Archive | April, 2010
British PM Brown Calls Voter “Bigoted” After Meeting
Prime Minister Gordon Brown has been caught on tape insulting a woman with whom he had just met, labeling her a “bigot” for her questions about crime and immigration. His campaign is now in full damage control mode, with the PM himself returning to the woman’s house to clean up this mess. Actually, it gets [...]
Guess Who Supports the Dodd Legislation?
28. April 2010
Here’s an endorsement Congressional Democrats will probably they hadn’t received. Guess who’s on board with the financial regulatory reform legislation being pushed by Senate Democrats? Goldman Sachs. “I’m generally supportive,” Blankfein told the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. Wall Street will benefit from the bill because it will make the market safer, Blankfein said. “The [...]
Poll: Americans Disagree With Comedy Central’s Mohammed Censorship
27. April 2010
I’m not quite sure why I care. Most Americans don’t watch Comedy Central, just like most Americans don’t agree with Jon Stewart’s leftist commentary. Besides, Comedy Central is a private corporation and, barring the minimal risk of losing viewers, it’s not going to care much about public opinion regarding a comedy show. And yet…I suppose [...]
Change: Harrisburg, PA Told to Consider Bankruptcy
27. April 2010
Credit to InstaGlenn for the title. Somehow I doubt this was the “change” Pennsylvania voters were counting on, though. April 27 (Bloomberg) — Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, which has missed $6 million in debt payments since Jan. 1, should consider seeking Chapter 9 bankruptcy protection, City Controller Dan Miller told a three-hour special committee hearing. Miller, the [...]
Links for Your Evening Browsing
27. April 2010
This is an excruciatingly slow news week. So here’s a list of interesting links for your evening entertainment. If you’ve got one to add just send it my way. Mexico warns of travel to Arizona. Because, you know, Mexico should be lecturing about traveler safety. Baby goats (or kids) born at Disneyland. And yes, they’re [...]
Good News: Venezuelan Dictator to Join Twitterverse
27. April 2010
I’m honestly looking forward to this. What’s the Venezuelan dictator’s 140-character thoughts on capitalism? Barack Obama’s job performance? The latest Justin Bieber news? And then there’s the potential for direct communication. Think of the responses he’ll generate from the anti-Chavez community, all ending up in his messages stream. Comedy gold. Interesting fact: In January Chavez [...]
Russian Company Now Advertising Terrorist Missile System
27. April 2010
Ace is absolutely right in calling this a terrorist missile system. Here’s what you’ve got: A missile system capable of being hidden in a seemingly run-of-the-mill shipping container until you’re ready to fire. It could be hidden on a cargo ship and no one would know it’s a missile system until it actually fires. As [...]
Passenger Claimed To Have Fake Passport, Explosives
27. April 2010
The following is an update to this post. U.S. officials tell NBC News that the passenger who was detained by a federal air marshal after disrupting Delta Flight 273 is an American citizen who claimed to be traveling on a fake passport and with explosives in his luggage. The passenger was immediately taken into custody [...]
Inevitable: Greece Debt Labeled “Junk”
27. April 2010
The Dow Jones Industrial Average is currently preparing to close below 11,000 after Standard & Poor downgraded Portugal’s debt rating and labeled Greece’s credit rating was lowered to “junk” status. NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — U.S. stocks looked headed for their worst finish in nearly three months amid surging fears about Europe’s debt problems, as Greece [...]
Flight Diverted Due To Disruptive Passenger; Updated
27. April 2010
Delta Flight 273, en route from Paris to Atlanta, has been diverted to Bangor, Maine due to an unruly passenger. The aircraft is an Airbus A330-300, capable of carrying upwards of 295 passengers. Apparently the specific flight is marked as a codeshare by Aeromexico 5791 and Air France 8998. It departed Charles De Gaulle Airport [...]
28. April 2010
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