Poll disaster for Bavaria leaders

Elections in the German region of Bavaria yesterday saw a major blow dealt to Germany's conservative party. The result was the party's worst result since 1954. The result is bad news for Germany's chancellor Angela Merkel."Bavaria's ruling conservatives, the Christian Social...

Parkinson drugs turned headmaster into paedophile

A headmaster with thousands of indecent pictures of children on his computer has been aquited after a judge ruled that the drugs he was taking to combat Parkinson's disease turned him into a paedophile."A former headmaster who amassed thousands of indecent images of children...

Australian plea for 'ugly' women

Under developmentThis one is going to take some kid gloves."The mayor of a remote Australian mining town has come under fire after saying that female "ugly ducklings" might benefit from its shortage of women. ...

Gay relationships 'comparable to marriage', Anglican leader says

The Archbishop of Canterbury, the leader of the Anglican church, believes that gay relationships are "comparable to marriage" in the eyes of God, according to letters he wrote obtained by The Times newspaper in...

Kevin Rudd descended from thieves and forgers

The PM learned of his colourful antecedents yesterday when presented with two leather-bound volumes of his family tree. PRIME Minister Kevin Rudd is descended from solid convict stock, and his forebears include...

First Bashir, Next ... Bush?

The first thing I said when I heard Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir was being indicted was,”Good, about time”. The second thing I said was, “When will western war criminals, such as President Bush, be indicted?” It is highly unlikely that the International Criminal...

Canada Needs Foreign Ownership Curbs

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorCertainly Canadians and Americans have witnessed foreign ownership in our prospective countries.Statistics posted the left of this story from US Government agencies can...

Obama: Dating Radical Chic

OpinionBarry Aritise, Now Public ContributorThough I am not up on American Politics, I do know something of the Radical Left, the Left who espouse equality for all, except when it comes to themselves.To appease...

Geek.com Reviews LostWinds (WiiWare)

Of all the games that launched with the deubt of WiiWare on Monday, LostWinds has been garnering the most attention.  I played it a bit last night and posted my first impressions on my blog.  Geek.com...

Official: Nepal's former communist rebels win elections

It's official, the Maoists have taken power in Nepal. The process will now move forward in creating an entirely new government from scratch and abolishing the monarchy. A truly amazing thing to witness."Former communist rebels won the most seats in Nepal's new governing...

Nepal's Maoists say monarchy 'finished'

Nepal may be just days away from abolishing its monarchy."Nepal's Maoists said Tuesday the abolition of the Himalayan nation's monarchy was now just a "matter of procedure" as they held a commanding lead in the...

Obama is now unelectable

" As this blog has been predicting in Hillary's darkest days...she will be the next president and she will find a way to destroy Obama. She has done it. Obama was running on a hope and dream campaign that...

Spanish voters back Socialists

Spain's socialist government has won reelection, but by a narrow margin highlighting the deep divisions in Spanish society." MADRID -- Spaniards on Sunday reelected Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez...

Time Layoffs: Another Death Knell For Print Media?

Print media is having a rough week.  TIME just laid off 100 people and the NYTimes also announced staff cuts.  This all points to an uncertain future for print."You can run, but you can’t hide from reality. And the longer you run, the quicker you realize that you...

New Zealand: Santas Gone Wild!

For strange reasons likely known only to New Zealanders, this is the second time that a group of raging drunk santas have wreaked havoc in public just in time for the holidays.The first occurred in Aukland back in...

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