Stuff from around the world

Thank God for small mercies this warmonger didn't get to be the prez. Sen. John McCain said Sunday that military action to protect civilians in Syria might be considered now that NATO’s air campaign in Libya is ending.....

Dead people rounded up to a neat little number with a "0" at it's end every single time by our esteemed "paid big bucks" reporters. With 50 residential buildings collapsing, those must have been some palatial apartment suites with just 30 or less residents in each buiding and most of them out at the time of the earthquake for the death toll to be only "as many as 1000".   As many as 1,000 people are feared dead after a magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck southeastern Turkey, resulting in the collapse of around 50 buildings in the province of Van.

The proud and arrogant can be brought down to their knees sooner than they think. Israel offers help but Turkey declines.

Somalian Al Qaeda cutter of heads wrecking havoc What else is new,eh?

Bangkok areas told to prepare for evacuation. No respite from flood waters.

Brace yourself for another downturn in the stock markets. Did you think the markets had recovered because of what you saw on Friday? The upticks are due to hedge sharks and shorters putting down their stakes for the expected downturn next week which will reap in huge rewards for those with that "disaster loving" mentality. The United States will likely suffer the loss of its triple-A credit rating from another major rating agency by the end of this year due to concerns over the deficit, Bank of America Merrill Lynch forecasts....