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Posted by zorgozorgo, at 04:32PM 10/10/08 and by 1 others:
Dow Continues Historic Slide - Wall Street Journal
Note: Voice of America. Dow Continues Historic Slide. Wall Street Journal - 53 minutes ago. By PETER A. MCKAY Stocks' relentless slide continued Friday, leaving the Dow Jones Industrial Average poised to register the bloodiest weekly drop in its 112-year history. Video: Wild Swings Drive Morning Trading. AssociatedPress. MARKET SNAPSHOT: US Stocks Tumble As Shaken Investors Pull Out Of .. CNNMoney.com. Reuters. - Bizjournals.com. - Detroit Free Press. - Diamonds.net. all 4,219 news articles.
Posted by zorgozorgo, at 04:18PM 10/10/08 and by 1 others:
Congratulate Nobel Winner - Voice of America
Note: Times Online. UN Chief, World Leaders, Congratulate Nobel Winner. Voice of America - 31 minutes ago. By Margaret Besheer The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded Friday to long-time peace advocate and former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari. Video: Ex-Finland President Wins Nobel Peace Prize. AssociatedPress. Profile: Martti Ahtisaari. BBC News. AFP. - International Herald Tribune. - Xinhua. - United Press International. all 1,125 news articles.
Posted by BAHRAMERAD, at 11:58AM 10/10/08 :
Barack Obama's link to the mullah's of Iran.: All My Friends, this is very important, please take the time to read it.
Note: This election has me very worried. So many things to consider. About a year ago I would have voted for Obama. I have changed my mind three times since than. I watch all the news channels, jumping from one to another. I must say this drives my husband crazy. But, I feel if you view MSNBC, CNN, and Fox News, you might get some middle ground to work with. About six months ago, I started thinking 'where did the money come from for Obama'. I have four daughters who went to College, and we were middle class, and money was tight. We (including my girls) worked hard and there were lots of student loans.I started looking into Obama's life
Posted by BAHRAMERAD, at 11:20AM 10/10/08 and by 1 others:
Sorry, Karl - Capitalism is Not Dying ; By Amir Taheri
Note: In one of those coincidences that add some spice to events, the passage of the $700 billion financial bailout package by the US Congress the other day came at the same time as some dyed-in-wool romantics were marking the 160th anniversary of the publication of the Communist Manifesto.As you know, the slim volume penned by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels in 1848 is an almost messianic hymn to the end of capitalism and the advent of the Communist utopia. It is, therefore, no surprise that some commentators have tried to see the current problems in the banking sector of the major Western economies as a fulfillment of the Manifesto's predictions."Capitalism is dying," announced he French left wing daily Liberation."Maybe Marx was right, after all, "noted a British friend who has spent most of his adult life fighting Communism." I plan to go back and read the Manifesto."
Posted by BAHRAMERAD, at 11:13AM 10/10/08 and by 1 others:
Iraqi PM discusses US pact with Shiite cleric - Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani-
Note: BAGHDAD (AP) - Iraq's most influential Shiite cleric indicated Friday he would not stand in the way a long-term U.S. security deal if it's approved by the country's democratic institutions, the prime minister said.Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani's office had no comment. Public opposition by the aging Iranian-born cleric could scuttle any agreement because of his vast influence within the majority Shiite community.Meanwhile, thousands of supporters of anti-U.S. cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, who opposes an accord to extend the U.S. presence beyond the end of the year, marched through eastern Baghdad to mourn the killing of a Sadrist lawmaker.
Posted by dumbfounder, at 11:05AM 10/10/08 :
U Rank - Microsoft’s Social Search Experimental Site
Note: Sigh. This type of social search does not scale...
Posted by BAHRAMERAD, at 11:01AM 10/10/08 :
Obama 'tried to undermine Bush's Iraq negotiations'
Note: Barack Obama told the Iraqi government that George W Bush should not be allowed to strike a deal on the future of American troops in the country without the approval of the US Congress, it has emerged.
