This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Syria’s regime shells Latakia civilians by land and by sea Syria Now that Syria’s president Bashar al-Assad has turned to the port city of Latakia as a target, he’s massacring unarmed civilians by land
Recently, David Axelrod announced that President Obama would start targeting would-be Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney via various types of media. The tenor of the announcement made it sound like they were doing the smart thing: going after the presumptive
From Accuracy in Media’s Val Jensen II: New York Times columnist, Maureen Dowd, broke a story last Saturday on the White House’s curious role in the production of a new Hollywood movie that tells the story of the killing of
World stock markets give all appearances of being in free fall, as the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell another 519 points, down 4.6% in another roller coaster day, and has now lost more than 2,000 points since July 21, according
For the first time during Assad’s assault on his own people, his neighbors and historical allies are calling for him to step down. Most notably was Turkey’s decision to go public by asking Assad to step down so that his
From the Tehran Times: Let me teach you something about human rights… TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Ramin Mehmanparast on Tuesday advised the British government to exercise self-restraint and refrain from using violence against protesters. According to Reuters, the
We have oft-written about the flagrant disingenuousness of very many of the D.C. political class. What those of us here in the Real World refer to as “lying.” This serial falsehood-ity is executed in large part to buttress and bolster
Reuters: “America’s Most Wanted” host John Walsh, whose TV crime show has helped police capture 1,500 fugitives and find 50 missing children since 1988, is being given an honorary award from organizers of the Emmys. The Academy of Television Arts
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Riots and looting spread across Britain Arson and looting in London British Prime Minister David Cameron cut short his vacation on Monday to fly home and speak soothing words, as riots and looting spread
The tremendous 7% crash in stock market prices over the last five trading days serves as over-whelming evidence that the President of the United States or someone in his inner circle leaked “material non-public information” to Wall Street traders that
[audio: http://newledger.com/podcasts/CoffeeandMarkets080811.mp3] Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Francis Cianfrocca to discuss the fallout from the S&P downgrade of our credit rating, the false
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Syrian armored forces move on to flatten Deir Ezzor Syrian protesters run from tear gas canisters in Homs (Reuters) Things appear to be moving quickly with respect to the situation in Syria, as threats
Despite a small glimmer of hope from last Friday’s unemployment rate drop to 9.1%, business leaders know nearly all other economic figures continue to point to an anemic recovery or worse, a double-dip recession. In reaction to the jobs numbers,
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Turkey says that ‘patience is running out’ over Syria’s savagery Turkey’s Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu (Zaman) For months, there’s been talk that Turkey might invade Syria to create a “buffer zone” on Syrian soil
If you remember well, a few months ago, Sodexo announced it was launching a trial against SEIU under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act. Sodexo accused the SEIU of using disreputable tactics in its campaign against the corporation such
NOTE: Y’all. That’s North Carolinian for “all of you.” —BRETT RATNER TO PRODUCE OSCAR TELECAST— This is a SUPERB idea. Truly. Other than the fact that we don’t like most of the people who show up to present and receive
Mainstream economists and analysts expected the stock market to rise on Tuesday, after the uncertainty about raising the debt ceiling was resolved by a bill passed by Congress. Instead, stocks on Wall Street fell 2%. As usual, mainstream economists were
Take my advice, I know about money The Russian President had some strong words for the United States when he spoke from a summer camp in Lake Seliger, Russia. Americans are “like a parasite” on the global economy he declared.
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Syria’s regime massacres hundreds of peaceful citizens as Ramadan approaches Smoke rises in the city of Hama on July 31, 2011 (Reuters) Syria’s president Bashar al-Assad increased the level of slaughter and massacres of
Throughout his tenure, there have been several facets in which President Obama has been demonstrably weak on leadership, with the debt debate coming to the forefront in recent months. Now however, lost in that news cycle has been another failure
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Resignation of Turkey’s military commanders signals major social changes Recep Tayyip Erdogan Following the mass resignation of senior military officers that we reported yesterday, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed on Saturday to
On a story posted at 6:04 am on Friday morning, the Washington Post said, “The consensus forecast of economists surveyed by Bloomberg is that GDP rose at a 1.8 percent annual rate in the second quarter [from april to June],
Here is a message I sent out to my list via email yesterday: Incredibly, all the items below are talking about the same Newsweek poll! Even more incredibly, to buttress his Pollyannaish fantasy, the Atlantic guy links to the Newsweek
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Killing of Libyan rebel military commander signals split among rebels Abdel Fatah Younis (Reuters) In an event that some are calling a disaster for Libya’s rebels, the commander of Libya’s rebel army was assassinated
From Reuters: The data was released Friday along with the government’s first estimate of second quarter GDP, which advanced at a meager and weaker-than-expected 1.3 percent rate Not only did the economy skirt perilously close to a contraction in the
