U.S NAVY PREPARES TO DEPLOY LASER “DEATH RAY” IN PERSIAN GULF After years of speculation that the Pentagon was working on a secret laser weapon project, euphemistically described as a “death ray” by observers, the Navy revealed the finished product this week. It’s a curious device that can shoot lethal laser rays at objects, [...]
HEATHROW’S “SNOW PLAN” LOOKS A LOT LIKE A NO-PLAN. (UK Independent) The London airport goes 0 for 2 in responses to major snowstorms. Despite massive investment in new snow plows following the debacle of air travel grounding following a snow storm last winter, the current one disrupts travel plans of thousand of passengers, stranding some [...]
As the number of Americans seeking assistance from states and the federal government swell to record levels in a sluggish post-recession economy, more and more politicians are actually seeking ways to impede the access to government aid for the poor. The question of how much the federal government and states should be doing to aid the tens of millions [...]
ON IMMIGRATION POLICY THE NEW (LIBERAL) GOVERNMENT OF DENMARK IS A LOT LIKE THE OLD (CONSERVATIVE) GOVERNMENT. (Copenhagen Post) Very harsh, that is. The new government elected this year continues the policy of immigration restriction pursued by the previous one. In the news today is a plan, criticized by human rights groups, to deny Danish [...]
With poverty at record numbers, 14 million people unemployed, and state-level assistance getting axed thanks to lean budgets, federal assistance for economically struggling Americans is more important than ever before. But food stamps, a lifeline for poor Americans that literally keep millions out of hunger, could be the next victim in Washington’s expanding appetite for [...]
NOTRE DAME UNIVERSITY GETS GRINCH-OF-THE-MONTH AWARD. (Yahoo Sports) Chapman High School in Clayton, Kansas, struggling to re-open after devastating tornado, is hit by a “cease and desist” letter from Notre Dame to restrain them from using a “Fighting Irish” logo that closely resembles the one used by Notre Dame. Clayton may feel lucky that ND [...]
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