ONE of the most hostile U.S. newspapers when it comes to Cuba, headquartered in Florida, offers the following report:
“Taking advantage of the negotiations to free the Bay of Pigs’ prisoners, the CIA tried to use a key person in the talks, American lawyer James B. Donovan, to deliver a lethal gift to Fidel Castro: a wetsuit contaminated with a fungus that lacerates the skin and an underwater breathing device infected with tuberculosis...the gear in fact was given to the Cuban leader in November 1962.
“The revelation is one of many anecdotes in After the Bay of Pigs, a book on the negotiations held between the Committee of Relatives for the Liberation of Prisoners and Havana from April to December 1962.
“The 238-page book, published late last year, was written by Cuban exile Pablo Pérez-Cisneros with businessman John B. Donovan, son of the late negotiator, and Jeff Koenreich, a veteran member of the Red Cross who has promoted humanitarian missions between the United States
Ixia (NASDAQ:XXIA), a leading global provider of IP performance test systems, announced that it has appointed Naveen Bhat to the new position of vice president, Asia Pacific, reporting to Alan Grahame, senior vice president, Worldwide Sales.Dr. Bhat worked as independent consultant extensively in the Asia Pacific region in sales and marketing roles. Previously, he served as vice president and general manager for Asia, at Agilent Technologies for the communications segment. Prior to that, he served as director, Network Operations Software Division, Asia Pacific, at Lucent, where he was responsible for sales, marketing, delivery and support. Dr. Bhat earned a doctorate from the University of Maryland and his bachelor's of engineering from NIIT in India."Naveen has consistently developed businesses into very profitable enterprises," said Grahame. "With his extensive experience in Japan and Asia, he will be able to champion Ixia's growth in these key markets. Our goal is to hire the best e
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THESE reflections are self-explanatory.
On the now well-known Super Tuesday, a day of the week when many U.S. states selected the candidate of their choice from among a pool of aspirants to the presidency of the United States, one of the possible candidates to substitute George W. Bush was John McCain. Because of his pre-designed image as a hero and his alliance with strong contenders like the former mayor of New York, Rudy Giuliani, other hopefuls had already gladly given their support. The heavy propaganda of weighty social, economic and political factors in his country and his style of conduct had made him the candidate with the best possibilities. Only the Republican extreme right, represented by Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee, dissatisfied with certain insignificant concessions made by McCain, were still putting up resistance to him on February 5. Afterward, Romney also abandoned his candidacy, ceding to McCain’s. Huckabee is still a candidate.
The struggle for a c
“He has got some convincing to do to convince people…” — George W. Bush speaking to Fox News about John McCain on Sunday February 10. Thanks for the ever-helpfuller clarification, Mr. President.
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Nobel prize winner Dorris Lessing had the following to say about Barack Obama:
“would certainly not last long, a black man in the position of president. They would murder him,”
I can’t believe that in this day and age people still think that way. If this were the case Obama would not have [...]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Mitt Romney will suspend his campaign for the Republican nomination for U.S. president, a party source told Reuters on Thursday. Romney, a former governor of Massachusetts, had vowed to fight on after a disappointing showing on Tuesday's primary races and caucuses, when Arizona Sen. John McCain took a clear lead in the race for the party's nomination in the November election to succeed President George W. Bush.
Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain has said that individual rigging took place everywhere in the world, and added that even US President George W Bush influenced his elections with individual rigging. He said that there were two types of rigging: Individual rigging and state-level rigging, adding that it was the PML-Q which feared individual-level rigging by the PML-Nawaz and other parties. Shujaat said that the individual rigging was one in which an individual used his or her influence to rig elections in their constituency. He said the individual rigging couldn’t be stopped. "Its volume depends on the influence of a candidate in his/her constituency," he added. The candidate, who would manage to "herd" and "pick" voters from door to door by managing his transport, would win his election, he said. Shujaat said that state-level rigging was very rare and in Pakistan, and added that its only example was the 197
GENEVA, Switzerland -- The World Trade Organization has formally approved Ukraine's membership in the group after 14 years of negotiations.
Ukraine's President Viktor Yushchenko (L) gives a toast next to Pascal Lamy (R), WTO Director General after signing Ukraine's accession protocol after the WTO General Council in Geneva February 5, 2008.
Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko and WTO director
Vice President Mohammed Hameed Ansari will inaugurate the 14th All India Whips Conference (AIWC) here today. The two-day conference is being held in Maharashtra after a gap of 42 years. The first meeting of AIWC was held at Indore in 1952. So far, 13 such meetings have been held with last being held at Hyderabad in 2005. Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee will also participate in the conference. Around 130 delegates from all over the country are likely to take part in the conference hosted by the Maharashtra Legislature. The issues pertaining to the role of whips in the context of coalitions, the increasing disruptions in the Parliament and the State Legislatures and the need for support for research and study will be discussed during the conference. The issue of only parties with members constituting one-tenth of the total strength of the house having their whips will also be considered during the discussion. The conference provides
Vice President Hamid Ansari today whipped the party whips for failing to use their whip and discharge their primary duty of facilitating the functioning of the legislatures. Addressing the 14th All India whips conference attended by around 130 delegates from all over the country, here today, Ansari said that the party whips were "mute spectators" to disruptions in Parliament and legislatures and thereby failed to discharge their "primary duty of facilitating the functioning of the legislature." He said in the current Lok Sabha, 21 per cent of the time has been lost due to adjournments. The annual average of the number of bills passed by Parliament has come down from 68 in the 1952-1961 to 49.9 in 1992-2001. "Assurances given on the floor of the House are being fulfilled with lesser regularity," he said. Ansari said the number of sittings in the Rajya Sabha has come down from an annual average of 90.5 in 1952-61 to 71.3 in 1992-2001, a decline of 20 per
The arrogance and conceit of some of our leading politicians almost takes my breath away and I might add it is not only politicians. The manner in which Tony Blair is being touted around the EU Chancellories as a contender to become the President of Europe, which is a new position created under the Lisbon Treaty defies reality. It is as if Mr Blair and his supporters are oblivious to, or are contemptuous of public opinion, let alone the man’s short comings as a democratic politician. The fact that the position of President of Europe is an unelected post is bad enough, but it is just not on to even consider placing into this position a man who not only ignored the will of the British people when he took the UK to war against Iraq, but that he did so by using slight of hand methodology which most legal experts regard as being illegal; and to this day he refuses to admit he made any major mistakes when it comes to Iraq.The right-wing French President Nicolas Sarkozy is at the forefront
Tony Blair has been holding discussions with some of his oldest allies on how he could moount a campaign to become the full-time president of the European Uniion Council, the prestigious new job characterised as “president of Europe.” He is currently the Middle East envoy for the US, Russia, EU, and the UN, but has [...]
The case of Parwiz Kambakhsh continues to create turmoil both in Afghanistan and outraged world opinion. A Balkh Province Court in a closed session had found the 23 year-old reporter guilty “for insulting Islam and misinterpretation of (the)Holy Koran” because he download an article which questioned why if Muslim males could have multiple wives why [...]
Maya Keyes probably wouldn’t appreciate that title so much. After all, it was her father on Feb 4, 2005, who kicked her into the streets without any money and no place to live after she came out of the closet as a lesbian. Err…, I meant “liberal queer lesbian“. Two weeks later on [...]
Well, things being as they are, let's hope for John McCain to make it. Initially, I'd of course favoured Ron Paul, although it was clear that he had no chance at all. Then I hoped for Rudy Giuliani. Rudy having however miserably fouled out in Florida, John McCain remains the only valid candidate.
On the Zombie Democrats' side, I truly hope that Hillary will win these primaries as this would
Lawrence Wilkerson, former chief-of-staff to Colin Powell, on why the US badly needs a new policy towards Latin America and Cuba.
Whoever is the new president in January 2009, two things need to happen with regard to Latin America and Cuba. First, Cuba, never on the front burner, needs at least to be put on the [...]
