Here are the end of the week news & musings:
6/5: Obama in Germany is not seeking any commitment from Germany to take any detainees from Gitmo--Germany wants them all resettled in the U.S.
6/5: Obama visits Buchenwald concentration camp as "tribute" to uncle who liberated a nearby camp. His uncle condemned him for this earlier this week saying it was not in tribute of him, but a political calculation and opportunity for Obama.
6/5: Jobless rate hits 9.4% in May, the highest in 25 years--remember Obama's own economic team saying that if the stimulus bill passed, unemployment would not rise above 8.4% until 2012?
6/5: GM to sell Saturn to Penske
6/5: Obama appoints Great Lakes czar. The Romanov family produced 18 czars between 1613-1917 and Obama has produced at least 20 (total number is fuzzy as some are not called czars but fall into the same category).
6/5: Mattel hit with $2.3 million fine for lead-paint hazard
6/5: U.N. nuclear agency finds traces of uranium at nuclear site in Syria after it was bombed by Israeli planes in 2006 which may mean it was an almost completed plutonium producing reactor.
6/5: International Atomic Energy Agency says Iran is expanding its uranium enrichment program despite U.N. sanctions.
6/5: Obama arrives in Paris & is greeted by wife & children who went on ahead of him.
6/5: Suicide bomber in Pakistan kills 30 in mosque
6/5: Government now says it will not seize land for Flight 93 memorial.
6/5: A retired State Department official with high security clearance and his wife are arrested and charged with spying for Cuba
Well, another week and the U.S. is still intact for now, but another week closer to the end.
Friday, June 5, 2009
Thursday, June 4, 2009
The next 21 days
It has now been 21 days since I tracked what was going on in the world. Here is what has happened--some you know, some you may have missed, and others have been covered up:
5/14: Massive exodus of Christians from Iraq. In 1987 there were 1.4 million Christians in Iraq who made up most of the middle class-doctors, engineers, civil servants. Today, estimates place them at less than 400,000, or more than 1 million have left due to violence against them which began after Saddam was toppled. In erecting a new government to "stabilize" the country, no mention was made as to the role of the Christians, and none has been made.
5/14: Sony reports $1 billion loss in 2008. First loss in 14 years and they predict bigger losses this year.
5/14: Jordan's King Abdullah II says that Israel must accept a Palestinian state. No mention of the Palestinians having to accept Israel's right to exist.
5/14: U.S. navy detains 17 pirates after attack on Egyptian ship.
5/14: American couple on trial in Egypt for trying to adopt 2 orphans. Islamic law forbids the adoption of children.
5/14: Notre Dames students plan peaceful demonstration at commencement on 5/17 in which Obama is speaking.
5/14: Charlotte-Mecklenburg schools to layoff 400 teachers due to budget cuts from the city council. Will replace some with "recruits".
5/14: Chrysler to close 789 dealerships affecting 40,000 jobs directly.
5/14: Pelosi says Bush Administration & CIA lied to her. Says she was "informed, but not briefed."
5/14: CIA will not release documents related to interrogations showing what information was gained.
5/14: Adjusted first time jobless claims for last week rose to 637,000 (above the projected 610,000)
5/14: Wholesale prices rose 0.3% in April (0.1% was expected). Biggest jump in food costs in over a year.
5/14: Swine Flu in 47 states.
5/14: Iran frees U.S. prisoner.
5/14: Obama picks Dr. Thomas Frieden as director of CDC--does not need Senate confirmation.
5/14: GM to close 1100 dealerships.
5/14: Abercrombie & Fitch lost $26.8 million in 1st quarter
5/14: Panasonic reports $4 billion loss in 2008
5/14: Democratic proposal would require all to carry health insurance. The government would help pay premiums for families making less than $88,000.
5/14****** Obama, in New Mexico for fundraiser, called the deficit spending "unsustainable" and warned of high interest rates. "We can't keep on borrowing from China. We have to pay interest on that debt, and that means we are mortgaging our children's future with more and more debt." This is exactly what the TEA parties were saying and were derided by the press and the White House*********
5/15: U.S. military expects 50% spike in roadside & suicide bombings in Afghanistan.
5/15: Egypt wants Obama to speak from 1000 year old Al-Azhar mosque to convey his respect for Islam. The mosque is an influential institution for Sunni Islam.
