Posted January 7th, 2009 by editor
French viewers have for the first time watched prime-time television without advert breaks, as President Nicolas Sarkozy’s media reforms got under way.
Advertising is now banned on French public television between 2000 and 0600. It will be phased out by 2011.
Link source:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7812747.stm
Tags: advert, nicolas sarkozy, president nicolas sarkozy, prime time television, primetime, public television, public tv, s media
Posted January 6th, 2009 by editor
A Look Back At Some Of The President’s Misunderestimated Remarks.
Get the low-down here:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/01/03/politics/main4696875.shtml?source=RSSattr=HOME_4696875
Tags: bush, misunderestimated, smooth talk
Posted January 6th, 2009 by editor
“They just shot him! They just shot him!” yelled 19-year-old Vargas, whose camera-phone had just captured the slaying of Grant by a San Francisco Transit officer. “…
I got you, mothaf–kers!” she exclaimed.
The full story is here:
http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Video_shows_police_shooting_man_laying_0105.html
Tags: 19 year old, cop, san francisco transit, transit officer, vargas
Posted January 6th, 2009 by editor
Mayor Michael Bloomberg arrived in Israel to show solidarity with Israelis threatened by Hamas.
During the visit to the embattled town of Sderot, Bloomberg and his party got a first hand feel of this threat as a missile siren went off and they were rushed to a bomb shelter.
Link source:
http://www.nypost.com/seven/01042009/news/regionalnews/bloomberg_in_israel_147188.htm
Tags: bomb shelter, hamas, israel, israelis, mayor bloomberg, mayor michael bloomberg, michael bloomberg, missile, siren, solidarity
Posted January 5th, 2009 by editor
A small explosion struck a cafe in northwestern Pakistan Sunday evening and, as police gathered to investigate, a suicide bomber detonated his explosives, killing six people, according to local police and the town’s mayor.
Get the low-down here:
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/01/04/pakistan.bombing.suicide/index.html
Tags: explosion, explosives, northwestern pakistan, suicide bomber, suicide bombing, sunday evening
Posted January 5th, 2009 by editor
The Czech presidency of the European Union said Israel’s action was “defensive, not offensive”.
France, the outgoing president of the EU, has issued a conflicting statement and called for a cease fire.
From:
http://uk.reuters.com/article/UKNews1/idUKTRE5021XK20090103
Tags: cease fire, europe, european union, israel, odds, outgoing president, presidency
Posted January 5th, 2009 by editor
In the grip of the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, America has undergone radical changes.
Greed is no longer good and luxury is a shameful word. Paul Harris in New York analyzes the tests facing the new president of a shattered nation.
Link:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/jan/04/us-economy-thrift-barack-obama
Tags: depression america, economic crisis, frugality, great depression, greed, new president, paul harris, radical changes
Posted January 5th, 2009 by editor
As expected, Al Franken’s lead over Norm Coleman in the Minnesota recount has grown to 223, after absentee ballots that both campaigns and the office of Secretary of State agreed were improperly rejected on election night were opened and counted. The former SNL star and presumable victor in the recount led Coleman by nearly 20% among the ballots.
Check it:
http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2009/01/franken-jumps-out-to-223-vote-lead-on.html
Tags: absentee ballots, al franken, campaigns, election night, former snl, leaps, norm coleman, secretary of state, snl star
Posted January 5th, 2009 by editor
With President-elect Barack Obama and congressional Democrats considering a massive spending package aimed at pulling the nation out of recession, the national debt is projected to jump by as much as $2 trillion this year, an unprecedented increase that could test the world’s appetite for financing U.S. government spending.
Get the low-down here:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/02/AR2009010202322.html?hpid=topnews
Tags: appetite, barack obama, congressional democrats, government spending, national debt, president elect, recession, trillion, unprecedented increase
Posted January 5th, 2009 by editor
You haven’t heard George Bush speak like this in a long time.
Link source:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9SOVzMV2bc
Tags: george bush, long time
