Tag Archives: World War II
World Rises as China Falls, God Forgives Cheater
Tuesday, August 25, 2015
SkyFall: Easy come, easy go. European stocks jumped today even though China’s main index dropped another 7.6 percent and Tokyo’s Nikkei was four percent lower. US stock futures are up 600 points this morning after the drama that began last …
Blast Area Evacuated, Fried Snickers
Saturday, August 15, 2015
Tianjin: Chinese authorities have ordered the evacuation of a two-mile radius around the Wednesday’s chemical blast site after finding traces of sodium cyanide. Previously officials had confirmed the presence of calcium carbide, potassium nitrate, and sodium nitrate. Calcium carbide reacts …
Greek Banks Open, Cuban Flag in DC
Monday, July 20, 2015
Greece: Banks opened today after three weeks of closure and Greeks woke up to a stiffly higher Value Added Tax of 23 percent on goods and services. The daily cash withdrawal limit of $65 has been raised to a weekly …
New Rules for NSA, Carbon Clock Ticks
Friday, January 17, 2014
Change for NSA: President Obama is scheduled this morning to announce changes in the NSA’s “metadata” program that collects the raw data from telephone communications. Obama is expected to say that the data should be held by the phone companies …