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Is the concern over US Debt paranoia and are we creating permanent unemployment?
To place a lot of importance to the debt that the US has accumulated is to ignore the other strengths from which the US comes to table with. The impact...
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How the NRA conquered America’s gun debate
NRA is a powerful lobby and despite so many deaths and carnages around the country, a 300 year old culture of deviant and violent people is promoted as being the...
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Photographs from Boston Bombing crime scene tell an Intriguing story; First arrest made
Using the footage from Lords & Taylors’ surveillance camera, FBI has arrested a “brown-skinned” man for the Boston Bombings. The evidence that was available from the scene is very intriguing....
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Boston Marathon Terror Attacks: Is it an Islamic terror attack?
Yesterday I was watching this program on Canada’s Rawal TV from Toronto, where the gentleman Munir Sami, who is the guest on the program explains the depth, the breadth and...
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Crony Capitalism, dysfunctional Republicans and Democrats and the doom of American Economy
Is the American economy doomed? An ex-White House Budget Director, David Stockman, thinks so. He thinks US is compromised economically, morally, and intellectually. 1980s White House budget director David Stockman...
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How an Anglicized name – done as a joke – helped Kal Penn make headway in Hollywood
Kal Penn is an actor of Indian descent. Here is the story of how he changed his name and what it did for him in Hollywood, which is said to...
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Reminiscing the Last Days of Alcatraz 50 years after it closed
It has now been 50 years since it closed. Alcatraz, the legendary prison in California, remains etched in every person’s mind who has seen it once. Only 3 people ever...
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US Taxpayers funding a Reality Show in India pumping in millions
In a time when broad spending cuts are jeopardizing schools and airports in the US, one finds a rather interesting and creative or bizarre scenario. A US Government program is...
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Why celebrate a beast like Christopher Columbus?
There are two holidays in the US, which are based on myths and genocidal suffering of a very large population of humanity: Thanksgiving and Columbus Day. Columbus was anything but...
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No US President has been born and died under the same flag!
Very interesting statement and here is the justification for it: The U.S. started with no stars. In fact, it started with a completely different flag. The last two were added...
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Hillary Clinton to charge $200,000 per speech now, joins Bill as “six-figure” speech politician
Hillary CLinton was earning $186,000 a year as Secretary of State. Now that she is no longer the Secretary of State, she will be giving speeches on the International circuit....
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Assoc Press playing Activist: bans use of words “husband,” “wife” for legally-wed gay couples
Interesting. Didn’t know that an apex news organization would have a deliberate slant on a controversial issue. AP wants to play the role of an activist in this whole drama...
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Is International Adoption by American parents over?
On Point Radio’s Tom Ashbrook looks into the Global profile of American adoption of kids. Russia, Guatemala, and more are slamming the door on American adoptions. Is the great age...
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77% of the Growing Asian-American Community voted for Obama in 2012 Elections!
An interesting and one-of-a-kind study done on the involvement of the Asian-Americans in the elections throws up some interesting insights. The study was done by Asian American Legal Defense and Education...
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India has a law against rape 56 days later; US has nothing 58 days after Sandy Hook; Wash Post decries speed of reform in US
Washington Post is lamenting that US can’t seem to act in a crisis fast enough. At least not as fast as India can. Although the Sandy Hook shooting happened 2...
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Does Bob Ingersoll’s Agnostic Message work today as well in America?
Robert Ingersoll, was an agnostic of the 1800s. He was probably the greatest American Orator of that time. Does his message resonate today? An interesting discussion on On Point Radio...
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US Employee outsourced his own work to China to surf the Net; paid Chinese fifth of his salary, earning six figures
There are many benefits to outsourcing work to out of US, but this is by far the most brilliant of them all. A person living in the US, hired a...
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Using Statistics to impact Elections and a Preschool in Sweden’s attempt to “Eliminate Gender” (Audio Podcast)
A very interesting talk with PhD candidate in statistics Panos Toulis about his work with the Obama campaign and the increasingly quantitative nature of elections in America. The podcast also...
