I cant believe it. More recalls from Toyota brand vehicles. Maybe just maybe they should have spent the money on the new advertising of how safe they are in the quality department! It now makes all the new ads such a joke! They just recalled more than 1 million of its Corolla and Matrix cars, […]
Yet again the fearless leader of North Korea is at it again. Its only nerve wracking as we never know if its just another wolf cry, or if he is going to go off the deep end. In a statement run on the state-run Korean Central News Agency, the commission said, “The army and people […]
I cant believe it. More recalls from Toyota brand vehicles. Maybe just maybe they should have spent the money on the new advertising of how safe they are in the quality department! It now makes all the new ads such a joke!
They just recalled more than 1 million of its Corolla and Matrix cars, just days after U.S. auto safety regulators stepped up a probe into the risk that the vehicles could stall because of defective electronic engine control units.
“We have known about the fact that there have been complaints of stalling engines,” Toyota spokesman John Hanson said. The automaker decided to issue a recall after it conducted more rigorous testing recently and found that the component was failing about 13 percent of the tests, Hanson said.
Did you ever think to fix it??????????? Quality is going down in so many of US products. Its about time that Americans take a bit more pride in what we make, and what we allow in our country!!
Yet again the fearless leader of North Korea is at it again. Its only nerve wracking as we never know if its just another wolf cry, or if he is going to go off the deep end.
In a statement run on the state-run Korean Central News Agency, the commission said, “The army and people of the [North] will legitimately counter with their powerful nuclear deterrence the largest-ever nuclear war exercises.”
Pyongyang routinely threatens war when its southern neighbor and the US hold joint military exercises. South Korea’s defense ministry said no unusual North Korean military movements were detected.
Yesterday, a North Korea spokesman, Ri Tong-il, told reporters at the Asean regional security forum in Hanoi, Vietnam, there would be a “physical response” to the drills in the Sea of Japan, which he branded another sign of US “hostility”.
The US secretary of state, Hillary Clinton, said “isolated and belligerent” North Korea would have to end its “campaign of provocative, dangerous behavior” if it wanted better relations with the US and the rest of Asia.
Net income increased to $480 million, or 53 cents a share, from $262 million, or 29 cents, a year earlier, Houston-based Halliburton said today
The spill, triggered by an April 20 explosion aboard the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig, which Transocean Ltd. leased to London-based BP. Halliburton provided cementing services on the well BP was drilling. Halliburton Chief Executive Officer David Lesar said in May that the company is fully indemnified from costs related to the spill.
derived of about 13 percent of its North American revenue from the Gulf of Mexico in the first quarter. Last month, Halliburton said it planned to relocate workers and equipment to other markets as appropriate.
Halliburton ended last week at $27.51 in New York Stock Exchange composite trading, leaving the shares 17 percent lower than before the rig blast.
New York police estimated a million people had already filled the square by early Thursday evening.
Weighing 11,875 pounds, the sparkling sphere features 2,668 crystals woven into a triangular pattern and is powered by 32,256 LED lights. It is capable of producing a kaleidoscopic array of 16 million vibrant colors and billions of patterns, according to the event’s official Web site.
This New Year’s ball is also greener, consuming 10 to 20 percent less energy than last year’s ball and 78 percent less energy than the 2007 ball. It uses the equivalent amount of energy per hour as two traditional home ovens.
The 2010 numerals are also more energy efficient, as Duracell Batteries set up a lab in which visitors ride stationary bikes to provide the power to light the numbers on the ball.
Time Square has served as one of the most popular sites of New Year’s festivities since 1904, though the New Year’s Eve ball made its inaugural drop down the flagpole at One Times Square in 1907. That first ball, built with iron and wood, featured a hundred 25-watt light bulbs and was designed by Jacob Starr, a young immigrant metalworker.
The New Year’s Eve ball has beamed every year since with the exceptions of 1942 and 1943, when America was embroiled in World War II and New York City observed a city-wide “dimout” to cut energy costs.
As in previous years, security was tight. Police searched garages and subway tunnels for bombs, trash cans were removed and mailboxes and manhole covers were sealed. Detectives were asking hotel and restaurant personnel if they had noticed any suspicious people or activity.
If the White House thought they could slip the bailout of Fannie and Freddie through by announcing it in a Christmas Eve news dump, think again. Dennis Kucinich just released this statement:
“As Chairman of the Domestic Policy Subcommittee of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, I’m announcing that the Subcommittee will launch an investigation into the Treasury Department’s recent decision to lift the current $400-billion cap on combined federal assistance to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, opening the way for additional, unlimited funds through the end of 2012. This investigation will include the role played by Fannie Mae chief executive Michael J. Williams and Freddie Mac chief executive Charles E. Haldeman in the decision, if any, and will seek to ensure that the additional assistance is used for homeowners and not Wall Street.”
