$1 USD = 95¢ Canadian? Take Off, Eh? New proposed border currency As Tacky Shoppers Wearing Tuques Make Cross-Border Shopping Raids, The Canadian Prime Minister Declares USA, “Our Bitch.” Seattle-The Canadian dollars used to be the joke of world currencies, falling somewhere between the[...]
Archive for August, 2011
August 25th, 2011 - 2:56 pm § in Misc.
Harvard Professor Runs For Senate … what will the Repricans do?
BREAKING NEWS: Elizabeth Warren Receives Major Union Endorsement Before Launching Senate Candidacy Imagine this, someone who actually has credentials running for the Senate! Almost makes me believe in intelligent design! No website (yet) but she is on Facebook. also the Progressive Change Campaign[...]
August 25th, 2011 - 10:29 am § in Misc.
Boeing Freighter Great for Getting Take Out
By Tom Fontaine PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW About eight hours and 2,500 miles later, Paul Shank and the crew of the brand new Boeing 747 test plane were noshing on Pittsburgh’s signature fry-and-slaw-filled sandwiches aboard Boeing’s new, $300 million 747-8 Freighter jet at Pittsburgh Inte[...]
August 25th, 2011 - 8:49 am § in Misc.
Romney II, Try, Try Again
Romney trails Perry in GOP presidential nomination Submitted by Jamie Williamsonon Thu, 08/25/2011 – 10:26 Washington, August 25 : Republican White House hopeful Mitt Romney had failed to make a mark during the 2008 presidential campaign, and this time too, he is grappling to secure his place [...]
August 25th, 2011 - 8:45 am § in Misc.
BREAKING NEWS: Gaddafi and family in Soprano style redoubt?
Tripoli: Libyan rebels say Gaddafi and sons surrounded Ousted leader allegedly being hidden in apartment building near his compound; UK’s Fox says NATO helping in hunt for Gaddafi.[...]
August 25th, 2011 - 8:38 am § in Misc.
BREAKING NEWS: Sirte on sea, Sabha in remote desert are last Gaddafi redoubts
TRIPOLI, Aug 25 (Reuters) – Rebels seeking to quell the last redoubts of Muammar Gaddafi’s loyalists have zeroed in on two cities, one his coastal birthplace and the other deep in Libya’s oil-producing desert, that he has turned into a shrine to his cultish strongman rule. B[...]
August 24th, 2011 - 8:45 pm § in Misc.
Breaking News: The two faces of Cuba
from Granma: Cuba assumes presidency of UN Disarmament Conference GENEVA.—Cuba has assumed the presidency of the UN Disarmament Conference in Geneva with a call to preserve and strengthen the group as a guarantor of world peace. Solutions agreed in a multinational context constitute the only way t[...]
August 24th, 2011 - 10:56 am § in Misc.
BREALING NEWS and AVE CHALLENGE: Who is this man?
a. Ben Ladin’s fourth son, image found on computer in Pakistan raid.b. Saudi man charged with masturbation based 9on liev stream imagesc. thief caught by images from stolen snorebook d. illegal alien after he was paid to clean house e. Gaddahfi supporter hiding in Tripoli Yet another st[...]
I Nominate Huntsman to Replace Biden
Huntsman Takes On The GOP Field and Obama! Says Republican Opponents And President Obama Didn’t Show Leadership On Debt Deal … Makes Specific Criticisms Of Romney, Perry, And Bachmann … ‘This Is A Center Right Country. I Am A Center Right Candidate.’[...]
August 23rd, 2011 - 9:59 am § in Misc.
BREAKING NEWS: Rebels attack Gaddafi compound
Citizens loot Gaddafi home. Al Jazeera Get breaking news from Reuters’ African service.[...]