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Posted by BAHRAMERAD, at 02:05AM 10/11/08 :
£2.7 trillion wiped ( $6 Trillion ) off the global value of shares as confidence collapses
Note: A frenzied day of panic selling on stock markets across the world capped a week of extraordinary financial mayhem in which £2.7 trillion was wiped off the value of shares globally. Finance ministers and central bank chiefs from the West’s leading economies attempted last night to quell the markets’ fears with moves to shore up their banking systems and prevent a full-scale meltdown of the world financial system. Such was the level of panic, however, that officials gathered in Washington were forced to contemplate the previously unthinkable: that Britain’s enfeebled banks may face outright nationalisation if Gordon Brown’s £50 billion bailout fails.
Posted by BAHRAMERAD, at 11:41PM 10/10/08 :
New Evidence Shows Bush Had No Plan to Catch bin Laden After 9/11
Note: New evidence from former U.S. officials reveals that the George W. Bush administration failed to adopt any plan to block the retreat of Osama bin Laden and other al Qaeda leaders from Afghanistan to Pakistan in the first weeks after 9/11.That failure was directly related to the fact that top administration officials gave priority to planning for war with Iraq over military action against al Qaeda in Afghanistan. As a result, the United States had far too few troops and strategic airlift capacity in the area to cover the large number of possible exit routes through the border area when bin Laden escaped in late 2001.
Posted by BAHRAMERAD, at 09:59PM 10/10/08 :
Nima Nurizadeh
Note: Nima Nourizadeh, Persian/Englishfilm maker - The New Rising Star -
Posted by BAHRAMERAD, at 09:42PM 10/10/08 :
Nima Nourizadeh - Persian Fim Maker "Rising star" from London....
Note: Nima Nourizadeh graduated from Central St. Martins College of Art & Design with a BA Hons in Fine Art Film & Video in 1999.Nima went on to make his breakthrough video for Hot Chip's 'Over and Over' in 2005, a hilarious tongue-in-cheek deconstruction of the pop promo-making process, which caught the attention of the media and cult-like following from fans.His videos for Lily Allen (LDN & Littlest Things) established Nima as a ground breaking talent to reckon with. He went on to deliver the stunning, Roger Rabbit homaging video for Mark Ronson's hit single 'Oh My God', featuring an animated Lily Allen, designed by cult Parisian illustrator Fafi.Nima's latest promos include a hilarious promo for the stars of the HBO cult show 'Flight of the Conchords', and one for Santogold, noted in Music Week as 'a brilliant video that takes this song to another level', and nominated for an MTV European Award at the 2008 EMA's.Nima also received 5 nominations at the 2008 Music Video Awards in the UK, including Best Director.
Posted by BAHRAMERAD, at 09:02PM 10/10/08 :
Shahab Tiam - Dokhtare Kabul
Note: Shahab Tiam - Dokhtare Kabul
Posted by bookem01, at 06:23PM 10/10/08 and by 1 others:
I'm Voting Democrat Because...
Note: This year's election is one of the most important elections of our times and it is up to each independent voter to become informed about the issues and stances on both sides of the presidential ticket.
Posted by zorgozorgo, at 04:36PM 10/10/08 and by 1 others:
Brownstein On McCain's "Radical" Health Care Plan - Atlantic Online
Note: Boston Globe. Brownstein On McCain's "Radical" Health Care Plan. Atlantic Online - 1 hour ago. Ron Brownstein, our in-house Atlantic Media political safe, pens a balanced column on health care that neither campaign will like (which is why it's worth pointing to)! Rutgers Scholars Analyze McCain, Obama Health Plans. NJBIZ. Best-laid plans mean zip. Chicago Tribune. MarketWatch. - The Associated Press. - Kaiser network.org. - eFluxMedia. all 1,618 news articles.
Posted by zorgozorgo, at 04:34PM 10/10/08 and by 1 others:
What Are Investors Missing? How About Everything! (at CNBC)
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 maybelline, at 04:00PM 10/10/08 :
Inside Folsom Prison with Johnny Cash
Note: Johnny Cash’s life is explored a new in a documentary that will air on the Bio Channel on October 23rd at 9 p.m. ET/10 p.m. PT. Johnny Cash’s America will also screen at the Country Music Hall of Fame, the American Cinematheque in Hollywood, the Memphis Indie Film Festival and the Paley Center in New York throughout October before coming to CD/DVD on October 28th.
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 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 10:36AM 10/10/08 and by 1 others:
Russian scientist 'helped Iran with nuclear weapons programme'
Note: A Russian scientist may have helped Iran to design advanced detonators whose only possible use would be in a nuclear weapon, according to United Nations inspectors.
Posted by driftabit, at 10:23AM 10/10/08 :
The Origin of The Three Stooges
Note: There are so many different stories about the Stooges' origin that it's hard to know which is correct. Probably none of them. Anyway, here's one that sounds good:
Posted by driftabit, at 10:18AM 10/10/08 :
Ten Meetings that Rocked the World
Note: When people get together, the opportunity to change the world is always
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 09:37AM 10/10/08 :
Iran's rich history
Note: Iran's rich history 4:29There's more to Iran than political strife, as CNN's Asieh Namdar reports.
