NBA 2011-2012 Season attendance at some of the first games at or near capacity Time Warner Cable Arena- Charlotte Team and Home Arena 1 Detroit Pistons 1-game 22,076 (arena capacity 22,076) 2 Cleveland Cavaliers 1-game 20,562 (arena capacity 20,562) 3 Portland Trail Blazers 2-games 40,859 avg. 20,429 (arena capacity 19,980) 4 Dallas Mavericks 2-games 40,829 […]
December 29, 2011
Video: Rabbi Dovid Feldman speaks about Jewish political movement against Zionism
Rabbi Dovid Feldman speaks about Jewish political movement against Zionism Zionism is the national movement for the return of the European Jewish people to their homeland and the resumption of Jewish sovereignty in the Land of Israel ______________ Rabbi Dovid Feldman of Jews United Against Zionism _______________
December 29, 2011
United States plans nearly $11 billion sale of arms to Iraq
US pushes ahead with arms sale to Iraq Among the big-ticket items the U.S. is selling to Iraq are F-16 fighter jets, M1A1 Abrams main battle tanks, cannons and armored personnel carriers. The Iraqis also have body armor, ammunition, helmets, trailers and sport utility vehicles, which critics say can be used by security services to […]
December 29, 2011
Cuba frees 2,991 prisoners
Cuba well into process of freeing 2,900 pardoned prisoners Associated Press HAVANA — Cuba appeared to be making quick progress in meeting a pledge to free 2,900 pardoned prisoners, most of them convicted of minor crimes, even as a top human rights official on the island criticized the year-end amnesty as a “media show.” […]
December 29, 2011
Video: Sudan’s Suakin Island in the Red Sea
Sudan’s Suakin Island in the Red Sea
December 29, 2011
Argentina snakes on plane arrest sparks smuggling probe
Argentina snakes on plane arrest sparks smuggling probe BBC News Argentine authorities are tracing a suspected major animal trafficking ring after a Czech man was caught trying to smuggle hundreds of snakes and other exotic animals out of the country. Karel Abelovsky was arrested in early December as he tried to board a flight to Spain […]
December 28, 2011
Facebook to lead biggest U.S. Internet IPO year since 1999
Facebook to Lead Biggest U.S. Internet IPO Year Since 1999 By Lee Spears | Bloomberg Facebook Inc. and Yelp Inc. are set to lead the biggest year for U.S. initial public offerings by Internet companies since 1999, testing demand for IPOs after investors lost money on Zynga Inc. and Pandora Media Inc. With Facebook considering […]
December 27, 2011
Sears Holdings Corp. plans to close between 100 and 120 Sears and Kmart stores
120 Kmart, Sears stores closing Associated Press NEW YORK – Sears Holdings Corp. plans to close between 100 and 120 Sears and Kmart stores after poor sales during the holidays, the most crucial time of year for retailers. The closings are the latest and most visible in a long series of moves to try […]
December 27, 2011
Brazil overtakes Great Britain (UK) to become world’s 6th largest economy
Brazil Overtakes Britain To Become World’s Sixth Largest Economy São Paulo Anderson Antunes, Contributor Forbes According to a team of British economists from the Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR), Brazil has already overtaken the UK as the world’s sixth-largest economy. The Guardian‘s Phillip Inman reports today: “The banking crash of 2008 and the […]
December 26, 2011
China, Japan to back direct trade of currencies without using U.S. dollars
China, Japan to Back Direct Trade of Currencies Yoshihiko Noda, prime minister of Japan, left, is greeted by Wen Jiabao, prime minister of China, during a welcoming ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. -Nelson Ching/Bloomberg By Toru Fujioka Bloomberg Japan and China will promote direct trading of the yen […]
Click to visit: www.dilemma-x.com
Dilemma X 
December 29, 2011
1 Comment