tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65960459738691538752024-03-08T07:35:39.492-08:00Most Recent PostsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14921969105954699775noreply@blogger.comBlogger6956125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6596045973869153875.post-63628116118070420542015-06-22T01:37:00.001-07:002015-06-22T01:37:09.287-07:00Summit To Concentrate On Greece's Impending Deadline To Repay IMF LoanEuropean leaders hold an emergency summit in Brussels on Monday in an effort to prevent Greece from defaulting on its debts. Greece owes the International Monetary Fund $1.8 billion by the end of this month, and it needs Europe's help to make the payment. But the Athens government is refusing to commit to an economic overhaul package that officials are demanding.Greece has come close to default Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14921969105954699775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6596045973869153875.post-4582400479992295982015-06-21T05:11:00.001-07:002015-06-21T05:11:07.640-07:00A Mental Block May Help Solve This PuzzleOn-air challenge: Today's puzzle is called "Monkey Business." Every answer is a familiar two-word phrase starting with "M" and "B" — as in "monkey business."Last week's challenge: Think of an adjective that describes many shampoos. Add the brand name of a shampoo in its basic form. The result, reading the letters in order from left to right, will name a famous musician. Who is it?Answer: Herb Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14921969105954699775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6596045973869153875.post-81466549930133872662015-06-20T09:37:00.001-07:002015-06-20T09:37:03.973-07:00Anti-Austerity Marchers Rally In London Calling For End To CutsTens of thousands of anti-austerity demonstrators marched through the streets of London and other U.K. cities that they claim is the start of a broader program of protests and civil disobedience to force the Conservative government to reverse its program of deep spending cuts.Protests march through Liverpool in opposition to austerity. #EndAusterityNow #EndAusteriy pic.twitter.com/2JNH1glwZX&Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14921969105954699775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6596045973869153875.post-73105533301176921392015-06-20T08:11:00.001-07:002015-06-20T08:11:05.027-07:00Greece Pledges New Proposal To Resolve Debt CrisisA Greek minister is hinting that Athens will bring a new plan to the table at an emergency European Union summit next week to keep the country from defaulting on its sovereign debt and exiting the Eurozone."We will try to supplement our proposal so that we get closer to a solution," State Minister Alekos Flabouraris told Greek Mega television in a morning news show, according to Reuters. "We are Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14921969105954699775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6596045973869153875.post-11617571754593287422015-06-19T02:11:00.001-07:002015-06-19T02:11:09.498-07:00Q&A: Shigeru Miyamoto On The Origins Of Nintendo's Famous CharactersShigeru Miyamoto is the creator of many of Nintendo's iconic video game franchises, including Mario Bros., Donkey Kong and The Legend of Zelda. NPR's Laura Sydell interviewed the 62-year-old designer at the Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles this week.Miyamoto spoke, through an interpreter, about the origins of his famous characters, how his life experiences inspire his creations and Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14921969105954699775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6596045973869153875.post-51790892473725261892015-06-18T14:37:00.001-07:002015-06-18T14:37:07.852-07:00How Democratic Trade Rift Could Give Rise To 'Tea Party' Of The LeftFor several years, Democrats have gleefully watched as Republicans threatened to eat their own at the ballot box. Trying to enforce a rigid orthodoxy, groups such as the Senate Conservatives Fund, the Club for Growth and others have funded primary challengers if Republicans didn't fall in line on certain votes on taxes, spending cuts and other conservative issues.Now, it's Democrats' turn to try Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14921969105954699775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6596045973869153875.post-55182880673761358552015-06-18T09:11:00.001-07:002015-06-18T09:11:06.696-07:00Don't Know Much About History? Read A RomancePick up a romance novel and you'll often get more than just a pleasant read – many fans of historical romance say their favorite books have given them a new grounding in history and geography by bringing long-lost people and places to life.So I'd hazard a guess that few Americans under the age of 30 know much about Napoleon Bonaparte, beyond the fact that he was short and had a complex, unless Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14921969105954699775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6596045973869153875.post-71316423803941810062015-06-18T05:37:00.003-07:002015-06-18T05:37:07.112-07:00Appetite For War: What Napoleon And His Men Ate On The MarchOn the bicentennial of the Battle of Waterloo, Napoleon Bonaparte's most celebrated statement about food and warfare – "An army marches on its stomach" – is worth recalling.Except there is no record of him saying it. Just as there is no record of Marie Antoinette saying, "Let them eat cake."If he did say it, the words would have been as hollow as the stomachs of his soldiers. Though one of the Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14921969105954699775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6596045973869153875.post-86823065735330743672015-06-18T05:37:00.001-07:002015-06-18T05:37:06.209-07:00Appetite