The wife of US President Barack Obama has won praise after departing from her usual upscale designer fashion style by appearing on NBC’s Today show on Wednesday in a $34.95 dress from low priced H&M. H&M stores in both Detroit and Boston were fielding numerous calls looking for the dre[...]
Archive for May, 2012
May 12th, 2012 - 9:46 am § in Misc.
NORTH KOREA: Prejudice Against North Korea
BC cites the villainous “Oddjob” character in Ian Fleming’s “Goldfinger” as a typically vicious anti-Korean stereotype. What BC must have been aware of, but deliberately omits, is that “Oddjob” was carefully presented as a North Korean. American movie audien[...]
Is the Texas Republican Senate Candidate a Chinese Agent?
Dewhurst Ad: Cruz Helping Chinese Company Steal From Americans Cruz and state conservatives fight back. 11:31 AM, May 4, 2012 • By MICHAEL WARREN Texas Senate candidate David Dewhurst has a harsh new radio ad criticizing his Republican primary opponent Ted Cruz for “helping a Chinese company[...]
May 11th, 2012 - 8:15 am § in Misc.
BREAKING NEWS: Can Obama run in MO?
Missouri Senate to Take Up Presidential Eligibility Bill “FORCE THEM TO PLAY BY THE SAME SET OF RULES” by Hector Maldonado, former candidate for U.S. Senate (May 10, 2012) — Dear Patriots: Current Missouri statutes for…[...]
May 10th, 2012 - 10:25 pm § in Misc.
Youngest Mensa
Washington, May 3 : A 2-year-old girl is making headlines as the youngest US member of Mensa – the prestigious high-IQ institution in the US. Emmelyn Roettger, from the Washington, DC, area became a member in March, a month before her third birthday, msnbc. com reported. As a baby, Roettger[...]
Breaking News: JP Morgan poofs $2,000,000,000
First we passed laws breaking down the barriers between banking and speculation. Now, JPMorgan Chase, the largest bank in the United States, announces that it lost $2 billion in the past six weeks in a trading portfolio designed to hedge against risks the company takes with its own money. Doe[...]
Jews Join the Right
Sheldon Adelson and the End of American Anti-Semitism How can it be that the “richest Jew in the world” can buy the foreign policy of a major party’s presidential contender and “the Jews” have somehow escaped the blame? Eric Alterman, The Nation[...]
Is the “Yale” name for Sale?
What’s in a Name? For Yale in Singapore, a Whole Lot Courtesy of Yale U. The Chronicle of Higher Education reportsa fight between memebers of the Yale faculty and the administration over who owns the “Yale ” brand name. After the World Economic Forum in Davos, in January 2009, Ri[...]