Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Japanese Opposition Party Poised for Victory.

With the official start of the political campaign in Japan, the nation’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), which has been the ruling party more or less consistantly for the past 50 years, is trailing dramatically according to two polls by major Japanese dailies. The Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), a relatively new opposition party which runs on a dramatically anti-traditionalist platform is shown leading 35 percent to 16 percent by Tokyo Shimbun, and 40 percent to 21 percent by Asahi Daily...Link

Monday, August 17, 2009

13 Things a Burglar Won't Tell You.............





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China to buy U.S. mortgages.............

HONG KONG (Reuters) - China's $200 billion sovereign wealth fund, which lost big on its ill-timed 2007 Morgan Stanley and Blackstone bets, plans to invest up to $2 billion in U.S. mortgages as it eyes a property market rebound, two people with direct knowledge of the matter said Monday...Link

Crazy pants are all we need.........

It's Time to Legalize Drugs............

Undercover Baltimore police officer Dante Arthur was doing what he does well, arresting drug dealers, when he approached a group in January. What he didn't know was that one of suspects knew from a previous arrest that Arthur was police. Arthur was shot twice in the face. In the gunfight that ensued, Arthur's partner returned fire and shot one of the suspects, three of whom were later arrested...Link