Truemors
More shame for Congress – tying up the wounded in red tape
Symptom of a sick Congress They produce legislation that hurts people. They add more harm to soldiers who are severely wounded. Why do they do this? Because they are incompetent and unqualified for the jobs as... 
Pope: Church feels 'shame and regret' for abuse
" Catholic priests who sexually abused children "disfigured their ministry" and caused the Catholic Church "profound shame and regret," Pope Benedict XVI wrote Monday, in one of his strongest statements to date on the scandal facing the Vatican. " What has happened...
Social institutions contribute to homosexual youth suicide
"Someday, maybe, there will exist a well-informed, well considered and yet fervent public conviction that the most deadly of all possible sins is the mutilation of a child's spirit." Erik Erikson Social... 
created by Rhonda J Mangus | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
3642 views | 107 recommendations | 25 comments
3642 views | 107 recommendations | 25 comments
PETA To Target Vancouver Olympics to end seal slaughter
PETA plans to launch a year long relentless campaign leading up to the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver to help bring the world attention back to the annual seal slaughter that takes place in Canada every year. The... 
Is ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ India’s Shame?
This is a great movie and deserves all the attention it is getting. You see, the Indian government is spending millions of U.S. dollars – remember the ‘Incredible India’ campaign on CNN? – to hide exactly what this film reveals. The British director and the Indian... 
World - 100 countries sign cluster bomb ban; US, Russia, China refuse
" OSLO, NORWAY: Nations began signing a treaty banning cluster bombs on Wednesday in a move that supporters hope will shame the US, Russia and China and other non-signers into abandoning weapons blamed for maiming and killing civilians. Norway, which began the drive to...
Happy "National Shame Day II" 2008 [UPDATED]
(Originally Written for Tuesday, November 25, 2008)Definitely Opinion(ated) As it was in 2007 for Jace, being too worn out to rant, so too it is for me, Intransitivus (who said she quit) this year in 2008.... 
The worst pick-up lines... that ever worked!
"“This poker party I was at started to get very crowded. As a group of girls walked in, this guy came up behind me and said, ‘I think you’re going to be asked to leave soon. You’re so pretty, you’re...
China to name and shame lip-synching performers
Remember the outrage during the Opening Ceremony of the Beijing Olympics when that little girl was lip-synching in place of the real singer who was not cute enough to be representing the Chinese. Well, in a... 
Blackberry picking is a dying art
One of the problems for environmentalists is getting kids at an early age to engage with nature. Many city children know very little about nature or plants as was revealed earlier in the year when a survey of... 
created by Paul Conneally | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
4787 views | 39 recommendations | 51 comments
4787 views | 39 recommendations | 51 comments
The UK's biggest CO2 offenders unveiled
The UK's biggest CO2 offenders have been revealed, and most of them are public buildings and tourist attractions.The Palace of Westminster and the Bank of England are among the worst. A new law to measure...
Shame of binge drink Britons abroad as number arrested on holiday soars 15%
A shocking Foreign Office report reveals a huge rise in the number of arrests of Britons overseas. There were 4.603 arrests of Britons at 15 holiday destinations last year. Many arrests are due to behaviour caused...
created by sweet east pearl | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
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796 views | 2 recommendations | 2 comments
Shame drives HIV couple to kill themselves and their three children
This was very tragic...Parents who apparently infected HIV in Bombay hanged themselves after poisoning their three children. The incident happened after discovering that their only daughter had also contracted the virus. " The couple, who lived in a middle-class district...
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...
created by sweet east pearl | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
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395 views | 10 recommendations | 3 comments
