3Views
China
Govenment News
Other News
Upbeat News
Science News
Wasted Tax Dollars
Hall of Fame
Nutty Quotes
Contact Us
Report News
GovNut Home
|
3Views
Same story, three different sources, three different views
September 11, 2001 is a day we shall never forget, and apparently a day we shall never agree upon who, or what, is at fault. 4 view special.
Americans blame govt for 9/11
Forty-three percent of Americans believe that US policies in the Middle East might have motivated the 9/11 terror attacks on New York and the Pentagon, according to a new poll by Pew Research Center.
-China Daily
Two Thirds of Americans Blame Israel for 9-11
More than two thirds of Americans viewed "U.S. ties to Israel and its policies" as the CAUSE of 911, but in less than a month, it was down to 58%.
-Fathers Manifesto
Falwell blames pagans, abortionists, feminists... for 9/11
JERRY FALWELL: The ACLU's got to take a lot of blame for this.
-ActUpNY
Obama's Pastor: God Damn America, U.S. to Blame for 9/11
In a campaign appearance earlier this month, Sen. Obama said, "I don't think my church is actually particularly controversial."
-ABC News March 2008
Hurricane Irene the Aftermath - did officials go overboard?
NY Avoids Full Force Of Tropical Storm Irene
New Yorkers are breathing a sigh of relief as the city escaped the full force of the hurricane that has battered America's East Coast, killing at least 14 people.
-Sky News
New Yorkers barely miss a beat after Hurricane Irene; for some, ‘a fun little adventure’
When the clouds began to part, Wall Street wasn’t swamped. Coney Island’s world-famous Cyclone roller coaster was still standing. The Empire State Building hadn’t lost a single window.
-Washington Post
New Yorkers barely miss a beat after Hurricane Irene; for some, ‘a fun little adventure’
When the clouds began to part, Wall Street wasn’t swamped. Coney Island’s world-famous Cyclone roller coaster was still standing. The Empire State Building hadn’t lost a single window.
-Washington Post
Irene shut down Northeast, but New York spared
Hurricane Irene surged through New York City on Sunday flooding waterfronts and low-lying areas, but America's most populous city avoided the mass devastation some had feared.
-Baltimore Sun
New York Evacuation
City Orders Evacuation of Coastal Areas
With Hurricane Irene speeding relentlessly toward the East Coast, officials announced plans to evacuate low-lying areas in New York City and shut down the sprawling subway and transit system.
-New York Times
Mayor Orders Mandatory Evacuations Ahead Of Storm; MTA To Suspend Service At Noon Saturday
In an unprecedented move, Mayor Michael Bloomberg this afternoon announced the mandatory evacuation of thousands of city residents living in low-lying areas as the city prepares for the arrival of Hurricane Irene.
-NY1 News
Hurricane Irene preparations prompt New York City to begin evacuations of low-lying areas
Transit officials will start shutting down subways, buses and commuter trains at noon Saturday and the city ordered mandatory evacuations of some 300,000 people in low-lying areas as Hurricane Irene took aim at New York.
-NYDailyNews.com
Hurricane Irene
Before Hurricane Irene hits, New York to shut down entire transportation system, plan evacuations
The city is planning to shut down the entire transportation system on Saturday in anticipation of Hurricane Irene's arrival, officials revealed Thursday.
-NYDailyNews.com
REFILE-UPDATE 5-US East Coast in Irene's path, scrambles to prep
The northeast U.S. seaboard, including the capital, Washington, and financial center New York, rushed to prepare on Thursday for a possible mauling from powerful Hurricane Irene this weekend.
-Reuters
Evacuation orders issued for LBI, Cape May, Atlantic counties as hurricane watches are declared in N.J.
Hurricane watches have been issued for the entire New Jersey coast ahead of Hurricane Irene, according to the National Weather Service.
