Can you believe my owner runs three miles
everyday to look young. She need to look in my creek, she's getting to be old
transsexual
To stay healthy keep your distance: Virus can only
travel 3 feet
Government to conduct studies on cows to kill bug
that produce the methane gas in them. Cows produce 8.5% of worlds methane gas.
They will start on termites as they have same stomach.
It's official: Porn is addictive
Red states winner; Want 81.9 billion to
fight war. Will cut hiring of cops from $119 million to $19 million in USA. In
Iraq need $5.7 billion to train soldiers and police, in Afghan need $1.3 billion
to train cops. HUH!
A video that has sparked investigations into a minister close to Ecuadorean
President Rafael Correa is unlikely to dent the leftist leader's popularity or
alter his plans to overhaul debt.
Ecuadoreans are dismissing the daily ins and outs of a complex scandal and still
look to Correa, a U.S.-educated economist, to lower the cost of borrowing and
lift them out of poverty, analysts and experts said.
Ecuador's top prosecutor and the Andean nation's Congress are examining a
video, released on Monday, showing Economy Minister Ricardo Patino making
ambiguous remarks about debt that have fueled opposition charges of market
manipulation.
The recording shows Patino mentioning the advantages of scaring a market.
Patino's Economy Ministry in February said it would miss the payment of a coupon
on global bonds maturing in 2030. Two days later, Ecuador made a U-turn and said
it would pay.
International investors are keenly watching the controversy surrounding the
country's bonds, which soar and plunge on comments from Correa and Patino, who
have vowed to renegotiate the $10.37 billion national debt.
"This is definitely the biggest scandal Correa has faced so far, but he has
proven to be quite good at defusing scandals," said Gandhy Espinosa, a
pollster with Informe Condifencial.
"He is a communications-savvy president who hires his own pollsters to plan
his next move," he added.
The charismatic Correa has easily weathered accusations from critics that he
rallied mobs of supporters to pelt opposition lawmakers with sticks and stones.
"Most Ecuadoreans do not really understand debt policy... they care more
about Correa's position on subsidies and lower bank interest rates," said
Carlos Cordova, a pollster with Cedatos Gallup. "However, people know this
is very suspicious."