The US Government says the GDP grew 3.5% in third quarter, certainly suggesting the beginning of the end of the economic recession. However, this good news was not followed by the falling of the unemployment rate. For those who have lost a job or are in search of a job, the days are long. Critics [...]

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Critics are pointing fingers at President Obama for breaking his campaign promises to change Washington. It appears , according to the media, that money is giving people access to the White House. Money can buy anything. As the Arabs of Egypt say, “He who has money can eat ice cream in hell.”

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The opening arguments in the trial of the former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic was adjourned. He has chosen to boycott his war crimes trial, claiming that he did not have enough time to prepare his defense. This man who has caused so much suffering by masterminding Serb atrocities and ethnic cleansing campaigns against Croats [...]

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A group of liberal activists just launched a new ad targeting President Obama about  his campaign promises regarding a public insurance option. President Obama and the Democrats are certainly under a lot of pressure.The latest poll shows that 57% of Americans are in favor of a public option for health care. The presidential elections are [...]

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Mayumi Heene, the mother of the 6 year old boy once feared missing inside a runaway helium balloon, has admitted the whole saga was a hoax, according to court documents released Friday. The couple knew all along that their son was hiding in their house. She and Richard had instructed their three children to lie [...]

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Despite Tehran saying its nuclear program is intended solely for peaceful purposes, many in the West believe that Iran is pursuing nuclear weapons capabilities. Recently, Iran has accepted a draft agreement that calls for some uranium produced in Iran to be sent abroad for further enrichment in France and Russia. How the world can take [...]

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Senator Burris, the controversial senator who replaced Barack Obama in the Senate, is back in the news. For a long time, he was ignored by his Democratic colleagues. Some even asked him to resign for lying to investigators regarding Rod Bragojevich‘s attempts to sell Obama’s Senate seat. Now Burris is in a position to let [...]

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Not having been born in America, I always wonder how the American people have given so much power to the insurance companies to the point even doctors are hostages of them. Money has succeeded for years in buying the political consciences to not make changes in the direction of helping their people. What type of [...]

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The whole world has watched the odyssey of the Balloon Boy. As parents, many had chills, feeling the pain and fear of his parents. The good thing is that the boy is fine. Live on TV, people have been speculating, pointing fingers to the child’s parents for bad parenting or wondering if this is about [...]

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Senator Snowe’s “yes” vote in the Senate Finance Committee was a shock to both liberals and conservatives. At least there are still some people in the Republican party (which is now seen as party of obstructionism) who know why they participate in politics: to serve people. Her vote makes a lot of sense. Her personal [...]

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