Category: Current Events

Hackeny Bystander Yells At Rioters To Get It Together 2

Hackeny Bystander Yells At Rioters To Get It Together

The London riots all started because of a young man getting shot by police. On its third day, the riots have now spread to a third city. Unfortunately it seems what started as a protest for a cause has turned into opportunistic thievery and mayhem. One Hackney person isn’t amused. Truth is, even though it’s a riot the people coming together for a cause is what power is afraid of. If there was a bit of organization and direction to the outrage then things would be able to get done. Instead, this move to action is going to just go...

Real Time World Stats Counters 0

Real Time World Stats Counters

With the news of the United States possibly going into default on its stupidly humongous irresponsible national debt August 2nd in the media constantly some numbers might put things into perspective. Worldometers.info has real-time world stats that cover a wide range but most noticeably the U.S. debt. Looking at the counters you see one thing, it doesn’t stop. Politicians and so-called economics experts think they know how to manhandle the beast after they let it get out of hand by sleight of hand and trickery. Just look at the numbers though, they don’t stop. It’s a constant monster that continues...

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Bob Dilenschneider and Fox and Friends Fail At Spinning News Corp Hacking Scandal

Rupert Murdoch’s multinational media behemoth News Corp. is under intense scrutiny for a hacking scandal perpetrated by one of its newspaper properties. The weekly tabloid, News of the World hacked into the cellphone voicemail of a 13-year-old missing girl. The incident is almost ten years old as the girl went missing in 2002 and her body found about 6 months later. Why is this all coming back now? The case was finally resolved as the girl’s murderer was found guilty and convicted two weeks ago. With the ending of the case more details came to light regarding the hacking. But...

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Quartzsite Mayor Ed Foster Walks Out Of Illegal Council Meeting

The situation in Quartzsite, Arizona is one that should be front page national news. Apparently there have been allegations of political corruption in the town for years. Any place where the city council fires the lawfully elected mayor (Ed Foster), declares a state of emergency, arrests citizens for exercising their rights and places the controversial sheriff (Jeff Gilbert) in charge of everything should be top on the news agenda. Citizen’s have called for the resignation of the council. The city council convened a meeting on July 12th, 2011 that doesn’t conform to the town codes at which Mayor Foster informed...

Obama Willing To Risk Reelection To Make Debt Deal Happen 0

Obama Willing To Risk Reelection To Make Debt Deal Happen

The ever cool-headed Obama apparently felt the effects of the summer heat as he responded to the stall tactics of Eric Cantor and the Republicans on the debt ceiling talks. Obama and the Democrats have been willing to compromise on their biggest issues, mainly discretionary spending and programs like Medicare and Social Security, but the Republicans refuse to budge on anything to resolve the debt ceiling issue. This isn’t anything new though, the Republicans have done this since Obama took office leaving the President with little choice in many cases but to cave in causing many of the President’s supporters...