Morihei Ueshiba"A good stance and posture reflect a proper state of mind."
Putin may restore tougher tone to relations with U.S.
Vladimir Putin, the former and next president of Russia, has long had a sharp-tongued prickliness about the United States. “Hooligan,” he snapped at one time. “Parasite” was his most recent description.
In contrast, Russia’s current president, Dmitry Medvedev, cast himself as the tech-savvy reformer with a Twitter account , and he mostly smiled at the West.
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Senate Votes to Avoid Government Shutdown, End Dispute Over Aid
BusinessWeek Sept. 27 (Bloomberg) -- The US Senate reached a bipartisan deal on stopgap spending designed to avoid a government shutdown and defuse a fight over aid to victims of hurricanes, tornadoes and other natural disasters. ... US shutdown avoided by disaster aid accord Stopgap Fix Ends Budget Impasse Senate Reaches Deal to Avert Government Shutdown |
Obama defends push to raise taxes on rich
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) — Inviting questions, President Barack Obama got one he was happy to answer.
"Would you please raise my taxes?"
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Tokyo Moves Closer to Buying a New Generation of Jet Fighters
Japan moved a step closer to buying a new generation of jet fighters after it accepted bids by three of the world's biggest defense contractors for what is expected to be a multibillion dollar deal.
Repeating mistakes of the 1930s
“We are back in a danger zone,” says a top economist at the International Monetary Fund. Though an understatement, it captures the central paradox of this year’s annual meeting of the IMF and World Bank. Everyone is alarmed at the swift deterioration of the economic outlook, but there is no leadership — no consensus on what to do or, even when crude agreement exists, little conviction that practical politics will permit action. There is a hazardous vacuum of ideas and power.
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Pentagon Warns That Inaction in Deficit Panel Talks Could Devastate the Military, Economy
If Congress' so-called deficit "super committee" fails to agree to more than a trillion dollars of cuts to the budget by Christmas, it will prompt an automatic $650 billion in cuts to the defense budget
Moody's analyst: Odds of recession "almost even"
Mark Zandi says political vitriol in D.C. "eviscerated confidence" and slowed economy, and continues to do so; Lawmakers need to "get it together"
Global economy weekahead: From a soft patch to quicksand
(Reuters) - The global economy was supposed to be better by now.
Pentagon may cap executive pay reimbursement at $694,000
Lockheed Martin and other defense contractors won’t be able to bill the government for more than $693,951 a year in total salary and compensation for any executives under a proposal headed for congressional approval.
The Senate is mulling an expansion to all executives from current rules limiting the cap to contractors’ top five executives. The House has approved a cap on all employees of defense vendors. While the full Senate has yet to vote on its committee-approved version, and the two chambers must still reconcile their differences, the expanded executive pay limit has a good chance to survive.
View Entire Story » | 0 CommentsPentagon extends program to defend corporate networks as cyberattacks get more sophisticated
WASHINGTON — As hackers and hostile nations launch increasingly sophisticated cyberattacks against U.S. defense contractors, the Pentagon is extending a pilot program to help protect its prime suppliers.
That program could possibly serve as a model for other government agencies. It is being evaluated by the Department of Homeland Security, as part of a potential effort to extend similar protections to power plants, the electric grid and other critical infrastructure.
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Americans convicted in Iran say they were hostages
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Two American men jailed in Iran for more than two years for spying arrived in New York on Sunday, saying they were innocent and had been held hostage simply because of their nationality.
Saudi women get right to vote, but can't drive yet
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah, considered a reformer by the standards of his own ultraconservative kingdom, decreed on Sunday that women will for the first time have the right to vote and run in local elections due in 2015.
It is a "Saudi Spring" of sorts.
For the nation's women, it is a giant leap forward, though they remain unable to serve as Cabinet ministers, drive or travel abroad without permission from a male guardian.
Saudi women bear the brunt of their nation's deeply conservative values, often finding themselves the target of the unwanted attention of the kingdom's intrusive religious police, who enforce a rigid interpretation of Islamic Shariah law on the streets and public places like shopping malls and university campuses.
In itself, Sunday's decision to give the women the right to vote and run in municipal elections may not be enough to satisfy the growing ambition of the kingdom's women who, after years of lavish state spending on education and vocational training, significantly improved their standing but could not secure the same place in society as that of their male compatriots.
That women must wait four more years to exercise their newly acquired right to vote adds insult to injury since Sunday's announcement was already a long time coming — and the next local elections are in fact scheduled for this Thursday.