5/15: Gallup poll: 51% now call themselves pro-life. First time in 15 years that pro-life is majority (poll has only been taken for 15 years***)
5/15: FBI investigating possible insider trading by 2 SEC enforcement attorneys
5/15: CIA Director Leon Panetta defended agency against Pelosi remarks saying "The political debate over interrogations reached a new decibel level yesterday."
5/15: Gitmo prisoner Lakhdar Boumediene was released & headed to France. He was arrested in Bosnia in 2001 & was suspected in bomb plot against U.S. Embassy in Sarajevo
5/15: Daiquiri mix, gourmet nuts, and newsprint are being sold to Cuba from U.S. under "humanitarian aid" which brings in $700 million/year
5/15: Stimulus Social Security checks for $250 go to dead people. Some were never given Social Security numbers***
5/15: Obama wants $17 billion cut from the budget, but then adds in $81 billion more.
5/15**** Biden discloses location of Vice-Presidential bunker where Cheney was taken during 9-11. Note: Biden is VP and might need that bunker if another terrorist attack occurs******
5/16 Fiji's military government warns Methodist Church not to call for a return to Democracy. The Methodist Church has about 200,000 members which is about 1/4 of the population.
5/16: 4 Americans killed in Tijuana Mexico--probably related to the drug trade
5/16: Utah Governor Jon Huntsman appointed ambassador to China. He speaks Chinese, is a Republican, and was expected to challenge Obama in 2012.
5/16: Michelle Obama speaks at UC Merced urging students to give back to the community
5/17: Taliban fighters are in Karachi, a southern port city in Pakistan and hundreds of miles away from their strongholds. This is the main port for U.S. and NATO supplies for their forces in Afghanistan
5/17: Swine Flu in Malyasia, India, & Turkey. Now in 39 countries.
5/17: Obama speaks at Notre Dame. No word from Vatican.
5/18: Iran supreme leader Khamenei tells Iranians to vote for pro-western candidates in June
5/18: Pakistan denies U.S. claims it is expanding nuclear arsenal
5/18: Obama meets with Netanyahu
5/18: Hamas leaders want to be part of Mideast solution saying they are "open to real peace"
5/18: Blagojevich and Rahm Emmanuel at heart of FBI investigation
5/18: Biden speaks at Wake Forest University warning them against inaction
5/18: Maureen Dowd caught plagiarizing
5/18: It is revealed that the New York Times banned a story during the 2008 campaign that linked Obgama to ACORN
5/19: China to release new auto emissions
5/19: Commerce Dept says construction of new homes & apartments fell 12.8% in April the lowest pace in history going back 50 years.
5/19: New building permits dropped 3/3% to a new record low in April
5/19: Goldman Sachs & Morgan Stanley apply to repay TARP money
5/19: UN names Bill Clinton special envoy to Haiti
5/19: Warren Buffett, Obama & ex-Soviet Nursultan Nazarbayev announce plans for a nuclear bank.
5/19: Senate passes credit card bill which allows credit card companies to start interest immediately and raises fees
5/19: Pentagon reports large numbers of Iranian weapons still being found in Iraq. Also sees evidence of training by Iran of Iraqi terrorist groups
5/19: Senate Dems will fund closing of Gitmo until further plans for detainees are released by Obama
5/20: Iran to test fire a new missile with a range of 1200 miles--can reach Israel.
5/20: Japan economy shrinks 15.2% in 1st quarter--a new record.
5/20: California voters defeat budget measures-face $21.3 billion deficit
5/20: Tall Brothers home builders revenue dropped by 51% in second quarter
5/20: Derre & Co. profits fell 38% in quarter 2
5/20: BJ's Wholesale quarter 1 profits increase 42%
5/20: Swine Flu deaths up to 10 in the U.S.
5/21: Obama gives speech on National Security & Gitmo. He still accuses the Bush Administration of creating all the problems.
5/21: Cheney gives speech on Gitmo defending its use
5/21: 4 arrested in bomb plot in New York City to bomb Jewish synagogues. All 4 are Muslim converts. Obama makes no mention of the success of the law enforcement agencies to stop it.
