When President Barack Obama blocked the Keystone Pipeline, Republicans said the move would encourage Canada to pursue oil deals with China instead of the United States and cede a massive chunk of North American oil assets to the communist nation.
On Wednesday, lawmakers grilled Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner as to why he failed to stop the fraudulent manipulation of the LIBOR (London Interbank Offered Rate) interest rate when Fed bank documents show officials were alerted to a possible problem as early
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – British TV star Richard Ayoade is fast becoming a Hollywood name, but even as he makes his major US movie debut alongside A-list comic actors Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn and Jonah Hill in “The Watch,” he
The media’s post-modern deconstruction of Obama’s “if you have a business–you didn’t build that” comment is my personal high-point of this election year. Not since Clinton’s “it depends on what the definition of is, is” have we witnessed the media
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The Warner Bros. movie studio postponed until early next year the release of “Gangster Squad,” a crime drama featuring a scene with a movie theater shooting that prompted concern following last Friday’s fatal attack in Colorado.
At a VFW convention in Reno, Nevada, on Monday, Barack Obama had the gall to say, “Let’s stop playing politics with our military.” Of course, playing politics with the military is all Obama does, from using them as “photo ops” to
A big publishing story of 2010 was when stereo equipment magnate Sidney Harman bought financially troubled Newsweek Magazine for $1 in the hopes of revitalizing the venerable old publication into the “thought leader” it once was. Now, since Mr. Harman’s
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Syria threatens Saudis and Israelis with chemical weapons With American troops gone, al-Qaeda in Iraq launches widespread bombings Dual Greece / Spain financial crises put Europe on the brink Philippine president says will not
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece is in a “Great Depression” similar to the American one in the 1930s, the country’s Prime Minister Antonis Samaras told former U.S. President Bill Clinton on Sunday.
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s powerful Central Military Commission has approved the formal establishment of a military garrison for the disputed South China Sea, state media said on Sunday, in a move which could further boost tensions in already fractious region.
A report by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) reveals that that taxpayer identity theft more than doubled in 2011, skyrocketing to 641,052 taxpayers affected as compared to 270,518 the prior year. As Eileen Ambrose of the Baltimore
PARACHINAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – A bomb exploded at a compound in northwest Pakistan on Saturday, killing nine people and wounding 20, local government and intelligence officials said.
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s health ministry said it would investigate reports that workers at the stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant were urged by a subcontractor to place lead around radiation detection devices in order to stay under a safety threshold
It didn’t stop with repealing “Don’t ask, don’t tell.” Now the gay community has won another victory in its attempt to reshape the military. For the first time, the Department of Defense is letting active members of the armed forces
As even more California cities consider bankruptcy, California Gov. Jerry Brown signed a funding bill that cleared the way for the first part of the $68 billion high-speed bullet train project to be built. There are legitimate fears that the
Compton’s treasurer informed the city council Tuesday that he did not have enough cash on hand to make payments on city bonds. The city is currently $42 million in debt and the LA Times reports that Compton has “consistently fallen
Thanks largely to the Laffer Curve, there are some impressive examples of failed tax increases in countries such as the United States, France, and the United Kingdom. But if there was a prize for the people who most vociferously resist
In an article that was ostensibly about Mitt Romney’s attack on Obama in which he said Obama’s crony capitalism “stinks,” Reuters took every chence to make its preferences known. The article starts by saying, “Romney’s allegation that Obama gave too
The State of California was already facing a $19 billion budget deficit, shorted public schools $8 billion, and was set to release imprisoned rapists into “community probation” when the Legislature approved selling $4.6 billion in new state bonds to build
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Pop star Jennifer Lopez will exit television singing contest “American Idol” as a judge but could return as a guest, possibly as a mentor, she told the show’s host Ryan Seacrest in a radio interview on
NASHVILLE (Reuters) – Hank Williams, Jr. is a country singer, record executive and political pundit, and he wears all those hats on his new CD, “Old School, New Rules”. He picks up on politics where he left off last year
Mitt Romney may announce his running mate earlier than usual, according to a Reuters report. And since Romney will attend the opening ceremonies for the Summer Olympics in London in two weeks, this would mean the Republican presidential nominee could
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The makers of a planned film about rock icon Janis Joplin have tapped recent Tony Award winner Nina Arianda to play the part of the 1960s singer in a biographical movie directed by Sean Durkin, a
Back in the heady days of 2011, while the GOP seemed mired in a multi-candidate primary campaign, the Obama campaign boasted that it was on track to raise over $1 billion for the 2012 election. Reuters breathless reported at the
DUBAI (Reuters) – A U.S. navy ship that had been slated for decommissioning has been sent instead to the Gulf to help mine-clearing operations, the U.S. Fifth Fleet based in Bahrain said, the latest move in a gradual U.S. build-up