For War: What Napoleon And His Men Ate On The MarchOn the bicentennial of the Battle of Waterloo, Napoleon Bonaparte's most celebrated statement about food and warfare – "An army marches on its stomach" – is worth recalling.Except there is no record of him saying it. Just as there is no record of Marie Antoinette saying, "Let them eat cake."If he did say it, the words would have been as hollow as the stomachs of his soldiers. Though one of the Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14921969105954699775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6596045973869153875.post-25418841806546414552015-06-17T15:11:00.001-07:002015-06-17T15:11:06.600-07:00Washington Berry Pickers Push For Elusive Union ContractOn a recent morning at Sakuma Brothers Farm, eight Latino workers sat on a bench seat behind a tractor, planting strawberry roots that will bear fruit in a few years. Dust masks and goggles covered their faces.Sakuma Brothers runs fruit operations in Washington state and in California, selling berries to top brands like Driscoll's, Haagen-Dazs and Yoplait. The four-generation family farm is an Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14921969105954699775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6596045973869153875.post-18572426876702312352015-06-17T14:37:00.001-07:002015-06-17T14:37:15.375-07:00Concern Grows Over Unregulated Pesticide Use Among Marijuana GrowersThe marijuana industry has a pesticide problem. Many commercial cannabis growers use chemicals to control bugs and mold. But the plant's legal status is unresolved.The grow room at Medical MJ Supply in Fort Collins, Colo., has all the trappings of a modern marijuana cultivation facility: glowing yellow lights, plastic irrigation tubes, and rows of knee-high cannabis plants."We're seeing a crop Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14921969105954699775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6596045973869153875.post-69380959622641088082015-06-17T14:11:00.003-07:002015-06-17T14:11:25.594-07:00As NAFTA Memories Linger, Unions Hold Fast Against New Trade DealIf the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal isn't revived in the next few days, labor unions will have helped defeat one of President Obama's main foreign policy goals. But what will defeating the TPP, an agreement that covers 12 nations along the Pacific Rim, do for labor?Thea Lee, deputy chief of staff at the AFL-CIO, has had a front-row seat to the trade negotiations on Capitol Hill.She Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14921969105954699775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6596045973869153875.post-73663763547286093612015-06-17T14:11:00.001-07:002015-06-17T14:11:24.416-07:00Paul Ryan: Trade Deal Will Help U.S. 'Set The Standards For The Global Economy'House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, (R-Wis.) says approving a massive trade package sought by President Obama will allow the U.S. to "write the rules" of the global economy. Parts of the package are now in limbo in the House.Ryan spoke with NPR's Morning Edition host Steve Inskeep about the trade deal and about Trade Promotion Authority, also known as fast-track, which would allow Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14921969105954699775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6596045973869153875.post-77788252031059054922015-06-17T13:11:00.001-07:002015-06-17T13:11:09.261-07:00Yes, Your Car Loan Will Still Be Cheap As Fed Holds Rates LowThe Federal Reserve's policymakers Wednesday held steady on interest rates – and gave no specific time frame for when they might change course.That was the expected outcome of their two-day meeting.But this changed: The policy makers seemed a bit more optimistic about the U.S. economy. Their statement said that while inflation is very low, "economic activity has been expanding moderately."At a Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14921969105954699775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6596045973869153875.post-48807244467800260362015-06-17T12:37:00.001-07:002015-06-17T12:37:04.981-07:00Why Obama Has His Work Cut Out For Him On Getting Trade VotesThe Obama administration finds itself in the rare position of fighting alongside House Republicans this week as it tries to overcome Friday's stinging defeat to its massive trade package, the Trans-Pacific Partnership.The defeat came when Speaker John Boehner split the president's agenda that passed the Senate in May into two parts: one was Trade Promotion Authority, also known as fast-track — a Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14921969105954699775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6596045973869153875.post-75489992414659941282015-06-17T12:11:00.001-07:002015-06-17T12:11:06.670-07:00Donald Trump Is In, Promises To 'Make America Great Again'Saying that the United States can no longer beat its international competition, Donald Trump announced his candidacy to be the country's next president."Our country needs a truly great leader, and we need a truly great leader now," Trump said. He said that rather than being a cheerleader for America, President Obama has been "a negative force."We need somebody that can take the brand of the Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14921969105954699775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6596045973869153875.post-85377355615533279052015-06-17T11:37:00.001-07:002015-06-17T11:37:04.327-07:00Paul Ryan: Trade Deal Will Help U.S. 