The fire alarm goes off as Michael Lewis descends in the lift from his hotel room. As a security guard warns nervous-looking guests that the screaming sound was not a drill, it seemed the perfect introduction for a man whose new book about Europe’s debt crisis is flying off American shelves. “The world does seem to be [...]
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October 10, 2011
June 27, 2011
Cable TV Boxes Are Huge Energy Hogs
OK, so maybe the television antennas littering the housetops across urban and suburban landscapes were downright ugly — and perilous to install on steep roofs — not to mention that windstorms could leave them twisting in the wind like pretzels. And sure, the rabbit ears atop the TV were maddeningly stubborn about pulling in your [...]
June 24, 2011
Accused Boston Crime Boss ‘Whitey’ Bulger Arrested
Former mob boss James “Whitey” Bulger, captured near his coastal California hideout after 16 years on the run, was ordered held without bond Thursday for transfer back to Boston to face charges of murder, extortion and conspiracy. Bulger, 81, one of America’s most wanted fugitives, was lured from his Santa Monica, California, apartment just blocks [...]
May 24, 2011
May 19, 2011
April 25, 2011
‘Guantanamo files’: Dozens held were innocent…
Looks like the world has the right opinion about the USA! The United States released dozens of so-called “high-risk” detainees from the Guantanamo Bay prison facility and held more than 150 innocent men for years, according to new reports about a trove of leaked military documents. The more than 700 classified military files, part of [...]
April 19, 2011
Ground War is a Coming in Libya…
(CNN) — The European Union is prepared to launch a military operation for humanitarian assistance in Libya if requested by the United Nations, a spokesman said Tuesday… Starting to look a lot like Ground war to me… Humanitarian – Bull Crap… Coffee Talk!
April 10, 2011
End to the violence wrought by the US-imposed “war on drugs.” (Mexico)
Yesterday, multitudes took to the streets in more than 40 Mexican cities – and in protests by Mexicans and their friends at consulates and embassies in Europe, North America and South America – to demand an end to the violence wrought by the US-imposed “war on drugs.” What? You haven’t heard about this? Or if [...]