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24th September 2009
Presidents of the United States can only make decisions based on the information they are getting from the people and other sources that are available to them. Different Presidents obtain that data flow in different ways. This is particularly important be... Read >
Author: wbdoyle24th September 2009
North Korea has tested a low yield nuclear device with 4% of the destructive power of the bomb that the United States dropped on Hiroshima, Japan at the end of World War II.
Some believe that the device was much larger but may have failed for technical... Read >
Author: wbdoyle23rd September 2009
As far as I am concerened, the leaders of China are not now and never will be our friends or allies. The leaders of China do not care about anything other than amassing power and destroying their enemies and since everyone not Chinese is their enemy they ... Read >
Author: wbdoyle22nd September 2009
While most Americans are focused on conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, primarily because we have troops in active combat there, potentially significant threats to the U.S. are simmering elsewhere, from China to Russia, from India to Pakistan - and America... Read >
Author: Robert Palmer22nd September 2009
The year is 1300 AD. The place in a small tavern in Peking. Somebody burst into the room. Alert! The mongol attacks with brand new weapons.
What weapon? Catapult? Horse Archer? Gun? Nuclear Weapon?
No. They subsidize their farm product and try to ... Read >
Author: wbdoyle08th August 2009
Missing in the shrill debate between massive spending programs versus mortgaging our grandchildren's future is what all of that new debt means to our national sovereignty, according to a retired Naval Intelligence expert and commercial banker.
"The Nor... Read >
Author: Robert Palmer02nd August 2009
Surrealism supplanted reality the moment I landed in Pyongyang, North Korea. In front of the airport terminal, beneath an enormous painting of Kim Il-Sung, a long line of women in traditional dress chanted "Welcome Pyongyang!" as they pumped their fists i... Read >
Author: Ryan Murdock31st July 2009
The end of the month always seems to arrive many days after the end of your paycheck. Your mortgage is going up again due to your A.R.M. interest rate change and your car needs four new tires. Not to mention that the dentist has just informed you that y... Read >
Author: glchandler24th July 2009
The UN Security Council has today announced that it has voted unanimously to impose new sanctions on North Korea which, in addition to tighter bans on arms exports and greater powers to inspect North Korean ships, include ‘financial measures’ (at this... Read >
Author: isxrc18th July 2009
On a day-to-day basis, the stock and bond markets pretty much follow the sentiment of the day. And, at times, it actually gets to be pretty ridiculous. For instance, the stock exchanges were extremely weak recently based upon the fact that the Chinese r... Read >
Author: James Dicks01st July 2009
Every country in the world should have its own nuclear weapons. That way there would be far less of an imbalance in the way the world�s resources are distributed. And there would also be far less injustice overall.
I listen, mostly in silent incred... Read >
Author: herbert34817th April 2009
Freedom House, a New York based, non-profit NGO, has been watching and monitoring the world-wide threat to human rights, from as far back as 1980. Its 2009 annual report shows that at the start of 2009, 54 percent of the world's population still live unde... Read >
Author: lynthomas17th March 2009
If you are one of the many Americans who still think that free market economics actually exists and works the way it is advertised, you are unable to separate reality from fiction, you are a sucker who wants to be loved for agreeing with human garbag... Read >
Author: Will Stewart-WebSuccess4You.biz25th February 2009
Both Skype and Gizmo5 are VoIP services - voice over internet protocol. They offer low rates to make voice calls by using your computer. Skype is one of the first services to offer this service that has been making the use of land lines obsolete. Gizmo5 i... Read >
Author: Joe Deacon09th February 2009
Ever since his nomination, many people all over the world expressed a sigh of relief to their problems, why? After his inauguration many people had expectations and many viewed him as the messiah and expected him to start acting on them soon.
What the wo... Read >
Author: Jeff J05th January 2009
Women spend 8 years of their lives shopping, according to the results of a recently published study by British scientists. Within the next few years, however, this can be shortened by 2-3 years due to time savings during the selection of cosmetics.
Abo... Read >
Author: Taina Walters30th October 2008
(October 27, 2008) Michael Master lives in McLean, Virginia. He is 61 and as concerned about the presidential elections as the rest of us, but he does a better job than most at putting it all into a very logical letter.
An Open Letter to Barack Obama ... Read >
Author: Josh Greenberger21st July 2008
In a world of almost seven billion people, "current events" happen all the time. Sometimes they happen so quickly it's impossible to try to take advantage of it and monetize it. But if you can stay in the money-making mind-set when you're reading or watch... Read >
Author: Effektz14th July 2008
For Ryoko Tani, formerly Tamura, having her own family beats every gold medal and champion title!
She has been there when judo became an official sport in the Olympics; she was able to compete for most of them. She started in 1992 in Barcelona.
