All Posts Tagged With: "New York"

New York to Pass Gun Law Prompted by Massacre in Newtown

Lawmakers in New York have agreed to pass the nation’s toughest gun control law and the country’s first since the school shooting in Newtown. Connecticut. The law calls for a very tough ban on assault weapons and provisions to make sure guns are kept out of the possession of mentally ill people if they have [...]

Espada Found Guilty of Embezzlement

Former state senator Pedro Espada Jr. best known for his audacious snatch of power that propelled him to a top position within the State Legislature, was found guilty on Monday of taking money from a heath care network, which was nonprofit, that he was the founder of and operated in Bronx. The guilty verdict was [...]

Flyers and Wings to Face Troubles

Since the time when NHL opted for a best-of-seven playoff (almost 70 years ago), the New York Islanders and Maple Leafs, rallied from a 3-0 deficit to win a series. No team wants to stoop down to a 3-0 but that’s where the Philadelphia Flyers and Detroit Red Wings were, during the last week. Currently, [...]

Non Proliferation Treaty – What Countries Have Nuclear Weapons

The recent NPT (Non Proliferation Treaty) had five signatories, namely; US, Russia, China, Britain and France. Noticeably, among all five of them, the U.S. and Russia are the main sources of nuclear warheads because of the vast majority of weapons they have. On the other side of the picture, we have three countries – Pakistan, [...]

Pakistani Born U.S. Citizen Can Be Convicted to Life Imprisonment

Faisal Shahzad – A Pakistani born U.S. citizen was accused of trying to set off a bomb in the heart of Manhattan on last Saturday night. If convicted (which he probably will be), he is going to be subject to a life imprisonment sentence by the court of law. Being a son of a former [...]

Bank Shareholders to Win

Investors are in a grumpy shade these days because they trimmed the sails of corporate insiders in accordance to votes from two major banks. These “victories” were unusual because they emerged despite of the opposition from company’s board of directors. Share holders just passed a resolution at Bank of America that is going to give [...]

Two Top Al-Qaeda Leaders to Be Ordered a Massive Terrorist Attack on New York Subway System

In related news (previous bombing plans in America), two top Al-Qaeda leaders were identified in regards to ordering a massive terrorist attack on New York subway system. The U.S. authorities call it as – “one of the deadliest terrorist plans”, since the fateful incident of Sept. 11, 2001. Najibullah Zazi and Zarein Ahmedzay were found [...]

Due to Wall St. Reforms Crisis is Prevented

In the news today, President Obama has tied the nation’s recession towards unending taxes and job losses, to the loose and malfunctioned oversight of the Wall Street executives. He emphasized on the essentiality of learning lessons from the past and not repeating them. This sort of lifestyle isn’t acceptable to me, and to all the [...]

Roger Goodell to Handed Out a Short Time ban to Ben Roethlisberger

Roger Goodell is an NFL commissioner and also a son of a New York politician. His father – Charles Goodell spent some of his time, serving the House of Representatives in 1968, and got appointed by Governor Nelson Rockefeller, as a replacement for the Senate seat of Robert F. Kennedy (who was assassinated in June [...]

Eric Massa-Cre Inquiry

Call it an “Eric Massa-cre” inquiry or anything you want, but the House Ethics Committee has laid down the votes for carrying on with a formal investigation on former Republican Eric Massa, for ‘inappropriate” (read Homosexual) and or “offensive” (read Homophobic) behavior. I appreciate Eric’s sense of honesty and truthfulness before his resignation, as he [...]