WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. regulators seized Silverton Bank of Atlanta on Friday, a bank that provided services to other banks and the biggest bank failure so far this year, but officials said the impact would be minimal. Silverton had about 1,400 client banks in 44 states and provided services that included credit card operations, clearing [...]
MEXICO CITY, May 2 (Reuters) – Mexico on Saturday accused Beijing of discrimination against its citizens and advised them to avoid China after a Hong Kong hotel was sealed off following confirmation a Mexican guest had the new flu virus. Mexican Foreign Minister Patricia Espinosa also condemned China and four Latin American countries for restricting [...]
Will caucasian be genetically suitable? WND: An organization that has been battling Minnesota state procedures in which DNA from every newborn is collected and warehoused says virtually all states do the same thing, and the alarming trend eventually could lead the United States back into eugenics. The report from Twila Brase, president of the Citizens’ [...]
Exclusive: The Illusion of Chinese Help against North Korea William R. Hawkins On April 5th, North Korea tested a ballistic missile with intercontinental range under the guise of launching a satellite that would beam revolutionary propaganda to the world. In response, the UN Security Council adopted a declaration condemning the test as a violation of [...]
RealClearPolitics: WASHINGTON — Torture is an impermissible evil. Except under two circumstances. The first is the ticking time bomb. An innocent’s life is at stake. The bad guy you have captured possesses information that could save this life. He refuses to divulge. In such a case, the choice is easy. Even John McCain, the most [...]
New York Times; WASHINGTON — As American confidence in the Pakistani government wanes, the Obama administration is reaching out more directly than before to Nawaz Sharif, the chief rival of Asif Ali Zardari, the Pakistani president, administration officials said Friday. American officials have long held Mr. Sharif at arm’s length because of his close ties [...]
MSNBC: The “American Idol” contestants have enough pressure dealing with the critiques of Randy, Kara, Paula and Simon – and if “Idol’s” harshest judge gets his way, they’ll be performing for President Obama “We would put out an invitation on a daily basis,” Simon Cowell told The Hollywood Reporter about “Idol’s” attempt to get the [...]
WASHINGTON – One day after saying he wouldn’t travel in tight quarters because of the swine flu scare, Vice President Joe Biden rode a train Friday from Washington to Delaware. Known for speaking freely, Biden told NBC’s “Today” show on Thursday that he had urged family members to avoid airplanes and subways for fear of [...]
Times Online: Prison guards jailed for abusing inmates at the Abu Ghraib jail in Iraq are planning to appeal against their convictions on the ground that recently released CIA torture memos prove that they were scapegoats for the Bush Administration. The photographs of prisoner abuse at the Baghdad jail in 2004 sparked worldwide outrage but [...]
Fox News:CARACAS, Venezuela — President Hugo Chavez on Friday condemned a U.S. report that alleges Venezuela fails to cooperate in fighting terrorism and called on President Barack Obama to end the decades-long trade embargo against Cuba. Two weeks after Chavez and Obama exchanged smiles and handshakes at a summit in Trinidad and Tobago, the Venezuelan [...]
Internet-Age innovator Google is taking advantage of an old-time principle to thwart wildfires: goats will eat almost anything. Google has brought in about 200 of the grazers to munch fields around its campus in the Northern California city of Mountain View. California is prone to wild fires and several years of drought have heightened the [...]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Barack Obama is revelling in presidential power and influence unseen in Washington in modern history. Barely 100 days in office, the U.S. president and his Democratic Party have firm control over the White House and Congress and the ability to push through ambitious plans. Now, with the coming retirement of a Supreme [...]
Written by Mark H, of “The Snooper Report” The Snooper Report: If I have said this once, I have said it thousands of times. The Cultural Marxists, the proponents of political correctness, multiculturalism, diversity and identity politics have been rewriting and revising political science since I have been watching, studying and analyzing American politics. And, [...]
Debkafile: NATO member Turkey and Syria hold first joint military exercise The joint Turkish-Syrian tank and armored infantry exercise backed by air power begins across the Turkish-Syrian border Monday, April 27, and lasts three days. DEBKAfile’s military sources stress that it is the first joint military maneuver any NATO member, including Turkey, has ever carried [...]
