As you know the last few days Boza and I are two bachelors. Our better half is traipsing around Leuven, Belgium. She is absorbing lots of data to make her job even more fun at Gazprombank… So I made a wonder cup of coffee this morning and started to sip it while I was doing [...]
Archives: 24 November 2010
November 24, 2010
November 24, 2010
SOA Rally – Has a Message Been Delivered?
For twenty years the SOA rally has been away for Americans to express themselves about a cause that is dear to heart for more than just a few… It has been a rally of ups and downs but this time with out warning News Personnel were arrested and given only options of paying a bribe [...]
November 24, 2010
The Yuan / Ruble Exchange has begun…
The Chinese Foreign Exchange Trade System signed up the first yuan/ruble trading on Monday. The deal requires that it equals or exceeds 1 million yuan with a rate of 4.67 rubles for one (1) yuan. So this is definitely an exchange for the wealthy to start with… The ruble is now the seventh currency to [...]
November 24, 2010
So America Did Not Like Russia Today Doing Some Reporting on the SOA Watch Rally…
Not a peep so far out of the Western Press. So where is the Western Press? Where is the screaming articles about this video? The whole Russia Today crew was arrested. What about the other news agencies? An RT crew, including correspondent Kaelyn Forde and cameraman Jon Conway, has been detained by US police while [...]
November 24, 2010
Coffee, IBM, Gazprom, Shipping and Traffic…
The weather outside is just plain nasty and that cup of coffee is just plain good this morning. So while I was sipping that wonderful coffee. I was doing some thinking’s… I was thinking about several things and least of which is not that Sveta has flown out early this morning from Moscow and headed [...]
November 24, 2010
‘No survivors’ in New Zealand mine
All 29 miners, including two Britons, trapped underground in a New Zealand mine are believed to be dead after a second explosion.
November 24, 2010
N Korea attack killed civilians
The bodies of two civilians are found on the South Korean island of Yeonpyeong, shelled during the attack by North Korea.
November 24, 2010
Ministers target schools overhaul
Planned reforms to education in England are being unveiled, including a scheme to retrain former troops as teachers to improve classroom discipline.
November 24, 2010
First fines for data act breaches
Two organisations, including a county council, become the first to be fined by the Information Commissioner for Data Protection Act breaches.
November 24, 2010
Dublin to unveil austerity plan
The Irish Republic’s government is set to publish a four-year austerity programme required for its EU- and IMF-led bail-out.
November 24, 2010
Clegg’s appeal to student protest
Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg is calling on students to reconsider plans for street protests over university tuition fees.
November 24, 2010
Kercher murder appeal adjourned
American Amanda Knox has appeared in an Italian court as she begins a bid to overturn her conviction for the murder of Briton Meredith Kercher.
November 24, 2010
Report backs speed camera benefit
Some 800 more people a year could be killed or seriously injured on the UK’s roads if all speed cameras were scrapped, a report suggests.
November 24, 2010
General strike begins in Portugal
A general strike in Portugal hits services as workers protest against government plans to cut public sector wages.