The deep water BP oil spill is making the headlines on the White House web site. Yesterday on the White House blog the headline was “A Full and Vigorous Accounting of the Events”. It is a catchy headline, but it is deceiving and once again misguided. The response of the Obama administration in the last [...]
Unable to get a US Marine military base off the island of Okinawa cost Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama his seat. Hatoyama had been in power since last September, but resigned on Wednesday after losing all support from members in his party — the Democratic Party of Japan (DJP). Hatoyama had run on a campaign [...]
The Securities and Exchange Commission may let Goldman Sachs walk free by slapping it with a $621 million fine, according to bank analysts. On April 16, Goldman Sachs faced charges of fraud after the SEC found that its vice president, Fabrice Tourre, had tricked investors into buying mortgage assets that would go sour. The Goldman [...]
How would you react if an armed stranger descended from a helicopter unto your property? Would you be waiting for him with a cup of tea, or would you grab a bat to fight him off? According to a video released by Israel, aid workers attacked Israeli navy soldiers with clubs and batons as they [...]
