"This Is Going To Be A National Crisis" - One Of The Largest U.S. Pension Funds Set To Cut Retiree Benefits
A dark storm is brewing in the world of private pensions, and all hell could break loose when it finally hits.
You are here
America
IKEA Issues Furniture Safety Warning Following Death Of Third Child
IKEA has repeated its safety warnings to customers after a third child was crushed to death by its popular Malm range of drawers and bedroom furniture. The company first issued a warning back in July after two children were killed when drawers and wardrobes fell on them. Wales Online reports: The victims, aged two and 23 months, were killed when dressers purchased from the store fell on them, the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) said. Now a third child has been killed in America after an accident involving a set of drawers from the range, the Manchester Evening News reported.
Saudi Arabia Admitted To John Kerry That It Created ISIS... But There Is A Twist
On the day Barack Obama is kowtowing to his Saudi allies, and just days after a senior Obama administration finally made the admission that has been a "conspiracy theory" for years namely that "a lot of the money, the seed money if you will, for what became Al Qaeda, came out of Saudi Arabia," the FT is out with another stunning revelation.
The FT has written an article that supposedly focuses on the US sources of growing diplomatic antipathy between the US and Saudi Arabia. The source of disagreement: the treatment of Iran.
Treasury Removes Jackson From $20 Bill, Will Replace Him With Harriet Tubman
Presenting an artist's impression of what your new $20 bill will soon look like.
It's official.
Moments ago Politico reported that the U.S. Treasury will announce that it plans to replace former President Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill with Harriet Tubman, the sources said. There will also be changes to the $5 bill to depict civil rights era leaders.
Paul Craig Roberts: How The American Neocons Destroyed Mankind's Hopes For Peace
Authored by Paul Craig Roberts,
When Ronald Reagan turned his back on the neoconservatives, fired them, and had some of them prosecuted, his administration was free of their evil influence, and President Reagan negotiated the end of the Cold War with Soviet President Gorbachev. The military/security complex, the CIA, and the neocons were very much against ending the Cold War as their budgets, power, and ideology were threatened by the prospect of peace between the two nuclear superpowers.