Friday, October 28, 2011

U.S. Foreign Policy a Jigsaw Puzzle with Pieces that Don't Fit - Yahoo! News

U.S. Foreign Policy a Jigsaw Puzzle with Pieces that Don't Fit - Yahoo! NewsThe strange thing about the Libyan venture was that most Americans got behind the president on the face of it. Gadhafi was the long-time bad guy, the boogie-man who had ordered the Lockerbie bombing. Meanwhile, Abdel al-Megrahi, one of the guys who actually did the bombing, is being sheltered in the arms of the people that President Obama, the French, and the British put into power in Libya.

Thursday, October 27, 2011

DOW Hits 12,000 Mark on Greek Debt Resolution: Q & A - Yahoo! News

DOW Hits 12,000 Mark on Greek Debt Resolution: Q & A - Yahoo! NewsWhy is today's move different from other up and down market fluctuations?

An S&P above 1230 at the end of the month is a good sign. But stock market traders say that an S&P 1275 level would be even better because that's what people who chart the markets say is the "200 day moving average." Typically, breaking out of the 200-day old pattern on the up side leads investors to believe there will be more gains ahead.

High-Profile Killers Haunt Incumbent Martin in Lehigh County, Pa., Race - Yahoo! News

High-Profile Killers Haunt Incumbent Martin in Lehigh County, Pa., Race - Yahoo! NewsWho is Charles Cullen and what crimes did he commit?

Charles Cullen is known in Pennsylvania and New Jersey as the "serial-killer nurse." Cullen is accused to have killed as many as 40 patients at hospitals and nursing homes during his 16-year career as a registered nurse in New Jersey and Pennsylvania hospitals and nursing homes. His modus operandi, says the state, was to administer fatal overdoses of dangerous drugs to patients he selected for unknown reasons.

Sunday, October 23, 2011

Public Execution & Sharia Law; Obama's Libya Legacy

Why is it that the United Nations is going to conduct a probe of Gadhafi’s torture and public execution? Didn’t they see the video? It’s plain as day the barbarians were having a good old time stabbing and bludgeoning Gadhafi –before they bravely shot him point blank.
Then they posed with the former dictator, a fresh kill bathed in blood. Followed by a circus in which the locals could get in line and gape at the two corpses. Therapeutic, you could say.
Lots of bloody fun was had by all. Even Hillary Clinton joined in, raising the dignity of the state department by gloating and laughing over the savage and barbaric spectacle. Google the CBS video, and see for yourself.
The Obama administration must truly believe the torture and execution of the “Madman of the Middle East” is something to be proud of, for there are no calls for restraint, just the usual victory lap.
I suppose the justification for all that is the Gadhafi was a bad guy, and did things that were just as bad. But if that is justification, then why the screaming from the Obama White House about little things like waterboarding KSM, a man who murdered thousands of people?
But there are reasons for the rule of law. Ever hear of the Nuremburg trials, in which Nazi criminals of even more monumental proportions were treated in a dignified manner befitting the legal foundations of great nations.
Gadhafi was captured alive. There was a chance for the “rebels” to demonstrate a common humanity and a sense of justice rather than the naked barbarism which was fortunately captured on film.
If the Libyans were proud of what they’d done, then why did they try to hide it by tall tales? First there were stories that Gadhafi had been shot in the legs and “bled out” on his way to the hospital. When that fib didn’t fly, Jabril came up with another whopper, that Gadhafi was shot to death in a cross-fire between loyalists and rebel fighters.
It shows a kind of disrespect and condescension, a belief that Americans are so stupid that they will believe that the people pummeling Gadhafi, slapping at him with fists and pistol-whipping him, and propping him bleeding on the hood of a truck, were doing so while “loyalist” bullets were flying about their heads.
But they are half-right to condescend to us stupid Americans. Some of the great lights on CNN tried their damndest to repeat the lies, to rationalize the brutality and the blood lust and the hatred. The poor dear Libyans were sooooo oppressed by Gadhafi that this disgusting, dehumanizing, barbarism was completely justified.
There was no need for humanity where Gadhafi was concerned. The hypocrites might be opposed to capital punishment in the U.S. for murderers, rapists, and other monsters, but they erupt into orgasms at the sight of savages ripping at Gadhafi’s wounds.
It was obscene. It doesn’t speak well for the people of the so-called National Transition Council. Instead of choosing to be a country, they have chosen to be for nothing. They have declared that Sharia will be the law of the land. They think that they are heroes by following in the wake of NATO bombing and stealing, robbing, murdering, and imprisoning suspected loyalists for have the wrong skin color.
Of course, there will be secrecy and lies from in the “liberated” Libya. We still don’t know what happened to General Abdel Younis, who defected to help the rebels, was called for a “discussion” with the NTC and then assassinated. It’s the New Libya…just like the Old Libya.
Thank you, Mr. Obama. Mission accomplished.

