Macedonia ready to join Turkish stream project once Moscow reaches agreement with EU
‘Macedonia is ready to take part in the construction of the Turkish stream natural gas pipeline once Russia and Brussels reach an agreement on the strategic project, Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski has announced. “Our […]
Bill and Hillary Clinton slapped with racketeering lawsuit
‘Freedom Watch’s Larry Klayman filed a Racketeering lawsuit against Bill and Hillary Clinton and the Clinton Foundation on Wednesday. The lawsuit was filed in Florida, which includes a request to have the Florida judge seize […]
Judge Who Blocked Release of Osama bin Laden Death Photos Now Blocks Release of US Senate Torture Report
‘A federal judge has thwarted an attempt to force the release of the Senate report on the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) torture program. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a Freedom of Information Act […]
‘The Ocean is Dying’: Marine and Animal Life Die Offs on the California Coast
‘It was the dying cry of Charlton Heston in the creepy 1973 film Soylent Green… and it could resemble our desperate near future. The ocean is dying, by all accounts – and if so, the […]
Russia says ‘issues’ must be settled before S-300 delivery to Iran
‘Russia has raised a number of “issues” obstructing the delivery of its S-300 surface-to-air missile (SAM) defense systems to Iran as agreed in 2007. Russia’s Interfax news agency cited the country’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei […]
Pentagon sends live anthrax spores ‘accidentally’ to nine labs
‘The US military says it accidentally sent live anthrax spores to as many as nine laboratories and is investigating how that happened. There was no public threat from the mishap, a Pentagon official claimed on […]
Turkish president’s palace ruled ‘illegal’
‘The construction of a $615-million, 1,150-room palace for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been declared “illegal” by the country’s top administrative court. Ankara’s Fifth Administrative Court overturned a previous ruling that permitted an exception […]
West must stop duplicity over Bahrain: Nabeel Rajab
‘Prominent Bahraini human rights activist Nabeel Rajab has urged Western countries to break silence and stop duplicity over the status quo in Bahrain. In a letter from prison sent to the Oslo Freedom Forum (OFF) […]
Green Fees
Gas is cheaper than it’s ever been. Well, it would be – if we were just paying for gas. But it’s artificially more expensive because of the taxes – and regulatory costs – tacked on to the cost of each gallon. The taxes are disproportionate (nationally, they account for about 50 cents of the cost per gallon, which works out to a tax rate of appx. 25 percent or 2-3 times the ordinary sales tax in most states) as well as hugely regressive (most of us have to buy gas – unlike meals out – and the tax hits the … Continue reading →
Beat the Bloat
Your pants won’t button, your stomach has grown in size and you just feel so sluggish you barely want to leave the house. What are we talking about? Bloating. Maybe you ate too much or maybe something you ate just isn’t sitting right, whatever the cause, one thing is for sure – bloating is highly uncomfortable. What is bloating? The gassy bulging you feel is a result of swallowed air and the breakdown of food through digesting. It can occur often or may happen only rarely. If the bloating and gas pains are persistent then it could be a sign … Continue reading →
The Next Big Crash
Our beef with our own generation is not that it failed, but that it succeeded too well. It took control of government and used it like an ape uses a rock – to crack open a nut. But we’ll come back to that in a minute… The Dow Takes a Dive First, the Dow dropped 190 points yesterday – or 1%. It is threatening to close below 18,000 for the first time in almost three weeks. We’ll wait to find out. Yesterday, a London-based magazine and a TV station interviewed us. Both asked if we were “pessimistic.” “Of course not,” … Continue reading →
The Scourge of Military Heroes
At the airport, one observes an “interesting” composition of human behavior. A recent trip was no exception. Walking into the airport to check in and check my bag, there was a clearly upset woman at one of the ticket kiosks. She barked at the woman behind the counter (who was assisting someone else) to come help her. When someone appeared, she started berating the airline representative. Then came the line, “I AM MILITARY. SEE?! HERE IS MY ID. NOW, HELP ME.” Whenever the representative told her something she apparently didn’t like, it was her default response, “I’m military. I’m military.” This woman … Continue reading →