Hajj 2012: Syrians Raise Rebel Flag During Pilgrimage Huffington Post MOUNT ARAFAT, Saudi Arabia, Oct 25 (Reuters) – Syrian pilgrims raised rebel flags as the haj reached its climax near Mecca on Thursday, despite a call from Saudi Arabia’s top cleric for the annual Islamic pilgrimage to be free from nationalist … See […]
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — First-time claims for unemployment benefits fell last week, but the broader trend remains choppy, making it difficult to get a clear reading on the job market in October. About 369,000 people filed for first-time unemployment benefits in the week ended October 20, down 23,000 from the […]
It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search This article is about the […]
Source: Reuters (Reuters) – An informant recruited by the New York Police Department to collect information on suspected Islamic militants has quit and denounced his police handlers, according to a law enforcement source familiar with the case. The informant, a 19-year-old American citizen of Bangladeshi descent, was recruited by the […]
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/1276806–barack-obama-has-been-brutalized-by-the-presidency Jonathan Schell After the second debate between U.S. President Barack Obama and his Republican challenger, Mitt Romney, Obama’s supporters chorused in near-unison, “He’s back!” The languid, disengaged, and lacklustre performer of the first debate had disappeared, and the impressive, beloved figure of the victorious 2008 campaign had reappeared. As […]
Foreign Islamic militants worry Syrian rebels but also provide a powerful … Fox News ALEPPO, Syria – The presence of foreign Islamic militants battling Syria’s regime is raising concerns over the possible injection of al-Qaida’s influence into the country’s civil war. Syria’s rebels share some of those misgivings. But they also see in … See all […]
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/23/romney-auto-bailout_n_2006706.html? WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney’s opposition to the loans President George W. Bush and President Barack Obama have extended to the auto industry has long been an awkward scab on his presidential campaign. In Ohio, in particular, one out of every eight jobs is connected to the sector. Having insisted, […]
This is the true story of George Phillips of Meridian, Mississippi, who was going to bed when his wife told him that he’d left the light on in the shed. George opened the door to go turn off the light but saw there were people in the shed in the […]
Informant: NYPD paid me to ‘bait’ Muslims The Associated Press Rahman said he wanted to turn his life around and stop using drugs, and said he believed Islam could provide a purpose in life. In the following days, Rahman friended him on Facebook and the two exchanged phone numbers. Shahbaz, a Pakistani […]
Obama as Commander-in-Chief, Romney as Dithering Bully http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-reich/foreign-policy-debate_b_2004061.html? I thought the third and last presidential debate was a clear win for the president. He displayed the authority of the nation’s Commander-in-Chief — calm, dignified, and confident. He was assertive without being shrill, clear without being condescending. He explained to a […]
WASHINGTON — The next significant event for monetary policy is not the Federal Reserve’s meeting Tuesday and Wednesday, which is likely to pass quietly, but the presidential election two weeks later. Mitt Romney, the Republican nominee, has said that he opposes the Fed’s efforts to stimulate the economy as ineffective […]
Source: TOI: WASHINGTON: Republican Presidential nominee Mitt Romney was “all over the map” and White House incumbent Barack Obama was all over him as the two contenders to lead the careworn superpower for the next four years struggled to provide a vision for the world in their third and final […]
Monday, October 22, 2012 10/22/12 WikiLeaks has been financially blockaded without process for 689 days. Julian Assange has been detained without charge for 686 days. – 126 days at the Ecuadorian Embassy. Bradley Manning has been in jail without trial for 883 days. Jeremy Hammond has been in prison without […]
As China’s economy cools, American exporters are increasingly feeling the chill. Cummins, the big Indiana engine maker, lowered its revenue forecast earlier this month and said it would eliminate 1,000 to 1,500 jobs by the end of the year, citing weak demand from China as a major reason. Schnitzer Steel […]
By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) 10/22/2012 Catholic Online (www.catholic.org) Muslim vote is becoming important in narrow election. Muslims in the US make up less than 1 percent of the population, […]
Source: CNN Mitt Romney and President Obama’s good-natured exchange of jokes at the 2012 Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation dinner Thursday night renewed a fine American tradition of applying the balm of laughter to the bitterness of politics. Every year, a tuxedo-clad cross-section of the nation’s political and economic elites […]
Quotation from the Wall Street Journal: read full article here: “According to a new national survey of China’s household income, China’s richest 10% control 56.9% of household income and 84.6% […]
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Several big Wall Street bank CEOs on Thursday urged Congress and President Obama to avoid the “fiscal cliff.” In an urgent letter dated Oct. 18, the Financial Services Forum pressed leaders to “reach a bipartisan deal to avoid” massive tax hikes and across-the-board program cuts that […]
Source: Asia Times: By Dilip Hiro The United States and Pakistan are by now a classic example of a dysfunctional nuclear family (with an emphasis on “nuclear”). While the two governments and their peoples become more suspicious and resentful of each other with every passing month, Washington and Islamabad are […]
After 80 years in print, the newsmagazine adopts an all-digital format. We are announcing this morning an important development at Newsweek and The Daily Beast. Newsweek will transition to an all-digital format in early 2013. As part of this transition, the last print edition in the United States will be […]