Thursday, July 18, 2013
Icahn Blasts Dell Board
Billionaire Activist Investor Tells it Like it Is
Carl Icahn is plain spoken, to put it mildly.
The legendary financier and activist investor says what he means and means what he says.
Which is why corporate crony types resent and fear him--they're not accustomed to blunt criticism, direct questions, common sense. Rubber stamp directors are more interested in playing golf and collecting fees than rocking the boat.
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Wednesday, July 17, 2013
N. Korea Arms Ship Highlights Castro Regime's Odd Longevity
The North Korean arms smuggling ship carrying supposedly obsolete Cuban weapons is an intriguing and disturbing mystery.
What is the trade all about--really?
More important, how does one explain such brazen behavior from Communist, Castro-ruled Cuba, a tiny, island nation only 90 miles from Florida?
Could it be that Cuba secretly possesses some left-behind Soviet nuclear warheads?
We recently learned that the Cuban missile crisis didn't end when we thought--click here for that story. Maybe one or more nukes never left the island.
Stranger things have turned out to be true.
Was Rolling Stone Editor Stoned When He OKd Terrorist Cover?
Rolling Stone is defending its disgraceful cover photo.
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Comment: This reporter was a Rolling Stone freelance contributor back in the day--Bob Dylan discovers his Jewish identity, hash dealing and smuggling in the Holy Land, etc. That the magazine could somehow be stupid or cynical enough to choose a cover photo that seems to glamorize a cold-blooded killer/clerical fascist terrorist is simply mind boggling. The subject should be covered; but rock star-like imaging, intentional or not, is indefensible.
Confirmed: Angels are Real
World's Meanest Railroad?
RR Whose Runaway Train Killed 50 People Lays Off More Workers
The cost-cutting railroad whose tanker train staffed by a single engineer ran away, derailed and exploded and nearly destroyed a small Quebec forestry town, killing some 50 innocent people, has cut back further in the wake of the disaster. Perhaps it intends to use robots to run the trains.
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Muslim Brotherhood Calls for Mass Unrest in Egypt
Islamists Instigating Insurrection
Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood is inciting an uprising in the hope of returning to power as the West foolishly pressures the interim government to give in to Islamist demands.
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