Nikolai Makarov Russia’s top general said on Tuesday that plans for a U.S. missile shield are directed against his country. “The development and establishment of the (U.S.) missile shield is directed against the Russian Federation,” Interfax news agency quoted Russian armed forces chief of staff, Nikolai Makarov, as saying. Source  Read More »

Florida voters don’t want immigration laws waived to make it easier for Haitians to stay in the United States or immigrate into the country, a new poll shows. Fifty-one percent of 1,618 registered Florida voters surveyed by Quinnipiac (Conn.) University said they wanted immigration laws enforced compared to 43 percent opposed to them being waived in the wake of the deadly Haitian earthquake... 

Dr. Henry T. Sampson and Dr. George H. Miley (both pictured at right), are two engineering professor teaching in Illinois. Though it looks like Sampson has since retired from teaching and now writes books on the history of blacks in theater and movies. In 1971 they jointly obtained a patent for their own version of a “Gamma Electric Cell” they designed to convert gamma rays into electrical output. Sampson... 

U.S.-China Military Tensions Grow Even though the U.S. military budget is almost ten times that of China’s (with a population more than four times as large) and Washington plans a record $708 billion defense budget for next year compared to Russia spending less than $40 billion last year for the same, China and Russia are portrayed as threats to the U.S. and its allies. China has no troops outside... 

Trying to Be Funny on ‘George Lopez’, the woman with a 1,000 Boyfriends/Divorces, Jennifer Lopez. Jeniffer Lopez made some spicy jokes about Conan O’Brien and Sarah Palin. She called Sarah Palin “La Cabrona” which in Spanish means “B*tch”. Conan O’Brien said she “made a fool out of herself” with her monologue. Jeniffer Lopez is looking for... 

We at the ANSWER Coalition extend our heartfelt solidarity to all of our Haitian sisters and brothers, as well as to all those who have friends and family there, as Haiti copes with the destruction and grief of the massive 7.0 magnitude earthquake that struck yesterday. All of us are joining in the outpouring of solidarity from people all over the hemisphere and world who are sending humanitarian... 

Sid Dinerstein and Derek Black (left) It took over a year, but Derek Black is following through on his pledge to seek legal redress against Palm Beach County Republican Chairman Sid Dinerstein for refusing to allow him (Black) to be seated on the Palm Beach County Republican Executive Committee after delegates elected him to a position. Media story in the Palm Beach Post. The history of this case is... 

Germany is trying to counter U.S. and NATO pressure to send more troops to Afghanistan by offering to deploy more police trainers, the Financial Times Deutschland said, citing German government officials it didn’t identify. Germany is leading international efforts to train Afghan police and has as many as 120 trainers in the country, the newspaper reported today. Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government... 

We wonder how much money in total city resources was wasted on this?!? Are there NO other crimes in Savannah?!? Remember, when biscuits are outlawed, only outlaws will have biscuits! Now know as “BiscuitGate” In Savannah Georgia a snitch/competior uses the favor of the police force to set up an undercover sting on a delivery service. More than 5 police officers detain a man for delivering... 

Somalis in Lewiston In the early evening on the first day of summer, a large group of Somali boys approached a woman on the corner of Ash and Pierce streets. According to police reports, they intimidated the woman and slapped her in the back of the head before scattering into the downtown. Five days later, shortly after midnight, a man was accosted by a group of Somali boys outside the Big Apple on... 

Sex researchers who tracked teenage girls in Indianapolis found that half of those studied had at least one sexually transmitted infection within two years of first having sex. The Indiana University School of Medicine researchers followed 381 girls who mostly lived in lower-income neighborhoods and ranged in age from 14 to 17 when the study began. IU professor J. Dennis Fortenberry says about half... 

LAURA INGRAHAM, GUEST HOST: In the “Culture War” segment tonight: a shocking proposal to save the earth from climate change. A columnist for one of Canada’s largest newspapers wants the whole world to adopt China’s one child per family policy: “Humankind has not yet recalibrated its behavior to account for the fact that the world can only accommodate so many people, especially... 

Reporting from Washington – The Obama administration, grappling with a spate of recent Islamic terrorism cases on U.S. soil, has concluded that the country confronts a rising threat from homegrown extremism. Anti-terrorism officials and experts see signs of accelerated radicalization among American Muslims, driven by a wave of English-language online propaganda and reflected in aspiring fighters’... 

American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), is the single most powerful lobby in the world. So powerful that Washington politicians carefully weigh each and every vote they cast based on the approval of this lobby. Yes, a foreign lobby has that much clout, power and control over American leaders and thus, the American people. AIPAC has become so overpowering that they have risen above government... 

Tackled Saturday along St. Paul’s Grand Avenue, Dr. Paul Dickinson hit the ground so fast he couldn’t break his fall and suffered a swollen lip and a scrape on his face. Embarrassed, the 71-year-old gastroenterologist said, he didn’t initially report the attack to police. His injuries were minor and he didn’t see his attacker. But Dickinson’s son soon saw a YouTube video...