Posted by BAHRAMERAD, at 10:09AM 10/10/08 :
Giving Until It Hurts - 30 years of deceit and treachery....
Note: In response to a casual question, U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates dropped a historical bombshell, an offhand remark telling more about how the Middle East works than 100 books. And a former Marine commander adds an equally big revelation about long-ago events quite relevant for today. Almost thirty years ago, President Jimmy Carter tried to show what a nice guy he was by pressing the Shah not to crush the revolutionaries. After the monarch fell, National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski met top officials of the new Islamist regime to pledge U.S. friendship to the government controlled by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. At the time, I wrote that by approaching some of the milder radicals, the administration frightened the more militant ones. U.S.-Iran relations must be smashed, they concluded, lest Washington back their rivals. In fact, as we'll see in a moment, the Carter administration offered to back Khomeini himself.
Posted by BAHRAMERAD, at 04:41AM 10/10/08 :
Shiraz University Students disrupt Majles Leader Larijani's speech (In Farsi)
Note: After The Bazaar shut down - It is now the turn of the Students....
Posted by BAHRAMERAD, at 04:27AM 10/10/08 and by 1 others:
THE UN CHILDERNS DAY - Neil Young "THE" Crazy Horse
Note: MAY YOU NEVER GET OLD....
Posted by digitalfever, at 02:28AM 10/09/08 and by 1 others:
UK Government to Sue Iceland Over Savings Dispute
Note: Alistair Darling has moved to reassure savers worried that they have lost their money with the firm's collapse.
Posted by BAHRAMERAD, at 02:02AM 10/09/08 and by 1 others:
Iranian shopkeepers strike over VAT: Bazaar all over Iran Shut Down
Note: TEHRAN (AFP) - Iranian shopkeepers, known as bazaaris, in the provincial capitals of Isfahan, Mashhad and Tabriz have staged strikes to protest against the introduction of value added tax (VAT), newspapers reported on Wednesday. Shops in the bazaar of the central city of Isfahan, Iran's third largest city, have been shut for several days to protest against the 3.0 percent VAT tax implemented by the government of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the moderate Etemad said.Kargozaran, also a moderate newspaper, said around 3,000 merchants gathered on Monday outside the Isfahan governor general's office to protest against the new tax, introduced on September 22.
Posted by Maxx, at 01:47AM 10/09/08 and by 1 others:
Qantas probe laptop link after 300 foot plunge
Note: Passenger laptop computers are now being investigated as a possible cause of the Qantas mid-air emergency off Western Australia on Tuesday.The Airbus A330-300, with 303 passengers and a crew of 10, experienced what the airline described as a "sudden change in altitude" north of its destination on Tuesday. The mid-air incident resulted in injuries to 74 people, with 51 of them treated by three hospitals in Perth for fractures, lacerations and suspected spinal injuries when the flight bound from Singapore to Perth had a dramatic drop in altitude that hurled passengers around the cabin.
Posted by phassan, at 08:39AM 10/08/08 :
World s major central banks announce coordinated rate cuts - International Herald Tribune
Posted by salaam, at 02:41PM 10/07/08 :
One moderate Arab vs Arabism's racism - Bahrain activists slam call for grouping of Arabs, Israel
Note: One moderate Arab vs Arabism's racism - Bahrain activists slam call for grouping of Arabs, Israel
Posted by 747btrfly, at 11:21AM 10/07/08 :
World Markets Tank in Wake of Bailout Passage; Dow Dips Below 10,000 | PEEK | AlterNet
Note: " European officials are scrambling to bolster financial firms and Asian investors have grown worried that a global recession will undercut their export-dependent economies. Europe has been forced to prop up other banks in recent weeks. Markets in Asia and Europe were down from between 4 and 6 percent.
Posted by csberg, at 03:34AM 10/07/08 and by 1 others:
Financial Turmoil Deepening In Europe : NPR
Note: Doesn't look like things are going very well for the rest of the world either. Our entire world is tied into one economy in some ways.