Friday, October 21, 2011

Social Security’s Rep Payee Program an Open Invitation to Defraud - Associated Content from Yahoo! - associatedcontent.com

Social Security’s Rep Payee Program an Open Invitation to Defraud - Associated Content from Yahoo! - associatedcontent.comHow did it happen that a criminal team could hold mentally incapable people hostage in a Philadelphia basement while stealing their Social Security checks?

It's easy, and it happens all the time.

Saturday, October 15, 2011

Currency Manipulation -- Q-and-A - Yahoo! News

Currency Manipulation -- Q-and-A - Yahoo! NewsTo most Americans, the trade in global currencies may seem something of an abstraction but not for those who shop at Dollar Store, Walmart and other vendors of low cost goods manufactured in China. Tariffs would result in higher prices to consumers.

What is currency manipulation?

In the U.S., "currency" means the dollar. China's currency is the yuan. There are things governments can do to increase or decrease the value of their currency. When one's own country acts to lower the value of its currency, it is politely called "monetary policy." When trade competitors do it, we call it "currency manipulation." There has been a strong inclination from some quarters in the U.S. to punish the Chinese for the influx of cheap imports. Tariffs are the instrument of punishment in S 1619.

Currency Manipulation -- Q-and-A - Yahoo! News

Currency Manipulation -- Q-and-A - Yahoo! NewsTo most Americans, the trade in global currencies may seem something of an abstraction but not for those who shop at Dollar Store, Walmart and other vendors of low cost goods manufactured in China. Tariffs would result in higher prices to consumers.

What is currency manipulation?

In the U.S., "currency" means the dollar. China's currency is the yuan. There are things governments can do to increase or decrease the value of their currency. When one's own country acts to lower the value of its currency, it is politely called "monetary policy." When trade competitors do it, we call it "currency manipulation." There has been a strong inclination from some quarters in the U.S. to punish the Chinese for the influx of cheap imports. Tariffs are the instrument of punishment in S 1619.

‘Occupy Wall Street’ Relying on the Kindness of Corporate Strangers - Yahoo! News

‘Occupy Wall Street’ Relying on the Kindness of Corporate Strangers - Yahoo! NewsThe Occupy Wall Street protestors propose no remedies, and answer few questions.

- What should the president do to create jobs?

- Do you want the government to nationalize and regulate all private industry?

- Do you think the U.S. should set high tariffs to curtail cheaper foreign imports?

- Is your occupation of Wall Street aimed at saving lives in Darfur or lives of the snail darter?

Friday, October 7, 2011

Wall Street Protests: Co-Opting the Revolution - Yahoo! News

Wall Street Protests: Co-Opting the Revolution - Yahoo! NewsCOMMENTARY | The movement officially began with the moniker "Occupy Wall Street," but I prefer the more reflective "Citizens Against Nearly Everything."

Symptomatic of the shotgun approach to protest, one news clip depicted a woman carrying a sign advocating for the establishment of a Palestinian state. The beauty of the "Occupy Wall Street" movement is that you can protest anything and everything.

Dark and nefarious Wall Street financiers rigged world economic conditions to prevent the establishment of a Palestinian state. Sure, why not?

If there was a focus at all, it was on that giant concatenation of interlocking financial linkages known in the popular lexicon as "Wall Street." Somewhere in the labyrinth of collateralized debt obligations, mortgage derivatives, "swaps," and global ETFs, there were larcenous financiers who accepted taxpayer bailouts and spurned the unemployed.

Helicopter Crash Prompts Call for New Small-Aircraft Restriction in NYC - Yahoo! News

Helicopter Crash Prompts Call for New Small-Aircraft Restriction in NYC - Yahoo! News.....
COMMENTARY | I shuddered one October day in 2006 when I heard the live broadcast of a small plane which crashed into an apartment building on New York City's Upper East Side, close to where our daughter shared an apartment with three other young women.

After a few minutes of frantic phone calling, we connected and found her at a window watching the flames in the building across the street and a few buildings down from her own.

The crash killed New York Yankee pitcher Cory Lidle and his flight instructor. Such accidents are not common in New York City, but neither are they rare.

A helicopter crash Tuesday in New York City's East River killed 40 year old Australian tourist Sonia Marra Nicholson. Three other passengers survived and are receiving medical attention. Pilot Paul Dudley swam to safety and refused

Monday, October 3, 2011

Italian Court Acquits Knox and Sollecito of Murder in Perugia - Yahoo! News

Italian Court Acquits Knox and Sollecito of Murder in Perugia - Yahoo! NewsKnox's characterization as a "she-devil' and a sex-obsessed succubus who, within a short period of time teamed up with virtual strangers in a paroxysm of orgiastic violence, ultimately didn't stand up.

Sunday, October 2, 2011

Obama Drops the ‘Bedroom Slippers’ Bomb - Yahoo! News

Obama Drops the ‘Bedroom Slippers’ Bomb - Yahoo! NewsThe "marching shoes" reference intended to capture the civil rights spirit and seemed a matter of political desperation, according to Washington Post columnist Courtland Milloy.

But the "bedroom slippers" allusion was baffling. Was the "bedroom slippers" allusion supposed to be a metaphor for laziness or complacency?