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Now for something really different Wesley Pruden Friday, February 6, 2009 ANALYSIS/OPINION: The messiah of November has disappeared, gone off to winter somewhere in another galaxy and lounge among the stars. Who knows when (or whether) he'll return. He left a gloomy surrogate with a melancholy message. The messiah promised "change" but so far demonstrates only that the men we send to live in the White House have changed. FDR called our stoic grandparents to the fireside to tell them there was nothing to fear but fear itself. They believed him, pulled up their socks, survived the Great Depression and...

At a conference in Dubai, NYU's Nouriel Roubini said credit crisis losses could hit $3.6 trillion, up from $1 trillion worth of writedowns and losses estimated by Bloomberg to have already roiled the global financial system.Bloomberg reports Roubini says that if losses are really as large as he fears “it means the U.S. banking system is effectively insolvent because it starts with a capital of $1.4 trillion. This is a systemic banking crisis.”  He also warns the disease is spreading to Europe, where the Royal Bank of Scotland Group faces an estimated $41 billion loss. Roubini also said the global...

Starstream Research interviews author Terry James about his novel, and the truth behind the dark dimension of alien technology and otherworldly beings. "So, believing God's Word as absolute Truth, I have to believe they are presently intertwining themselves with government and science in clandestine, dark project areas. How aware governmental officials --in the black, covert regions, or other--are in these things, I wouldn't conjecture. But, someone, somewhere, has to know something is beyond what we consider normal." SSR: Beginning in August 2006, Starstream Research is examining the possibility that the human race is under the influence of otherworldly intelligence. The...

ORLANDO -- An Auburndale 12year-old learned the hard way not to mess with Marvel Comics super-villain Dr. Doom. Now his family wants to teach Dr. Doom a lesson. But this drama is playing out in the courts, not the comics, and embroiling Universal's Islands of Adventure Theme Park in Orlando. Buffy Skinner claims a man playing the character Dr. Doom caused mental and physical anguish to her son, Richard Skinner, by threatening and manhandling him during a visit to the park. The family filed suit Tuesday against Islands of Adventure. It is seeking damages "in excess of $15,000," according to...