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September 2008

September 25, 2008

McCain and his nonsensical political flight out of debates!!

This elections and the conduct of McCain and Palin has been the most weird. It...

September 20, 2008

Perils of Financial Abyss and Political Jokers

Image via WikipediaIn between a lot of work, I had the CNN on. And Wolf...

September 19, 2008

FDIC's Bank failure division to grow 5 times its present size!

I do not want to be sensationalist about this issue - but it IS a...

September 18, 2008

McCain's Economic Expertise is legendary… heheh

Financial markets are in a MESS.. and McCain may become the President of the US!...

September 17, 2008

AIG is NATIONALISED – the Soviets have won!

Ok, just a little news-flash: American Capitalism quietly passes into history. Federal Reserve is bailing...

September 16, 2008

Wall Street Dealers – thugs who can have the cake and eat it too

This is a news item that many missed. Lehman Brothers went down today. What many...

September 14, 2008

Hurricane Ike update from Houston (Katy)

Last night Hurricane Ike hit Houston and its surrounding areas. This was my first experience...

September 11, 2008

What does failure of Freddie and Fannie mean?

US Government has bailed out Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae - the two main organizations...

September 06, 2008

McCain's double standards on Family values and treatment of minors

Today John McCain is so shocked at the way the media is talking about Sarah...

September 05, 2008

Jon Stewart on Sarah Palin

Here is an interesting video on how Sarah Palin's "executive experience" is being touted around...

September 05, 2008

Cindy McCain burns up ~$300k for RNC convention clothes/accessories

John McCain has launched a campaign calling himself as a "regular" guy whose heart beats...

September 05, 2008

Biden & Obama: Bush administrations crimes may be reviewed

The Republican convention is on right now. And Joe Biden has been charging into George...

August 2008

August 08, 2008

John Edwards admits extra-marital affair

Former Democractic Presidential candidate John Edwards has admitted that he was having affair with a...

August 06, 2008

Brahma breed of cattle – journey from India to the heartland of US steakhouses

Indians don't eat beef much (mainly Christians and Muslims - along with some Hindus eat)....

July 2008

July 31, 2008

Is Nuclear Deal a smokescreen?

All that horse trading was ultimately for useless gains in the Nuclear deal. It was...

July 26, 2008

Truth of American Justice system

Image via WikipediaA lot is said of the treatment of prisoners in Guantanamo and shame...

July 12, 2008

Tony Snow dies of cancer

Today another person went down to cancer - colon cancer. Tony Snow was the press...

July 12, 2008

Biggest Bank failure in US! IndyMac – $20 billion – goes under..

Image via WikipediaToday a USD 20 billion IndyMac bank went down. Got an email from...

July 09, 2008

Killing Iranians is a joke for McCain

This is as shocking a comment as can be from a US presidential candidate. John...

July 09, 2008

Iran test fires 9 missiles

The entire Persian belt (Iran and Iraq) is a big mess! Iran had been getting...

July 08, 2008

Strange US laws of birds and bees

US is supposed to be very liberal in men and women relations. But if one...

June 2008

June 13, 2008

Guantanamo's End – Finally semblance of democratic norms in US!

Finally, the US democratic institutions have shown that they have a semblance of democratic ideals...

May 2008

May 07, 2008

Obama and Clinton: Changing one's fate

Last night Obama won North Carolina (56/42%) and lost Indiana (51/49%). He leads in the...

May 06, 2008

The Next Great Clash: Interview with Michael Levin

I very rarely find a book that I cannot keep down, specially when it comes...

May 04, 2008

Americans eat more per capita than all others

Here is an article which gives some extremely interesting stats that I wanted to record...

May 03, 2008

Poor to blame for rising food prices: Bush and Condi Rice

Why are the food prices rising? According to the clueless Bush administration it is because...

April 2008

April 22, 2008

The "N'er-do-well son"

Got this link and picture from a facebook contact. Thought it was interesting enough to...

April 11, 2008

3000 cancelled flights and growing: US Air under siege

3000 flights of American Airlines were cancelled this week - 570 on Friday! Alaska Airlines,...

April 07, 2008

Texas and California part of Mexico in Absolut Ad Campaign

In 1848, the Mexican-American war was the culmination of the hostilities between the two nations...

March 2008

March 31, 2008

US Mortgage crisis: a slum comes up near Los Angeles

Dharavi, in Bombay, is the second largest slum in Asia (after Orangi Township in Karachi)....