“As Chairman of the Domestic Policy Subcommittee of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, I’m announcing that the Subcommittee will launch an investigation into the Treasury Department’s recent decision to lift the current $400-billion cap on combined federal assistance to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, opening the way for additional, unlimited funds through the end of 2012. This investigation will include the role played by Fannie Mae chief executive Michael J. Williams and Freddie Mac chief executive Charles E. Haldeman in the decision, if any, and will seek to ensure that the additional assistance is used for homeowners and not Wall Street.”
“Many questions remain unanswered regarding this move by the Treasury. Why suddenly remove the cap? Indications are that Freddie and Fannie, even as millions of Americans lose their homes, have used just $111 billion of the $400 billion previously available to them. Is lifting the cap on assistance a back-door TARP?”
“Additionally, I want to determine whether Fannie and Freddie have a cohesive plan to buy up the under-performing mortgages that remain on the books of the big banks, at appropriate prices, and undertake a massive reworking of the terms of the mortgages so as to stem the foreclosure crisis that continues to plague our country. This new authority must be used responsibly and for the benefit of American families. This cannot be used simply to purchase toxic assets at inflated prices, thus transferring the losses to the U. S. taxpayers and acting as a back-door TARP.”
On Christmas Eve, they also announced $4-$6 million compensation packages for their top executives. But they’ll start foreclosing on homeowners again in January.
Fannie and Freddie have been corrupt cesspools for years, a place where presidents of both parties parked friends like Dennis DeConcini and Rahm Emanuel, giving them lucrative spots on the board of directors as political payoff. As government sponsored entities (GSEs) selling shares to the public, they operate like hedge funds that socialize losses and privatize profits. From the LA Times last year:
“This week … news broke that until August, the lobbying firm owned by McCain campaign manager Rick Davis was paid $15,000 a month by Freddie Mac, one of the mortgage giants implicated in the current crisis (now taken over by the government and under investigation by the FBI). Apparently, Freddie Mac’s plan was to gain influence with McCain’s campaign in hopes that he would help shield it from pesky government regulations.”
It appears they kept looking. The Democrats have been too intimidated by leadership to start looking into the utter corruption at these entities, but Kucinich just doesn’t care.
I can not believe that there was such a security breech. And it was a breech. So if they are just a showy trendy couple with debts they should be in prison for. They we not invited. They are scam artists. So they didn’t have a metal weapon, what about poison? They should be put into a federal prison for lying to federal agents, which I care less what they or their wanna be friends say, they had to at some point lie to a federal agent to get into the white house. What the hell is our country coming to?! I just don’t get it, haven’t for quite some time. It make me sick to my soul to see what is going on in the United States. How can we be a proud nation when there is more and more to be ashamed of.
This is the latest of this inexcusable situation:
Ayinde O. Chase – AHN Editor
Washington, D.C. (AHN) – The pair of uninvited guests at last week’s White House state dinner have been summoned to appear before a Congressional panel later this week, the committee chair said Monday.
The Salahis unabashedly talked their way into the event honoring Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh………MORE
“If I leave this Earth, I want to leave this Earth just knowing I’ve tried to give something back and tried to do something worthwhile with myself,” Swayze told Walters, when asked why he decided to do the show. “And that keeps me going, that gets me up in the morning. My work … is my legacy.”
Swayze died of pancreatic cancer.
Swayze’s doctor, Dr. George Fisher, revealed in early March 2008 that Swayze was suffering from the disease.
“Patrick Swayze passed away peacefully today with family at his side after facing the challenges of his illness for the last 20 months,” Wolf said in a statement Monday.
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This spring we were confronted with an outbreak of a troubling flu virus called 2009-H1N1. As the fall flu season approaches, it is critical that we reinvigorate our preparedness efforts across the country in order to mitigate the effects of this virus on our communities.
Today, we are holding an H1N1 Influenza Preparedness Summit in conjunction with the White House to discuss our Nation’s preparedness. We are working together to monitor the spread of 2009-H1N1 and to prepare to initiate a voluntary fall vaccination program against the 2009-H1N1 flu virus, assuming we have a safe vaccine and do not see changes in the virus that would render the vaccine ineffective.
But the most critical steps to mitigating the effects of 2009-H1N1 won’t take place in Washington — they will take place in your homes, schools and community businesses.
We are making every effort to have a safe and effective vaccine available for distribution as soon as possible, but our current estimate is that it won’t be ready before mid-October. This makes individual prevention even more critical. Wash your hands regularly. Take the necessary precautions to stay healthy and if you do get sick, stay home from work or school.
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