The international conservation group Wildlife Direct reported that rebels have seized an area in the eastern Congo which is a wild life habitat of endangered mountain gorillas. The seizure is highly threatening one of the last known population of the animals, conservationists said. Shelling and heavy gun fire was heard from head quarters the Virunga […]
Central Banks Pump $$ Into Money Markets
<p>Wall Street has opened, and stocks are taking another beating on Friday on the credit market reprisal. The Dow is down almost three quarters of a percent, the NASDAQ down about a percent, and the S&P500 down three quarters of a percent.</p> <p>Global markets are selling despite central banks flushing money into the system. The European […]
Not the Mass-Produced Stuff Seen in Stores – Gorgeous Mexican Hand-Carved Wooden Furniture
Hand-carved wooden furniture is far superior to laminate, which is seen in most store-bought furniture today. It has style and class that the mass-produced stuff doesn’t. In Mexico, classically-trained woodworkers produce some of the most beautiful furniture, but few get to see it due to lack of publicity. There are different styles of Mexican-made wood […]
Iran: A Threat Ignored
In the dispute between the US and Iran it seems that the international community has shown little or no decisiveness. Iran has stated its dangerous intentions time and again yet most of the media seems too busy, too comfortable, and perhaps too confused to ask the hard questions regarding Iran. President Ahmedinajad has written an […]
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