"Why not tomorrow?
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Herman Cain victory in Fla. straw poll a sign of voter displeasure with GOP field
ORLANDO, Fla.— Republican activists want a candidate who is not just conservative on nearly every issue, but has been so his or her entire career. A good enough politician to debate and then defeat President Obama. Charismatic too.
They’re still looking. The overwhelming victory by businessman and longshot candidate Herman Cain in a straw poll here Saturday was a sign that the latest person to try to capture the fancy of party activists, Texas Gov. Rick Perry, is at least for now struggling to do so.
View Entire Story » | 0 CommentsWhy we need a third party
So here’s where we are. Our president calls himself “a warrior for the middle class” because he’s campaigning for a plan that might add 2 million new jobs next year at a time when 25 million Americans who want full-time work can’t find it.
If that’s war, what would surrender look like?
Meanwhile, Republican zealots apparently feel that if they can’t cut 0.04 percent of the budget in the next few days they’d rather shut down the government. The party’s presidential candidates boast that a 10-to-1 ratio of spending cuts to tax increases isn’t good enough on a long-term debt deal — even though we’re about to double the number of seniors on Social Security and Medicare.
View Entire Story » | 0 CommentsThe real threat in Egypt: Delayed democracy
Is Egypt imploding?
A lot of people in Washington seem to think so, though they are talking about it quietly so far. Their fears are specific: that the Muslim Brotherhood and other Islamic fundamentalist parties will take power when Egypt’s first democratic elections are held later this year; and that peace with Israel — the foundation of a 30-year, American-backed order in the Middle East — is “hanging by a thread,” as Robert Satloff of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy put it.
View Entire Story » | 0 CommentsEconomic woes drive down gas prices
Storm cloud's silver lining: Pain eases at the pump as producers foresee dismal prospects for global economy
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GOP debate: Winners and losers
CBS News The six Republican presidential debate this year, which took place Thursday night in Orlando, Florida, left some candidates more prepared than others and gave some candidates some key standout moments. Here's our breakdown of the winners and losers: ... FACT CHECK: Slippery assertions in GOP debate Texas toast Perry worries GOP Analysis: Perry, Romney defend records in forum |
Pakistan Denies U.S. Allegations of Supporting Extremist Attacks Against Troops in Afghanistan
Pakistan lashed out at the U.S. for accusing the country's most powerful intelligence agency of supporting extremist attacks against American troops in Afghanistan -- the most serious allegations against Islamabad since the beginning of the Afghan war.
Should pardoned felons have gun rights?
Ex-con from Georgia now living in Franklin is suing after being denied a gun permit in Tennessee, arguing that a Georgia pardon fully restored his rights.
View Entire Story » | 0 CommentsU.S. announces details of planned arms package for Taiwan
The Obama administration announced details Wednesday of its planned arms package for Taiwan even as China lodged formal protests and Taiwanese officials said they may begin pushing for another deal that would include state-of-the-art fighter jets.
The $5.85 billion arms package proposed by the Obama administration would retrofit Taiwan’s aging fleet of 145 F-16 A/Bs and provide pilot training and spare parts to maintain the nation’s even older F-5 jets and C-130 transport planes. Administration officials have described the sale as a sign of enduring commitment to Taiwan.
View Entire Story » | 0 CommentsPoker Site Fires Back at U.S.
Attorneys for Full Tilt Poker fired back at the U.S. Justice Department's civil case against the poker website, decrying the government's assertion that their company ran a massive "Ponzi scheme."
Boxer dons OU jersey to thank Inhofe
U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer, a California Democrat who heads a key committee on transportation, donned a University of Oklahoma jersey Wednesday to thank Sen. Jim Inhofe for his role in getting a recent highway ...
View Entire Story » | 0 CommentsHatch threatens UN funding over Palestine
Hatch threatens UN funding over Palestine
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Europe must do more to quell crisis: U.S. official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Europe's debt crisis is the biggest threat to the global economy, the Treasury said on Wednesday, and it called on European policymakers to provide unequivocal support to banks and governments under stress.
Federal Reserve to buy longer-term bonds to try to lower interest rates, boost economy
The Federal Reserve took a dramatic step Wednesday to help revive the economy, resuming its unconventional efforts at stimulating growth nearly a year after embarking on an initiative that ultimately failed to deliver a healthy recovery.
The Fed’s latest move aims to lower interest rates on mortgages and other long-term loans without making another major infusion of money into the economy — and brushes aside a crescendo of criticism from Republicans who have been making the Fed a campaign issue.
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