5/21: A detainee from Gitmo is to go on trial in NYC
5/21: Unemployment set 16 straight week record with 6.7 million receiving benefits
5/21: Barnes & Noble reports $2.7 million loss in quarter 1
5/21: House Dems defeat plan for a probe into Pelosi's CIA claims
5/22: *****Florida's Bank United fails, costing the FDIC $4.9 billion. This is the 34th bank to fail this year*******
5/22: Obama signs credit card bill into law
5/22: British Airways posts a record full year loss of $595 million
5/22: GMAC received $7.5 billion from treasury for GM & Chrysler loans
5/22: Biden goes to Lebanon for elections to support government. Hezbollah says it interferes with the election.
5/22: Senate passes $91.3 billion bill to pay for Iraq and Afghanistan wars
5/22: 48 Gitmo detainees are cleared for release to other countries, but no country willing to take any of them.
5/23: Obama urges Americans to pay tribute to veterans. (Note: the conservatives always pay tribute to vets, the urging is for the leftists to do so as well)
5/25: North Korea conducts an underground nuclear test equal to bombs of Hiroshima & Nagasaki. They also test missiles that can reach Guam.
5/25: Iran says full speed ahead with its nuclear program and that all talks about it are off the table
5/25: Israel's foreign minister's ultranationalist party calls for legislation requiring citizens to swear an oath to Israel--including Arabs.
5/25: 11 U.S. deaths from Swine Flu
5/25: On North Korea, Obama says " we will continue working with our allies and partners."
5/25: Explosion occurs near Starbucks in Manhattan
5/25: Memorial Day--Obama sends a wreath to Confederate memorial, but does not place it himself
5/26: North Korea fires 2 more missiles. May have fired as many as 5 in last 24 hours.
5/26: California Supreme Court upholds law on ban on gay marriage, but keeps those marriages that already occurred as legal.
5/25: UAW to get 20% of GM shares, a seat on the Board of Directors, $6.5 billion of preferred shares, and $2.5 billion trust fund
5/26: Quarter 1 home prices fall 19.1%
5/26: Hispanic judge Sonia Sotomayor named by Obama as Supreme Court nominee. Has said that a Hispanic woman can reach better decisions than white males.
5/26: White House looks to Russia and China to lead on North Korea
5/26: Pentagon reports 5% of Gitmo detainees that were released have participated in terrorist activities, and another 9% have joined or rejoined the fight against the U.S. and its allies
5/26: Congress moves to block the court order for releasing photos from interrogations.
5/26: Obama says in C-SPAN interview that "we are out of money."
5/26: North Korea restarts nuclear facility
5/26: North Korea threatens war against South Korea
5/27: GM says bond swap offer fails--is headed to bankruptcy
5/27: Staples profit falls 33% in quarter 1
5/27: North Korea says it is not bound by treaty ending the Korean War
5/28: 7.1 earthquake in Honduras
5/28: Bombing of mosque in Iran kills 15
5/28: Obama calls for halt of new settlements in West Bank by Israel
5/28: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas meets with Obama
5/28: 12% of homeowners either behind on payments or in foreclosure
5/28: DELL 1st quarter profits down 63%
5/28: Obama to create "Cyber Czar"
5/28: Obama says health care reform must occur this year or never
5/29: North Korea fires another missile--is 6th this week
5/29: Thousands protest in South Korea over suicide of former President Roh Moo-hyun
5/29: U.S. & Iraq uneasy over Iraq taking security of cities
5/29: U.S. official in France ahead of Obama trip has Swine Flu
5/29: Economy shrinks 5.7% in 1st quarter
5/29: Tiffany's 1st quarter profits down 62%
5/29: RH Donnelly files for Chapter 11
5/29: Robert Gibbs tells Republicans to be careful with this confirmation of Sotomayor. Also says that she did not mean what she said about Latino women make better decisions than white males even though he admitted no one has talked with her about it.
5/30: Gates calls for tougher sanctions on North Korea
5/30: North Korea appears to be prepping another long range missile
5/30: Australian cruise ship has 3 crew members with Swine Flu
5/30: Obama & wife fly to NYC with entourage and press corps in 3 planes to have dinner and take in Broadway show for their "date night" and then fly back to DC
5/31: Abortion clinic doctor killed
6/1: Private shot and killed at military recruitment center by Muslim extremist in Little Rock, Arkansas.
6/1: GM in Chapter 11. Obama says to those involved on what they need to know about the situation, "more jobs will be lost, more plants will close, more dealerships will be closed, but the sacrifice you are making is for our kids and my kids."
6/1: Air France plane disappears off the coast of Brazil with 228 on board.