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The Big Fat Indian Wedding vs The American Wedding: Market, Trends, Direction (Infographic)
A very interesting infographic showing a comparison between the Indian Weddings and the market vs the Weddings in US. The figures show the market/trends and social direction. Very interesting! Image...
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Where every nation is for itself – the G0 world
A world where every country is for itself and no relevance of the “blocks”. As the world becomes more dynamic and growth diversifies, the nations are for themselves. The GZero...
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After Activism Post-Gang Rape in US of 16 year old, Hacker group Anonymous promises more in 2013
Anonymous is a Hackers Group. It has mostly been controversial earlier. But one case – a Rape case in the US – brought out its vigilante and “Good Samaritan” character....
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Andrew Sullivan, star blogger, gets $333k in subscription in 2 days for independent blog as he ditches The Daily Beast
Andrew Sullivan, the star blogger at “The Daily Beast” is leaving the online magazine and starting on his own with his own business model. Well, the model was supposed to...
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Tulsi Gabbard – a gritty and inspiring lady – the First Hindu American Congressional Leader in US takes oath on Bhagwad Gita
She is 32. A woman. A Hindu by choice. A War Veteran already. And yesterday, she became the first Hindu American Congressional Leader to be sworn in. On her own...
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The Immigrant Advantage: What Rest of America can learn from the fresh Immigrants’ cultures for Longer and Happier lives
US is an immigrant nation. Although lately there has been xenophobia towards Hispanics specifically from the religious and political right. Here is an interesting conversation which takes a peek into...
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Barack Obama: I am great at cooking Keema Curry!
Vikas Khanna is an Indian chef, restaurateur, food writer, filmmaker, humanitarian and the host of the TV Show MasterChef India. He has been in the People’s list of “Sexiest Man...
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Are American Retirees Headed for Poverty?
One piece of information in an article on the coming trends intrigued and concerned me. As per a study, the Americans will be left with very less money at the...
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American Woman shoves an Indian infront of a train in NY because she hates “Hindus and Muslims” after 9/11
An Indian man, a Hindu, was pushed onto the tracks in front of an oncoming train – which crushed him on the spot – at Queens subway station in New...
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US-wide survey of religions gives interesting stats on Hindus
An new study - “2010 U.S. Religious Census: Religious Congregations & Membership Study (RCMS)” by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB) – looks at the congregations and the...
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Swami Vivekananda on Prosperity of Christian nations and their Evangelism
Here is Swami Vivekananda on the so-called prosperity brought by Evangelical Christian nations and their Armies. He was confronted in US by such evangelicals who wanted him to convert. This...
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Why is US State Department shielding ISI and its Jihadi ex-DGs in NY District Court?
“For three decades, consecutive US administrations, Republicans and Democrat, as well as the governments in Britain and other European countries, had allowed Pakistan to acquire highly restricted nuclear technology. In...
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Fred Rogers’ message on handling kids after tragedy goes viral
Fred Rogers whose show Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood ran from 1968 to 2001, was a legend in kids’ programming. A truly amazing person. His photograph with a kid and message on...
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Ironically, Adam Lanza lived on “Yogananda Street”!
Paramahansa Yogananda once said: “Anger gives birth to jealousy, hatred, spite, revengefulness, destructive instinct, wild ideas, brain paralysis, and temporary insanity – any of which may lead to terrible crimes.” Ironically,...
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How median age and demographic changes impact the future of various religions in the world and in US
[soundcloud url="http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/71657900" params="" width=" 100%" height="96" iframe="true" /] The Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion and Public Life released a new report, “The Global Religious Landscape,” which provides a comprehensive...
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Adam Lanza is a product of a society full of Emotional Prostitutes.
This is a very sensitive and a very brave account written by a mother with a 13 year old son (