Photo Series: OccupyHouston Silent Protest

OccupyHouston launched its silent protest coincidentally the same day as the corporate-sponsored Energy Day in downtown’s Tranquility Park, which is down the street from Enron’s former headquarters. A protester told me that the two events “just happened to have coincided”. It was a peaceful protest, with only occasional remarks from motorists, telling the protesters “to get a [...]

Op-Ed: iPathogen

I used to have a printed copy of the famous “Think Different” ad framed on my wall. It hung right above my work desk in my room. It was actually written by a couple of writers from an ad agency, but the vision was all Steve’s. I honestly have never been tempted by Apple’s sleekly [...]

Royal Wedding Parade Route

With the Royal Wedding happening few hours from now, people start lining up the parade route between Westminster Abbey and Buckingham Palace in London. As announced, the Royal Wedding schedule will start at 3:00 am with an announcement from the Queen’s office stating the titles that Prince William and Kate Middleton will take. For those [...]

Clamor for Tier 5 Unemployment Benefits Continues

Unemployment Extension for 99ers: Clamor for Tier 5 Unemployment Benefits Continues – For so long, the United States of America is known as a country of hope. People usually have a tendency to migrate to USA because they believe that they will have a better life. However, because of the economic recession, so many people are left [...]

Alphonse Mucha Birthday and His Art Nouveau Featured in Google Doodle

Alphonse Mucha Birthday and His Art Nouveau Featured in Google Doodle – Today, July 24, another Google Doodle is being flashed in Google’s US homepage. Apparently, it’s the way Google commemorates Alphonse Mucha’s 150th birthday. So who is Alphonse Mucha? Alphonse Maria Mucha was a Czech Art Nouveau painter and decorative artist best known for [...]

Unemployment Extension July 20, 2010 Update: The Call for Tier 5

Unemployment Extension July 20, 2010 Update: The Call for Tier 5 – A lot of unemployed Americans are now expecting the much awaited unemployment bill to be passed within this week. West Virginia Governor Joe Manchin already appointed Carte Goodwin to replace the late Senator Richard Byrd to complete the needed 60 votes. Carte Goodwin [...]

Congress Passed Wall Street Financial Reform Bill

Congress Passed Wall Street Financial Reform Bill – After nearly two years of waiting, Democrats’ Wall Street Financial Reform Bill has finally been passed in the Congress. This was the second major victory for President Obama and his Democratic leaders after the successful passage into law of the health care reform bill. The Wall Street [...]

Emmy Nominations for 2010: The Complete List

Roll out the red carpet and hand-over the celebrity goodie bags because the awards season has officially begun with the release of the 2010 Emmy Nominations.

Obama Vs. Wall Street

April 22,2010-President Barack Obama went to New York City on Thursday and directly challenged the nation’s most influential members of the city’s financial industry to stop fighting against reasonable,non ideological industry reforms calling it “absolutely necessary” to prevent future crises. “Im sure that many of those lobbyists work for some of you,” he said. “But [...]

Full Text of Obama’s Wallstreet Speech

Here’s a full text copy of President Barack Obama’s speech at Wall Street. Remarks of President Barack Obama – As Prepared for Delivery Wall Street Reform at Cooper Union Thursday, April 22, 2010 New York City, New York It’s good to be back in the Great Hall at Cooper Union, where generations of leaders and [...]

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