6/1: Taliban ambush convoy in Pakistan and taken dozens hostage
6/1: Mecklenburg County confirms 1st Swine Flu case
6/1: DOW Jones drops GM & Citigroup and adds Travelers & Cisco
6/1: GM to close or idle 12 more plants
6/1: Obama pledges up to $30 billion more to help GM emerge from bankruptcy
6/1: Roland Burris is ostracized by Congressional club members and Dems will not support him if he runs again next year
6/1: White House declines to say how much NYC "date" cost
6/1: Obama gives Congress until August for new health care system that will cost $2 trillion
6/1: Geithner reassures China that U.S. is serious about cutting the deficit
6/1: North Korea's Kim names youngest son as successor
6/2: *****Obama send letter condeming murder of abortion doctor by right wing extremist, but says nothing about Pvt William Long or Johanna Justin-Jinich, the Jewish Wesleyan student killed for being Jewish on May 6.*****************
6/2: Obama says Iran may have some right to nuclear energy. Note: This while trying to eliminate all nuclear energy in the U.S.
6/2: Duke Energy asks for 12.5% rate hike
6/2: GM to sell Hummer line to Chinese maker
6/2: Charlotte city council votes along party lines (with Dems in the majority) to allow $8 million in budget for engineering study for trolley. Note: see 5/14 where CMS lays off nearly 400 teachers due to decreased funding by city council**********
6/2: Ford's May sales fall 24%
6/2: Pakistani court orders Hafiz Mohammed Saeed released. He organized Mumbai, India attacks.
6/2: U.S. deaths in Afghanistan rises to 65 so far this year-up from 36 a year ago
6/2: FBI releases data showing New Orleans is nation's murder capital
6/2: Chrysler sales drop 47% in May
6/2: U.S embassies to invite Iranian diplomats to July 4th parties
6/3: Bin Laden threatens Americans blaming Obama for hatred by ordering Pakistan to crack down on Taliban
6/3: Obama leaves for Saudi Arabia to meet with king to beg him to bring down oil prices (January 2008, Hillary Clinton blasts Bush for doing the same).
6/3: National Nuclear Security Administration publishes on the internet a list of government and civilian nuclear facilities and their activities in the U.S.*********************
6/3: Obama is open to taxing health benefits
6/4: New book by Newsweek contributor says Obama called Bill Clinton a "bald-faced liar" and a "loose cannon" during the campaign
6/4: Obama gives speech in Cairo supporting Islam and quoting verses from what he said as "the Holy Qur'an"--he has talked many times about the Bible but I have never heard him call it "the Holy Bible"****
6/4: In speech, Obama cites the Palestinian struggle as akin to slavery in the U.S.
6/4: Obama reiterates his Muslim beginnings and Muslim family
6/4: Obama says in speech, "So let me be clear: no system of government can or should be imposed upon one nation by another." Note: Obama is imposing his system of non-expansion in the West Bank on Israel******
6/4: Obama flies to Germany after speech in Cairo, becoming the first President to visit the region and not stop in Israel***************
6/4: Obama receives praise from Arab nations and terrorist groups such as Hamas for his speech in Cairo
6/4: In Cairo, Hillary wears a head scarf.
6/4: 2 U.S. journalists are put on trial in North Korea accused of entering the country illegally and spying
6/4: Jobless first time claims drop for first time in 20 weeks to 621,000. 6.7 million are receiving unemployment benefits
6/4: Oil rises to $68.814/barrel--at highest peak for 2009
6/4: South Carolina Supreme Court orders Governor Mark Sanford to accept U.S. stimulus money
Due to the incredible amount information that is being released each day, I will try an update this weekly.
5/14: Massive exodus of Christians from Iraq. In 1987 there were 1.4 million Christians in Iraq who made up most of the middle class-doctors, engineers, civil servants. Today, estimates place them at less than 400,000, or more than 1 million have left due to violence against them which began after Saddam was toppled. In erecting a new government to "stabilize" the country, no mention was made as to the role of the Christians, and none has been made.
5/14: Sony reports $1 billion loss in 2008. First loss in 14 years and they predict bigger losses this year.
5/14: Jordan's King Abdullah II says that Israel must accept a Palestinian state. No mention of the Palestinians having to accept Israel's right to exist.
5/14: U.S. navy detains 17 pirates after attack on Egyptian ship.
5/14: American couple on trial in Egypt for trying to adopt 2 orphans. Islamic law forbids the adoption of children.