-New Jersey On-Line
Pentagon report on China's military
Pentagon releases report on China's military
The U.S. Department of Defense on Wednesday unveiled its annual report on China's military, recognizing and welcoming China's contribution to international safety and security, while still overlooking the country's peaceful defense policy.
-English.xinhuanet.com
Pentagon report: China closer to matching modern militaries
China made impressive gains last year in its military buildup that pushed the Communist Party-controlled People’s Liberation Army closer to matching modern militaries, according to the Pentagon’s annual report to Congress made public Wednesday.
-Washington Times
China on track for modern military by 2020: U.S.
China appears on track to forge a modern military by 2020, a rapid buildup that could be potentially destabilizing to the Asia-Pacific region, the Pentagon said on Wednesday.
-Reuters
Biden to China, U.S. a safe investment
UPDATE 2-Biden: China didn't need reassurance on US economy
Vice President Joe Biden said on Monday China's leaders did not seek reassurances about the weak U.S. economy, and he called Xi Jinping -- the man expected to take over as China's next president -- pragmatic and strong.
-REUTERS
Biden tells China that U.S. investments ‘safe’
On the final stop of his four-day China trip, Vice President Biden sought to assure a university audience that the United States will come to grips with its debt problem, and he blamed a vocal faction of the Republican Party for the struggle to reach a deal.
-Washington Post
Biden encourages investment
US Vice-President Joe Biden said at a business roundtable event in Beijing on Friday that Chinese investment in the United States can provide jobs and economic opportunities.
-ChinaDaily
Israel Egyptian dispute
Israel-Gaza attacks stoke tension with Cairo
Israeli aircraft struck militant outposts in Gaza and Palestinians fired rockets back on Friday following deadly gun attacks along the desert border with Egypt that have raised tensions between Israel and the new rulers in Cairo.
-The Baltimore Sun
Israel says it deeply regrets Egypt troop deaths
Israel's Defense Minister says Israel deeply regrets the deaths of Egyptian troops killed during a shootout between Israeli soldiers and Palestinian militants.
-Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Israel Says It Regrets Egyptian Troop Deaths
Israel's Defense Minister says Israel deeply regrets the deaths of Egyptian troops killed during a shootout between Israeli soldiers and Palestinian militants.
-NPR
Georgetown, China basketball brawl
Georgetown, China basketball coaches and players meet a day after on-court brawl
BEIJING — Members of Georgetown University’s basketball team held a make-up session with the Chinese military team, the Bayi Rockets, one day after their chair-throwing, on-court brawl led to an abrupt end to their “friendly” exhibition game and prompted an online outpouring of disgust by Chinese fans.
-Washington Post
The China-U.S. Basketball Brawl
China’s political buzzword over the past decade has been "harmony," but its Army basketball team never got the memo. On the second day of Vice President Joe Biden’s trip to Beijing, the visiting Georgetown Hoyas and the Army-affiliated Bayi Rockets played a "friendship match." But the exhibition game was anything but friendly: both sides engaged in aggressive pushing and shouting, until a Chinese player—elbowed in the kidney—yelled insults at the Georgetown coach, it wasn't long after that both sides leaped off their benches and flooded the court.
-The Daily Beast
Georgetown Hoyas in brawl with Chinese basketball team
It was billed as a friendly match. It ended up with a fist fight, flying chairs and coaches hauling their players off the court.
-guardian.co.uk
White House Moves Ahead With Deportation Rules Congress Rejected
US plans to make it a priority to deport illegal immigrants who are convicted criminals
The Obama administration said Thursday it will allow many illegal immigrants facing deportation the chance to stay in this country and apply for a work permit, while focusing on removing from the U.S. convicted criminals and those who might be a national security or public safety threat.
-The Washington Post
Obama Administration to Review All Deportation Cases, Apply DREAM Act-Style Criteria
Obama administration announces it will launch a case-by-case review of illegals slated for deportation, a move reminiscent of the controversial DREAM Act, which failed to pass in Congress.
