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Moody’s downgrades the long-term senior unsecured debt ratings of Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Westpac Banking Corp AU, National Australia Bank Ltd., and Australia & New Zealand Bank Ltd. to Aa2 from Aa1. Patrick Winsbury, Moody’s senior vice president based in Sydney commented,…
Today, at least 80 have been killed at a paramilitary training center in Pakistan. The Taliban has taken responsibility and claims the attack is the ‘first revenge’ for the U.S. raid that resulted in the death of Usama bin Laden. Source: http://FoxNews.com
This is a Shelf Reliance video demonstrating how to make a tasty black bean & rice salad using their Thrive line of freeze-dried & dehydrated foods. I’ve had the opportunity to taste test some of the Thrive food products including the black…
According to the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), background-check applications for handgun purchases are on a record-setting pace so far in 2011. Bloomberg News reports “In this year’s first quarter, the FBI’s Instant Criminal Background Check System processed 4.25 million…
GainsPainsCapital.com has posted an article discussing the sobering realities of long-term, high food prices here in the U.S. The article includes a warning of a food crisis coming soon. The full text of that article can be found here.
This is the trailer for the Art Of The Tactical Carbine vol I DVD by Magpul Dynamics. This is the fastest way I know of to become familiar with the tactical AR-15 and I highly recommend this video to anyone thinking of…
Reuters is reporting that the U.S. Treasury has informed lawmakers an approximately $2 trillion rise in the federal debt limit will be needed to ensure the government can keep borrowing through the 2012 presidential election. The Obama administration has repeatedly asserted that…
The U.S. received a sovereign credit rating of C from Weiss Ratings, based in Jupiter, FL, on Thursday. The rating is in line with others for much smaller economies such as Mexico, Estonia and Colombia. A C from Weiss is roughly equivalent…
Kyodonews reports that radioactive substances from nuclear fuel rods are suspected to have leaked at the Japanese Tsuruga nuclear plant. The local Fukui prefecture government denies radiation levels could threaten the nearby environment.
Reports confirm Usama bin Laden was killed early this morning in a CIA-initiated raid in Abbottabad, Pakastan. The raid was carried out by a 40-man US Navy SEAL team who managed to end the radical Muslim leader’s life with a bullet to…
