The White House said attempted phishing attacks against its networks were ‘not infrequent’ The White House has confirmed it was the target of a cyber-attack but says the breach hit an unclassified network. An unnamed administration official told US media that there was no indication any data had been removed. The conservative Washington Free Beacon reported on
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The VOA (Voice Of America) reported early April 17 2012 that China has joined other world powers in warning North Korea that they will not tolerate any more provocations after the isolated nation’s failed rocket launch last week. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said late Monday in Brasilia that the U.N. Security Council members,
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January 17, 2012 Real News Top constitutional law expert Jon Turley notes in a must-read Washington Post article called “We are no longer the land of the free” (I have edited slightly to remove parentheses in several places): Americans often proclaim our nation as a symbol of freedom to the world while dismissing nations such
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by: The Firearm Blog The BATFE have published a list of the top countries which exported firearms to the USA and how many gun were imported from them. Most of these countries have only one, two or three major firearm manufacturers, so it is not hard to figure out how many guns these manufactures exported.
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As the markets closed on August 22, 2011, gold was flirting with $2,000 an ounce closing at $1,918 as of the printing of this article. As an investment, the metal has climbed because of investors’ concern about the uncertain state of the global economy, driving central banks around the world to weaken their currencies. Central
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g. 19, 2011, 12:01 a.m. EDT Silver, corn, coffee and gasoline prices have been climbing too By Myra P. Saefong, MarketWatch SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Gold has climbed by a phenomenal $339 an ounce since the start of July, proving its worth as a safe-haven investment, but the yellow metal isn’t the only commodity that can
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So the United States has officially joined Europe and the Middle East in an economic meltdown. We (Americans) have been a spectator in the world’s economic collapse (sort of.) Friday after the markets closed Standard and Poor’s (S&P) downgraded Americas bond rating from an AAA rating to an AA+. So what does this do to
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(China Military News cited from focustaiwan.tw) — A local daily reported Wednesday that both Taiwan and China are developing state-of-the-art electromagnetic pulse (EMP) weapons to ensure supremacy in that area in the event of a war across the Taiwan Strait. Citing the newly released Ministry of National Defense (MND) 2011 National Defense Report, the China Times
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IMF bombshell: Age of America nears end Commentary: China’s economy will surpass the U.S. in 2016 By Brett Arends, MarketWatch This column has been updated to include a reaction from the IMF. BOSTON (MarketWatch) — The International Monetary Fund has just dropped a bombshell, and nobody noticed. For the first time, the international organization has
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