BEIJING, June 22 (Xinhua) — China on Wednesday recognized Libya’s opposition National Transitional Council (NTC) as “an important dialogue partner” as it hosted the NTC leader in Beijing. “Since its creation, the NTC has increased its representativeness and gradually be[...]
Archive for June, 2011
BREAKING NEWS: A Capitalist Tells Repricans “Get Real!”
Bond King to Congress: Get Real! from Talking Points Memo This is really a must-read piece. Not because of the message but the messenger. The hyper attention to the country’s debt is supposed to be in reaction to the bond market, the people who buy our debt. But the biggest bond guy in the cou[...]
June 22nd, 2011 - 10:09 pm § in Politics
BREAKING NEWS: Initiatives, More Initiatives
Tim Eyman at Sound Politics STATUS REPORT ON INITIATIVES — THERE ARE 4 IN THE RUNNING FOR 2011 There are 25 days left until the July 8th signature turn-in deadline and here’s how the various 2011 initiative campaigns are doing (includes most up-to-date campaign reporting): * Initiative 1[...]
June 22nd, 2011 - 10:01 pm § in Uncategorized
Virtual star to be unleashed on US
from The Independent Hatsune Miku sings, dances, has blue hair and is such a huge hit in Japan that Toyota Motor Corp. has decided to launch her presence internationally in a major sales campaign in the United States. Unusually, for an idol promoting a product, Hatsune Miku is not a living, breathin[...]
BREAKING NEWS: Ai WeiWei released!
(AP) BEIJING – Renowned Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei was released on bail Wednesday after confessing to tax evasion following more than three months in detention, official media said. Ai’s poor health was also a factor in his release, the Xinhua News Agency reported. It said Ai [...]
June 22nd, 2011 - 8:11 am § in America
BREAKING NEWS: I Am An Undocumented Immigrant (VIDEO)
from the Huff Post: Jose Antonio Vargas, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and former senior contributing editor for The Huffington Post, has revealed that he is an undocumented immigrant. In an article in the New York Times Magazine and an interview with ABC News, Vargas says that his mother sent[...]
June 21st, 2011 - 9:57 pm § in Misc.
BREAKING NEWS: Seattle Center to Finally Honor Seattle and his people!
I am EXTREMELY pleased to learn about a proposal to build a Northwest Peoples Long House at Seattle Center. This is long overdue! The coastal heritage of Seattle .. a history we all share from the first NW people .. esp. the amazing roles of Chiefs Seattle and Leschi, ought to be part of [...]
June 21st, 2011 - 4:19 pm § in Schools & Colleges
BREAKING NEWS: Bellevue, Bellevue, Bellevue
The Bellevue Public Schools dominated the latest Newsweek ranking of top pubic high schools with several showing in the top 300 across the USA. NO OTHER SCHOOLS IN WA STATE RANKED AT THIS LEVEL![...]
June 21st, 2011 - 9:11 am § in Misc.
Cornell Hosts First 80th Class Reunion
80th Class Reunion Few of us know where we’ll be when we reach the age of 101, that is, if we aspire to live that long. Rosemary Hunt Todd, who’s just a little over a century old, graduated from Cornell University in 1931 and came back to sing the Alma Mater, the fight song, and […][...]
June 21st, 2011 - 8:33 am § in Misc.
BREAKING NEWS: FINALLY … Someone uses the LAW to get at FAUX
Michael Calderone [email protected] Become a fan of this reporter GET UPDATES FROM Michael Van Jones Demands Glenn Beck Retraction Van Jones is challenging Glenn Beck to a debate and running a MoveOn.org-sponsored ad . and sent a cease and desist Letter fto Fox . Jones,[...]