By Andrew Stern CHICAGO (Reuters) - Margaret Truman Daniel, the only child of former president and famously proud father Harry Truman who became a author of popular murder mysteries, died on Tuesday at age 83, the Truman Library said. Daniel, a long-time New York resident, died in a care facility in Chicago from complications from an infection contracted recently, said library director Michael Devine. After living for decades in the same New York apartment, she moved to Chicago to be closer to the eldest of her four sons, Clifton, Devine said in a telephone interview from the Independence, Missouri, library. Margaret Truman did not let being the president's daughter keep her from pursuing first a singing career and then one as a mystery writer that took off after her father's death in 1972. It was her singing and his fatherly protection that ignited President Truman's well-known temper, leading him to write one of the most famous presidential letters in history. After Washing
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Margaret Truman Daniel, the only child of former President Harry Truman who was known for her series of crime novels, died on Tuesday in Chicago at age 83, the Truman Library said. Daniel, a long-time resident of New York City who had a brief singing career, died in a care facility from complications from an infection, the library in Independence, Missouri, said in a statement. She had been brought to Chicago to be closer to her son Clifton, one of her four children, a library spokeswoman said. "Margaret was an extraordinary individual. Her legacy is as much a part of this presidential library as her parents', and we are extremely grateful for her many contributions. All of us at the Truman Library and Truman Library Institute extend our deepest condolences to her family," said Michael Devine, the library's director. She figured in one of the most famous presidential letters in history. After Washington Post music critic Paul Hume panned one of her
I’m not going to lie, I am a big fan of Obama. And whether you agree with me or not, it is clearly evident his supporters are using the net more than any other candidate. Over the last few years, the role of bloggers and grassroots supporters has opened up a new medium for political [...]
The Rational Response Squad has just received an interesting email. Adam Abeles, Chief Biological Science Advisor for Mike Gravel (former Senator running for President) has written us and vocalized respect for our efforts, along with the request of some exposure due to the congruence of his goals with ours. This includes not only intensified promotion of science in all realms, particularly education, but the elimination of creation science in any classroom, and an open dialogue about the dangers of religion. We are reluctant to throw public support in for any particular candidate as it makes a potential conversion to a 501c3 much more difficult. We are able to convey the facts to you and present you with an area in which to discuss them. We want to know what you think of Mike Gravel. For one minute focus on your ideal candidate, and not the person you have to pick because you can't stand the other leading candidate. Let’s not focus on the chances of victory, but rather the poten
So every year world leaders meet in Davos, Switzerland to discuss betterment of our world today. So, to assist the decisions and goals of this meeting YouTube has a viral question circulating the...
I am a vlogger, blogger, and iPhone owner and addict--sober from Apple five hours!
I have been trying to stay objective and not pick sides in the presidential contests, mostly because I saw no point: Clinton was going to win the Democratic nomination and there was no way in hell any of the sorry-@$$ Republicans could possibly win the general election with the Bush legacy hanging around their neck.
Things change.
Now it seems to me that the rancor and ugliness of the
KIEV, Ukraine -- President Viktor Yushchenko has demanded that the Prosecutor-General's Office investigate the tragedy in Rivne Region, in which six young people were fatally injured by a passing passenger train.
Viktor Yushchenko tells Prosecutor-General's Office to investigate train tragedy that caused the death of six youth.
"I request that you urgently take exhaustive measures to
Link for this Post: A President Like My Father By Caroline Kennedy -- New York Times Caroline Kennedy's op-ed in the Sunday New York Times is heartfultly stated. She says: OVER the years, I’ve been deeply moved by the people...
I’m not old by any standard, but I’m no political spring chicken. I’ve been listening to politicians speak and rolling my eyes since Defense Secretary Alexander Haig told the country that women shouldn’t be in the military or lead the country because their brains are too tiny to understand ideas like throw-weight.
This speech was [...]
Peggy Noonan is one of my favorite writers. She writes today George W. Bush destroyed the Republican Party, by which I mean he sundered it, broke its constituent pieces apart and set them against each other. He did this on spending, the size of
Ms. Lucas announces her candidacy for POTUS, via Girl On The Right.Hilarious, and spot-on...What The People want is a decent, honest, principled, consistent leader. Someone who will address the problems of our beloved nation with a firm and rational intellect, who will not bow down to special interests or fascists or Islamic ragists.Lucas’ Platform:TERRORISM“Kill them all.”IMMIGRATION“We’ll try to be reasonable but most of you need to get the fuck heck out.”THE ECONOMY“Flat tax. Capitalism. No hand-outs. Tough shit.”Continue reading...Trackposted to Outside the Beltway, The Virtuous Republic, Rosemary's Thoughts, Right Truth, The World According to Carl, The Pet Haven Blog, Pirate's Cove, CORSARI D'ITALIA, Dumb Ox Daily News, Conservative Cat, and Adeline and Hazel, thanks to Linkfest Haven DeluxeTags: Rachel Lucas, POTUS, Conservative, Terrorism, Illegal Immigration, Economy, Humor
PRIMEDIA Inc. (NYSE: PRM), the parent company of Consumer Source Inc, announced that Jamie Clymer has been named president of its Rentals.com division.
