Jihad on Switzerland

Switzerland – a tiny nation of 8 million people, where cuckoo clocks and that funny cheese that’s full of holes is made. Where rolling hills and Alpine backdrops make for great ski resorts. Where people stash away their money from prying eyes in ultra secret Swiss banks.

Now it’s at war. Well, more precisely Jihad has been declared on it. By none other than Libya’s Colonel Gadaffi. He’s raging mad because he son was (temporarily) arrested along with his wife on suspision of attacking a servant. He was released by the police in Switzerland after a few hours, but the damage to Gadaffi’s pride was done.

Over the last few months a tit for tat campaign has been raging. Oil supplies to Switzerland were stopped by Libya, Swiss businessmen detained and arrested and now Libya has declared Jihad on Switzerland. Switzerland for it’s part banned 188 Libyan businessmen from entering the country – thus preventing them from entering Europe with who it has a joint passport system.

What will Jihad bring to Switzerland, a nation where a third of the population thinks no army is required? Who knows, but Gadaffi made a rambling speech in which he called on Muslims worldwide:

“Any Muslim in any part of the world who works with Switzerland is an apostate, is against [the prophet] Mohammad, and God and the Koran,”

“The masses of Muslims must go to all airports in the Islamic world and prevent any Swiss plane landing, to all harbors and prevent any Swiss ships docking, inspect all shops and markets to stop any Swiss goods being sold.”

That outta teach those pesky Swiss cheese loving people! It’s hard to take any of this seriously. I mean, Switzerland? Really? Common like, the country hasn’t had a war since 1815!

From ThugVillage Men’s magazine

Michael Blosil, Marie Osmond Son, Found Dead

Michael Blosil, the 18 year old son of Marie Osmond , has been found dead at the foot of a building in Los Angeles.

Michael was one of five children adopted by Marie and her ex-husband Brian Blosil a well-known music producer. The body of Michael was found on the ground beneath a balcony of an LA apartment building. The death is being treated by the L.A. Authorities as a suicide.

Marie’s famous brother, Donny Osmond, said on Saturday “Please pray for my sister and her family.”

The teenager had been suspected of attempting suicide in 2006 but it was explained that it was caused by a reaction to medication. Michael was admitted to a rehab clinic in 2007 suffering from severe depression.

Marie said of her son on The Larry King Show in 2007, when she revealed his depression:

“My son Michael is an amazing young man, shown through his courage in facing his issues. As his mother, I couldn’t be more proud of him. The press and public has always been kind and gracious in the past and I know they will continue to respect our privacy during this time.”

Marie Osmond shot to fame in the 1970s on the back of the enormous success of The Osmonds, a family pop group made up of five of her brothers. The Osmonds were a pop phenomenon in the early 70’s with some people likening the hysteria surrounding their public appearances to that of The Beatles a decade before.

As The Osmonds’ popularity started to wain as a group (older brothers were getting married and did not want touring commitments) the younger individuals, Donny, Jimmy and Marie started to develop flourishing solo careers. In fact the careers of Donny and Marie as a brother and sister duetting couple actually started to eclipse the success of The Osmonds during the height of their popularity.

Just a few years ago, days prior to the family celebtrating 50 years in the entertainment industry, they lost their father and guiding light, George Osmond. Now, with the death of the son of Marie Osmond, the family face a new tragedy.

Find out more about this news event and about the careers of Marie osmond & Donny Osmond here: http://marie-osmond-son.blogspot.com/

Off Chat – Opening Day!

As you all might know by now OffChat is opening it’s doors today. It’s going to be an immense time, there will be Competitions and a lot of chatting! With every little bit of our website carefully designed by only the best, OffChat is out to provide you with the BEST chill out experience of your life.

Yes, we’re a new forum, so we will be looking for staff. We’ll be looking for moderators and managers, to run different aspects of the website. If your interested email jobs@offchat.co.uk (include your CV)

Want to follow our progress? Well there’s no better way than to follow us on Twitter or Facebook, where we’ve got active pages.

