Sweetness & Light

Somali Pirate Town Attracts Fortune Hunters

SG — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:19:44 +0000

From Sky News: Somali pirates holding the merchant vessel, MV Faina Pirate Town Lures Fortune-Hunters Thursday November 20, 2008 Alistair Bunkall, Sky News reporter In a country ridden by poverty, the town of Eyl sticks out for its prosperity. It sits in the tribal region of Puntland on the eastern coast of Somalia and is virtually inaccessible [...]

Reuters: No Auto Bailout Drives Mkts Down

SG — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:11:07 +0000

From an ever so concerned Reuters: Markets hit new lows on global job losses By Jeremy Gaunt and Jackie Frank LONDON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Fears of a deep, long global recession intensified on Thursday as markets hit new lows in alarm at reports of record U.S. job losses, oil prices plunging below $50 a barrel and worry [...]

Bill Clinton May Divulge Some Donor Names

SG — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:20:59 +0000

From a hopeful Associated Press: Former President Clinton and Sen. Hillary Clinton watch the crowd and procession of VIPs during the formal dedication of the Clinton Presidential Center, November 19, 2004. CLINTON TO OPEN HIS BOOKS FOR WIFE’S VETTING November 19, 2008 CHICAGO — Former President Bill Clinton has offered several concessions to help Sen. Hillary Rodham [...]

Zawahiri: Obama Win Proves Loss In Iraq

SG — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:30:30 +0000

First, it is very telling to see what our watchdog media finds to be the most significant points of the latest message from Al Qaeda. From a (finally) outraged Associated Press: Al-Qaida No. 2 insults Obama in new audio message CAIRO, Egypt (AP) — Al-Qaida No. 2 Ayman al-Zawahri is criticizing Barack Obama in a new message, [...]

Russia Warns Newsweek About Muslims

SG — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:55:54 +0000

From Russia’s Interfax: Russian Newsweek warned not to incite ethnic, religious enmity Moscow, November 18, Interfax - The Moscow Prosecutor’s Office has warned the Russian Newsweek magazine that publishing stories instigating ethnic and religious hatred is illegal and unacceptable. The warning was issued to the editor-in-chief following an inquiry conducted by the prosecutor’s office of Moscow’s North-Еastern [...]

Obama’s Other Background In Voter Fraud

SG — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:08:39 +0000

Did you know that Barack Obama was a board member of the ultra radical Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law? They are another group that like ACORN/Project Vote and the ACLU, is out to get everybody to vote — even if they don’t have a residence or even citizenship. A little less than a year ago [...]

AP Bemoans Decline In Wholesale Prices

SG — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:30:23 +0000

From the perpetually distraught Associated Press: October wholesale prices plunge record 2.8 percent By MARTIN CRUTSINGER WASHINGTON – Wholesale prices plunged a record amount in October as energy prices fell by the largest amount in 22 years. The Labor Department reported Tuesday that wholesale prices dropped by 2.8 percent in October, the biggest one-month decline on records [...]

Franken Wants To Count Rejected Ballots

SG — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:21:57 +0000

From the Minneapolis-St. Paul Star-Tribune: Al Franken’s vote-tally appeal blunted By KEVIN DUCHSCHERE, MIKE KASZUBA and MARK BRUNSWICK, Star Tribune staff writers November 18, 2008 DFLer Al Franken asked Monday to have rejected absentee ballots be considered in the U.S. Senate election results that are to be certified today by a state board, a move later blunted by [...]

Many Physicians Plan To Quit Or Cut Back

SG — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 06:45:48 +0000

From a gobsmacked Reuters: Many doctors plan to quit or cut back: survey Tue Nov 18 WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Primary care doctors in the United States feel overworked and nearly half plan to either cut back on how many patients they see or quit medicine entirely, according to a survey released on Tuesday. And 60 percent of [...]

(Happiness Czar) Paulson’s NYT Editorial

SG — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 05:02:35 +0000

From the editorial pages of the New York Times: Fighting the Financial Crisis, One Challenge at a Time By HENRY M. PAULSON Jr.Published: November 17, 2008 WE are going through a financial crisis more severe and unpredictable than any in our lifetimes. We have seen the failures, or the equivalent of failures, of Bear Stearns, IndyMac, [...]

Obama Camp Reviews Bill Clinton’s Deals

SG — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 05:01:55 +0000

From a suddenly suspicious New York Times: Saudi King Abdullah (R) meets former U.S. President Bill Clinton in New York November 11, 2008. The Saudi monarch and his delegation will attend a two-day United Nations session in New York on an “interfaith dialogue” he launched this year and then attend a summit of world leaders [...]

UK Report: Hillary To Accept Sec Of State

SG — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 23:01:13 +0000

From the UK’s Guardian: Hillary Clinton to accept Obama’s offer of secretary of state job Monday November 17 2008 Hillary Clinton plans to accept the job of secretary of state offered by Barack Obama, who is reaching out to former rivals to build a broad coalition administration, the Guardian has learned. Obama’s advisers have begun looking into Bill [...]

Sandinistas Steal Elections - Media Yawns

SG — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 17:35:25 +0000

Our one party media has studiously ignored the Sandinistas stealing the latest elections in Nicaragua. But by some miracle it has caught the eye of the suddenly outraged editors of the Washington Post: A supporter of the ruling Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) fires a homemade mortar toward Mall Metrocentro during a protest against the [...]

Illegal Aliens Demand Help From Obama

SG — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 12:51:54 +0000

The Washington Post wants you to get out your handkerchiefs: ‘Mixed-Status’ Families Look to Obama By Kari LydersenSunday, November 16, 2008; A04 CHICAGO, Nov. 15 — The people were of different nationalities and backgrounds, but they had a common refrain: Don’t split up our families. The 300-plus people who attended the meeting Saturday at St. Pius Church in the [...]

The Hive - Your Worst Fears About Obama?

SG — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 05:00:36 +0000

What are the things that concern you most about the Obama ascendancy? As usual, this thread is open to other topics as well.