Verenigde Staten

De Verenigde Staten van Amerika zijn een land van grote contrasten. Ik schrijf over hun technologische innovaties en politieke tegenstellingen.

Amerika

Skinheads arrested in plot to kill Obama

Skinhead Schlesselman

On Friday, the ATF busted up an alleged plot to assassinate Barack Obama and go on a multi-state “killing spree.” Agents arrested two men.

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Amerika

Conservative pundit Stephen Colbert endorses Barack Obama

I endorse Barack Obama

Stephen Colbert has the courage to cross party lines and go to the one that’s got a pretty good shot of winning. The best part: “Senator McCain, you need to endorse Barack Obama. That will make you look like a real maverick.”

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Economie

Exxon breaks record for profit, yet again

Exxon Mobil logo

Exxon Mobil Corporation set a quarterly profit record for a U.S. company Thursday, surging past analyst estimates. The largest U.S. oil company surges past analyst estimates to post a net income of $14.83 billion.

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Amerika

Synchronized Presidential Debating

Synchronized Presidential Debating

Tijdens het bekijken van de debatten tussen Barack Obama en John McCain had ik telkens het gevoel dat de kandidaten enkel hun talking points uitspuwden. Na het bekijken van Synchronized Presidential Debating ben ik daar zelfs zeker van.

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Televisie & Radio

Barack Obama to Appear on The Daily Show Wednesday

Jon Stewart

We just got word that the studio is in full lock down mode. After all, Jon barely escaped his previous interview with this tax-and-spend terrorist of the center-left alive.

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Midden Oosten

U.S. forces staged attack in Syria

War with Iran

The U.S. military conducted a “successful” strike into Syria on Sunday to kill a suspected al Qaeda facilitator, a U.S. official said Monday. Four helicopters crossed the Iraq border, and two landed.

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Amerika

McCain met with Chilean dictator Pinochet in 1985

Augustu Pinochet

John McCain criticises Barack Obama for wanting to sit down and talk with dictators. I wonder how he will justify his own meeting with notorious Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, in 1985. Here’s a copy of the document available the Huffington Post. U.S. Department of State P 1016297 Jan 86 FM AmEmbassy Santiago TO SecState WashDC […]

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Amerika

Alan Greenspan: "Tax cuts for the wealthy were a bad idea"

Alan Greenspan

Centerpiece of the Republican financial plan was the idea that, if given a tax cut, the rich would invest the money in wonderful new ventures that produce jobs and drive the economy forward. Now, even Ayn Rand disciple Alan Greenspan acknowledges that tax cuts for the wealthy were a bad idea.

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Amerika

Will Ferrell's Bush gives tips to Tina Fey's Palin

Tina Fey as Sarah Palin

Appearing as President Bush on the primetime edition of Saturday Night Live, Will Ferrell offered his political “strategery” to Tina Fey’s Sarah Palin.

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Amerika

Ashley Todd lied, made up robbery story

Ashley Todd

Campaign smear fail! “20-year-old Ashley Todd, a McCain campaign volunteer, made up a story of being robbed, pinned to the ground and having the letter B scratched on her face in a politically inspired attack, police said Friday.”

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