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Posted by BAHRAMERAD, at 02:05AM 10/11/08 :£2.7 trillion wiped ( $6 Trillion ) off the global value of shares as confidence collapses
Note: A frenzied day of panic selling on stock markets across the world capped a week of extraordinary financial mayhem in which £2.7 trillion was wiped off the value of shares globally. Finance ministers and central bank chiefs from the West’s leading economies attempted last night to quell the markets’ fears with moves to shore up their banking systems and prevent a full-scale meltdown of the world financial system. Such was the level of panic, however, that officials gathered in Washington were forced to contemplate the previously unthinkable: that Britain’s enfeebled banks may face outright nationalisation if Gordon Brown’s £50 billion bailout fails.
Posted by BAHRAMERAD, at 11:41PM 10/10/08 :New Evidence Shows Bush Had No Plan to Catch bin Laden After 9/11
Note: New evidence from former U.S. officials reveals that the George W. Bush administration failed to adopt any plan to block the retreat of Osama bin Laden and other al Qaeda leaders from Afghanistan to Pakistan in the first weeks after 9/11.That failure was directly related to the fact that top administration officials gave priority to planning for war with Iraq over military action against al Qaeda in Afghanistan. As a result, the United States had far too few troops and strategic airlift capacity in the area to cover the large number of possible exit routes through the border area when bin Laden escaped in late 2001.
Posted by BAHRAMERAD, at 09:59PM 10/10/08 :Nima Nurizadeh
Note: Nima Nourizadeh, Persian/Englishfilm maker - The New Rising Star -
Posted by BAHRAMERAD, at 09:42PM 10/10/08 :Nima Nourizadeh - Persian Fim Maker "Rising star" from London....
Note: Nima Nourizadeh graduated from Central St. Martins College of Art & Design with a BA Hons in Fine Art Film & Video in 1999.Nima went on to make his breakthrough video for Hot Chip's 'Over and Over' in 2005, a hilarious tongue-in-cheek deconstruction of the pop promo-making process, which caught the attention of the media and cult-like following from fans.His videos for Lily Allen (LDN & Littlest Things) established Nima as a ground breaking talent to reckon with. He went on to deliver the stunning, Roger Rabbit homaging video for Mark Ronson's hit single 'Oh My God', featuring an animated Lily Allen, designed by cult Parisian illustrator Fafi.Nima's latest promos include a hilarious promo for the stars of the HBO cult show 'Flight of the Conchords', and one for Santogold, noted in Music Week as 'a brilliant video that takes this song to another level', and nominated for an MTV European Award at the 2008 EMA's.Nima also received 5 nominations at the 2008 Music Video Awards in the UK, including Best Director.
Posted by BAHRAMERAD, at 09:02PM 10/10/08 :Shahab Tiam - Dokhtare Kabul
Note: Shahab Tiam - Dokhtare Kabul
Posted by bookem01, at 06:23PM 10/10/08 and by 1 others:I'm Voting Democrat Because...
Note: This year's election is one of the most important elections of our times and it is up to each independent voter to become informed about the issues and stances on both sides of the presidential ticket.
Posted by zorgozorgo, at 04:36PM 10/10/08 and by 1 others:Brownstein On McCain's "Radical" Health Care Plan - Atlantic Online
Note: Boston Globe. Brownstein On McCain's "Radical" Health Care Plan. Atlantic Online - 1 hour ago. Ron Brownstein, our in-house Atlantic Media political safe, pens a balanced column on health care that neither campaign will like (which is why it's worth pointing to)! Rutgers Scholars Analyze McCain, Obama Health Plans. NJBIZ. Best-laid plans mean zip. Chicago Tribune. MarketWatch. - The Associated Press. - Kaiser network.org. - eFluxMedia. all 1,618 news articles.
Posted by zorgozorgo, at 04:34PM 10/10/08 and by 1 others:What Are Investors Missing? How About Everything! (at CNBC)
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 maybelline, at 04:00PM 10/10/08 :Inside Folsom Prison with Johnny Cash
Note: Johnny Cash’s life is explored a new in a documentary that will air on the Bio Channel on October 23rd at 9 p.m. ET/10 p.m. PT. Johnny Cash’s America will also screen at the Country Music Hall of Fame, the American Cinematheque in Hollywood, the Memphis Indie Film Festival and the Paley Center in New York throughout October before coming to CD/DVD on October 28th.
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 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 10:36AM 10/10/08 and by 1 others:Russian scientist 'helped Iran with nuclear weapons programme'
Note: A Russian scientist may have helped Iran to design advanced detonators whose only possible use would be in a nuclear weapon, according to United Nations inspectors.
Posted by driftabit, at 10:23AM 10/10/08 :The Origin of The Three Stooges
Note: There are so many different stories about the Stooges' origin that it's hard to know which is correct. Probably none of them. Anyway, here's one that sounds good:
Posted by driftabit, at 10:18AM 10/10/08 :Ten Meetings that Rocked the World
Note: When people get together, the opportunity to change the world is always
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 09:37AM 10/10/08 :Iran's rich history
Note: Iran's rich history 4:29There's more to Iran than political strife, as CNN's Asieh Namdar reports.
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