money to the crooks in New York to manage – but for some strange reason (greed) managed account returns don’t seem to even come close to... »

by Fred Cederholm FinancialSense.com Mon, 24 Jan 2011 I’ve been thinking about pensions. Actually I’ve been thinking about the State of our Union, unemployment/ underemployment, working people, Illinois obligations, dona/ gifts, defined benefits, defined contributions, deferred compensation, and bankruptcy. We are about to venture into major untested areas in 2011. There are a great... »

Which is why Homeland Security’s anti-American tattle-tale program is about political persecution, not genuine safety Paul Joseph Watson Prison Planet.com Monday, January 24, 2011 News that an alleged suicide bomber killed 31 people and injured over a hundred after an explosion at Russia’s biggest airport is sure to provide the establishment media and governments... »

Previous terrorist attacks in Russia were the dirty work of the security services Steve Watson & Paul Watson Prisonplanet.com Jan 24, 2011 A bomb blast killing at least 35 people at Moscow’s Domodedovo airport and leaving hundreds injured is officially being blamed by authorities on one or more suicide bombers, but previous instances of... »

Cryptogon.com Jan 24, 2011 I’m sure that there are plenty of reasons why this isn’t weird, but I’ll just make a note of it in case Coincidence strikes. Via: Federal Business Opportunities: The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) procures and stores pre-packaged commercial meals to support readiness capability for immediate distribution to disaster survivors... »

By Peter Finn Washington Post AUSTIN – The suspect’s house, just west of this city, sat on a hilltop at the end of a steep, exposed driveway. Agents with the Texas Department of Public Safety believed the man inside had a large stash of drugs and a cache of weapons, including high-caliber rifles. As... »

By: Star Parker Washington Examiner Democrats who are calling the House’s decisively passed repeal of Obamacare theater are hallucinating. Perhaps it was theatrical to include in the name of the repeal act “job killing,” though that is what it is. But I prefer melodrama to dishonesty. Calling Obamacare — government mandates, subsidies, price controls,... »