(AP) Syrian opposition says 800 killed in past weekBy ZEINA KARAMAssociated PressBEIRUTSyria’s main opposition group said nearly 800 people have been killed in violence across the country in the past week which saw some of the bloodiest violence in the
FactCheck.Org keeps most of its focus on the Obama campaign’s ads and statements, but you can also read this as a repudiation of the Washington Post’s now discredited reporting. The evidence is now irrefutable. The Post and the Obama campaign not
(AP) Activists: Dozens killed in Syria shellingBy ZEINA KARAMAssociated PressBEIRUTGovernment troops rained tank and artillery shells down on a rebellious suburb of the Syrian capital of Damascus Friday, killing at least 43 people over two days, opposition groups and activists
Good piece by James Frazier at the Washington Times— well, except for the headline: Cut! Hollywood threatened by creeping Chinese censorship Hollywood’s not “threatened” by “creeping Chinese Censorship.” Hollywood is an accomplice in allowing itself to be censored in exchange
The United States on Thursday exempted China and Singapore from sanctions over purchases of oil from Iran, hours before restrictions would have entered into force against their banks. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said in a statement that China and
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Turkey’s army on red alert, threatening retaliation against Syria Assad says that Syria is in a ‘real war’ Egan-Jones Ratings downgrades German debt another notch China’s economic slowdown deeper than expected Turkey’s army on
As we revealed over the weekend, The Washington Post and Team Obama coordinated a hit together against Mitt Romney based on the false information that under the presumptive GOP nominee’s tenure, Bain Capital outsourced jobs. This was not only an elaborate and
It is time that the Washington Post was given a new name. Why? Because they have consistently misrepresented facts under the guise of “news” which savages the Romney campaign, then retracted the story when bloggers or websites uncover the truth.
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Syria shoots down Turkey’s air force jet Turkey’s Erdogan and the ‘Kick the Can Theory’ Cyprus plays the Russia card in bailout negotiations US supercarrier leads joint military exercises with South Korea in Yellow
(AP) World stocks fall amid US jobs, housing gloomBy PAMELA SAMPSONAP Business WriterBANGKOKWorld stock markets fell Friday as gloomy economic reports from the world’s two biggest economies heightened fears of a sharper global downturn. In Europe, leaders were set to
(AP) Moody’s sees big banks’ risks of ‘outsized losses’By PALLAVI GOGOIAP Business WriterNEW YORKMoody’s Investors Service has lowered the credit ratings on some of the world’s biggest banks, including Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase and Goldman Sachs, reflecting concern over
By PAMELA SAMPSONAP Business WriterBANGKOKAsian stock markets fell Friday as gloomy economic reports from the world’s two biggest economies piled up, heightening fears of a sharper global downturn. The U.S. Labor Department reported Thursday that the four-week average of applications
By PALLAVI GOGOIAP Business WriterNEW YORKMoody’s Investors Service lowered the credit ratings of 15 major banks Thursday, including Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase and Goldman Sachs, saying their long-term prospects for profitability and growth are shrinking. The ratings agency said
According to rollcall.com, President Barack Obama is the presidential candidate that women would prefer for a sugar daddy. An organization called SeekingArrangement.com, which bills itself as “the world’s largest sugar daddy dating website,” says women chose Obama almost 3-to-1 over
Earlier we posted a video clipin which Mitt Romney was asked what he’s reading. Romney gave twotitles, a Vince Flynn novel the name of which he couldn’t recall and The Next 100 Years, A Forecast for the 21st Century by
The Huffington Post breathlessly reported that Joseph Stiglitz, the Nobe Prize-winning economist who is the former Senior Vice President and Chief Economist of the World Bank, says that the super-rich have gotten more expert than they ever were at getting even
It was only a week ago that I had a post looking at the dangers of China and Russia joining forces on the wrong side of the Syrian conflict: the two of them supporting the Syrian government while the U.S.
(AP) New Asian immigrants to US now surpass HispanicsBy HOPE YENAssociated PressWASHINGTONFor the first time, the influx of Asians moving to the U.S. has surpassed that of Hispanics, reflecting a slowdown in illegal immigration while American employers increase their demand
(AP) BEIJINGA Chinese spacecraft carrying three astronauts docked with an orbiting module Monday, another first for the country as it strives to match American and Russian exploits in space. The Shenzhou 9 capsule completed the maneuver with the Tiangong 1 module
The lead character in Aaron Sorkin’s new HBO series “The Newsroom” “slices up” right-wingers and the “ensemble beams at him, their eyes glowing as if they were cultists,” according to New Yorker magazine. Such a formula usually wins plaudits among
Vice President Joe Biden speaking to the conference of mayors in Orlando says that China has nicer cities than America
By GILLIAN WONGAssociated PressBEIJINGChina suspended three officials and apologized to a woman who was forced to undergo an abortion seven months into her pregnancy in a case that sparked an uproar after graphic photos of the mother and her dead
By NG HAN GUANAssociated PressJIUQUAN, ChinaChina will send its first woman into space Saturday along with two other astronauts to work on a temporary space station for about a week, in a key step toward becoming the only third nation
Whether we want to admit it or not, Syria presents a growing problem for the U.S. and the world. And it’s not just that it provides President Obama with a country full of “aspirin factories” he can bomb in an
By ERIC TALMADGEAssociated PressTOKYOJapan has evidence that a Chinese company exported to North Korea vehicles capable of transporting and launching missiles, in possible violation of U.N. sanctions, Japanese media reported Wednesday. China called the reports inaccurate, and denied violating any
