Is the advice of the bureaucracy, financial advisors and economists in the best interests of the public? For example, the people hard pressed by increased interest hikes, which in turn reduces their disposable income and their spending power, are the ones being penalised for increasing inflation. Often...

YourScoops Forums YourScoops now provides a forums page where users may post information to inform about or promote activities that are vital to them. We are particularly keen to foster the performing arts and any endeavours that enhances the quality of life. This can embrace everything from advantageous...

President Kennedy and Helen Thomas The veteran reporter Helen Thomas has been forced to resign for a politically incorrect statement made to a Rabbi at a White House function. Unfortunately for her, he recorded it with a discrete hand held camera and published it on his web page, where shortly...

A number of issues have been in the news of late, starting with the Gaza crisis and then reaction in the US against comments made by a veteran White House journalist. How Gaza Crisis Unfolded in the Media Helen Thomas dropped by agency Helen Thomas SILENCED: Victory for Israeli Lobby, Terrible Loss...

New Zealand Leader Offends With Cannibal Joke New Zealand’s Prime Minister John Key made a flippant remark about cannibalism at a tourism event in Auckland yesterday, which related to where he had been dining. Mr Key jokingly announced: “The good news is that I was having dinner...

Terrorists retreat from Afghanistan in 2001 Mystery Moves: Iran Easing Grip on Al-Qaida? The relationship between Iran and al-Qaida has been shrouded in mystery since the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan in 2001, when many al-Qaeda leaders fled into Iran and were arrested. The...

Two major opinion polls published in the past 10 days – Newspoll and the Nielsen poll – have tracked a sharp and sudden decline in Labor support, with the Coalition ahead in the Newspoll and Labor in its worst position in more than four years. To provide this measure, the Australian newspaper...

The Federal Australian Government, using the Henry Future Tax System Review as a reference, has decided to tax the mining riches to help fund the ordinary person’s retirement. With Australia having an ageing population, and people on average living longer, they were faced with the situation of...

Other than wars – poor economic outcomes and crazy political decisions are probably the next most disruptive influence. Arrogance, greed and stupidity are often common influencing factors. Wars are either over conflicting philosophical beliefs or a desire to grab something that belongs...

The Australian socialite and former First Lady, Lady Sonia McMahon has died at age 77. Lady McMahon passed away on 2 April 2010, in Sydney’s St Vincent’s Private Hospital after suffering from cancer; her son Hollywood actor Julian McMahon and her two daughters Melinda and Deborah were by...