The founder of Blackwater, Erik Prince was officially charged in court on Friday, Aug 29, 2009 with intent to kill .
The plaintiffs hold Erik Prince responsible for 20+ Iraqi deaths, and the defense wants the motion to be dismissed. The Judge, T.S. Ellis III has not issued a ruling yet, however as the Washington [...]
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Blackwater (Xe) Founder Officially Charged
Declunkerize- it’s time to clean out your garage
The US cash for clunkers program has been given new life by the approval of an additional $2 billion. Environmentalists are complaining that there is nothing in the legislature that encourages people to purchase fuel efficient vehicles (just better than what they previously had). However the objective was to give new life to the automobile [...]
2009 Gloom & Doom Update: Suicide Rates on the Rise
One of the side effects of the worsening global economy and unemployment is the increase in suicides and suicide attempts. The numbers of cases (high profile and of “normal people“) being reported has increased significantly.
Asian economies like South Korea, Japan and Hong Kong have all reported increases and are planning for more. South Korea and [...]
off-topic: Transit
We took off before the election results were declared however our pilot was good enough to keep us updated. He gave us the electoral count right after takeoff and about 30mins later when the results were declared. Nothing quite like staying connected.
Sitting at Heathrow Airport right now, it’s quite amazing to see the actual electoral [...]
off topic: Go VOTE!!!
vote vote vote
It’s a right that is considered a luxury in many (most?) countries of the world. Exercise your rights. The consequences are profound and impact the WHOLE world.
Obama is speaking in VA right now to a crowd of 90,000+ people.
I’m trying to figure out what time to go to the polls- very early morning [...]
off topic: election mania
It’s quite interesting to be in the US right now around election time- the campaign frenzy is EVERYWHERE!!
The Obama campaign clearly has more money as we’ve received 4 or 5 mailers and/or postcards (one each day) left at our front door. We’ve had door-to-door campaigners come by 4 times in the past few days telling [...]
