Christine Lagarde IMF MD Warns Dark Clouds on the Horizon

April 22, 2012

Christine Lagarde warns that dark clouds are on the horizon for the world economy. The managing director of the International Monetary Fund warns that the debt crises in Europe is far from over and that the European economy will likely soon again be in crises mode with the potential to drag the world economy down. [...]

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BP OIL Spill Causing Gulf Seafood Deformities?

April 20, 2012

Scientists are becoming increasingly alarmed by Gulf seafood deformities. Scientists and fishermen are saying they’ve never seen anything like it; horribly mutated shrimp, fish with oozing sores, underdeveloped blue crabs lacking claws, eyeless crabs and shrimp, all seem to point to consequences of the BP oil spill. Scientists can’t think of any other event that [...]

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Egypt’s Arab Spring Revolution Goals Under Threat

April 12, 2012

Last year’s Arab Spring revolution in Egypt engaged the imagination of many in the region and in the West who hoped that a new day was dawning in Egypt after president Mubarak’s iron fisted rule of nearly 40 years. That hope of meaningful democratic change for Egypt now seems imperiled. An Egyptian court has approved [...]

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Commercial Truck Traffic Vital to US Economy

April 3, 2012

Most Americans go through their days without thinking once about how fragile the complicated systems are that help them complete the many necessary chores essential to modern living. Such things as filling up the gas tank, shopping at the grocery store, receiving funds at an ATM machine, navigating in traffic with the aid of traffic [...]

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US Moves Two Aircraft Carrier Battle Groups into Arabian Sea

April 3, 2012

The Pentagon states that the movement of two aircraft carrier battle groups into the Arabian sea has nothing to do with rising tensions regarding Iran. Of course, we all know how much we can rely on Pentagon assurances. “The swapping of U.S. aircraft carrier strike groups in the Arabian Sea has put pilots and aircraft [...]

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Irish Homeowners Refuse to Pay New Property Tax

April 3, 2012

One half of irate Irish homeowners refuse to pay a new $133 per household property tax. After a tremendous economic boom fueled by politicians borrowing and spending far above the nation’s ability to sustain and service the incurred debt Ireland has lost control of its sovereignty and been forced to implement drastic austerity measures. By [...]

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