Current events

http://g1.globo.com/tecnologia/noticia/2011/04/toalhas-de-hotel-ganham-chip-contra-furtos.html

I guess they're "chipping" everything....even hotel towels against theft.

Current events-speculative

http://g1.globo.com/mundo/noticia/2011/04/lojas-romanas-ja-vendem-souvenirs-para-beatificacao-de-joao-paulo-ii.html

Pope John Paul II is to be "beatified" on May 1st....

On one of the pictures ib the souvenirs being sold, the following can be found:

Não tenha medo! Abra a porta para Cristo! Deixe minha benção estar sempre com você"

Dont be afraid! Open the door for Christ! Let my blessing always be with you.

Current events-national security

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2011/04/new-terror-alert-system-takes-effect-today-replacing-color-codes/1

Specific and non-specific is the new terrorist threat lingo...I can just see it....

ALERT ! ALERT !

An "IMMINENT" cyber terrorist attack. The internet will have to be shut down in order to prevent chaos.

ALERT ! ALERT !

A testimony to Genesis 1:6-10

Video from a camera atop Spain's highest mountain...Yahoo describes clouds as "waves"...

 ⁶ And God said, “Let there be an expanse between the waters to separate water from water.” ⁷ So God made the expanse and separated the water under the expanse from the water above it. And it was so. ⁸ God called the expanse “sky.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the second day.
 ⁹ And God said, “Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place, and let dry ground appear.” And it was so. ¹⁰ God called the dry ground “land,” and the gathered waters he called “seas.” And God saw that it was good.


 http://video.yahoo.com/editorspicks-12135647/featured-24306389/the-mountain-24960678.html

Current events-comeback kid headlines

http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_theticket/20110419/ts_yblog_theticket/president-obama-gets-snippy-with-a-texas-tv-reporter

In Texas...Immigration, budget battle, texas and snippy...the daily 4.

Current events-environment

http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20110419/hl_time/08599206603100

Honestly...how much of an impact could an oil spill and a radiation leak have on the environment?

Current events-oil prices

http://www.usatoday.com/money/companies/management/bartiromo/2011-04-18-bartiromo-rex-tillerson-exxonmobil.htm

"What’s reflected in the price is the uncertainty around what might happen in the months or years ahead if there are further interruptions in supply"

The middle east, has the ability to stop the world on its tracks...and it has the leverage to make demands since the western world is dependent upon oil.

Current events-national economy

http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/2011-04-18-sp-us-debt-outlook.htm

"No one — S&P included — is forecasting that the U.S. will shirk paying its obligations, and few think that the nation’s status as the world’s reserve currency will go away any time soon."

Because if anyone did...it would remove the surprise factor from the equation.

The "nation's status as the world's reserve currency" = the dollar. And I am one of the "few" who think it will be sooner rather than later that it will happen.

"And there are few alternatives to the dollar:"

At least any EXISTING alternatives...

Current events

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2011-04-18-yahoo-data-retention.htm

I mean....someone, HAS to know what everyone is searching for...

Current events-national economy

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_ratings_usa_sp

What's gonna happen to the mighty $...?

Current events-national economy

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/driveon/post/2011/04/some-gas-stations-are-starting-to-charge-5-a-gallon/1

$5 per gallon in a couple of spots...

Current events-national economy

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2011/04/obama-aide-congress-will-raise-the-debt-ceiling/1

""If you allow people to start to doubt whether the United States of America will meet its obligations, that will be catastrophic".