We see them everyday in every major city in the world. As we drive to work they are there at the entrances and exits to freeways, signs around their neck asking for a handout. We studiously ignore them and in fact it has become a skill to not make eye contact though sometimes we just can't help ourselves. We may comment to our fellow passengers that the person is too young to be homeless, that the
America has a way of proclaiming to be the opposite of what it really is as a form of diversion from the truth and mind control technique to keep you from perceiving reality. The intellectual author Noam Chomsky notes this about the "liberal media myth", that in reality the media is very conservative and tightly aligned with business interests, which is clear from the evidence, yet they continuall
Officials overseeing relief efforts in Pakistan say an outbreak of illness is presenting a new threat to flood victims as they brace for a lot more rain. Well being officials Friday mentioned the lack of clean drinking water and sanitation is spreading diarrhea and other diseases that could threaten lives.
The financial crisis makes China become the largest producer of machine tools in the world. However, to the European machine tool industry, the financial crisis meant that orders for new products decreased by 60% in 2009 and the production decreased by 37%.
A friend recently forwarded me a short story that has probably made its way around the Internet a few times but is nevertheless refreshingly poignant each time I get to read it. It goes like this: A young couple moves into a new neighborhood. The next morning while they are eating breakfast, the young woman sees her neighbor hanging the wash outside.
