Archive for February 2009
More US aid to Pakistan, no strings attached
Posted by: r1b2 on: February 26, 2009
After coming to power Obama administration halted the flow of US money to Pakistan. US government reports cited Pakistan for misusing billions in aid for a military build-up against India instead of using it for the intended war on terror. Audits have also detailed million of dollars in fraudulent claims by the Pakistani military.
Now US [...]
US paid Taliban for ceasefire in Swat
Posted by: r1b2 on: February 25, 2009
Pakistani militants in the country’s northwest are understood to have received 480 million rupees ( 6 million dollars)in compensation after agreeing to a cease conflict with government forces for an indefinite period. Well-placed security sources have told Adnkronos International (AKI) that the militants agreed to lay down their arms and endorse the deal between the [...]
Millionaire politicians, poor voters
Posted by: r1b2 on: February 20, 2009
- In: India
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India has a contrast of millionaire politicians and poor voters. Infact politicians are milking millions from a corrupt government system, that they control.
According to wikipedia,
In India, 42% percentage of people living below the new international poverty line $1.25 a day as of 2005 (Rs 21.6 a day in urban areas and Rs 14.3 in rural areas in [...]
CIA secretly using Pak airbase to fly drones
Posted by: r1b2 on: February 19, 2009
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has secretly been using an airbase in southwestern Pakistan to launch the Predator drones to attack the militants within the country, a report said.Both Pakistan and US governments have repeatedly denied that Washington is conducting military operations, covert or otherwise, on Pakistani territory.
But The Times today report says that it [...]
GM supplier answers GM President’s “plea”
Posted by: r1b2 on: February 13, 2009
I found this comment posted on the marketwatch.com’s comments section. Interesting perspective on the current bailout initiatives. Govt. can not bailout everyone deep in debt. If it does then it needs to answer people who stayed within their means all these years.
As a supplier for the Big 3 this man received a letter from the President of [...]
Thousands of US weapons astray in Afghanistan: Auditors
Posted by: r1b2 on: February 13, 2009
WASHINGTON: Thousands of US weapons, including assault rifles and grenade launchers, may be in Taliban or al-Qaida hands in Afghanistan because of lax controls, congressional auditors warned on Thursday.
The Pentagon has failed to track an estimated 87,000 weapons given to Afghan security forces, one-third of the 242,000 shipped by the US government between December 2004 [...]
Mahabharat war dated 3067 BCE
Posted by: r1b2 on: February 3, 2009
- In: India
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Dating Mahabharata events using astronomical references
Using a set of modern technology tools such as Planetarium Software (Sky Map Pro 5, Red Shift), Panchanga Software compiled by a Japanese professor to produce the equivalence between Kaliyuga dates and dates of the Christian era, Dr. Narahari Achar has tried to authenticate the accuracy of observations made by [...]
Genetics evidence refutes the Aryan invasion theory
Posted by: r1b2 on: February 3, 2009
- In: India
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Comprehensive population genetics data along with archeological and astronomical evidence presented at June 23-25, 2006 conference in Dartmouth, MA, overwhelmingly concluded that Indian civilization and its human population is indigenous.
In fact, the original people and culture within the Indian Subcontinent may even be a likely pool for the genetic, linguistic, and cultural origin of the [...]
Gita verses
- Chapter 3 Verses 4040. The senses, mind and intellect are said to be its seat; through these it deludes the embodied by veiling his wisdom.
- Chapter 3 Verses 3939. O Arjuna, wisdom is enveloped by this constant enemy of the wise in the form of desire, which is unappeasable as fire!
- Chapter 3 Verses 3838. As fire is enveloped by smoke, as a mirror by dust, and as an embryo by the amnion, so is this enveloped by that.
- Chapter 3 Verses 37The Blessed Lord said: 37. It is desire, it is anger born of the quality of Rajas, all-sinful and all-devouring; know this as the foe here (in this world).
Mish Shedlock
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- Financial Transaction Taxes Would Cause Stock Market Crash November 7, 2009
- Bloggers' Right to Free Speech and Use Anonymous Sources Questioned in New Hampshire Supreme Court November 6, 2009