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Posted by zorgozorgo, at 04:32PM 10/10/08 and by 1 others:Dow Continues Historic Slide - Wall Street Journal
Note: Voice of America. Dow Continues Historic Slide. Wall Street Journal - 53 minutes ago. By PETER A. MCKAY Stocks' relentless slide continued Friday, leaving the Dow Jones Industrial Average poised to register the bloodiest weekly drop in its 112-year history. Video: Wild Swings Drive Morning Trading. AssociatedPress. MARKET SNAPSHOT: US Stocks Tumble As Shaken Investors Pull Out Of .. CNNMoney.com. Reuters. - Bizjournals.com. - Detroit Free Press. - Diamonds.net. all 4,219 news articles.
Posted by zorgozorgo, at 04:18PM 10/10/08 and by 1 others:Congratulate Nobel Winner - Voice of America
Note: Times Online. UN Chief, World Leaders, Congratulate Nobel Winner. Voice of America - 31 minutes ago. By Margaret Besheer The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded Friday to long-time peace advocate and former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari. Video: Ex-Finland President Wins Nobel Peace Prize. AssociatedPress. Profile: Martti Ahtisaari. BBC News. AFP. - International Herald Tribune. - Xinhua. - United Press International. all 1,125 news articles.
Posted by BAHRAMERAD, at 11:58AM 10/10/08 :Barack Obama's link to the mullah's of Iran.: All My Friends, this is very important, please take the time to read it.
Note: This election has me very worried. So many things to consider. About a year ago I would have voted for Obama. I have changed my mind three times since than. I watch all the news channels, jumping from one to another. I must say this drives my husband crazy. But, I feel if you view MSNBC, CNN, and Fox News, you might get some middle ground to work with. About six months ago, I started thinking 'where did the money come from for Obama'. I have four daughters who went to College, and we were middle class, and money was tight. We (including my girls) worked hard and there were lots of student loans.I started looking into Obama's life
Posted by BAHRAMERAD, at 11:20AM 10/10/08 and by 1 others:Sorry, Karl - Capitalism is Not Dying ; By Amir Taheri
Note: In one of those coincidences that add some spice to events, the passage of the $700 billion financial bailout package by the US Congress the other day came at the same time as some dyed-in-wool romantics were marking the 160th anniversary of the publication of the Communist Manifesto.As you know, the slim volume penned by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels in 1848 is an almost messianic hymn to the end of capitalism and the advent of the Communist utopia. It is, therefore, no surprise that some commentators have tried to see the current problems in the banking sector of the major Western economies as a fulfillment of the Manifesto's predictions."Capitalism is dying," announced he French left wing daily Liberation."Maybe Marx was right, after all, "noted a British friend who has spent most of his adult life fighting Communism." I plan to go back and read the Manifesto."
Posted by BAHRAMERAD, at 11:13AM 10/10/08 and by 1 others:Iraqi PM discusses US pact with Shiite cleric - Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani-
Note: BAGHDAD (AP) - Iraq's most influential Shiite cleric indicated Friday he would not stand in the way a long-term U.S. security deal if it's approved by the country's democratic institutions, the prime minister said.Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani's office had no comment. Public opposition by the aging Iranian-born cleric could scuttle any agreement because of his vast influence within the majority Shiite community.Meanwhile, thousands of supporters of anti-U.S. cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, who opposes an accord to extend the U.S. presence beyond the end of the year, marched through eastern Baghdad to mourn the killing of a Sadrist lawmaker.
Posted by dumbfounder, at 11:05AM 10/10/08 :U Rank - Microsoft’s Social Search Experimental Site
Note: Sigh. This type of social search does not scale...
Posted by BAHRAMERAD, at 11:01AM 10/10/08 :Obama 'tried to undermine Bush's Iraq negotiations'
Note: Barack Obama told the Iraqi government that George W Bush should not be allowed to strike a deal on the future of American troops in the country without the approval of the US Congress, it has emerged.