5/14: Notre Dames students plan peaceful demonstration at commencement on 5/17 in which Obama is speaking.
5/14: Charlotte-Mecklenburg schools to layoff 400 teachers due to budget cuts from the city council. Will replace some with "recruits".
5/14: Chrysler to close 789 dealerships affecting 40,000 jobs directly.
5/14: Pelosi says Bush Administration & CIA lied to her. Says she was "informed, but not briefed."
5/14: CIA will not release documents related to interrogations showing what information was gained.
5/14: Adjusted first time jobless claims for last week rose to 637,000 (above the projected 610,000)
5/14: Wholesale prices rose 0.3% in April (0.1% was expected). Biggest jump in food costs in over a year.
5/14: Swine Flu in 47 states.
5/14: Iran frees U.S. prisoner.
5/14: Obama picks Dr. Thomas Frieden as director of CDC--does not need Senate confirmation.
5/14: GM to close 1100 dealerships.
5/14: Abercrombie & Fitch lost $26.8 million in 1st quarter
5/14: Panasonic reports $4 billion loss in 2008
5/14: Democratic proposal would require all to carry health insurance. The government would help pay premiums for families making less than $88,000.
5/14****** Obama, in New Mexico for fundraiser, called the deficit spending "unsustainable" and warned of high interest rates. "We can't keep on borrowing from China. We have to pay interest on that debt, and that means we are mortgaging our children's future with more and more debt." This is exactly what the TEA parties were saying and were derided by the press and the White House*********
5/15: U.S. military expects 50% spike in roadside & suicide bombings in Afghanistan.
5/15: Egypt wants Obama to speak from 1000 year old Al-Azhar mosque to convey his respect for Islam. The mosque is an influential institution for Sunni Islam.
5/15: Gallup poll: 51% now call themselves pro-life. First time in 15 years that pro-life is majority (poll has only been taken for 15 years***)
5/15: FBI investigating possible insider trading by 2 SEC enforcement attorneys
5/15: CIA Director Leon Panetta defended agency against Pelosi remarks saying "The political debate over interrogations reached a new decibel level yesterday."
5/15: Gitmo prisoner Lakhdar Boumediene was released & headed to France. He was arrested in Bosnia in 2001 & was suspected in bomb plot against U.S. Embassy in Sarajevo
5/15: Daiquiri mix, gourmet nuts, and newsprint are being sold to Cuba from U.S. under "humanitarian aid" which brings in $700 million/year
5/15: Stimulus Social Security checks for $250 go to dead people. Some were never given Social Security numbers***
5/15: Obama wants $17 billion cut from the budget, but then adds in $81 billion more.
5/15**** Biden discloses location of Vice-Presidential bunker where Cheney was taken during 9-11. Note: Biden is VP and might need that bunker if another terrorist attack occurs******
5/16 Fiji's military government warns Methodist Church not to call for a return to Democracy. The Methodist Church has about 200,000 members which is about 1/4 of the population.
5/16: 4 Americans killed in Tijuana Mexico--probably related to the drug trade
5/16: Utah Governor Jon Huntsman appointed ambassador to China. He speaks Chinese, is a Republican, and was expected to challenge Obama in 2012.
5/16: Michelle Obama speaks at UC Merced urging students to give back to the community
5/17: Taliban fighters are in Karachi, a southern port city in Pakistan and hundreds of miles away from their strongholds. This is the main port for U.S. and NATO supplies for their forces in Afghanistan
5/17: Swine Flu in Malyasia, India, & Turkey. Now in 39 countries.
5/17: Obama speaks at Notre Dame. No word from Vatican.
5/18: Iran supreme leader Khamenei tells Iranians to vote for pro-western candidates in June
5/18: Pakistan denies U.S. claims it is expanding nuclear arsenal
5/18: Obama meets with Netanyahu
5/18: Hamas leaders want to be part of Mideast solution saying they are "open to real peace"
5/18: Blagojevich and Rahm Emmanuel at heart of FBI investigation
5/18: Biden speaks at Wake Forest University warning them against inaction
5/18: Maureen Dowd caught plagiarizing
5/18: It is revealed that the New York Times banned a story during the 2008 campaign that linked Obgama to ACORN
5/19: China to release new auto emissions
5/19: Commerce Dept says construction of new homes & apartments fell 12.8% in April the lowest pace in history going back 50 years.