'Set The Standards For The Global Economy'House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, (R-Wis.) says approving a massive trade package sought by President Obama will allow the U.S. to "write the rules" of the global economy. Parts of the package are now in limbo in the House.Ryan spoke with NPR's Morning Edition host Steve Inskeep about the trade deal and about Trade Promotion Authority, also known as fast-track, which would allow Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14921969105954699775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6596045973869153875.post-5816355590070492722015-06-17T11:11:00.001-07:002015-06-17T11:11:17.480-07:00The Problem With Donald Trump's One-Page Summary On His WealthJust how much is Donald Trump worth?"I'm really rich," Trump declared during his presidential announcement Tuesday in New York at Trump Tower, one of the many buildings around the world donning his name.But just how rich has always been a question. It was one before the real-estate mogul declared for president and, well, it remains a big question afterward, too, despite Trump holding up a Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14921969105954699775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6596045973869153875.post-21372212266972248202015-06-17T10:37:00.003-07:002015-06-17T10:37:06.750-07:00In Combustible, Muslim Karachi, A Christian Erects A 140-Foot CrossEighteen months have elapsed since Parvez Henry Gill first began tackling one of the more unusual and sensitive assignments that anyone, anywhere, is ever likely to receive.Now he is close to completing the task: the construction of a 140-foot tall Christian cross in the middle of Karachi, the business capital of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.Wrapped in bamboo scaffolding, the cross juts into Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14921969105954699775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6596045973869153875.post-63327517454707082802015-06-17T10:37:00.001-07:002015-06-17T10:37:05.713-07:00Paul Ryan: Trade Deal Will Help U.S. 'Set The Standards For The Global Economy'House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, (R-Wis.) says approving a massive trade package sought by President Obama will allow the U.S. to "write the rules" of the global economy. Parts of the package are now in limbo in the House.Ryan spoke with NPR's Morning Edition host Steve Inskeep about the trade deal and about Trade Promotion Authority, also known as fast-track, which would allow Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14921969105954699775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6596045973869153875.post-18067222834290725842015-06-17T10:11:00.001-07:002015-06-17T10:11:20.943-07:00U.S. Export-Import Bank Targeted By ConservativesRepublicans are often seen as the party of business. So it's a little ironic that some of the most vocal opposition to the Export-Import Bank comes from conservative Republicans, such as Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan."If we're ever going to get rid of all the corporate connectedness, all the corporate welfare, you've got to start with the most egregious one and the most obvious one and that's the Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14921969105954699775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6596045973869153875.post-50508844520377887872015-06-16T09:11:00.001-07:002015-06-16T09:11:09.067-07:00As NAFTA Memories Linger, Unions Hold Fast Against New Trade DealIf the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal isn't revived in the next few days, labor unions will have helped defeat one of President Obama's main foreign policy goals. But what will defeating the TPP, an agreement that covers 12 nations along the Pacific Rim, do for labor?Thea Lee, deputy chief of staff at the AFL-CIO, has had a front-row seat to the trade negotiations on Capitol Hill.She Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14921969105954699775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6596045973869153875.post-27222187779015786472015-06-16T07:37:00.001-07:002015-06-16T07:37:07.077-07:00Merry Bloomsday! For Communion With Joyce, Raise A Sacramental GuinnessWhat's one to do with a typical Tuesday in June? That is, of course, after you've savored the fine tang of your mutton kidney breakfast, taken your (extended) morning constitutional and stepped out into the glory of another humdrum day. If you'll accept a suggestion: Perhaps you might want to spend the day with a man who's prone to doing all of these things himself — and who, despite having neverAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14921969105954699775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6596045973869153875.post-35118293388091220102015-06-16T02:37:00.001-07:002015-06-16T02:37:05.108-07:00Pope's Missive On Environment, Poverty Could Affect Habits Of MillionsIn April this year, on Earth Day, Pope Francis urged everyone to see the world through the eyes of God, as a garden to cultivate."May the way people treat the Earth not be guided by greed, manipulation, and exploitation, but rather may it preserve the divine harmony between creatures and creation, also in the service of future generations," he said.On Thursday, the Vatican will release the Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14921969105954699775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6596045973869153875.post-54659477229063531362015-06-15T16:11:00.003-07:002015-06-15T16:11:06.221-07:00Clinton Walks Delicate Line On Trade, Economy In First Press ConferenceHillary Clinton walked a delicate line on trade as she held her first official press conference of her campaign on Monday.Instead of staking out a clear position on whether she supports the current Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal and fast-track authority for the president, the Democratic presidential candidate instead dismissed the current stalemate in Congress as a "process issue.""I Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14921969105954699775noreply@blogger.com