Opinion: John McCain's elephant

 John McCain has an elephant; and that elephant is ethics. There are few things that we can be certain of with McCain: he is relentless in his pursuit for the White House; he has a deficiency when it comes to moral courage; and he will continue to pander and contradict....

The World Uncovered Daylight Robbery in US

When the US goes to war Wall Street and corporate America goes too. More than seventy whistleblower cases threaten to reveal the scandals behind billions of dollars worth of waste, theft and corruption during the last five years of war"Panorama investigates claims that as...

U.S. Navy creates manga about nuclear carrier

U.S. Naval Forces Japan headquarters has produced a Japaneselanguage manga comic depicting the life of a U.S. serviceman ofJapanese origin working as a crew member on a nuclear-powered aircraftcarrier. The carrier USS George Washington will be deployed to the U.S. naval base...

Pope `deeply ashamed` over paedophile priests: news agency

"Rome (ANTARA News) - Pope Benedict XVI said Tuesday he was "deeply ashamed" by the child sex scandals that have rocked the US Catholic Church, as he flew to Washington for an official visit, the ANSA news agency reported."We are deeply ashamed," the pope told journalists,...

PM accused of corruption

"Israel's attorney general yesterday ordered police to open a criminal investigation into allegations that Prime Minister Ehud Olmert fraudulently purchased a Jerusalem home well below market value. The move dealt a blow to the Israeli leader at a time when he has begun to...

China finds worm-infested US packaging

I deem this to be more of a political issue than anything else.  "BEIJING -- China found microscopic worms and other harmful organisms in several batches of wooden packaging imported from the United States, state media said on Friday. The pine wood nematodes were found...

Recycled Used Chopsticks Brought From Guess Where

"BEIJING (Reuters) - A Beijing factory recycled used chopsticks and sold up to 100,000 pairs a day without any form of disinfection, a newspaper said on Wednesday, the latest in a string of Chinese food and product safety scares. Counterfeit, shoddy and dangerous products are...

Accountability in China: ex-food and drug chief executed

In the US this would get you a 'heck of a job'.  In China apparently they kill you for messing up.  "BEIJING - China on Tuesday executed the former head of its food and drug watchdog who had become a symbol of the country's wide-ranging problems on product...

DUI or DWI : Celebs Latest Crime

"Judging from the entertainment headlines of late, a growing number of celebrity scandals have the whiff of alcohol about them. Socialite Paris Hilton’s violation of her probation on charges that she drove drunk last September led to a judge’s decision on Friday to jail...