Two things about the Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare) are increasingly clear: (1) seniors have been singled out and forced to bear a disproportionate share of the cost of a new entitlement for young people and (2) the states are administratively just not ready to implement the new program in time for its January 1, 2014, [...]
Saving Seniors From ObamaCare – OpEd
↧
↧
Middle East Violence No Excuse For Vile Provocation – Analysis
By Ernest Corea Eleven years after the murderous events that made “nine-eleven” an universally recognized description of a date of tragedy, another 9/11 has seen actions that caused destruction, public commotion and tragic loss of lives. This year’s disturbances which began in Egypt and Libya took the form of violent demonstrations directed at American diplomatic [...]
↧
US, Japan Agree on Missile Defense Radar System
By Luis Ramirez The United States and Japan have agreed to place a new missile defense radar system on Japanese territory to defend against a ballistic missile threat from North Korea. U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Japanese counterpart Satoshi Morimoto announced the deal Monday after a meeting in Tokyo. Panetta said the X-band radar [...]
↧
US Wades Into China-Japan Island Dispute With Missile Defense Deal
A territorial dispute between China and Japan could spark a “violent conflict,” US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said. The US also inked a missile defense deal with Tokyo likely to anger Beijing, while mass anti-Japanese protests grip China. “I am concerned that when these countries engage in provocations of one kind or another over these [...]
↧
Twilight Hour: Approaching The Final Battle To Save America – OpEd
Dear patriot members of the Tea Party, it has been an amazing four years. Allow me to reflect a bit. Our odyssey began with the Socialists’/Progressives’ occupation of America via their perfect Trojan Horse, a handsome, articulate shiny new black man. Barack Obama was the vehicle to usher in their liberal utopia in which government [...]
↧
↧
Why Romney And Ryan Are Going Down – OpEd
Unemployment is still above 8 percent, job gains aren’t even keeping up with population growth, the economy is barely moving forward. And yet, according to most polls, the Romney-Ryan ticket is falling further and further behind. How can this be? Because Republicans are failing the central test of electability. Instead of putting together the largest [...]
↧
The RAP Vote: An Economic Protest Song For 2012 – OpEd
Fifty years ago Pete Seeger, the American folk singer of iconic dimensions, gave us a good start in US protest music with “Turn, Turn, Turn” although it would be 2 to 4 years before its recordings by Judy Collins, The Byrds and The Seegers, had us hum it along, thus placing it in the annals [...]
↧
Al Qaeda’s First Comment On Benghazi Attack Comes From Yemen – Analysis
Al Qaeda’s first comment on the commando-style attack on the US Consulate in Benghazi in Libya has not come from its command and control in North Waziristan in Pakistan headed by its Amir Ayman al-Zawahiri, but from its Yemen branch called Ai Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), also referred to as Ansar al-Sharia (Supporters [...]
↧
Fuele Visits Skopje To Judge Macedonian Reforms
By Sinisa Jakov Marusic Stefan Fuele’s visit to Skopje comes just before the European Commission in October is to publish its annual report on the country’s progress on its road to EU membership. His impressions from the talks are expected to give the final note to the report, which is expected to be positive in [...]
↧
↧
Obama Uses Fear Of Embassy Attacks To Achieve His Budget Plans – OpEd
An Obama White House report — which was one of the topics of discussion during the weekend news shows — describes the automatic and drastic spending cuts that will take effect at the end of 2012 should the congressional budget battle continue past election day. The 394-page report highlights the $129 million a year budget [...]
↧
Rosneft Announces Six-Month Oil Export Tender Results
Rosneft has announced the results of a six-month tender to sell oil for export through the ports of Novorossiysk, Primorsk and Ust-Luga. Contracts to deliver up to 13.3 million tonnes were awarded to Glencore, Vitol and Shell. The tender process comprised two rounds, thanks to which Rosneft was able to maximise the benchmark pricing formula [...]
↧
Royal Dutch Shell Alaska Drilling Update
Shell, which is engaged in a multi-year drilling programme to explore for new oil & gas resources in high-potential blocks in offshore Alaska, said Monday that important progress has been made with this program, with two drill ships, more than twenty support vessels, an approved capping stack, and other redundant oil spill response equipment already [...]
↧
India – China: Can The Humiliation Of 1962 Repeat Itself? – OpEd
Can the history of our humiliation at the hands of China in 1962 repeat itself? As we approach the 50th anniversary of the humiliation next month, we have to analyse this question in depth in our governmental national security community as well as outside. It is important for the National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS) to [...]
↧
↧
China And Japan: Old Rivals, New Tensions – Analysis
By Narayani Basu In the wake of an unauthorised landing by Chinese activists from Hong Kong on one of the disputed Senkaku (known as Diaoyu in Chinese) Islands, ambitions for the future have risen to the surface in extremist nationalist retaliatory movements in China and Japan. Given the present context of strategic affairs in East [...]
↧
An Aspect That Gets Overlooked: The Turks Of Syria And Turkey – Analysis
By Osman Bahadır Dinçer and Gülsüm Boz We are currently in a period when scenarios for Syria after Assad are being intensively discussed. The regime is losing a little more blood each day. From the number of soldiers who are deserting from the army, it may be established that there is only a feeble system [...]
↧
Just Who Is Trying To Drive A Wedge Between Turkey And Iran? – OpEd
By Ihsan Bal The tensions in Turkish-Iranian relations are stoking the appetites of conspiracy lovers. In the Middle East region, conspiracies are like a disease, one that is skilfully and regularly used to conceal the facts. In these lands psychological offensives and asymmetric operations have become a regular part of life, making it appear that [...]
↧
Will Israel Drag US Into War With Iran? – Analysis
By Boris Volkhonsky Last week’s pogroms in the Middle East should have made the hawks in the West realize that something’s wrong with the strong-arm attitude towards the Muslim world. They should have, but don’t seem to have persuaded everyone. On Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu told NBC’s Meet the Press program that Iran [...]
↧
↧
China – Japan Senkaku Dispute Heating Up – OpEd
By Artyom Kobzev China has responded to Japanese moves to buy the Senkaku outcrops in the East China Sea from a private owner by sending a flotilla of a thousand fishing boats to the disputed islands. Tokyo is fuming. It has already put its naval forces on heightened alert and reminded the world that Japan’s [...]
↧
Spain Pledges Reform Timetable, Paves Way For Bailout
(EurActiv) — Spain told euro zone finance ministers on Friday it will set clear deadlines for structural reforms by the end of the month, in a move European diplomats said would pave the way for an aid request before long to help it tackle its debt pile. Madrid’s borrowing costs have fallen sharply since the [...]
↧
Pakistan: The Core At Risk In Punjab – Analysis
By Ambreen Agha Were one to map terrorism and weapons of mass destruction today, all roads would intersect in Pakistan. It has nuclear weapons and a history of unstable governments, and parts of its territory are currently a safe haven for al Qaeda and other terrorists. – World at Risk: The Report of the Commission [...]
↧
More Pages to Explore .....
