Tag Archive for budget

Man torches $400 million nuke sub; Navy’s budget struggles for air (With Video)

Featured Image: USS Nautilus (SSN-571), the first nuclear-powered submarine. CREDIT: US NAVY SWOURCE: Wikipedia Commons. (As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain).

From CNN News By Emily Smith, CNN updated 7:18 AM EDT, Fri August 9, 2013

(CNN) — Casey James Fury simply didn’t want to be at work, and in the process cost the Navy nearly a half-billion dollars and one attack submarine.

Fury admitted to setting fire to the USS Miami, a nuclear sub, in May 2012 while it was in dry dock. He was sentenced to 17 years in federal prison in March and ordered to pay $400 million in restitution — roughly the cost of the damage.. . . Read Complete Report

Obama’s Budget Targets IRA Savings (W/Video)

From Townhall.com  by  Bob Beauprez  Apr 21, 2013

Obama’s Budget Targets IRA Savings

Four years ago, my remarkably prescient wife warned, “You just watch, one day he will go after our retirement accounts.”  The “he” she was referring to was the new President who had placed priorities on “spreading the wealth” and “transforming America.”

I responded that no politician, not even the uber progressive  Barack Obama, would be foolish enough to confiscate personal IRA and 401-k accounts.  It looks like my wife was right, again. . . Read Complete Report

From youtube uploaded by Bloomberg·

Obama’s Budget to Raise $9B With IRA Cap

Published on Apr 8, 2013

April 8 (Bloomberg) — Hans Nichols reports on President Obama’s budget plan to raise $9 billion with an IRA cap. Nichols speaks on Bloomberg Television’s “In The Loop.” (Source: Bloomberg) . . . Description posted with video.

Update: Capturing an Asteroid Proposed in Latest NASA Budget | Space Science Video

Featured Image: Asteroid Belt. CREDIT: NASA 

From youtube uploaded by CoconutScienceLab

Published on Apr 11, 2013

Visit my website at http://www.junglejoel.com – included in NASA’s FY2014 budget proposal is a plan to robotically capture a small near-Earth asteroid and tow it to a stable lunar orbit where astronauts can visit and explore it. Please rate and comment, thanks!
Credit: NASA.

CONSPIRACY Update: The Denver Airport went $2 billion overbudget as some Wonder, Why?

Photo: Denver International Airport Bronco sculpture. SOURCE: The Conspiracy Zone (Fair Use)

by Shepard Ambellas

Intellihub.com
March 28, 2013

Special Report

COLORADO —  The Denver International Airport (DIA) which opened in 1995, has been at topic of interest amongst travelers, researchers and conspiracy theorists since it’s conception.

IA is the largest airport in the United States and the second largest in the world to King Fahd International Airport.

The aesthetics of the airport were a particular concern amongst it’s designers according to public reports. Ominous art lines the interior and exterior of the massive 53 square mile complex, ranging from murals depicting some type of future apocalypse to massive statues which some say represent evil on every level. . . . Read Complete Extensive Report