Category: World News
By Nail Em Up on Jun 28, 2011 in AfPak Border, Afghanistan, Asia, Corruption, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Aid, Foreign Policy, India, Islam, Media, Muslim, Muslims & Arabs, Pakistan, Taliban, Terrorism, World, World News | View Comments
It’s surprising to many that the majority of Pakistanis support the Islamists and their apologists as the saviors of their religion. But this didn’t happen overnight. The mindset of the large segment of society didn’t change with a blink of an eye. No serious attempt has been made to analyse this phenomenon even though the [...]
By Nail Em Up on May 2, 2011 in 9/11, AfPak Border, Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, Barack Obama, Bush administration, Commander in Chief, Crime, Current Affairs, Defense, DoD, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, George Bush, Guantanamo, Homeland Security, India, Islam, Jihadists, Media, Media Bias, Media Handling of Story, Media, Blogs, Media, Print, Muslim, Muslims & Arabs, NATO, National Security, Pakistan, Pentagon, President Barack Obama, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Southwest Asia, State Department, Terrorism, World News | View Comments
Bin Ladin is dead. Again. In the last ten years he has been reported “killed” at least four times. The only difference this time was that the President of the United States announced the death of the number one terrorist in the world. Above all, this time he was killed not in Tora Bora, not [...]
By Nail Em Up on Mar 15, 2010 in Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Bush/Cheney, Crime, Current Affairs, Fox News, Hate Speech, Hillary Clinton, Huffington Post, Media, Media Bias, Media, Print, Media, Radio, Media, Television, New York Times, Pakistan, President Barack Obama, Presidential Candidates, Racism, Washington Post, World News | View Comments
Every now and then there are moments in the American media that defy description. Nevertheless they must be addressed. Case in point: Washington Post “media critic” Howard Kurtz’s article today about FOX News Channel’s “reporters’” growing discomfort with the shenanigans of FNC darling Glenn Beck, he of the mighty chalkboard of insanity, his ludicrous fits [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Aug 19, 2009 in Abuse, Africa, Bamboozling, Current Affairs, Feminism, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Aid, Foreign Policy, Gender Bias, Hoodwinking, MSM, Media Bias, Media Handling of Story, Misogyny, Obama's Broken Promises, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Sexism, Washington Post, Women and Children, World News | View Comments
Faithful NQ reader, CG, mentioned recently that the Washington Post actually did a very nice article on Secretary Clinton’s recent trip to Africa. Well, you coulda knocked me over with a feather. This morning, in my daily “DipBlog” from the State Department, sure enough, there it was, along with a link to an interactive map [...]
By American Girl in Italy on Jun 23, 2009 in Ahmadinejad, Mahmoud, Current Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Iran, John McCain, Media Handling of Story, Obama Administration, Sara in Italy, World News | View Comments
I have been following the coverage of Iran this past week, listening to both sides, those who think Obama is setting the right tone by staying out of it, and those who think he is not being strong enough – basically voting present. Now, I assume that Obama is listening to many experts, people who [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Jun 6, 2009 in Abuse, Africa, Bamboozling, Crime, Current Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Larry Johnson, Messiah, President Barack Obama, South Carolina, SusanUnPC, Women, World News | View Comments
I was reading my local paper and came across an article that disturbed me greatly, for a number of reasons, which will become clear beginning with the title of the article: “Ex-Teacher Gets 5 Years For Sex With Teen.” My first thought was, “5 years? FIVE? That’s it? For having sex with a teenager?” Then [...]
By Larry Doyle on Mar 1, 2009 in American Consumers, Bank Nationalization, Banking Institutions, Current Affairs, Economic Stimulus, Economy, Global Finance, NQR Live Chat, No Quarter Blog, NoQuarter Radio, World News | View Comments
Please join me this evening on No Quarter Radio from 8-9PM (ET) for LD’s Dollars and Sense. The developments in the markets, economy, global finance, Wall Street, and Washington are occurring at breakneck speed. I will try to slow things down a bit and provide a sense of perspective. What did we learn in the [...]
