It’s actually been a decade of less and less war. There’s also been a lot of déjà vu, with many wars seeming to be endless. Some wars are like that. So what were all the current hot spots like a decade ago, and what happened to them? Below is a list, with the short version [...]

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Some 113 tax cuts and provisions from the early days of the Bush administration are set to expire by the end of this year, and the outcome is clear: if you’re married, have kids, earn an income, or run a small business, your taxes are going up a lot.
Taxes – Why next year could be [...]

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Gerald Celente is back with his predicitions for 2010 and many people think that Gerald Celente from the Trends Research Institute says a lot of things that come true and that he accurately predicts what will happen.
Unfortunately Gerald Celente seems to think that 2010 is not going to be the year for America either.
He [...]

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Vladimir Putin has a lot to celebrate this Christmas. Not only has the Russian strongman consolidated his control over the proletariat — and all their oil and gas — he’s also been given his first son, sources say.
Alina Kabaeva, the gorgeous, 26-year-old rhythmic gymnastics champion, recently gave birth to a boy in Moscow and named [...]

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The start up date for the Bushehr nuclear site seems to represent a cut-off date for an Israeli attack. Israel would like to bomb Iranian nuclear facilities without showering the entire Gulf with radioactive particles. Therefore, an attack before the Bushehr start up would be desirable.

Russia plans to start up Iran’s first nuclear power station [...]

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There was a lot of talk at the Senate hearing about the U.S. nearing a fiscal tipping point that could lead to catastrophe. Rep. Jim Cooper, D-Tenn., among others, warned that the loss of international confidence in U.S. creditworthiness “could even make the current financial recession look like a sideshow.”
The Impact Of Trillion-Dollar Deficits

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Israel’s warnings that it will not tolerate an existential threat in the form of a nuclear Iran should be taken seriously, Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon warned in an interview with the Britain-based Sky News on Friday.
“The one who’s bluffing is Iran, which is trying to play with cards they don’t have,” Ayalon told the [...]

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The already distant option of military action against Iran drew even further away yesterday, as a draft agreement on Iran’s nuclear program dealt a serious blow to chances that the United States will attack Iran.
The full draft of the agreement between six world powers and Iran is still to be published, and the little we [...]

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“There are still a lot of unstable and uncertain factors ahead and the economic situation ahead is still very grave, although both the world economy and the national economy are making positive changes now,” Wen said during an inspection tour to east China’s Zhejiang Province from Saturday to Monday.
Wen warns of uncertainties ahead despite [...]

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Some hackers are born. And, if the Pentagon has its way, some can be taught.
The U.S. military is developing easy-to-use, highly powerful hacking tools for GIs to use in case of a cyberwar, reports the Web site of Aviation Week and Space Technology magazine.
“The Russians conducted a cyberattack that was well coordinated with what Russian [...]

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