-FOX News
U.S. undertaking case-by-case review on deportation
The Obama administration said Thursday it will indefinitely delay deporting many illegal immigrants who don't have criminal records and will offer them a chance to apply for a work permit. The government will focus on sending back convicted criminals and those who might be a national security or public safety threat.
-azcentral.com
Fallout of Bart cell phone shutdown
BART: 1st Amendment issues mount over cell shutdown
In 1967, the California Supreme Court ruled that a city couldn't prohibit nondisruptive political activity inside a railroad station.
-San Francisco Chronicle
Hacker group posts names of BART site subscribers
Bay Area Rapid Transit district officials said they were attempting Sunday to shut down a hacker's group website that lists the names of thousands of San Francisco Bay area residents who are email subscribers of a legitimate BART website.
-MSNBC
San Francisco Subway Shuts Cell Service to Foil Protest; Legal Debate Ignites
For apparently the first time in the United States, a government agency shuttered mobile-internet and phone service in a bid to quash a demonstration — the same type of speech suppression exercised by Middle Eastern tyrannies to quell dissent.
-WIRED
Hackers steal Citigroup accounts
Hackers steal, sell 92,000 Citigroup accounts
More than 92,000 accounts held by Citigroup's Citi Cards Japan have been stolen and sold illegally to a third party. Lost customer details include account numbers, names, addresses, phone numbers, date of birth, gender and account opening dates.
-SC Magazine
Citigroup Hit Again by Security Breach
Multinational financial service provider Citigroup appears to be snake-bitten by security problems, and not just through Web hacking.
-eweek.com
Citigroup hit with another data leak
Citigroup's Japanese credit card unit said personal information for more than 92,000 of its customers was illegally sold to a third party. The information exposed included the names, account numbers addresses, phone numbers birthdates, and sex of 92,408 credit card holders, Citi Cards Japan warned in an advisory (PDF) issued Friday. The personal identification numbers and card security codes were not accessed.
-The Register
Pakistan let Chinese inspect U.S. stealth copter
Pakistan Offers China Glimpse of Downed U.S. "Stealth" Helicopter
The daring raid that killed Osama Bin Laden unfortunately left behind part of a next-generation, modified Black Hawk "stealth" helicopter. It seems that Chinese engineers -- with the permission of Pakistan cites recent media reports -- collected images and other possible footage of the wreckage.
-DailyTech
Reports: Pakistan let Chinese inspect U.S. stealth copter
Chinese military engineers likely got to examine the wreckage of the U.S. stealth helicopter that crashed during the raid on Osama bin Laden's compound in Pakistan, according to news reports.
-CNN
U.S. Aides Believe China Examined Stealth Copter
In the days after the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, Pakistan’s intelligence service probably allowed Chinese military engineers to examine the wreckage of a stealth American helicopter that crashed during the operation, according to American officials and others familiar with the classified intelligence assessments.
-New York Times
San Francisco's BART subway system cut off cellphone signals
SF transit agency’s cell phone shutdown: Shielding commuters or hints of Orwell?
SAN FRANCISCO — An illegal, Orwellian violation of free-speech rights? Or just a smart tactic to protect train passengers from rowdy would-be demonstrators during a busy evening commute?
-Washington Post
S.F. subway system admits cutting cellphone service to stop planned protest
In a controversial move that has riled up free speech advocates, San Francisco's Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) subway system said it cut off cellphone signals at “select” stations in response to a planned protest this week.
-CNN
San Francisco Cell Shutdown: Safety Issue, or Hint of Orwell?
An illegal, Orwellian violation of free-speech rights? Or just a smart tactic to protect train passengers from rowdy would-be demonstrators during a busy evening commute?
-FOX News
Pawlenty drops out of presidential race
Pawlenty Drops 2012 Presidential Bid
Tim Pawlenty announced an end to his presidential candidacy Sunday after what he called a "disappointing" third place finish in the Ames, Iowa, straw poll.