Prior to joining Rentals.com, Clymer was at Dominion Enterprises, where he was the Vice President and General Manager of Homes.com and AgentAdvantage.
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Today the House and President Bush agreed on an economic stimulus package. This package includes tax rebates. This is the first thing that the House has gotten right since Democrats took control in 2006.
There is one aspect to this that I find interesting. For years we have heard from Democrats that the Bush tax cuts [...]
KIEV, Ukraine -- Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko is departing on Wednesday for Davos (Switzerland) on a three-day working visit to take part in the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, the president’s press service reported.
Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko
Yushchenko will take part in two session of the WEF that will focus on “Pipeline Politics” and “Human Rights on the Global
Governor John Lynch was handed a Democrat majority in all branches of government in New Hampshire in November of 2006. This was the first time that Democrats had control of all branches in over one hundred years.
It took the Democrats exactly one year to bankrupt the state as we face a $50 million budget shortfall. Governor [...]
Nintendo President Satoru Iwata interviewed about 2007 and 2008 Japanese website Yukan Fuji has posted a recent interview with Nintendo President Satoru Iwata. In the interview, Iwata shares some thoughts on 2007 and discusses overall strategy for 2008. To quote Mr. Iwata: “Thanks to everyone, last year was a good year. The Nintendo DS crossed the 20 million mark [that’s in Japan only, worldwide the number is over 54 million], which has been called the limit for game hardware sales. We put in a lot of effort, but we also had a stronger than expected tail wind. To say ‘we expected it to sell’ would be vain. If we had known the Wii and DS would expand so dramatically in such a short time, we wouldn’t have had shortages, nor would we have had to raise our financial forecasts.” President Iwata showed a soft side when Fuji made note of press coverage suggesting that product shortages were a part of Nintendo’s strategy. Mr. Iwata replied to this with
This post is my contribution to the WPBA group post. The WPBA group post was an idea conceived by in2thefray, it is a collection of wordpress bloggers who agreed to post on January 20th as President Bush entered his final year as president. This is a diverse group of bloggers with varying opinions and you [...]
KIEV, Ukraine -- President Viktor Yushchenko on Monday ordered prosecutors to investigate a fight between Ukraine's interior minister and the mayor of Kiev that sparked a furore about post-Soviet business and political ethics.
Interior Minister Yuri Lutsenko
Interior Minister Yuri Lutsenko and Mayor Leonid Chernovetsky, broadly allies of Yushchenko, accused each other of corruption at a session
KIEV, Ukraine -- Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko wants to accelerate preparations for the 2012 European Championship.
President Viktor Yushchenko
"January is the last month of planning," Yushchenko said Monday at a Co-ordination Council session on tournament preparations. "From February on, we begin to act."
Ukraine is co-hosting Euro 2012 with neighbouring Poland and both countries face
It is said that we vote for politicians based on their attractiveness, or pleasing facial characteristics. Participate in this week’s poll so that come November we can compare the 44th president to our perception of the most “attractive.”
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President Pratibha Patil will inaugurate the 81st Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Sahitya Sammelan here today. After the outgoing President Arun Sadhu’s reported displeasure at the time-slot allottment, two different inaugural sessions are scheduled to take place at the Sammelan. President Patil will address the first inaugural session for 20 minutes, which will be attended by Maharashtra Governor S M Krishna, Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilas Rao Deshmukh as well as the present and past presidents of the Sammelan. Noted literary critic and President of the 81st Sammelan M D Hatkangalekar would address the second session after President Patil’s departure. Hundreds of writer delegates are expected to take part in the Sammelan. A series of literary events, Kavi sammelans and symposiums will be organised at the three-day meet. "Granth Dindis" (books' processions) were taken out on Friday in the city streets in which students and literary ent
On his recent visit to the Middle East President Bush worked in a three hour visit to Egypt which was not warmly welcomed by either its government nor its people. As thousands gathered at the Al-Azhar Mosque for Friday prayers, the main speaker’s sermon attacked Arab leaders for failing the people in the region. On [...]
Does anybody remember when ABC (a.k.a. Mickey Mouse Television) aired that show “Path to 9-11″ in 2006? There was all of this controversy from within the Democratic National Committee who urged progressives and liberals to write nasty-grams to ABC Chief Robert Iger to keep that piece of propaganda piece off the air. Especially [...]