By SusanUnPC on Feb 23, 2009 in China, Indonesia, Japan, North Korea, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, State Department, World News | View Comments
BELOW THE FOLD: Hillary on Burma and Hillary’s view of how U.S. policy is adversely affecting the desperate Burmese people … and Zakaria on economic sanctions. This is an especially IMPORTANT video, as will be more we’ll post for you from Fareed Zakaria’s Sunday CNN program, a riveting hour. Really! (I stopped working on the [...]
By Larry Doyle on Feb 22, 2009 in American Consumers, Bank Nationalization, Banking Institutions, Economic Stimulus, Economy, Housing & Housing Crisis, Housing & Urban Development (HUD), NQR Live Chat, No Quarter Blog, NoQuarter Radio, Obama Administration, Obama's Cabinet, Tax stimulus package, Workers, World News | View Comments
PROGRAM CONCLUDED . CLICK LINK below to listen via BlogTalkRadio or use our instructions to listen via your iTunes / iPod. Please join us this evening from 8:00 to 9:00 p.m. ET on No Quarter Radio for LD’s Dollars and Sense. These are truly historic times in the global economy. Let’s “navigate the economic landscape” [...]
By SusanUnPC on Feb 17, 2009 in Andrea Mitchell, China, Japan, Media, Television, National Security, North Korea, Rachel Maddow, Russia, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, State Department, World News | View Comments
You emote. You rant. You scream. You inhale. You reflect? No … you rant. And now, CLASS: Please compare, and contrast, these two examples of television journalism: .msnbcLinks {font-size:11px; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #999; margin-top: 5px; background: transparent; text-align: center; width: 425px;} .msnbcLinks a {text-decoration:none !important; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999 !important; font-weight:normal !important; height: 13px;} [...]
By SusanUnPC on Feb 15, 2009 in American Consumers, Economic Stimulus, Economy, Unemployment, World News | View Comments
We have LD’s great radio show, “Dollars and Sense with LD,” coming up at 8:00 p.m. ET. At 10:30 p.m. ET, via KFI 640 AM Larry Johnson joins John Batchelor’s expert panel to discuss the stimulus plan, Tim Geithner, and Judd Gregg. Here are THREE TOPICS that I’d love to hear LD talk about: (1) [...]
By SusanUnPC on Feb 8, 2009 in Afghanistan, Barack Obama, George Bush, Iran, Iraq, Soldiers/Veterans, World News | View Comments
Ricks foresees some truly dangerous times in Iraq, when our troops are declining and national elections will be held. He predicts a lot of “little Saddams” who will cause trouble and “politics waged violently” by Iraqis who we (the U.S.) trained. He lays out the limitations of what we can do in Afghanistan. Ricks also [...]
By SusanUnPC on Feb 2, 2009 in Economic Stimulus, Economy, World News | View Comments
From Bloomberg News, a full article on Roubini, who Larry Doyle has told us so much about and who LD respects for his realistic views on the economy: [...] This week, New York University’s [Nouriel Roubini] returned to the WEF and the Swiss ski resort of Davos as the prophet of the worst economic and [...]
By SusanUnPC on Feb 1, 2009 in Economic Stimulus, Economy, World News | View Comments
I wrote up the stories and set up the videos below several hours ago, but just ran across an astounding article that I must inject at the top because, I think, it will do to you what it did to me: Supply the words we’ve all been searching for to explain why the inexperienced Obama’s [...]
By SusanUnPC on Jan 31, 2009 in Current Affairs, Economic Stimulus, Economy, Workers, World News | View Comments
[Editors' Note: Stay tuned for LD's "Central Station" at 9 a.m. sharp when Larry Doyle is on hand to take all of your questions about your finances, the U.S. economy, the stimulus package, your insurance, your home loan, and any financial crises you may be facing. Hopefully, this story and NewHampster's below will warm you [...]
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