Pakistan on the Brink by Ahmed Rashid: review

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/bookreviews/9214669/Pakistan-on-the-Brink-by-Ahmed-Rashid-review.html Pakistan on the Brink by Ahmed Rashid: review By Duncan Gardham Last Updated: 12:26PM BST 23/04/2012 Ahmed Rashid’s new books reveals a Pakistan crippled by poor leadership, says Duncan Gardham As Britain desperately tries to rescue some pride from its imminent withdrawal from Afghanistan, the best-case scenario may be that we leave behind a [...]

Does the Tax Man have the right to prevent us from traveling,

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2012/04/no-taxes-no-travel-why-the-irs-wants-the-right-to-seize-your-passport/255940/ Does the Tax Man have the right to prevent us from traveling, even without a formal charge of evasion or another crime? Maybe we’re about to find out.  You’re standing at the airport. The ticket agent clacks away on the keyboard. She looks up. “I’m sorry,” she says. “We can’t let you board the plane [...]

Wal-Mart vs. The Morons

Although I can’t verify all that comes in, the following seems interesting, if true. Decide for yourself. Wal-Mart vs. The Morons 1. Americans spend $36,000,000 at Wal-Mart every hour of every day. 2. This works out to $20,928 profit every minute! 3. Wal-Mart will sell more from January 1 to St. Patrick’s Day (March 17th) [...]

Bill Cosby “I’m 83 and Tired”

Bill Cosby “I’m 83 and Tired” This should be required reading for every man, woman and child in Jamaica, the UK, United States of America, Canada, Australia and New Zealand and to all the world… ” I’m 83 and I’m Tired “ I’m 83. Except for brief period in the 50′s when I was doing [...]

The limits of tolerance

A Pakistani author writing in Pakistan’s leading newspaper shows more sense in what he has written than a lot of others. The limits of tolerance By Irfan Husain Thursday, 26 Aug, 2010 Dawn http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/the-newspaper/columnists/irfan-husain-the-limits-of-tolerance-680 The ongoing furore over the so-called Ground Zero Mosque shows no sign of abating after weeks of noisy controversy. In a [...]

The Outsourcing Bogeyman. Myth.

http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/bhagwati16/English The Outsourcing Bogeyman NEW YORK – Outsourcing of services has been a persistent cause of panic and protectionism in recent years, especially in the United States since the 2004 presidential election. Back then, the Democratic candidate, Senator John Kerry, upon hearing that digital x-rays had been outsourced from Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston for [...]

CAIR-Chicago attacks high school curriculum, wants to rewrite history

It looks like CAIR-Chicago is trying to hide the bad practices of the Muslims. CAIR-Chicago attacks high school curriculum, wants to rewrite history EVENT REMINDER! The CAIR-Chicago post below (highlights added) falls into the category of “you’ve got to be kidding me!” CAIR-Chicago is objecting to a curriculum used in the Chicago school district. CAIR-Chicago’s [...]

“You can’t fix stupid, but you CAN vote it out.”

“You can’t fix stupid, but you CAN vote it out.” facts Wal-Mart vs. The Morons 1. Americans spend $36,000,000 at Wal-Mart every hour of every day. 2. This works out to $20,928 profit every minute! 3. Wal-Mart will sell more from January 1 to St. Patrick’s Day (March 17th) than Target sells all year. 4. [...]

Arrogance of being President while being Black

Arrogance of being President while being Black This is an excellent article written by a someone who is realistic (and happens to be White).The very last paragraph says it all. A little long but worth the read to the end AUTHOR UNKNOWN but it is all over the web. ALL I CAN SAY IS WOW!!!!! [...]

Looking For Work.

Looking For Work. ——— A doctor from Israel says: “In Israel the medicine is so advanced that we cut off a man’s testicles, we put them into another man, and in 6 weeks he is looking for work.” The German doctor comments: “That’s nothing, in Germany we take part of the brain out of a [...]