World News Discussions

Oh, I'm so thrilled! Not only are we founding members of the UN, the IMF, and lots of other International Alphabet Soups, we even get to be subject to their rulings. Cool! NWO? Hah, take a backseat to the WTO! Yes, the one we made sure to get China a nice place in. I think I love ending a phrase with a preposition almost ...

Generally, I find MSM articles full of crap and am loath to post them. But this one from FoxNews is momentous. Check it out. Feds Nab 'Jihad Jane'... Pennsylvania Woman Charged With Recruiting Violent Jihadist Fighters Tuesday, March 09, 2010 A Pennsylvania woman known to authorities as "JihadJane" has been...

Violence has again broken out on California University campuses. Only one problem. And this is the disturbing part. The people who frequent this site and attend Tea Parties are angry that the government is spending too much and selling our kids into slavery. Those who are doing the VIOLENT protesting are angry because they are no lo...

Note that the British have only been keeping temperature records since 1914 (see end of article). So they've been trying to establish a case for human induced global warming with less than 100 years of temperature data! British winter was the coldest for 31 years Met Office figures recorded a December-to-February mean UK tempe...

"America the Empire." "We Occupy 130 Countries" and "America has 750 military bases encircling the globe." "Amerika enslaves the world at the Bankers' Behest." So cry and lie the neolibs. To them, the wars we fought in the last 100 years have all been about Empire-building. Ne...

Russia's dismal showing at the Vancouver Olympics may be the least of the Kremlin's worries as allegations of corruption mar preparations for the 2014 Sochi Olympics. A tribute to the 2014 Sochi Olympics is unveiled Sunday during the closing ceremony of th...

According to this report China may be warming up to the idea of challenging countries with Arctic Ocean Front real estate to access for transit and resources. For example an Arctic passage for shipping will save thousands of miles in shipping vs Panama and the Suez. http://www.thestar.com/news/world/china ... layer?bn=1...

One of the biggest earthquakes in history hit Chile last night. It has already generated multiple tsunamis with 9 foot waves striking the Chile coast. Do these earthquakes seem to be coming with more frequency than normal? What would happen if SF or LA got hit with an 8.8 magnitude earthquake? My mother will tell me it is a sign of ...