Posted by BAHRAMERAD, at 10:09AM 10/10/08 :Giving Until It Hurts - 30 years of deceit and treachery....
Note: In response to a casual question, U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates dropped a historical bombshell, an offhand remark telling more about how the Middle East works than 100 books. And a former Marine commander adds an equally big revelation about long-ago events quite relevant for today. Almost thirty years ago, President Jimmy Carter tried to show what a nice guy he was by pressing the Shah not to crush the revolutionaries. After the monarch fell, National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski met top officials of the new Islamist regime to pledge U.S. friendship to the government controlled by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. At the time, I wrote that by approaching some of the milder radicals, the administration frightened the more militant ones. U.S.-Iran relations must be smashed, they concluded, lest Washington back their rivals. In fact, as we'll see in a moment, the Carter administration offered to back Khomeini himself.
Posted by BAHRAMERAD, at 04:41AM 10/10/08 :Shiraz University Students disrupt Majles Leader Larijani's speech (In Farsi)
Note: After The Bazaar shut down - It is now the turn of the Students....
Posted by BAHRAMERAD, at 04:27AM 10/10/08 and by 1 others:THE UN CHILDERNS DAY - Neil Young "THE" Crazy Horse
Note: MAY YOU NEVER GET OLD....
Posted by digitalfever, at 02:28AM 10/09/08 and by 1 others:UK Government to Sue Iceland Over Savings Dispute
Note: Alistair Darling has moved to reassure savers worried that they have lost their money with the firm's collapse.
Posted by BAHRAMERAD, at 02:02AM 10/09/08 and by 1 others:Iranian shopkeepers strike over VAT: Bazaar all over Iran Shut Down
Note: TEHRAN (AFP) - Iranian shopkeepers, known as bazaaris, in the provincial capitals of Isfahan, Mashhad and Tabriz have staged strikes to protest against the introduction of value added tax (VAT), newspapers reported on Wednesday. Shops in the bazaar of the central city of Isfahan, Iran's third largest city, have been shut for several days to protest against the 3.0 percent VAT tax implemented by the government of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the moderate Etemad said.Kargozaran, also a moderate newspaper, said around 3,000 merchants gathered on Monday outside the Isfahan governor general's office to protest against the new tax, introduced on September 22.
Posted by Maxx, at 01:47AM 10/09/08 and by 1 others:Qantas probe laptop link after 300 foot plunge
Note: Passenger laptop computers are now being investigated as a possible cause of the Qantas mid-air emergency off Western Australia on Tuesday.The Airbus A330-300, with 303 passengers and a crew of 10, experienced what the airline described as a "sudden change in altitude" north of its destination on Tuesday. The mid-air incident resulted in injuries to 74 people, with 51 of them treated by three hospitals in Perth for fractures, lacerations and suspected spinal injuries when the flight bound from Singapore to Perth had a dramatic drop in altitude that hurled passengers around the cabin.
Posted by phassan, at 08:39AM 10/08/08 :World s major central banks announce coordinated rate cuts - International Herald Tribune
Posted by salaam, at 02:41PM 10/07/08 :One moderate Arab vs Arabism's racism - Bahrain activists slam call for grouping of Arabs, Israel
Note: One moderate Arab vs Arabism's racism - Bahrain activists slam call for grouping of Arabs, Israel
Posted by 747btrfly, at 11:21AM 10/07/08 :World Markets Tank in Wake of Bailout Passage; Dow Dips Below 10,000 | PEEK | AlterNet
Note: " European officials are scrambling to bolster financial firms and Asian investors have grown worried that a global recession will undercut their export-dependent economies. Europe has been forced to prop up other banks in recent weeks. Markets in Asia and Europe were down from between 4 and 6 percent.
Posted by csberg, at 03:34AM 10/07/08 and by 1 others:Financial Turmoil Deepening In Europe : NPR
Note: Doesn't look like things are going very well for the rest of the world either. Our entire world is tied into one economy in some ways.
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