Last Updated:
Tuesday, July 29, 2008 13:12
GMT BP
profits hit record $13.4bn on soaring oil price
BP, the British oil giant, unveiled a 23 per cent rise in profits this
morning, boosted by record global crude prices.
Merrill
Lynch forced to take emergency action ahead of writedown
Merrill Lynch sought to bolster its balance sheet and reduce its risk
last night when it announced moves to raise $8.5 billion (£4.27
billion) and the sale of $11.1 billion worth of high-risk mortgage-backed
securities.
Penn
and Teller: Bulls*#t - Being Green
Penn and Teller consider the popularity of the "green movement",
a largely bogus and hypocritical philosophy that links sanctimonious
politics to an "ethical" lifestyle while doing little or nothing
to actually create a healthier ecosystem.
British
Kids Encouraged To Become "Climate Cops" A leading British energy company blitzed the
newspapers with full page colour advertisements this weekend which encourage
children to sign up as "climate cops" and keep "climate
crime case files" on their families, friends and neighbours.
Domestic
Military Operations At Camp Pendleton?
For 2 months at Camp Pendleton there have been military operations on
an increasing scale and the local news have provided sanitized versions
of these ops.
Obama:
I want Bush to succeed with Iran
Democratic candidate Barack Obama says he wants President George W.
Bush to succeed in negotiating with Iran over its nuclear program.
Barak
urges US to keep all options open against Iran
Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak has urged his US counterpart Robert
Gates to keep all options open in dealing with Iran's nuclear programme,
his ministry said on Tuesday.
Pull
the Plug
Hopefully, the next president, whoever he is, will have sense enough
to realize that an anti-missile site in Eastern Europe is not worth
rekindling the Cold War with Russia. Cop Loses Badge Over YouTube
Video That Shows Him Body-Checking Bicyclist The video, posted anonymously, shows the officer
standing in the street as bikes whiz past. He moves toward a cyclist
and violently knocks him to the ground in front of crowds of people.
Pakistan
warns US over 'unilateral' missile strikes on its soil Tensions between Pakistan and the United States
came to the fore last night when Yousuf Raza Gilani, the new Pakistani
Prime Minister, met President Bush and warned him not to launch "unilateral"
strikes on Pakistani soil.
Suicide
bombers kill 28 in Baghdad, 16 in Kirkuk
Three female suicide bombers killed at least 28 people and wounded 92
in Baghdad on Monday as Shi'ite pilgrims flooded into the Iraqi capital
for a major religious event, police said.
Penn
& Teller Expose Socialist Roots To Environmental Hysteria
In 2003, Showtime's Penn & Teller program with a name not appropriate
above the fold -- unless, of course, you're a member of the Netroots!
-- marvelously exposed what's behind the global warming and environmental
hysteria in America today
