5 Somalis Drown With Pirate Booty, Escape Craft Capsizes In Storm After Ransom Paid; Freed Saudi Tanker En Route Home, Crew Safe - CBS News
What's the best way to end the chase after making off with $3 million?
Fake your own death...
"Pirate Daud Nure says the boat with eight people on board overturned in a storm after dozens of pirates left the Sirius Star following a two-month standoff in the Gulf of Aden that ended Friday...
Jamal Abdulle, a resident of the Somali coastal town of Haradhere, close to where the ship had been anchored also confirmed that the boat sank and that the eight's portion of the ransom money that had been shared between dozens of pirates was lost."
C'mon this is hardly credible. It's been done in the movies - better.
1.10.2009
1.08.2009
U.N. Council Passes Ceasefire Resolution, Vote Is 14-0 In Security Council, With U.S. Abstaining; But Measure Is Nonbinding To Israel And Hamas - CBS News
12.30.2008
Gaza aid boat damaged by Israelis reaches Lebanon Reuters
One secret to winning is to dehumanize the other side. You're already halfway there when a situation arises where it's people vs. government. Then, what you do is, don't quote the government and quote the real people of the other side.
"I thought I was going to die. I'm 68. None of us had life jackets on. We are appalled at this barbaric act," he said.
One secret to winning is to dehumanize the other side. You're already halfway there when a situation arises where it's people vs. government. Then, what you do is, don't quote the government and quote the real people of the other side.
"I thought I was going to die. I'm 68. None of us had life jackets on. We are appalled at this barbaric act," he said.
12.18.2008
Credit card holders livid about 'rate-jacking' - CNN.com
Credit card holders livid about 'rate-jacking' - CNN.com
Except for me, because I pay my credit card off every month.
Except for me, because I pay my credit card off every month.
Mayors' infrastructure request full of pork, critic says - CNN.com: "(CNN) -- A report to Congress that requests $73.2 billion to pay for infrastructure projects around the country includes plans for a polar bear exhibit, an anti-prostitution program, a water park ride, zoos, museums and aquatic centers, CNN has found."
I'd be surprised if it WEREN'T full of pork.
I'd be surprised if it WEREN'T full of pork.
Man who found skull in Caylee case sent police tips months ago - CNN.com: "ORLANDO, Florida (CNN) -- The meter reader who led authorities last week to remains believed to be those of Caylee Anthony called police four months ago, directing them three times to same site, authorities said Thursday."
Isn't this a bit suspicious?
The meter reader is not the only one, or the first, to have pointed police toward the site containing the remains. KioMarie Cruz, Casey Anthony's childhood friend, also told police to investigate the same wooded area near Hidden Oaks Elementary School a month before the meter reader, according to CNN affiliate WFTV.
Yeah, but she didn't call four times until they found a body!
Isn't this a bit suspicious?
The meter reader is not the only one, or the first, to have pointed police toward the site containing the remains. KioMarie Cruz, Casey Anthony's childhood friend, also told police to investigate the same wooded area near Hidden Oaks Elementary School a month before the meter reader, according to CNN affiliate WFTV.
Yeah, but she didn't call four times until they found a body!
12.17.2008
Venezuelan currency tourists grab cheap dollars | Markets | Reuters
Venezuelan currency tourists grab cheap dollars Markets Reuters
As the US cuts interest rates and government debt increases, it effectively devalues existing dollar holdings around the world. Good thing those Venezuelans are around to take those dollars.
As the US cuts interest rates and government debt increases, it effectively devalues existing dollar holdings around the world. Good thing those Venezuelans are around to take those dollars.
Bloomberg.com: Latin America
Bloomberg.com: Latin America: Ecuador May Be Forced to Scrap Dollar After Default
This guy is totally screwing up his country's economy:
Ecuador defaulted on their debt. Now nobody will lend to them. Oil revenues are dropping. The economy is contracting. How do you stimulate the economy? You can't sell government bonds to finance - you just flipped off the borrowers by defaulting.
Problem is, monetary policy doesn't work either - you can't print money, because it's in dollars. You can't set interest rates - lower interest rates stimulate the economy - but remember the U.S. has an interest rate of 0.0-0.25%. Hard to beat that.
So what do you do? You change your money, scrap the dollar. Let's call it Funny Money. Originally one dollar buys one funny dollar. Except, now you can print more money. You do it in secret, in the basement. Soon everybody has lots of funny money and is super-rich. In funny money. But now, $1 million funny dollars buys $1 dollar.
Hey - still better than Zimbabwe.
This guy is totally screwing up his country's economy:
Ecuador defaulted on their debt. Now nobody will lend to them. Oil revenues are dropping. The economy is contracting. How do you stimulate the economy? You can't sell government bonds to finance - you just flipped off the borrowers by defaulting.
Problem is, monetary policy doesn't work either - you can't print money, because it's in dollars. You can't set interest rates - lower interest rates stimulate the economy - but remember the U.S. has an interest rate of 0.0-0.25%. Hard to beat that.
So what do you do? You change your money, scrap the dollar. Let's call it Funny Money. Originally one dollar buys one funny dollar. Except, now you can print more money. You do it in secret, in the basement. Soon everybody has lots of funny money and is super-rich. In funny money. But now, $1 million funny dollars buys $1 dollar.