She ... Read >
Author: Patrik Ewriter15th April 2008
SCRAP METAL DEFINED:
Let’s first know what is meant by a scrap metal. As we all know scrap is something that is worthless. But scrap metal is the discarded metal suitable for reprocessing. E.g. Scrap iron is the one to be melted again and reworked.
... Read >
Author: Guna17th March 2008
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Author: harjeetkaur18th January 2008
The Medal of Honor serves as a recognition award and tribute awarded to the battle heroes of America, for displaying marked valor and intrepidity during times of war. Mr. Tibor (Ted) Rubin was awarded with the Medal of Honor for the Korean War on Septembe... Read >
Author: Brenda Stokes17th January 2008
2007 Reflections, 2008 Predictions
By Sharon Housley
The lens through which viewers receive their news has changed. The images of struggle are no longer frozen in time; technology has helped preserve and personalize these conflicts by producing moving... Read >
Author: S. Housley31st July 2007
It was definitely a sigh of relief after the wedding dinner. A year or more of wedding planning certainly was no joke.
As much as we found it really enjoyable and stressful at the same time, we also realised it was the beginning of another long journey... Read >
Author: Jhong Ren12th July 2007
The book review briefly analyzes the totalitarian regime and its influence on people’s life. Totalitarian political system is the direct opposition to democracy. People do not have positive aspects in a totalitarian state. George Orwell proves this in h... Read >
Author: Olivia Hunt12th July 2007
The author wrote his novel ‘1984’ to caution against the totalitarian regime and its consequences for people. The three states described in the novel represent the real states: America and Britain are united under the name Oceania, Russia is called Eu... Read >
Author: Olivia Hunt05th July 2007
The United States was once synonymous with having the largest incarnation of just about anything you could think of - whether it was the world's largest ball of string or the tallest free-standing structure on the planet. However, out of the top ten curr... Read >
Author: Andrew Regan18th April 2007
When it comes to driving expenses can really mount. It's not just the car you have to pay for. You have the gas to pay for. And gas is always out of control when it comes to price. Then you have car insurance to pay for. Cars are not perfect and break dow... Read >
Author: Tim Allen05th March 2007
Airsoft by definition is a sport where players simulate military or law enforcement combat by using airsoft guns (which look a lot like real guns, to add to the realism) and other airsoft gear. The game of airsoft was developed in Japan, where firearms w... Read >
Author: Justin Kander16th January 2007
Unless you have been living in a cave, you already know about North and South Korea. Well, why not visit the demilitarized zone between the two countries.
The Korean War has to be one of the longest in the history of man. While I don’t know whether ... Read >
Author: Richard Chapo11th January 2007
5 Tips To Keep Happy ... Even In Wartimeby David Leonhardt601 wordsThe world is going downhill faster than an Olympic skier.Terrorists lurk around every corner. Climate change will soonmelt the tundra and turn Iowa into a desert. Frankenstein foodsare flo... Read >
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04th January 2007
2006 Reflections and 2007 Predictions
By Sharon Housley
For the most part in 2006, the world escaped Natures wrath, but people were far less kind to their neighbors. 2006 is scarred not by the winds and oceans but by political turmoil across the globe... Read >
Author: S. Housley02nd January 2007
For the most part in 2006, the world escaped Natures wrath, but people were far less kind to their neighbors. 2006 is scarred not by the winds and oceans but by political turmoil across the globe. The Middle East quagmire is the epitome of how wrong thing... Read >
24th July 2006
Boldly, we asked President Jim Ferland for a guarantee that LES-enriched uranium would not be shipped to rogue nations, which may have their own opinions on proliferation issues. He explained, "We certainly will comply with every rule and regulation that'... Read >
Author: James Finch16th June 2006
Nestled between the nations of China and Japan is the lesser-known country of South Korea. Although sometimes overlooked as a destination spot in the region, this area of Southeast Asia is a wonderful place to visit.
Founded in 1948 when it separated ... Read >
Author: Rajinder Dogra06th June 2006
No other sporting event captures the world's imagination like the FIFA World Cup. Ever since the first tentative competition in Uruguay in 1930, FIFA's (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) flagship has constantly grown in popularity and pre... Read >
Author: Travis WIl17th May 2006
Due to the changing lifestyle of Koreans, a significant makeover has been witnessed in the South Korean food processing industry in the past few years. Now more and more women are getting into some or the other occupation, hence convenience of cooking pla... Read >
Author: James Marriot01st May 2006
As far as I am concerened, the leaders of China are not now and never will be our friends or allies. The leaders of China do not care about anything other than amassing power and destroying their enemies and since everyone not Chinese is their enemy they ... Read >
Author: David Hallstrom31st August 2005
Despite their signature on the Biological Weapons Convention of
1975, it has been reported that China has the most advanced modern
germ warfare arsenal in the world at Xian, Shaanxi province.
As proof, information obtained using the Freedom of Info... Read >
Author: John Hart
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