Does Obama have a foreign policy? It's just one disaster on top of another

Obama is again considering a bombing campaign in Syria. The newest crisis in the Middle East has pulled the U.S. into yet another insoluble military problem. Obama is again considering a bombing campaign in Syria after infamously not bombing the country last year. This time, however, he's not targeting his enemy Bashar al-Assad, but his enemy's enemy - ISIL - now referred to as the Islamic State.By attacking the Islamic State in Syria, Obama will...

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Even more strange animal behavior: deer crashes into restaurant in Iowa

A deer crashed into the windows of Rebos on Wednesday afternoon, shattering one of the two panes.There is no significant damage to the restaurant and nobody was injured.The deer was still breathing when ABC9 crews arrived at the scene.Customers and staff say they were pretty shaken up about the whole ordeal."It was about the noon hour and it sounded like, I don't know what it was. All we heard was a big giant crash, a very loud band and everything...

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College students from West Africa may be screened for Ebola

© Michael Conroy/AP College students from West Africa may be subject to extra health checks when they arrive to study in the United States as administrators try to insulate campuses from the worst Ebola outbreak in history.With the virus continuing to kill in Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Nigeria, the expected arrival of thousands of students from those countries has U.S. authorities on alert but cautioning against alarm."I can see why there...

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SOTT FOCUS: Ukraine on verge of collapse as Kiev forces capitulate: U.S. 'catapults the propaganda' with another desperate 'Russian invasion' ploy

A new country is born: Novorossiya has won its war of independence from Ukraine Remember when August was considered a 'slow-news month'? Neither do we! Hot on the heels oflast week's failed attempt to smear the Russian humanitarian aid convoyas a 'Russian invasion of Ukraine', US-led hysteria reached fever-pitch yesterday when blanket media coverage once again shrieked 'Russian invasion of Ukraine!' Citing 'US intel' about Russian troop movements...

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Papua New Guinea Mount Tavurvur volcano erupts

© Emma EdwardsThe ash cloud is spreading at heights of 60,000 feet. Residents near an erupting volcano in Papua New Guinea are waiting to see if they need to evacuate, and a giant ash cloud is affecting some flights to and from Australia.Mt Tavurvur, in East New Britain province, began erupting overnight. The volcano destroyed nearby Rabaul township in 1994, and residents fear a repeat,PNGLoop reported.Authorities were still considering the situation.The...

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Kto Kogo?* "Who will triumph (over whom)?"

Comment: A prescient article by Ms. Williamson, with a good analysis of the conditions leading up to the Ukraine crisis. © David Granlund The NATO Syndrome, the EU's Eastern Partnership Program, and the EAUIn 2009, Poland and Sweden, ever attentive to the US's geostrategic goals of isolating Russia and gaining control of China thereafter, initiated the Eastern Partnership program, which its sponsors said was intended to tighten ties with former...

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Aggressive dolphin tried to push swimmer underwater off the coast of Ireland

Smiling assassin? A bottlenose dolphin is said to have deliberately pushed a man under water who was swimming in the sea in County Cork, Ireland. A local group said: 'Do not confuse the shape of their jawline with a smile. They can cause serious injury to humans and have killed in the past.' A stock image is pictured With their friendly faces and playful natures, it may seem that wild dolphins are always friendly.But a bottlenose dolphin has been...

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'After' Great Recession - Americans are unhappy, worried, pessimistic

Unemployed workers signing up for benefits. The protracted and uneven recovery from the Great Recession has led most Americans to conclude that the U.S. economy has undergone a permanent change for the worse, according to a new national study at Rutgers.Seven in 10 now say the recession's impact is permanent, up from half in 2009 when the recession officially ended, according to the John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development. Among key findings...

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Transition to EU trade standards will cost Ukraine €165bn

© RIA Novosti / Alexey DruzhininRussia's President Vladimir Putin Switching over to EU trade standards and nixing duty-free trade with Russia will cost Ukraine €165 billion over the next 10 years, President Putin warned at a meeting with President Petro Poroshenko in Minsk on Tuesday.Russia will be forced to cancel all preferential trade agreements for Ukraine's imports and switch to a standard regime when it ratifies its EU trade association agreement...

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Big surprise: Americans' strongly negative views of Obama significantly outweigh the strongly positive

© REUTERS Kevin Lamarque Americans are more than twice as likely to say they "strongly disapprove" (39%) of President Barack Obama's job performance as they are to say they "strongly approve"(17%). The percentage of Americans who strongly disapprove of Obama has increased over time, while the percentage who strongly approve has dropped by almost half.In the first year of Obama's presidency, the percentages of Americans who had strong views about...

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