The Internet and social media sites like Facebook and Twitter have democratized elections, made the world more interconnected, and allowed the velocity of information to be faster than ever before. But an extensive eight-month investigation by the Government Accountability Institute
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Taiwan and Japan to resume fishing talks over Senkaku Islands China claims that the disputed islands belong to Taiwan Syrian Defector: Bashar al-Assad making plans to flee to Russia Surprise drone over Israel changes
(AP) Tibetan man self-immolates, dies in latest protestBEIJING A Tibetan man has died after setting himself on fire to protest Chinese rule over the Himalayan region, a rights group said, the latest in a line of dozens of Tibetans to
Former Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso is planning to meet South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak in a bid to mend ties soured by a territorial dispute, according to a report. Relations between Tokyo and Seoul were badly damaged in August
Social Security has been the legendary third rail of politics, the topic you don’t touch unless you like being toast. Apparently there is a fourth rail of politics: public broadcasting. Though it seems unlikely in a free nation that people
Thirty years from now, historians will mark the assassination of America’s Ambassador to Libya on September 11, 2012 as a more important event than the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. On “9/11,” the United States’ self-appointed role to provide
With time running out for a deal on the European Union’s carbon scheme, now is not the time for America to keep a pace of action lagging far behind that of other nations. The Europeans’ controversial emissions trading scheme (ETS),
Joe Biden, who functions in a world most rational people are unfamiliar with, praised Barack Obama’s performance in Wednesday’s debate: I think the president did well. He was presidential. You just don’t ever know what game, what positions Governor Romney’s
CNN’s horrid, smug, sanctimonious Carol Costello just tried to beat up a Romney surrogate (didn’t catch his name) over “Sesame Street.” No, actually it was worse than that. What this awful leftist tried to do was spin Romney’s debate victory
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com: China and Japan in naval standoff in East China Sea Military intervention in Mali comes a step closer Lebanon confirms that Hizbollah is fighting in Syria Iran’s Ahmadinejad blames disastrous fall of rial on
Chinese hackers breached the White House Military Office (WHMO) computer system in early September. This system contains highly sensitive information on U.S. nuclear codes. This network not only contains nuclear commands, but also presidential travel details, communications, and other sensitive
A report indicates Kim Jong Un is taking the reins of North Korea’s economy away from the military, reversing the direction in which his father took the country for decades. According to the report, economic control has been taken from
Barack Obama, in a completely cynical move, has blocked an attempt by a Chinese-owned company called the Ralls Corporation to buy four wind farm companies in the United States. Why would he do this? Because Mitt Romney has been running
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Violent tactics by riot police cause bloodshed in Madrid, Spain Ethnic Russian nationalism drives move to separate the North Caucasus from Russia The age of disillusion haunts senior citizens in China Violent tactics by
The Department of Energy’s loan guarantee program has already had two significant failures in the solar industry, the best known being Solyndra. Now a third company, San Jose’s SoloPower, seems to be following in Solyndra’s footsteps and threatening to leave
A Chinese rocket on Saturday successfully launched a Venezuelan earth-observation satellite into orbit, state media said. The satellite, dubbed “Generalissimo Francisco de Miranda” after the major Venezuelan independence figure, was launched from the northwest Jiuquan base in the Gobi desert
President Obama has been talking a lot recently. The latest revelation – he thinks he’s “eye candy.” While he’s lost in self-discovery on “The View” and “Late Night with David Letterman,” the U.S. Senate managed to muster enough votes to
Due to burdensome regulations, taxes, government spending, and the increasing cost of health insurance and energy under President Barack Obama’s administration, a majority of small business owners and manufacturers believe the economy is in a worse position for them to
WASHINGTON (AP) — A survey of U.S. chief executives shows a sharp drop in the number of large companies that plan to add jobs or hire more workers. The Business Roundtable said Wednesday that only 29 percent of its member
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com: Police fire teargas at massive anti-austerity riots in Athens Greece Eurozone agreement forged in June appears near collapse Greece accuses Turkey of ramming in the Aegean Sea Japan vows no compromise on Senkaku Islands
By LOUISE WATTAssociated PressBEIJINGJapanese and Taiwanese ships shot water cannon at each other Tuesday in the latest confrontation over tiny islands in the East China Sea, as Japan met with another rival, China, in an effort to tamp down tensions.
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com: Japan and Taiwan have military confrontation with water cannons China says ‘Fascist’ Japan must ‘abandon illusions’ about Senkaku/Diaoyu islands China launches first aircraft carrier into formal service Media gushes over home prices, triggering great
(AP) World stocks dive as growth pessimism mountsBy KELVIN CHANAP Business WriterHONG KONGGlobal stock markets dived Wednesday after pessimism about global growth prospects sparked Wall Street’s worst sell-off in three months. Comments by a regional Fed official triggered the selling
(AP) Romney, Obama descend on battleground OhioBy JOSH LEDERMAN and KASIE HUNTAssociated PressCOLUMBUS, OhioPresident Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney are pitching to college students and working-class voters in Ohio less than a week before early voting kicks off in
Another in a long list of Obama-touted and tax-supported “green energy” companies is on the verge of going out of business, this time in Michigan. Two years ago, President Obama visited the LG Chem battery plant in Holland, Michigan. He
