“<Iran> is not collapsing, but it is on the verge of collapse. The loss of income from oil there is approaching $45-50 billion by the year’s end.” ~Israeli Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz  The American policy with of containment and divestment is working with Iran.  Consortium News says Iran is signaling peace talks under a 2nd [...]

“I am in a battle and will not look back.  I am setting up a calendar … two years to create a policy for work and competitiveness. I am accelerating.” ~French President Francois Hollande  In order to meet standards set by the Eurozone to manage deficits … President Hollande has followed through on his promise [...]

“It is not nice to see what is happening to these people.  It shouldn’t be like this.” ~Manu Gallego, the manager of Canniad Fruit As we have shared HERE – protests are rocking Madrid as Spaniards rail against austerity cuts imposed by the European Union.  The Spanish government just worked out a deal to impose [...]

As we have written HERE – the U.S. has experienced “the longest stretch of employment gains in manufacturing in almost two decades”.  Even though the American economy is growing slowly … it is growing.  There have been many “green shoots” in the economy from housing to autos to manufacturing.  America has had to learn how [...]

“Democracy has been kidnapped. On 25 September we are going to save it.” ~Occupy Congress Everything you see in the video was organized through social media.  A few facts: Tens of thousands of protesters Unemployment in Spain is nearly 25% At least 1,300 police were on hand to handle the protest Leaders of protests outside [...]

President Obama gave a great speech today at the United Nations.  When he speaks – he is the face of our country and frankly – I can’t think of a better person to represent our values.  He spoke a great deal about the importance of Freedom of Speech and how that helps America but also [...]

Most people have heard the expression “There is more than one way to skin a cat” and that expression couldn’t be more true than with the challenges we face with Iran.  The Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu would like to draw America into a war with Iran over suspicion they are building nuclear technology for [...]

Right out of the gate – you can see the declassified FBI documents from 2002 HERE; they are still redacted for various reasons.  These were released in July of 2012 because of a request under the freedom of information act by author Grant Smith.  The documents show that current Israeli Prime Minister worked for a front [...]

Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu has been rattling his saber a lot lately over the possibility of Iran gaining access to nuclear weapons.  There has been a lot of talk about Israel attacking Iran because of concern that Iran could obtain nuclear weapons; I have written about this thoroughly … most recently HERE.  Israel is [...]

Another portion of the leaked video heard round the world courtesy of Mother Jones HERE; the transcript: I’m torn by two perspectives in this regard. One is the one which I’ve had for some time, which is that the Palestinians have no interest whatsoever in establishing peace, and that the pathway to peace is almost [...]