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NEW YORK - A year ago this weekend, the Dow Jones industrial average had just finished a slow-motion crash. Over eight days, it fell 2,400 points, or 22 percent, and stood at 8,451. One year later, the Dow is at 9,865.Robert Pattinson Celeb Sighting! (AKA The Saddest Celeb Sighting Story Ever Told)
In September of 2008, I was still resistant to the Twilight phenomenon. It was idiotic, I know, but the movie hadn't come out yet and the books seemed a little too young for me (again...no need to say it, I KNOW). Considering what percentage of my day and job — PopSugar.com — is taken up by Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and all the rest of the cast now, it feels so silly.
The New Liberalism and the end of American ascendancy.
Decline Is a Choice The New Liberalism and the end of American ascendancy. by Charles Krauthammer The weathervanes of conventional wisdom are registering another round of angst about America in decline. New theories, old slogans: Imperial overstretch.Twilight Cast - Kristen Stewart
Short Biography
Stewart was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. Her father, John Stewart (not to be confused with The Daily Show`s Jon Stewart), is a stage manager and television producer who worked for FOX. Her mother is a scriptwriter who comes from Australia.
The Coming Reset in State Government
The Coming Reset in State Government My fellow governors and I are likely facing a permanent reduction in tax revenues. By MITCH DANIELS (WSJ) State government finances are a wreck. The drop in tax receipts is the worst in a half century.IBD Editorials: Memo To Shorty: Don't Mess With The U.S.
PUBLIC POST * Memo To Shorty: Don't Mess With The U.S. By INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY | Posted Tuesday, May 12, 2009 4:20 PM PT The Border: A Mexican drug lord is ordering his thugs to open fire on U.S. lawmen — a new level of depravity coming up from the south.UN Blowback: More Than 650 International Scientists Dissent Over Man-Made Global Warming Claims
UN Blowback: More Than 650 International Scientists Dissent Over Man-Made Global Warming Claims Study: Half of warming due to Sun! –Sea Levels Fail to Rise? - Warming Fears in 'Dustbin of History' POZNAN, Poland - The UN global warming conference currently underway in Poland is about to face a serious challenge from over 650 dissenting scientists from around the globe who are criticizing the climate claims made by the UN IPCC and former Vice President Al Gore.Confirmed flu cases in Texas rise to 16
Source State officials ratcheted up their response to the swine flu outbreak Wednesday, with the governor declaring a disaster in Texas and the state acquiring more antiviral medication. Meanwhile, the number of confirmed cases by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention grew to 16 in Texas, . The unusual form of influenza has killed one child in Texas, and health officials revealed at a press conference Wednesday that another toddler and a pregnant woman, both of whom are critically ill, are likely infected as well.Wall Street Journal: The Obama Economy
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The Obama Economy
As the Dow keeps dropping, the President is running out of people to blame.
As 2009 opened, three weeks before Barack Obama took office, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at 9034 on January 2, its highest level since the autumn panic. Yesterday the Dow fell another 4.24% to 6763, for an overall decline of 25% in two months and to its lowest level since 1997.
It is a controversial subject but now may be a good time to consider it.
"HOW TO STOP THE DRUG WARS Mar 5th 2009 From The Economist print edition Prohibition has failed; legalisation is the least bad solution. A HUNDRED years ago a group of foreign diplomats gathered in Shanghai for the first-ever international effort to ban trade in a narcotic drug. On February 26th 1909 they agreed to set up the International Opium Commission—just a few decades after Britain had fought a war with China to assert its right to peddle the stuff.
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