Hey - still better than Zimbabwe.
Straw Man? Historians say Obama is no Lincoln - John F. Harris and Alexander Burns - Politico.com
Straw Man? Historians say Obama is no Lincoln - John F. Harris and Alexander Burns - Politico.com:
"Eric Foner, a Columbia historian who has written extensively on the Civil War era, agreed that comparing one's self to Lincoln sets a rather high bar for success, and could come off like 'a certain kind of hubris.'"
"Eric Foner, a Columbia historian who has written extensively on the Civil War era, agreed that comparing one's self to Lincoln sets a rather high bar for success, and could come off like 'a certain kind of hubris.'"
12.16.2008
Calling Foreign Debt 'Immoral,' Leader Allows Ecuador to Default - washingtonpost.com
Calling Foreign Debt 'Immoral,' Leader Allows Ecuador to Default - washingtonpost.com: "Ecuador's President Rafael Correa said yesterday that his nation is defaulting on its foreign debt, fulfilling his longtime populist pledge to leave international creditors in the lurch."
Viva la revolucion!
Viva la revolucion!
12.15.2008
The Associated Press: Family: Shoe thrower hates both US, Iran role
The Associated Press: Family: Shoe thrower hates both US, Iran role
BAGHDAD (AP) — The Iraqi TV reporter who hurled his shoes at George W. Bush was kidnapped once by militants and, separately, detained briefly by the U.S. military. Over time, Muntadhar al-Zeidi, a 28-year-old unmarried Shiite, came to hate both the U.S. military occupation and Iran's interference in Iraq, his family told The Associated Press on Monday.
See previous inconsistent story about how this dude symbolized the whole arabic hatred of bush. They totally took it out of content.
BAGHDAD (AP) — The Iraqi TV reporter who hurled his shoes at George W. Bush was kidnapped once by militants and, separately, detained briefly by the U.S. military. Over time, Muntadhar al-Zeidi, a 28-year-old unmarried Shiite, came to hate both the U.S. military occupation and Iran's interference in Iraq, his family told The Associated Press on Monday.
See previous inconsistent story about how this dude symbolized the whole arabic hatred of bush. They totally took it out of content.
Obama takes another page from Lincoln - he'll take train to DC inauguration:
"Obama began his historic presidential run in the Great Emancipator's hometown of Springfield, Ill., in February 2007. In February 1861, Lincoln rode a train from Philadelphia to his inauguration in Washington, stopping to make quick speeches along the way."
...except Lincoln wasn't pretending to be somebody else. He was himself. A depressed, ugly man with no formal schooling, who had no pretensions to greatness.
"Obama began his historic presidential run in the Great Emancipator's hometown of Springfield, Ill., in February 2007. In February 1861, Lincoln rode a train from Philadelphia to his inauguration in Washington, stopping to make quick speeches along the way."
...except Lincoln wasn't pretending to be somebody else. He was himself. A depressed, ugly man with no formal schooling, who had no pretensions to greatness.
ANALYSIS-Iraqi shoe-thrower captures Mideast rage at Bush Reuters: "BEIRUT, Dec 15 (Reuters) - The hurling of shoes at U.S. President George W. Bush on his farewell visit to Iraq strikes many in the Middle East as a fittingly furious comment on what they see as his calamitous legacy in the region."
Whoah - this story is totally interesting. I want to know what his calamitous legacy is all about.
"It indicates how much antagonism he's been able to create in the whole region," former Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Maher told Reuters, adding that the incident was regrettable.
Bush had harmed America's reputation and the friendship many had felt for it. "Despite past mistakes in its policies, there was always a redeeming factor. In this particular case, there doesn't seem to have ever been a redeeming factor," Maher said.
What are these past mistakes?!! C'mon, tell me now, his quote's gotta get more juicier than that...
Arabs have long fumed at American support for Israel in its conflict with the Palestinians, but Bush's war in Iraq created a new source of anger and instability in the Middle East.
I think that's it - his calamitous legacy is a war in Iraq. That's sort of a big let-down. It's sorta like taking an incident and building your whole case around it. Somehow the writer managed to include Egypt, Palestine, Iran, Lebanon, Jordan and Saudi Arabia all in one article of an Iraqi shoe thrower.
Whoah - this story is totally interesting. I want to know what his calamitous legacy is all about.
"It indicates how much antagonism he's been able to create in the whole region," former Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Maher told Reuters, adding that the incident was regrettable.
Bush had harmed America's reputation and the friendship many had felt for it. "Despite past mistakes in its policies, there was always a redeeming factor. In this particular case, there doesn't seem to have ever been a redeeming factor," Maher said.
What are these past mistakes?!! C'mon, tell me now, his quote's gotta get more juicier than that...
Arabs have long fumed at American support for Israel in its conflict with the Palestinians, but Bush's war in Iraq created a new source of anger and instability in the Middle East.
I think that's it - his calamitous legacy is a war in Iraq. That's sort of a big let-down. It's sorta like taking an incident and building your whole case around it. Somehow the writer managed to include Egypt, Palestine, Iran, Lebanon, Jordan and Saudi Arabia all in one article of an Iraqi shoe thrower.
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