Hoping Japanese Canon Workers Don’t Become the New Model for the Corporate World!
May 31, 2009
(ChattahBox)—”Lets rush–if we don’t then the company and world will perish.” Those chilling Orwellian words are printed across the floors of a large Canon Electronics factory in Japan. A stark reminder to factory workers to pick up their pace, as they are nothing more than cogs in a machine who are easily replaced. Read more
Cuba accepts US inivitation for talks on immigration
May 31, 2009
(ChattahBox) — After a half-century of chilly ties and an economic embargo things may be thawing out quickly between the US and Cuba. In March in what was perceived as an initial bid to rekindle a relationship with Cuba,, President Barack Obama eased restrictions on visits to the Communist island by Cuban-Americans and allowed them to send money and medicine home more easily. Cuba initially gave mixed signals about how willing it was to respond to the Obama administration’s overtures. Now a top US official said Cuba had sent a diplomatic note accepting a recent US invitation to restart talks on issues ranging from immigration, terrorism, disaster relief and drug trafficking cooperation. The communist nation also presented a separate note agreeing to a U.S. request proposing talks about direct mail service, which has been suspended for decades.
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Israel defies US settlement freeze call to it’s own detriment
May 31, 2009
(ChattahBox) — It’s kind of surprised me that Israel has defiantly rejected US demands to halt all settlement activity in the occupied territory of the West Bank, as the Obama administration tries to set the stage for a two state Middle East peace solution. Senior members of Israel’s cabinet have broadcast their refusal to bow to American demands, with officials accusing Washington of preferential treatment towards the Palestinians. Interior Minister Eli Yishai of Shas told his fellow cabinet ministers today that the US demand on settlement activity was tantamount to “expulsion. Science Minister and Habayit Hayehudi head Daniel Herschkowitz even went one step farther Sunday into the fringe, in referring to US President Barack Obama’s demand to freeze all settlement activity, even that ensuing from natural growth: Read more
New Skin Cancer Vaccine: Exciting Medical Breakthrough
May 31, 2009
(ChattahBox)—In what is being hailed as a groundbreaking medical discovery in the search for a cure for cancer, scientists from the National Cancer Institute have developed a promising new skin cancer vaccine. The new vaccine is named gp 100:209-217 or gp 100. Remember that name, you will no doubt be hearing about it again very soon. Read more
New Scans Work To Provide Early Cancer Signs Before Tumors
May 31, 2009
UK (ChattahBox) – The University of Nottingham has developed a new way of scanning for lung cancer, a method which could revolutionize the way that the early stages are caught and treated.
Woman Loses Arms, Legs, and Trial After ER Mistake
May 31, 2009
Florida (ChattahBox) – A woman who lost all of her limbs after a horrific ER error has been through a trial, lost it, and is now suing again after the judge threw out the jury ruling.
Asperatus: New Storm Cloud Discovered
May 31, 2009
(ChattahBox)—Meteorologists around the world have taken notice of a new storm cloud on the horizon, literally. And if they have their way the dark and choppy cloud will take its rightful place among its more famous cousins, cumulus, cumulus, cirrus and nimbus. Read more
Jimmy Hendrix’s Roadie: Claims Rock Legend Murdered by Manager
May 31, 2009
(ChattahBox)—James “Tappy” Wright, former sixties Rock and Roll Roadie witnessed the recording of the Animals’ “House of the Rising Sun,” went on tour with the famously tumultuous Ike and Tina Turner, worked for Elvis Presley and was there when Jimi Hendrix, a true Rock and Roll legend recorded his fist single in London, “Hey Joe.”
Tappy Wright saw it all and lived the fast life of sex, drugs and Rock and Roll and now he is making all of his stories and secrets available in a new book, “Rock Roadie: Backstage and Confidential with Hendrix, Elvis, the “Animals”, Tina,” where he makes the stunning claim that Jimi Hendrix’s death was not an accident. Read more
Susan Boyle finishes second in ‘Britain’s Got Talent’!
May 30, 2009
(ChattahBox) — To me it was nothing ventured nothing gained in the case of Susan Boyle who finished second to the ten-person dance crew Diversity on Britain’s Got Talent .
Boyle chose to sing the same song (video below) that first brought her fame, “I Dreamed a Dream.” We all know how beautifully she can sing that song, but at least I was hoping to see her show she could wow us again with something new. Perhaps playing it safe left the audience feeling the same way. In a post-performance interview, she said she still “hopes to get an album out,” but as to the immediate future, “Who knows? I’ll play it by ear.”
Congratulations to Diversity (performance below) who won 100,000 pounds and gets the honor of performing before Queen Elizabeth II in the Royal Variety Show in December.
GM Set to Build Tiny Fuel-Efficient Cars in the US
May 30, 2009
(ChattahBox)—General Motors announced on Friday, of some big changes on the way, to its current business model, as it seeks to become a leaner and meaner automaker capable of competing in a changing and recessionary market.
The company currently manufactures its fleet of small vehicles overseas, to take advantage of cheaper production costs. But that is about to change, as the automaker will soon build small fuel-efficient cars in the United States, something the company has not done before. Read more