5/19: New building permits dropped 3/3% to a new record low in April
5/19: Goldman Sachs & Morgan Stanley apply to repay TARP money
5/19: UN names Bill Clinton special envoy to Haiti
5/19: Warren Buffett, Obama & ex-Soviet Nursultan Nazarbayev announce plans for a nuclear bank.
5/19: Senate passes credit card bill which allows credit card companies to start interest immediately and raises fees
5/19: Pentagon reports large numbers of Iranian weapons still being found in Iraq. Also sees evidence of training by Iran of Iraqi terrorist groups
5/19: Senate Dems will fund closing of Gitmo until further plans for detainees are released by Obama
5/20: Iran to test fire a new missile with a range of 1200 miles--can reach Israel.
5/20: Japan economy shrinks 15.2% in 1st quarter--a new record.
5/20: California voters defeat budget measures-face $21.3 billion deficit
5/20: Tall Brothers home builders revenue dropped by 51% in second quarter
5/20: Derre & Co. profits fell 38% in quarter 2
5/20: BJ's Wholesale quarter 1 profits increase 42%
5/20: Swine Flu deaths up to 10 in the U.S.
5/21: Obama gives speech on National Security & Gitmo. He still accuses the Bush Administration of creating all the problems.
5/21: Cheney gives speech on Gitmo defending its use
5/21: 4 arrested in bomb plot in New York City to bomb Jewish synagogues. All 4 are Muslim converts. Obama makes no mention of the success of the law enforcement agencies to stop it.
5/21: A detainee from Gitmo is to go on trial in NYC
5/21: Unemployment set 16 straight week record with 6.7 million receiving benefits
5/21: Barnes & Noble reports $2.7 million loss in quarter 1
5/21: House Dems defeat plan for a probe into Pelosi's CIA claims
5/22: *****Florida's Bank United fails, costing the FDIC $4.9 billion. This is the 34th bank to fail this year*******
5/22: Obama signs credit card bill into law
5/22: British Airways posts a record full year loss of $595 million
5/22: GMAC received $7.5 billion from treasury for GM & Chrysler loans
5/22: Biden goes to Lebanon for elections to support government. Hezbollah says it interferes with the election.
5/22: Senate passes $91.3 billion bill to pay for Iraq and Afghanistan wars
5/22: 48 Gitmo detainees are cleared for release to other countries, but no country willing to take any of them.
5/23: Obama urges Americans to pay tribute to veterans. (Note: the conservatives always pay tribute to vets, the urging is for the leftists to do so as well)
5/25: North Korea conducts an underground nuclear test equal to bombs of Hiroshima & Nagasaki. They also test missiles that can reach Guam.
5/25: Iran says full speed ahead with its nuclear program and that all talks about it are off the table
5/25: Israel's foreign minister's ultranationalist party calls for legislation requiring citizens to swear an oath to Israel--including Arabs.
5/25: 11 U.S. deaths from Swine Flu
5/25: On North Korea, Obama says " we will continue working with our allies and partners."
5/25: Explosion occurs near Starbucks in Manhattan
5/25: Memorial Day--Obama sends a wreath to Confederate memorial, but does not place it himself
5/26: North Korea fires 2 more missiles. May have fired as many as 5 in last 24 hours.
5/26: California Supreme Court upholds law on ban on gay marriage, but keeps those marriages that already occurred as legal.
5/25: UAW to get 20% of GM shares, a seat on the Board of Directors, $6.5 billion of preferred shares, and $2.5 billion trust fund
5/26: Quarter 1 home prices fall 19.1%
5/26: Hispanic judge Sonia Sotomayor named by Obama as Supreme Court nominee. Has said that a Hispanic woman can reach better decisions than white males.
5/26: White House looks to Russia and China to lead on North Korea
5/26: Pentagon reports 5% of Gitmo detainees that were released have participated in terrorist activities, and another 9% have joined or rejoined the fight against the U.S. and its allies
5/26: Congress moves to block the court order for releasing photos from interrogations.
5/26: Obama says in C-SPAN interview that "we are out of money."
