Social Security Payout to Exceed Revenue This Year – NYTimes.com: “This year, the system will pay out more in benefits than it receives in payroll taxes, an important threshold it was not expected to cross until at least 2016, according to the Congressional Budget Office.”
Archives: 25 March 2010
March 25, 2010
March 25, 2010
World Wide Military Deployments
World Wide Military Deployments America has more than twice as many troops deployed as the rest of the world combined! That is stupid!
March 25, 2010
New species of early human found in Siberia – RT Top Stories
New species of early human found in Siberia – RT Top Stories: “The fossil finger bone was discovered in 2008 by a team of archaeologists led by Mikhail Shunkov and Anatoly Derevyanko of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Novosibirsk. It was found in the Denisova cave in the Altay Mountains in a layer radiocarbon [...]
March 25, 2010
Icelandic volcano erupts | Top Russian news and analysis online | 'RIA Novosti' newswire
Icelandic volcano erupts | Top Russian news and analysis online | ‘RIA Novosti’ newswire: “A volcano at Eyjafjallajoekull in south-central Iceland continued to erupt under an ice-sheet on Wednesday, without realising the fears of many Icelanders that it might unleash floods of meltwater.Vulcanologists said the location of the eruption, between the Eyjafjallajoekull and Myrdalsjoekull glaciers [...]
March 25, 2010
Russia's international reserves up $6.9 bln to $448.2 bln in week | Top Russian news and analysis online | 'RIA Novosti' newswire
Russia’s international reserves up $6.9 bln to $448.2 bln in week | Top Russian news and analysis online | ‘RIA Novosti’ newswire: “Russia’s international reserves largely holding gold and foreign exchange increased 1.6% or $6.9 billion to $448.2 billion in the week of March 12-19, the Central Bank of Russia said on Thursday.”
March 25, 2010
Russian-speaking eBay eases life for e-shoppers | Top Russian news and analysis online | 'RIA Novosti' newswire
Russian-speaking eBay eases life for e-shoppers | Top Russian news and analysis online | ‘RIA Novosti’ newswire: “The giant on-line auction and shopping website eBay has launched a Russian interface, the company announced on Thursday. The main obstacle for 16.3% of Russians has been the language barrier, which prevents them from buying on eBay because [...]
March 25, 2010
Signature date for Russia-U.S. arms cut pact not yet set | Top Russian news and analysis online | 'RIA Novosti' newswire
Signature date for Russia-U.S. arms cut pact not yet set | Top Russian news and analysis online | ‘RIA Novosti’ newswire: “The date for the signing ceremony of a new strategic arms pact between Russia and the United States has not yet been set, a Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Thursday. ‘In regard to [...]
March 25, 2010
900 tons of beer spilt in Georgian brewery – News – GeorgiaTimes.info
900 tons of beer spilt in Georgian brewery – News – GeorgiaTimes.info: “In Kazbegi brewery [Rustavi, Georgia] 19 cisterns were upset, 900 tons of beer leaked, no injured, informed Gogi Topadze, the president of the company – RIA Novosti. ‘The reconstruction must have been finished. 24 cisterns were set and filled with beer. The technicians [...]