-FOX News
Pawlenty drops out of presidential race
Ames, Iowa (CNN) -- Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty abandoned his bid for the GOP presidential nomination on Sunday after a disappointing finish in the Ames Straw Poll in Iowa. "We needed a boost from Ames that didn't happen," Pawlenty told staff on a conference call Sunday morning, CNN learned.
-CNN
Tim Pawlenty quits race for Republican presidential nomination
Former Minnesota governor Tim Pawlenty dropped out of the race for the Republican presidential nomination on Sunday, hours after finishing a disappointing third in the Iowa straw poll. "I wish it would have been different, but obviously the pathway forward for me doesn't exist so we are going to end the campaign," Pawlenty said on ABC's This Week programme.
-guardian.co.uk
William Bratton To Advise U.K.
Noted New York Law Enforcer William Bratton To Advise U.K.
Former New York Police Commissioner William Bratton will advise the British government on gangs in the wake of rioting in London, Prime Minister David Cameron's office said Friday.
-FOX News
William Bratton, former NYPD head, accepts job to stop gang violence at Scotland Yard
The city's former top cop William Bratton will advise the British police on how to squash gang violence in the wake of riots that swept across the country.
-NYDailyNews.com
Bratton as advisor doesn't sit well with some British police
Police officials bristle at British Prime Minister David Cameron's decision to seek advice from former LAPD Chief William J. Bratton on gang violence and social unrest.
-Los Angeles Times
Riots in Britain
London police say nearly 600 charged over riots
LONDON - Police in London said Friday they have charged almost 600 people with violence, disorder and looting over deadly riots in Britain's capital, as the city's mayor said Londoners wanted to see "significant sentences" handed out to the guilty.
-azcentral.com
Britain braces for weekend with thousands of extra cops on streets
London — Thousands of extra police officers were stationed on Britain's streets Friday, as the country faced its first weekend since riots raged through suburbs and town centers, leaving a scarred landscape of broken glass and torched buildings
-The Detroit News
Arrest total from British riots is around 1,700
London — LONDON—
British police and law courts working round the clock continue rounding up rioters that laid waste to homes and businesses throughout the country this week.
-Chicago Tribune
Rick Perry, the governor of Texas to Start 2012 Bid
Perry to Start 2012 Bid in S. Carolina: AP
Rick Perry, the governor of Texas and an early Tea Party supporter, plans to step into the Republican presidential campaign this weekend in South Carolina and New Hampshire, the Associated Press reported today.
-Bloomberg
Rick Perry to Run for President
Rick Perry will make "a definitive announcement that he is in the 2012 race for the presidency Saturday," aides told Fox News. The language is significant. For several days the Perry camp has said he would signal his intentions and announce later. "This is it," the sources explain. No exploratory committee, no more deliberation. Perry will spend mo...
-BigNewsNetwork.com
Texas Gov. Rick Perry to officially enter 2012 race Saturday
AUSTIN, Texas -- Texas Gov. Rick Perry will announce Saturday he is entering the 2012 race for the White House, aides to the governor told FOX News Channel Thursday.
-The New York Post
China's First Aircraft Carrier Launches Sea Trials
China sends first aircraft carrier out for sea trials
Amid ongoing territorial disputes between Southeast Asian nations in the South China Sea, China began sea trials of its first aircraft carrier.
-BigNewsNetwork.com
China's First Aircraft Carrier Launches Sea Trials, as Taiwan Responds by Developing Anti-Carrier Missiles
The mission by the refurbished former Soviet carrier marks a first step in readying the craft for full deployment. China says the ship is intended for research and training, pointing to longer-term plans to build up to three additional clones of the carrier in China's own shipyards.
-FOX News
China tests first aircraft carrier
China began sea trials on Wednesday for its first aircraft carrier, a ship that has come to symbolize the nation’s growing military and maritime ambitions.
-The Washington Post
Fed to hold interest rate near zero for 2 years
Fed to keep interest rates low until 2013
The Federal Reserve painted a much gloomier picture of the economy Tuesday, and indicated it would keep cash cheap and easy for at least two more years. Following its fifth policymaking meeting of the year, the central bank also surprised Wall Street with several dramatic changes to its official statement.