5/26: North Korea restarts nuclear facility
5/26: North Korea threatens war against South Korea
5/27: GM says bond swap offer fails--is headed to bankruptcy
5/27: Staples profit falls 33% in quarter 1
5/27: North Korea says it is not bound by treaty ending the Korean War
5/28: 7.1 earthquake in Honduras
5/28: Bombing of mosque in Iran kills 15
5/28: Obama calls for halt of new settlements in West Bank by Israel
5/28: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas meets with Obama
5/28: 12% of homeowners either behind on payments or in foreclosure
5/28: DELL 1st quarter profits down 63%
5/28: Obama to create "Cyber Czar"
5/28: Obama says health care reform must occur this year or never
5/29: North Korea fires another missile--is 6th this week
5/29: Thousands protest in South Korea over suicide of former President Roh Moo-hyun
5/29: U.S. & Iraq uneasy over Iraq taking security of cities
5/29: U.S. official in France ahead of Obama trip has Swine Flu
5/29: Economy shrinks 5.7% in 1st quarter
5/29: Tiffany's 1st quarter profits down 62%
5/29: RH Donnelly files for Chapter 11
5/29: Robert Gibbs tells Republicans to be careful with this confirmation of Sotomayor. Also says that she did not mean what she said about Latino women make better decisions than white males even though he admitted no one has talked with her about it.
5/30: Gates calls for tougher sanctions on North Korea
5/30: North Korea appears to be prepping another long range missile
5/30: Australian cruise ship has 3 crew members with Swine Flu
5/30: Obama & wife fly to NYC with entourage and press corps in 3 planes to have dinner and take in Broadway show for their "date night" and then fly back to DC
5/31: Abortion clinic doctor killed
6/1: Private shot and killed at military recruitment center by Muslim extremist in Little Rock, Arkansas.
6/1: GM in Chapter 11. Obama says to those involved on what they need to know about the situation, "more jobs will be lost, more plants will close, more dealerships will be closed, but the sacrifice you are making is for our kids and my kids."
6/1: Air France plane disappears off the coast of Brazil with 228 on board.
6/1: Taliban ambush convoy in Pakistan and taken dozens hostage
6/1: Mecklenburg County confirms 1st Swine Flu case
6/1: DOW Jones drops GM & Citigroup and adds Travelers & Cisco
6/1: GM to close or idle 12 more plants
6/1: Obama pledges up to $30 billion more to help GM emerge from bankruptcy
6/1: Roland Burris is ostracized by Congressional club members and Dems will not support him if he runs again next year
6/1: White House declines to say how much NYC "date" cost
6/1: Obama gives Congress until August for new health care system that will cost $2 trillion
6/1: Geithner reassures China that U.S. is serious about cutting the deficit
6/1: North Korea's Kim names youngest son as successor
6/2: *****Obama send letter condeming murder of abortion doctor by right wing extremist, but says nothing about Pvt William Long or Johanna Justin-Jinich, the Jewish Wesleyan student killed for being Jewish on May 6.*****************
6/2: Obama says Iran may have some right to nuclear energy. Note: This while trying to eliminate all nuclear energy in the U.S.
6/2: Duke Energy asks for 12.5% rate hike
6/2: GM to sell Hummer line to Chinese maker
6/2: Charlotte city council votes along party lines (with Dems in the majority) to allow $8 million in budget for engineering study for trolley. Note: see 5/14 where CMS lays off nearly 400 teachers due to decreased funding by city council**********
6/2: Ford's May sales fall 24%
6/2: Pakistani court orders Hafiz Mohammed Saeed released. He organized Mumbai, India attacks.
6/2: U.S. deaths in Afghanistan rises to 65 so far this year-up from 36 a year ago
6/2: FBI releases data showing New Orleans is nation's murder capital
6/2: Chrysler sales drop 47% in May
6/2: U.S embassies to invite Iranian diplomats to July 4th parties
6/3: Bin Laden threatens Americans blaming Obama for hatred by ordering Pakistan to crack down on Taliban
6/3: Obama leaves for Saudi Arabia to meet with king to beg him to bring down oil prices (January 2008, Hillary Clinton blasts Bush for doing the same).
6/3: National Nuclear Security Administration publishes on the internet a list of government and civilian nuclear facilities and their activities in the U.S.*********************
6/3: Obama is open to taxing health benefits
6/4: New book by Newsweek contributor says Obama called Bill Clinton a "bald-faced liar" and a "loose cannon" during the campaign
6/4: Obama gives speech in Cairo supporting Islam and quoting verses from what he said as "the Holy Qur'an"--he has talked many times about the Bible but I have never heard him call it "the Holy Bible"****
6/4: In speech, Obama cites the Palestinian struggle as akin to slavery in the U.S.
