Every year at the demand of the US Congress, the State Department prepare and presents on behalf of the US President an interesting report. It documents the state of religious freedom around the world and of course from a human and civil rights point of view is a critical document since religious freedom is a […]
The Secret Society of the Bush Regime
I was reading an email that came to me the other day and was shocked by the words I witnessed on my computer screen. Bush is trying to bring Canada, Mexico, and the United States into one unified country. He has been holding secretive meetings, go figure, with the heads of the other two nations […]
Hugo Chavez and Alvaro Uribe Meet in Bogota to Discuss Humanitarian Agreement
The meeting between the two Latin American heads of state has been coined by Colombia’s newspaper El Tiempo as “decisive.” Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez arrived in Colombia’s capital, Bogotá, in the hopes of facilitating a humanitarian exchange between the FARC (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia) rebels and the Colombian government.The Venezuelan newspaper El Nacional has […]
The Delights Of Open Source: Al Qaeda’s Recruiting On YouTube, Secret Agents Are Crowdsourcing
An Al-Qaeda-linked group from the Philippines managed to publish excerpts of a recruitment film for over 24 hours on YouTube, raising questions about the merits of online safety. YouTube took the video off the site after pressure from security officials. But is that a bad idea? Terrorists resorting to YouTube surely increase transparency? One way […]
Red Cross Funds Due to Katrina Survivors Withheld in “Insulting” Process
NEW ORLEANS, August 20–In front of Red Cross offices in both Houston and New Orleans, picket lines were formed by survivors of the federal flood during Hurricane Katrina. They demonstrated to emphasize the necessity and speediness with which the local Red Cross agencies should disperse the remaining donations earmarked for Katrina relief. The Red Cross, […]
Effects of Outsourcing IT Positions to Low Cost Countries
BACKGROUND: Off shoring – the transfer of high wage U.S. jobs to lower cost overseas locations especially in Banking Industry is enabled by improved communications technologies and driven by the desire of corporations to establish a business presence in potentially lucrative foreign markets as well as to take advantage of the lower costs of production […]