-CNNMoney
Bulls Storm Back Into Town, Stage 430-Point Surge
The beleaguered markets capped a violent trading session with a sharp comeback as traders scooped up beaten-down stocks and analyzed the Federal Reserve's pledge to hold interest rates at historically-low levels for the next two years.
-FOXBusiness
Fed to hold interest rate near zero for 2 years; stocks fluctuate after prediction
Noting that economic growth is “considerably slower” this year than previously thought, the Federal Reserve said Tuesday that it would maintain short-term interest rates near zero for at least another two years. But the central bank did not revive its controversial Treasury-bond purchase program to ease recession worries in the stock market, as many analysts predicted it would after a meeting of its rate-setting committee.
-The Washington Times
The Downgrade Blame Game
Democrats seek to pin downgrade on 'tea party'
As stocks continued Monday to tumble in the wake of Standard & Poor’s downgrade of the United States’ credit rating, Democrats are working to place the blame for the move squarely on the shoulders of the "tea party" movement.
-Los Angeles Times
How S&P downgraded the government — and itself
Standard & Poor’s decision to downgrade the United States has drawn a lot of criticism. The White House called its performance, which included a miscalculation of about $2 trillion, “amateur hour.” Rep. Barney Frank was even less sparing. “These are some of the people who have the worst records of incompetence and irresponsibility around,” he told Rachel Maddow. They are trying to “justify their reputation.”
-The Washington Post
Why The Downgrade Won't End The D.C. Dysfunction
The political blame game that has followed Standard & Poor's U.S. debt downgrade has been dismally predictable. Democrats point fingers at the Tea Party wing of the Republican Party. Republicans condemn President Obama for an inability to lead. And S&P has been alternately hailed for calling out Washington's budgeting dysfunction and excoriated for overstepping in its ratings role.
-NPR
U.S. Loses AAA Credit Rating From S&P
U.S. Loses AAA Credit Rating From S&P
The United States has lost its sterling credit rating. Credit rating agency Standard & Poor's on Friday lowered the nation's AAA rating for the first time since granting it in 1917. The move came less than a week after a gridlocked Congress finally agreed to spending cuts that would reduce the debt by more than $2 trillion -- a tumultuous process that contributed to convulsions in financial markets. The promised cuts were not enough to satisfy S&P.
-Fox News
China demands U.S. 'live within its means'
The largest foreign holder of U.S. treasuries responds to the S&P downgrading by calling for decreases in U.S. military outlays and social spending.
-Los Angeles Times
Why S&P's Downgrade Of The U.S. Credit Rating May Not Be As Bad As It Sounds
Standard & Poor's just downgraded America's credit rating. This sounds portentous and world-historical, but the impact of the downgrade could be relatively minor.
-NPR
Operation Shady RAT
U.S. Cybercops Caught Flat-Footed by Massive Global Cyberattack
Top U.S. cybercops were surprised by revelations of an unprecedented case of cyber-espionage -- a five-year-long hacking scheme from a single "state actor" that targeted U.S. government and U.N. computers as well as defense firms and private industries.
-Fox News
Guardians of Internet Security Are Targets
“Whether an intrusion is conducted by a skilled outsider with criminal intent, an adolescent hacker seeking a thrill or a disgruntled employee bent on revenge or espionage, the potential risks to the organization are enormous.”
-The New York Times
Report on ‘Operation Shady RAT’ identifies widespread cyber-spying
A leading computer security firm has used logs produced by a single server to trace the hacking of more than 70 corporations and government organizations over many months, and experts familiar with the analysis say the snooping probably originated in China.
-The Washington Post
|
Employment
6Figure Jobs
CareerBuilder.com
The Ladders
USAJOBS
General
Gas Price by Zip
2010 Census Map
Follow
GovNut
|
