Agencie France Presse: British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Thursday that “a new world order” is emerging following the G20 summit in London on tackling the global financial crisis.
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama has chosen Robert M. Groves to be the next census director, turning to a professor who has clashed with Republicans over the use of statistical sampling to lead the high-stakes head count. The White House will announce the selection of Groves later Thursday, a Commerce Department official told The [...]
Bankers get Government-mandated pay cuts, while the IMF gets a free trillion to do “whatever” with. Independent: The G20 countries are to make available an additional $1trillion through the International Monetary Fund to boost the world economy, Gordon Brown said today. In a news conference to mark the end of the London summit, the Prime [...]
BBC: The FBI are investigating the online leak of an almost finished copy of X-Men Origins: Wolverine, a month before the film’s cinema release. The Hugh Jackman film was downloaded an estimated several 100,000 times from file sharing websites on Tuesday. 20th Century Fox confirmed the copy had now been removed and the FBI informed. [...]
L.A. Times: When the November 2004 battle for Fallouja was over, Marine Cpl. Ryan Weemer was lauded as one of its heroes. Wounded in the battle for what Marines called Hell House, Weemer was praised for bravery and resourcefulness. Reporting from Camp Pendleton — A Marine Corps sergeant charged with murdering an Iraqi prisoner told [...]
Washington Post: Key lawmakers are pushing to dramatically escalate U.S. defenses against cyberattacks, crafting proposals that would empower the government to set and enforce security standards for private industry for the first time. The proposals, in Senate legislation that could be introduced as early as today, would broaden the focus of the government’s cybersecurity efforts [...]
CBS News: Days after GM’s CEO Rick Wagoner was forced out by the Obama administration, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner left open the possibility that such moves could happen again. In an interview with CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric, Geithner acknowledged the government has had to do “exceptional things” – citing AIG as well as [...]
FOX: SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea’s military on Thursday threatened immediate retaliation if “even the slightest effort” is made to intercept a long-range rocket it has begun fueling and that it plans to launch in the next few days. President Barack Obama warned the liftoff would be a “provocative act” that would generate a [...]
WCBS: Halloween is long gone. So what’s up with the black cat sightings near New York’s Tallman Mountain State Park? Signs posted around the Rockland County park warn the public about “Suspicious Animal Sightings.” Orangetown police are increasing patrols. State park police have installed cameras in hopes of capturing it on film. Other sightings were [...]
McClatchy: PIKEVILLE, N.C. — Vice President Joe Biden brought a clear message to this tiny Eastern North Carolina town Wednesday: The federal recovery money isn’t just for big banks and auto companies. Biden and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack announced a new wave of $10.4 billion in federal stimulus money for home loans across [...]
CBS 2 Chicago: CHICAGO (CBS) ― Disgraced Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who is on a resort vacation in Florida, was indicted today on a host of federal corruption charges dating back to 2002 even before he was sworn in as governor. Several aides were also charged. Blagojevich, 52, , was charged 16 felony counts, including racketeering [...]
I imagine whoever this asshole is listening to regarding proper gifts for world leaders … he is also listening to regarding troops/Afghanistan. He’ll send DVDs and iPods to Petraeus before he sends more troops. But then, what’s Dave know about winning a war? WaPo: Military Wants More Troops for Afghan War Request for 10,000 Not [...]
I went to one of those carnival tent side-shows once (was more than enough) and there was some guy there that hammered nails into his head and nose. The guy standing in front of me passed out cold when he did that.
