The business community, which was quite involved in the “fiscal cliff” arguments last December, appears to be less concerned about the budget cuts implemented by the sequester. As opposed to the way the community responded in December, lobbying on Capitol
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Kenya: Presidential candidate threatens violence if he loses Chad says it killed two al-Qaeda linked terrorist leaders in Mali Gun control talk increases public interest in 3D Printing 7 year old schoolboy is suspended
Michigan Governor Rick Snyder (R) declared a financial state of emergency for the city of Detroit on Friday, clearing the way for Michigan to take over the city that is $14 billion in debt and faces a current fiscal year budget
LONDON, March 2 (UPI) — Scottish singer Susan Boyle is filming her big-screen debut, a Christmas period film set in an 1890s English village, the star said. Boyle, who rose to fame after singing the “Les Miserables” song “I Dreamed
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Thousands of people marched through Moscow on Saturday in an orderly show of support for a ban on adoptions of Russian children by Americans, echoing President Vladimir Putin’s demands for better care for Russian orphans in their
According to Magic Johnson, the chance to see LeBron James in the NBA dunk contest is worth $1 million. Johnson offered $1 million to the winner of next year’s dunk contest to try to lure James–and perhaps others like Blake
The Harlem Shake has reached new heights with a performance on a Frontier airplane, and that has the FAA in a low-grade panic according to Reuters. No, FAA officials aren’t commenting on any aesthetic concerns but rather possible safety issues. In
(AP) Leaving NKorea, Rodman calls Kims ‘great leaders’PYONGYANG, North Korea Ending his unexpected round of basketball diplomacy in North Korea on Friday, ex-NBA star Dennis Rodman called leader Kim Jong Un an “awesome guy” and said his father and grandfather
Many people saw Andrew Breitbart as a general, a man of vision who could see all the players on the field and inspire those around him to engage. He was that, but he also stood on the hill and rattled
================================================== Social media trends, curiosities and faux pas. ================================================== More people doing dumb things on Facebook. Former Penn admissions officer derided applicants on Facebook An opt-in bully-watching service. Creepy, creative or unnecessary? Company monitors Facebook for schools to
Vice President Joe Biden stated yesterday that gun control enthusiast Robin Kelly’s victory in the Chicago Democrat congressional primary is a sign that voters want stricter gun control and are turning against the all-powerful gun lobby. “For the first time
In response to Woodward: WH Aide ‘Yelled at Me’ for Half Hour: Bob Woodward said a “very senior person” at the White House had threatened him about his sequester reporting via email, which John Sexton reports happened after that person
In an appearance Tuesday before Congress, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke hailed his inflation record as “the best of any Federal Reserve chairman in the post-war period” and said Congress and the Obama Administration should delay looming sequestration spending cuts. “The
John Nolte has a follow up on yesterday’s story about ABC and their edit of the First Lady’s comments about a shooting in Chicago. ABC says the inaccurate comments the First Lady made were edited out “for time.” If this
Unemployment in France shot up by 43,000 in January. That brings the total number of unemployed to 3.16 million, just shy of the 3.19 million record set in 1997. After he was elected, the administration of socialist President Francois Hollande
The White House, in its continuing efforts to use scare tactics vis-à-vis the sequester, has announced that if the sequester’s cuts are implemented, California would lose 64,000 civilian defense jobs. The White House went further, stating that a total of
Secretary of State John Kerry thinks of himself as college basketball legend and eccentric broadcaster Bill Walton. Kerry has been reportedly “telling friends he likes to think of himself as Bill Walton,” who came to a star-studded Boston Celtics team with
I guess since we have pretty much signed over the deed to the house to China, our politicians probably feel that we don’t have to keep tabs on them as much as we should. So, now China has the #2
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has drawn back his public support for his state’s embattled U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez amid scandal. “We’ll hear from him in his time, I guess,” Christie told the Washington Times when asked if New Jersey
New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg, eager to see his soda ban take flight across the nation, is starting small: he wants New York City’s ban to be applied statewide. The city’s ban goes into effect March 12, but it
(Reuters) – France will not negotiate with gunmen claiming to be from Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram who have taken a French family of seven hostage, Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Tuesday. The three adults and four children
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Former comic Beppe Grillo becomes political kingmaker in Italy Germany becomes alarmed over China’s cyberattacks China increases military buildup in South China Sea Apparently, Equifax’s networks and databases have been hacked Network Solutions crashes
The senators behind an investigation into the ties between the film Zero Dark Thirty and government intelligence have closed the book on the subject. A Congressional aide today confirmed to Reuters that the Committee led by Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Senators
An Inspector General’s report from the Department of Energy (DOE) recently revealed that the LG Chem auto battery plant in Holland, Michigan “inappropriately claimed and was reimbursed for labor costs that did not support the purpose/objective” of a government grant. According to
(Reuters) – Spectators injured when they were hit by wreckage from a crash at a NASCAR race on Saturday face a significant obstacle if they want to pursue injury lawsuits against Daytona International Speedway, its owner and the sport’s governing
