Frantic text messages between French CEOs about cottage cheese prices. Clandestine smoke breaks in a Left Bank apartment to collude on yogurt strategy. A ruling Thursday by France’s competition authority makes for rich reading, detailing a web of secret meetings, hand-written charts and phone exchanges over six years to fix prices on many of the […] Continue reading →
Three people were transported to hospitals Thursday morning after a Delta plane skidded off a runway at New York’s LaGuardia Airport during a snow storm, prompting the airport to announce it will be closed until 2 p.m. ET. The plane, a MD-88 that was traveling from Atlanta to New York, was carrying 125 passengers and […] Continue reading →
Apparently, President Barack Obama is not content to simply lose elections in one country. He’s therefore expanded his efforts to Israel — and doing about as well as you’d expect after the November midterms. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Likud party to which he belongs have taken a strong lead in polling leading […] Continue reading →
Terresa Monroe-Hamilton I’ll give you three guesses what the religion of the engineer is, but you’ll only need one. That’s right… the religion of pieces. Gee, I’m shocked! Who would have thought someone with a name like Mostafa Ahmed Awwad might be a security risk? Not the American Navy… no-siree. So, a Naval engineer attempts […] Continue reading → A second look at the GOP supporting gay marriage? He’s been saying stuff like this for years (here’s the 2013 version) but it’s buzzy on Twitter this afternoon for a few reasons. One, obviously, is that many national Republicans have stopped actively opposing gay marriage. Rush Limbaugh, although still an opponent, declared the battle lost more […] Continue reading → With no limits on what it could examine or when it should finish, the special House panel set up to conduct a thorough investigation of the deadly attack at Benghazi kicked off its public hearings Wednesday morning in Washington. The atmosphere was subdued, almost laid back as the head of the Select Committee, South Carolina […] Continue reading →
by Jon Williams (www.IAmATexan.com) As an Army Veteran who was working as a contractor attached to the 25th Infantry Division (same Division as Bergdahl) in a nearby FOB when Bowe Bergdahl went missing, I feel the need to speak out on the situation (notice I don’t ascribe rank to him, I will address that later).A […] Continue reading → Hemmed in by solid Republican opposition, the Senate seems ready to hand a fresh defeat to President Barack Obama by blocking an election-year bill increasing the federal minimum wage. Democrats, aware that the measure faces all but certain rejection Wednesday in the chamber they control, plan to use the vote to buttress their campaign theme […] Continue reading → Even colder, frigid air is set to arrive for the beginning of next week, and experts warn you should start preparing now. When it comes to your vehicle, look it over to make sure that it’s capable of handling the extreme weather conditions. Experts warn to look at the battery, there are warnings signs to […] Continue reading → Freedom Outpost – by John Risselada It is overwhelmingly obvious to all paying attention that we are being governed by people who absolutely do not, share in the traditional values that once made this country great. The vast majority of people in this nation; however, still hold the ideals of individual liberty in very high regard […] Continue reading → A Canadian company has applied to build the largest pipeline yet from western North Dakota’s booming oil patch. Enbridge Energy said Tuesday that it’s seeking shipping commitments from oil producers, a major step in getting the $2.6 billion pipeline built. The proposed oil pipeline would run 612 miles into Minnesota and Wisconsin. Enbridge spokeswoman Katie […] Continue reading →