Words from the (investment) wise for the week that was (March 2 – 8, 2009) “Down, down, deeper and down”. So goes the chorus of a Status Quo song, but it is eerily starting to sound like the stock markets’ anthem. Another week and another plunge of equities on fears about the int...

Roller coaster future for theme park? | ajc.com. With jobs disappearing and homes being foreclosed, Georgians might need a day at Six Flags Over Georgia with its escapist fare of roller coasters, Bugs Bunny and Dick Clark’s bloopers. But the......

It looks like Pakistan has given up and cut a deal with the Taliban, allowing the introduction of Sharia law in the Swat Valley. The Obama administration is unhappy about this, and the President — if he is to keep his campaign promises — will now have to go to war with Pakistan. There are three ...

This is the week that was in matters musical … 1954, bluesman Joe Turner cuts “Shake, Rattle & Roll” six months before Bill Haley’s version is released … the cover blows up into a giant hit … Click here to view the embedded video. 1955, Richard Wayne Pennim...

The Financial Times — not known as a wild-eyed raving loonie rag — has a sobering analysis of the financial crisis, and what lies ahead, both in the USA and abroad. Thanks to C. Cantoni, Fausta, GL-T, Insubria, JD, LL, Tuan Jim, VH, and all the other tipsters who sent these in. Headlines and art...

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There are lot of news stories sprinkled throughout tonight’s feed that refer to problems with immigrants in Europe and their failure to integrate. If you add those to our recent posts on the same topic, it looks like we may be seeing a trend. Also take note of the news stories about Russia and the...

Meet Gerald McCullouch, the actor who is best known for playing Bobby Dawson on the CBS television series ‘CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.’ See photos, video and a biography of the CSI actor here. Gerarld McCullouch is in the news today because he successfully and bravely fended off an a...

Tennessee — Winchester authorities announced their success at shutting down a major international child porn operation in middle Tennessee this month that netted them one Gary Salles from Atlanta, Georgia. Salles is a long time gay activist and organizer of various charity operations for gays ...

Notes from Limmud 2008 Jews fighting Jews in the American Civil War Elkan Levy The American Civil War broke out on 12 April 1861 when some Confederates in Charleston fired on a Union detachment on an island in Charleston harbour. The war lasted exactly four years, ending 9 April 1865 when General Le...