6/4: Obama reiterates his Muslim beginnings and Muslim family
6/4: Obama says in speech, "So let me be clear: no system of government can or should be imposed upon one nation by another." Note: Obama is imposing his system of non-expansion in the West Bank on Israel******
6/4: Obama flies to Germany after speech in Cairo, becoming the first President to visit the region and not stop in Israel***************
6/4: Obama receives praise from Arab nations and terrorist groups such as Hamas for his speech in Cairo
6/4: In Cairo, Hillary wears a head scarf.
6/4: 2 U.S. journalists are put on trial in North Korea accused of entering the country illegally and spying
6/4: Jobless first time claims drop for first time in 20 weeks to 621,000. 6.7 million are receiving unemployment benefits
6/4: Oil rises to $68.814/barrel--at highest peak for 2009
6/4: South Carolina Supreme Court orders Governor Mark Sanford to accept U.S. stimulus money
Due to the incredible amount information that is being released each day, I will try an update this weekly.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Obama is Muslim
Obama is Muslim. There. I've said it. It's out. Let me back it up. Today Obama is flying into Saudi Arabia--a Muslim country, then to Egypt. Then home. No visit to Israel. No. He met with an Israeli official yesterday and reiterated his demands to stop building in the West Bank. This is what the Palestinians, who are Muslim, want. The last time he met the Saudi king, he bowed. A show of respect to someone above you. He considers the Saudi king above himself as U.S. President. He also released a statement that if you took into account all the American Muslims, the U.S. would be one of the largest Muslim nations in the world. Remember a few weeks ago he said that the U.S. is not a Christian nation? Now he is saying we are a Muslim nation, and he is head of that Muslim nation. He is battling and withdrawing support of Israel. In the U.S. you cannot bring up his Muslim heritage or use his middle name "Hussein". Yet when he went to Turkey, he was introduced as Barack Hussein Obama and then proceeded to identify himself as a Muslim by talking about growing up with a Muslim father, living in Muslim countries, and that he has many relatives that are Muslim.
He is reaching out to Iran in spite of its threats against Israel and increased pursuit of nuclear power. He even said this week that Iran may have some right to nuclear power and the U.S. embassies across the world are inviting Iranian diplomats to July 4th ceremonies!
Need more proof? How about the recent slaying of the abortion doctor. He released a statement condemning the killing and the person & groups who share the views of the killer. A few weeks ago, a young Harvard coed was murdered for being Jewish and the killer threatened violence against all Jews and synagogues. Any word from Obama on that? No. And she went to his school! How about the shooting last week at a military recruiting center in which a soldier was killed. The killer is a converted Muslim who had other targets on his computer and may be part of a group. Any word from Obama condemning this ? No! So, he condemns those who view abortion as morally wrong, but not the killing of Jews or killings by Muslims!!!
He may not practice it outwardly, but inwardly he is. The only religion he has stood up for since becoming President is Islam. He did not observe the National Day of prayer. He condemns those who are firm in Christian beliefs and he does not support or stand with Israel. He is Muslim--no ifs, ands, or buts.
Addendum: On 4 June 2009, Obama addressed Muslims from Cairo quoting scriptures from what he called "The Holy Qur'an"
He is reaching out to Iran in spite of its threats against Israel and increased pursuit of nuclear power. He even said this week that Iran may have some right to nuclear power and the U.S. embassies across the world are inviting Iranian diplomats to July 4th ceremonies!
Need more proof? How about the recent slaying of the abortion doctor. He released a statement condemning the killing and the person & groups who share the views of the killer. A few weeks ago, a young Harvard coed was murdered for being Jewish and the killer threatened violence against all Jews and synagogues. Any word from Obama on that? No. And she went to his school! How about the shooting last week at a military recruiting center in which a soldier was killed. The killer is a converted Muslim who had other targets on his computer and may be part of a group. Any word from Obama condemning this ? No! So, he condemns those who view abortion as morally wrong, but not the killing of Jews or killings by Muslims!!!
He may not practice it outwardly, but inwardly he is. The only religion he has stood up for since becoming President is Islam. He did not observe the National Day of prayer. He condemns those who are firm in Christian beliefs and he does not support or stand with Israel. He is Muslim--no ifs, ands, or buts.
Addendum: On 4 June 2009, Obama addressed Muslims from Cairo quoting scriptures from what he called "The Holy Qur'an"
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