Archive for the ‘World News’ Category
Saturday, May 9th, 2009
This article profiles a family near Heidelberg, Germany, and how they’re coping with both spouses being out of work. Archie Bunker types will blubber about “the welfare state!” and “worthless parasites!” But this family — a husband and wife and their four children — is surviving a lot ...
Posted in Economics, World News | 47 Comments »
Sunday, May 3rd, 2009
This Newsweek article doesn’t take sides in the War on Terror. But if you’d like to take a short break from the one-dimensional images of religious fanatics and terrorists — these are the personal experiences and impressions of a Pakistani citizen who spent three months in London. The ...
Posted in Afghanistan, World News | 2 Comments »
Saturday, April 18th, 2009
America’s foreign policy is finally being dragged kicking and screaming into the 21st century. It’s about F#$%!# time.
Obama urged cooperation at the Summit of the Americas today in Trinidad. He said: “I have a lot to learn and I very much look forward to listening and figuring ...
Posted in America, Barack, World News | 14 Comments »
Monday, April 13th, 2009
This could be just the beginning of a long bloody war between pirates and the rest of the world. But for now, we’ve won a battle. This article from three days ago shows what an awkward situation the United States (and the rest of the world) was caught ...
Posted in Barack, Military, World News | 22 Comments »
Saturday, April 4th, 2009
The world has now seen that our wild and crazy mascot has been replaced. “You’re either with us or you’re with the terrorists!” and “Bring ‘em on!” have given way to “I'm here to listen, to share ideas and to jointly, as one of many NATO allies, help shape ...
Posted in Barack, World News | 6 Comments »
Tuesday, March 17th, 2009
Well, maybe not in those exact words. But in another sign that official Catholicism is more and more irrelevant and out of touch with reality, Pope benedict did tell a group of African bishops that the only proven cure for AIDS is belief in church dogma.
"The traditional teaching of the ...
Posted in BIO, HIV, Health, Religion, World News | 5 Comments »
Saturday, March 14th, 2009
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Believe it or not, this destitute country once dominated the world. They still have the world’s largest army; but it’s been stretched so thin over the last six ...
Posted in Economics, World News | 12 Comments »
Thursday, March 5th, 2009
Uh oh, another dire prediction. It’s the end of America as we know it.
This doomsday report comes from Igor Panarin, dean of the Russian Foreign Ministry Diplomatic Academy. Here goes:
Barack Obama will be declaring martial law sometime during 2009. In 2011, the United States will be divided ...
Posted in Economics, Politics, World News | 3 Comments »
Monday, February 16th, 2009
Or maybe just the thirteenth century; but it’s a start anyway. Saudi King Abdullah has shown that Islamic extremists actually do have a few limitations.
On Saturday he had a big shake-up which included firing the chief of the religious police. He also fired a high-ranking sheik who had ...
Posted in Religion, World News | 5 Comments »
Tuesday, December 16th, 2008
The Great Shoe War is continuing at a fever pitch as late-night comics and Iraqis on the street jump on the Wingtip Bandwagon. Although I personally understood the desire to pitch a pair at the man, the Iraqi relief pitcher was wrong to do it. That's no way to behave ...
Posted in Bush, George W. Bush, IDIOT, Iraq War, Political, Politics, President, Quagmire, War, World News | 20 Comments »
