[ h / t : Nat ] Using archived stock footage, I tried to paint a picture of the tranquility of everyday life being interrupted by chaotic events such as war. [ yeah -that- chaotic event ] Majority of the war stock footage is from Iwo Jima documentation and the […]
Economics
[ This is what Freedom & Democracy looks like ] Millions of Iraqis exist below the poverty line in a country which floats on oil and earned more than $60 billion from oil sales last year, said Mahdi Muhsen, the director of the Central Organization for Statistics and Information Technology. […]
Nine people were killed and more than 400 wounded after violence broke out between protesters and security forces in Bangkok . Thailand’s anti-government demonstrations escalated today, leaving nine people dead, including a journalist. A series of street battles broke when troops tried to seize back control of the parts of […]
A new book says that there are over a dozen bankers responsible for poor state of the economy and the mess the United States is in. Joe Weisenthal says that when big banks fail, they must be saved to save the economy however big banks need to be made smaller […]
Thousands of homeless people are being forced off the streets of South Africa to hide the scale of poverty there from World Cup fans. [ … those precious precious dollar bringing European based World Cup fans … ] More than 800 tramps, beggars and street children have already been removed […]
The health care “reform” bill isn’t anything that deserves the name reform. The very word “reform” at least tacitly implies amelioration of social ills. For those who haven’t seen it, the fact sheet from Fire Dog Lake–a “progressive,” pro-Democratic Party blog – explains a lot about what is wrong with […]
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c
By: MARTY G Source: thestandard.org.nz There’s a hell of a lot of mis-information and confusing numbers about the economic potential of mining around, and that suits Gerry Brownlee and National because it lets them exaggerate the case for opening up the National Parks. John Armstrong says “Unfortunately for National, cool economic […]