Obama Wins one in Foreign Policy
– The Senate is poised to ratify president Obama’s nuclear weapons pact with the Russians. This will be one of the few victiories the president as enjoyed in his foreign policy. The treaty with Russia requires a 2/3 vote from the senate and is possible only because 11 reuplicans went against their party’s wishes. Their [...]
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Pau Gasol leads as Best Player in First Month of NBA
– If the NBA season were to end today, the first Spaniard ever would probably win the MVP…Pau Gasol. While most people agree that Lebron James is the best player when healthy and gets used to his teammates. Actually he didn’t need his teammates when he was playing for Cleveland to be the best and [...]
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Obamma Takes it on the Chin Again. . .For Real
– A month after the Obama administration took it on the chin from the Republicans in the November election, the president caught an elbow to the chin during one of his regular pick-up basketball games. Obama received 12 stitches to his lower lip back at the White House. The Friday game was played at Fort [...]
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Romance Novels Invade eBooks
– The Romance novel genre is making huge inroads amongst ebook readers and even softcover lovers. Remember when you could spot a romance book reader by the the cover of the book they were reading. They were covered with images of sinewy limbs, flowing, Fabio-esque locks or heaving bosoms. Now you can’t identify romance readers [...]
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Fed Holds Rate as Jobless rate is Non Factor
– The Federal Reserve held pat at their last meeting in 2010 for the US monetary policy. The FOMC which is the central bank’s Federal Open Market Committee, as expected, maintained the current target rate for federal funds between 0 and 0.25%. The Federal Reserve hold on fed fund rates was largely due to the [...]
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November Employment is Good for Most States
– 28 States, including the District of Columbia, showed improved employment conditions in November as compared to the same time period a year ago. The government revealed the news on Friday that unemployment rates had dropped in most states. The Labor Department had reported that October was a different story as unemployment increased in 21 [...]
Facebook Founder and 15 Other Tycoons Join Giving Pledge To Give Away Wealth
– The Giving Pledge has added 16 more Wealthy people led by Facebook kid mogul Mark Zuckerberg. Years ago, Andrew Carnegie, the steel magnate who placed a library in every major city, determined that wealthy people’s fortunes were too often wasted by their heirs. He wrote in a book “The Gospel of Wealth,” that the [...]
Nuclear War with Israel and Iran Might Involve Australia
- WikiLeaks has revealed another secret about international relations. US diplomats speculated in cables that Australia could be drawn into another war in the Middle East because of fears that a nuclear confrontation could erupt between Iran and Israel. The communiques revealed there is serious concern in Australia’s intelligence bureaus that the US and Australia might be [...]
Top Ten Lists for iPhone/iPad Apps In 2010
– Entertainment related applications occupy all 10 of the top 10 spots for paid apps for the Apple iPhone and iPad. Entertainment includes games such as Plants vs. Zombies and Angry Birds which took the two top spots for games and is part of the top ten. Only very few of the best-sellers were productivity [...]