Obama Won, So I Fired 22 Employees
“I explained to them a month ago that if Obama gets in office that the regulations for Obamacare are gonna hurt our business, and I’m gonna have to make provisions to make sure I have enough money to cover the payroll taxes, the additional health care I’m gonna have to do, and I explained that to them and I said you do what you feel like in your heart you need to do, but I’m just letting you know as a warning this is things I have to think of as a business owner.
EU's Ashton 'deeply regrets' new settlement building
"Settlements are illegal under international law and threaten to make a two-state solution impossible," it said. Israel's building in the West Bank and east Jerusalem is one of the most contentious issues of stalled Israeli-Palestinian peace talks and led to direct negotiations being put on hold in September 2010.
Assad: Global chaos from Western invasion
"The price of this invasion, if it happened, is going to be more than the whole world can afford," Assad told Russian channel Russia Today, "because if you have a problem in Syria, and we are the last stronghold of secularism and stability in the region ... it will have a domino effect that will affect the world, from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and you know the implication on the rest of the world."
Could millions of GM insects be released into British crop fields without safety checks?
The British company Oxitec is working on genetically modified insects that are designed to kill off pests that feed on crops such as cabbages, broccoli, tomatoes and fruit. The firm insists the technology is a green alternative to the use of chemical sprays, which have their own dangers for human health and the countryside.
Greg Mannarino: Here Comes the Equities Crash As Obama Re-Elected- DOW 4,000 Possible
With the looming fiscal cliff, massive tax increasing set for 2013, the Fed preparing to take QE supernova, Mannarino states a major market sell-off and financial collapse is coming in which many people will LOSE EVERYTHING! Mannarino believes that the coming crash will be so intense that the DOW could potentially hit 4,000!
Syria invasion would have 'global consequences', Assad warns
"I am not a puppet. I was not made by the West to go to the West or to any other country," Mr Assad said in English in an interview with Russian state-backed RT television. "I am Syrian, I was made in Syria, I have to live in Syria and die in Syria," he said, according to transcripts posted on RT's website.
7 Navy SEALS, including one involved in the killing of Osama bin Laden, punished for divulging secrets
Seven members of a unit that killed Osama bin Laden got career-ending reprimands Thursday for spilling secrets to a video game developer, a Navy official said.
Over 100 UFOs seen along China border
The Army troops deployed along the China border from Ladakh in Jammu and Kashmir and Arunachal Pradesh in northeast have reported more than 100 sightings of "Unidentified Flying Objects" (UFOs) in the last three months.
Christian Pastors Issue Dire Warnings After Obama Win: God ‘Will Judge Sin’ & ‘It Won’t Be Pretty’
Evangelical preachers who came out strongly for Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney...have voiced their angst in the wake of President Barack Obama’s re-election victory... “Unless we’re willing to repent for our sins, we will stand in [God's] judgment,” he proclaimed. “I want to warn America: God is coming around. He will judge sin, and it won’t be pretty.”
How Many Businesses Have Announced Closings or Layoffs Since Obama Won A Second Term?
Do elections have consequences? If you have been paying attention to the financial markets, you might think so. Wall Street has had two horrible days since President Obama won a second term. However, stock prices are not the only thing taking a hit. It appears that the job market is also suffering. In the last 48 hours,...major corporations have announced layoffs in America...
Sudan's Bashir: Israel is enemy no. 1
A tired but healthy-looking Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir appeared on television Thursday after a minor operation, calling Israel "enemy number one" in a return to his typical fiery rhetoric. Bashir, 68, spoke standing at a lectern for about 15 minutes in what government-owned Blue Nile TV said was a broadcast recorded earlier in the day at Sudan's embassy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Mexican pot plans go up in a puff of smoke
A top aide to Mexican President-elect Enrique Pena Nieto says votes to legalize the recreational use of marijuana in Colorado and Washington state will force the Mexican government to rethink its efforts at trying to halt marijuana smuggling across the southwestern border. ...“These important modifications change somewhat the rules of the game in the relationship with the United States,” Mr. Videgaray said.
Iranian jets 'fired on US drone'
Iranian fighter jets shot at an unmanned US drone during a routine surveillance mission over the Gulf, Pentagon officials have said. The defence department said the drone was not damaged in the incident, which it said took place in international air space on 1 November. Pentagon spokesman George Little said the president had been informed.
Ya'alon: We've sent numerous warning messages to Syria
Israel has sent a number of warning messages to Syria and is ready to defend itself, Strategic Affairs Minister Moshe Ya'alon said Friday, a day after three errant Syrian mortar shells landed in Israeli territory. Last week, three Syrian tanks entered the demilitarized zone on the Golan Heights. "The other side has received no small [number of] messages recently," Ya'alon wrote on his Twitter account, saying that Syria has reacted accordingly.