OffChat aims to give you a place to relax, make friends and generally have a chat. We’re the most unique forum on the net so come on down and take apart in our Opening day competition. What’s that? Our Opening day competition is a two day long event where all users (inc. Staff) take part. All you basically have to do is post as many posts as you can, without spamming or nonsense posting. The member with the highest posts at the end wins £5.00 and 1 months VIP, 3 Runner ups will win 1 months VIP each.

At OffChat we hope to bring a personal touch, communicating with all our members as best we can. CEO Benjamin Fordyce (uID:1) and Vice CEO Cameron Hall(uID:2), are always on hand to provide what ever support is necessary and always willing to listen to what members have to say so if you’ve got an issue or you need to speak to either or both, you’ll find their email address’s on their User Profiles.

Real Estate Investing Is Off To A Slow Start In 2010

The start of 2010 is getting off to a slow start which seems to always be the case for every new year. December has historically been a slow month in the real estate industry and last year was no different. A couple of things I think we as real estate investors and Americans need to pay attention too over the next few months are how many mortgage applications are being written and the unemployment rate in our country. As investors we need understand and use this information is our business.

MBA – Mortgage applications down

The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) released two Weekly Mortgage Applications Surveys – for the weeks ending December 25, 2009 and January 1, 2010. For the week ending December 25, 2009, the Market Composite Index decreased 22.8 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis from the prior week, and for the week ending January 1, 2010, it increased 0.5 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis. Both weeks’ results include an adjustment to account for the Christmas and New Year’s Day holidays. On an unadjusted basis, the Index decreased 46.9 percent the week before Christmas and increased 0.4 percent the week after. For the week ending December 25, 2009, the Refinance Index decreased 30.5 percent from the previous week and the seasonally adjusted Purchase Index decreased 4.0 percent from one week earlier, and the following week, it decreased 1.6 percent and the seasonally adjusted Purchase Index increased 3.6 percent. The unadjusted Purchase Index decreased 33.1 percent the week of Christmas and increased 5.0 percent the week following. This measure was respectively 26.2 percent and 28.2 percent lower than the same period a year ago. The refinance share of mortgage activity for the week ending January 1, 2010 is 68.2 percent, a decrease from 69.6 percent for the week ending December 25, 2009.

Jobless rate to creep up again?

National unemployment improved to a seasonally adjusted 10% in November from the 26-year high of 10.2% hit in October, but economists surveyed by Briefing.com expect the national rate to edge up to 10.1% again when the Labor Department releases its December jobs report Friday. The Labor Department said 17 of 372 metropolitan areas surveyed suffered unemployment rates of at least 15% last month, up from 15 metro areas in October. Three areas in Michigan posted jobless rates higher than 15%, including Detroit. The city wrecked by the collapse of the auto industry continued to lead the nation’s areas of 1 million people or more with the highest unemployment rate in November at 15.4%. California’s Inland Empire, including Riverside, San Bernardino and Ontario, ranked second to Detroit among larger areas with an unemployment rate of 14.2% in November. El Centro, Calif., held its place as the metropolitan area with the highest unemployment rate at 29.2%, down from an upwardly r evised 31.9% in October. The second highest rate was in Yuma, Ariz., at 21.1%, a drop from 23.3% in October. The three metro areas with the lowest unemployment rates in November were all in North Dakota, with Bismarck at 3.4%, followed by Fargo and Grand Forks at 3.7%. Large cities with the lowest jobless rates were New Orleans and the Washington, D.C. metro areas, each at 6.1%. Oklahoma City followed close behind with an unemployment rate of 6.4%. Overall, 143 cities in the Labor Department report had unemployment rates above the non-seasonally adjusted national figure of 9.4%, while 229 reported jobless rates below it.
Make sure you plan accordingly and as always feel free to drop me a line info@vegaswholesalehouses.com or visit me online http://vegaswholesalehouses.com.

Dante Brickman

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