Doubts over EU president's start date Bloc's first full-time president may not be able to start work as planned on January 1 next year, because of delays in ratifying the Lisbon treaty that creates the job, according to EU diplomats...
Bar Assoc. President Applauds New System To Speed Up Trials:
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Nassau, Bahamas:
President of the Bar Association Wayne Munroe has applauded a recent announcement by Chief Justice Sir Burton Hall that he will re-introduce a system intended to speed up the time in which matters are brought before the courts.
"I would welcome the reintroduction of any system where people understand that if you charge a man with a serious offence you should give him the opportunity to either be convicted if he is guilty or be shown not to be guilty as early as possible," Mr. Munroe said in an interview with The Bahama Journal.
Last October, Minister of National Security Tommy Turnquest revealed that there were 114 murder suspects on bail.
He said that up to September 2007, there were 39 people out on bail who were charged with rape, and more than 189 people on bail who were charged with armed robbery.
His revelation came amid ongoing concerns that people on bail are responsible for ma
I am very into this election of watching everything I can with learning about candidates. I am independent voter who will be voting for a democrat in the election of 2008. On the democratic side, I am not sure whom I will vote for I like Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. I am very interested in both sides of the race with candidates is important to watch. Winner of republican John McCain does not surprise me I don’t know if he will be the final nominee. Never know I guess he is better qualified than the others in that party are. Democrat Hillary Clinton winning over Barack Obama so now they both won one. Those two candidates will be fighting it out until someone is the final nominee. I think it will be interesting to watch the next caucus I do like them both equally. I do like Hillary I think she would make a good president she is very smart and has been in white house before being first lady. I also think Barack Obama would be a great president too. I really like him is a great can
The problem for the next President are going to include Social Security and Medicare. Robert Samuelson has another great column on the problem. He writes,"But facing these facts would expose candidates to three daunting problems.
KIEV, Ukraine -- Ukrainian president Viktor Yushchenko has written to parliamentary chairman Arseniy Yatsenyuk asking for the parliament to cancel its winter vacation in order to open the next session at an early date, the presidential press service said.
President Viktor Yushchenko
Yushchenko proposed to open the next session of the legislature on Jan. 22, not in February.
Yushchenko said the
If Dennis Kucinich would have been elected President of the United States when he first entered the race in 2004, I highly doubt that I would be reading a news story like this very frightening one.
Why? well in 2003, Kucinich was the recipient of the Gandhi Peace Award, an annual award bestowed by the Religious Society of Friends-affiliated organization Promoting Enduring Peace.
READ ABOUT THIS HEREPractice non-violence in your lives. You will be leaving your children a beautiful legacy.
KIEV, Ukraine -- Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko called on Ukrainians to revive Christian values.
President Viktor Yushchenko (L) and Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko.
“Let Christmas bells – messengers of the birth of Christ and the Savior – bring to your homes peace and warmth,” he said in his address to the Ukrainian people on the Christmas Eve.
“I believe that the revival of Christian
I am very into this election of watching everything I can with learning about candidates. I am independent voter who will be voting for a democrat in the election of 2008. On the democratic side, I am not sure whom I will vote for I like Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. I am very interested in both sides of the race with candidates is important to watch. I am surprised by winner of republican Mike Huckabee had less money than most yet he came out ahead. It just shows it takes more than a bunch of money to win at a caucus. The winner for democrats was Barack Obama I am happy for him I have to admit he does have something special about him. Many people have said he reminds them of John F Kennedy. I agree Obama has that something special can’t explain with words but know something is so great about him. Now onto New Hampshire Caucus. - Shop Political T-Shirts and More at CafePress
OK I'm the first to admit it I voted for Bush during the previous presidential elections. I voted for him at the time not because of his economic policies but because of his policies in regard to Iraq national security, terrorism, and Israel. But now as President Bush heads out to Israel I am not to happy with his policy in regards to Israel and terrorism. To me he has since backtracked on his friendship of Israel and has done some things in regards to the middle east towards Israel that makes his statements and actions seem like more of a enemy of Israel than a friend. Why am I saying this and why am I concern about this turn in the Bush administration. Here are a few Reasons Broken promises about moving the embassy to Jerusalem and recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.Failure to allow or support Israel actions in regards to attacks from Gaza.Failure to attend a Dinner in his honor in Jerusalem and also to speak to the Knesset w
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