by Staff Writer ~
Dec 26, 2011
"A Robin Hood hacking group known as 'Anonymous' is stealing from the rich and giving to the poor. Just in time for the holidays, Anonymous launched its first major offensive and if their score is any indication of the group’s future - they mean business..."
by Brittany Walters-Bearden ~
Dec 14, 2011
"We’ve all waited anxiously for the end of the war in Iraq and now, we have hope that the end of the United States’ military era that President Bush began may be around the corner. During the 2008 election, Obama promised to end the war, and our nine year stint in Iraq seems to be near over. As the GOP candidates gear up for their showdown, the spotlight has been cast back on Obama as he promises to close this nine year chapter in our nation’s history...."
by Staff Writer ~
Dec 14, 2011
"The Supreme Court will be reviewing Arizona's controversial immigration law this coming April under a series of tricky circumstances. Should they deem that the law infringes on federal laws then it will be struck down. However, Justice Kagan has removed herself from the case, leaving only eight justices to review it and leaving the possibility of a tie. Should there be a tie then the law will still be struck down as per the previous court's ruling on the matter...."
by Staff Writer ~
Dec 7, 2011
"'Mr. Vice President, Mr. Speaker, Members of the Senate, and of the House of Representatives: Yesterday, December 7th, 1941 -- a date which will live in infamy -- the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.' These memorable words by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, given 70 years ago today, were given in an address to Congress urging a reluctant United States of America to enter into World War II..."
by Nathan Nau ~
Dec 6, 2011
"As surprising as this might sound, the cellphone was invented in 1970, but it took nearly 35 years for the first sexually explicit photo to be texted to another party. With nearly everyone out of diapers locked into a cellphone contract, just how widespread is this new craze?..."
by Nathan Nau ~
Dec 2, 2011
"Deteriorating consumer confidence and economic uncertainty over the course of the last decade has impacted nearly every economic sector throughout the global economy. Hit particularly hard is the airline industry, with skyrocketing jet fuel prices and out of control labor costs, the industry is in dire straights and on the brink of collapse...."
by Merfolk Wizard ~
Nov 23, 2011
"Bill Looman own the west Georgia business U.S. Cranes, LLC, and like many business owners he's been hit hard by the down economy. It seems that Mr. Looman has been hit so hard, in fact, that he can't afford to hire anyone else despite seemingly wanting to do just that. However, Looman has decided to advertise the fact that he can't hire anyone in the most blatant, in your face way possible by painting 'New Company Policy: We Are Not Hiring Until Obama Is Gone' on the side of his trucks..."
by Staff Writer ~
Nov 22, 2011
"On the morning of September 11th, terrorists hijacked four planes at Boston's Logan airport in what would eventually be recognized as a premeditated attack on the United States economy. Over a decade later, the ripple effects of this attack are still being felt, especially in Las Vegas and California..."
by Merfolk Wizard ~
Nov 21, 2011
"As Wednesday draws ever closer, so too does the deadline for the budget supercommittee to just do anything at all. While Congress is busy declaring pizza a vegetable and slowly killing our children as a result, our gang of twelve tasked with doing what Congress couldn't – agree on some budget cuts in face of a worsening debt crisis – and has gotten absolutely nowhere..."
by Merfolk Wizard ~
Nov 17, 2011
"A long loved tradition in America, we as a country have broken yet another record: our federal debt! This past Wednesday saw out debt climb to just above fifteen trillion dollars for the first time ever. I'd say now's a great time to bust out that champagne but at this rate we probably can't afford seltzer..."