Anyone notice that 1000 point drop in the Dow Jones, apparantly the cause was human error – fat finger syndrome  !
A HUMAN trading error at a “major firm” may have caused a huge plunge in the US share market overnight.
A TRADING error known as the “fat finger problem” at a major investment bank may have caused a huge [...]

Lebanese army says it used anti-aircraft fire to force four warplanes out of airspace over Bekaa Valley.

Lebanon says its army has opened fire on four Israeli warplanes that flew into Lebanese airspace.
The Lebanese army said in a statement that its units used anti-aircraft fire Sunday to force the Israeli warplanes out of Lebanese airspace.
The army [...]

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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Thursday that Iran had produced a first batch of uranium enriched to a level of 20 percent and that it was capable of achieving much higher levels of purity – up to 80 per cent.
Iran is now a nuclear state, President Ahmadinejad told a huge rally of supporters [...]

I am surprised…. well I guess not, as more and more towns are adding Fluoride to their water supplies. It doesn’t clean the water and is very bad for our health and yes too much is bad for our teeth. For those of you that don’t know Fluoride is a by product of aluminium which is toxic and [...]

Below is an article from a Norwegian news site translated with Google Translator, there is not much to comment about, read the article and take a look at the incredible photos.
No one yet can confirm  what this phenomenon is, some people have said a rocket from Russia ( I didn’t know a rocket could do that?) but [...]

Video below is from Russia today from 08/11/09
the current numbers are
174 dead
1,031,597 Infected

81 People now dead
over 478,000 infected
“Over 478,000 people have fallen ill, 81 died,” Bilovol said.
He said 14 confirmed swine flu cases have been registered in the country and three of them have been fatal.
About 12 million people, or a quarter of Ukraine’s population, are expected to contract influenza-like diseases during the current outbreak.
“Up to 1% [...]

More bad news on California
People falling more then 3 months behind on their mortgages is increasing significantly.
Forecloses on home is skyrocketing
Worst in employment in 64 years
In June 68,900 people lost their jobs and in the very very near future due to state budget cuts, another 64,000 people will lose their jobs+jobs lost in the private [...]

I have made a few posts on here in relation to the economic situation of California, i know other states are in trouble to but I did not realize how many. 32 of the 48 states did not make budget this fiscal year. 1000’s of people working for their state have lost their jobs due [...]

01/07/09 Update
[23 miles off the coast of Gaza, 15:30pm] – Today Israeli Occupation Forces attacked and boarded the Free Gaza Movement boat, the SPIRIT OF HUMANITY, abducting 21 human rights workers from 11 countries, including Noble laureate Mairead Maguire and former U.S. Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney (see below for a complete list of passengers). The passengers [...]

With public hugs and backslaps among its leaders, a new political bloc was formed yesterday to challenge the global dominance of the United States.
The first summit of heads of state of the BRIC countries — Brazil, Russia, India and China — ended with a declaration calling for a “multipolar world order”, diplomatic code for a [...]

Very Sad news
At 12:21pm 911 received a call from his Holmby Hills home in LA.
He had a Cardiac Arrest and was rushed to a Hospital in LA with paramedic performing CPR on the way, unfortunately they were unable to revive him.
R.I.P Michael Jacksons.
We’ve just learned Michael Jackson has died. He was 50.
Michael suffered a cardiac [...]

Welcome to Wycky’s News Blog.
The whole idea of my blog is to bring you new and important news from news sources around the world and throw in my 2cents worth when i can.
I will do my best to cover stories you will not hear on your everyday news shows such a channel 7,9,10 news, CNN, [...]