Some have said before, Wrongly, that no idea is a bad idea. "The local government in ShanXi province, China, decided they had enough of people speeding on their highways. In an effort to stop speeders once and for...
"Scientists say the body of a prehistoric mammoth, found in Russia, can be preserved for another 500 years. The frozen remains, weighing 50kg, were discovered in the Yamalo-Nenets region in the Urals May last year. ...
Unlucky for some? Dutch statisticians have established that Friday 13th, a date regarded in many countries as inauspicious, is actually safer than an average Friday."A study published on Thursday by the Dutch Centre...
"Starting a business requires adequate capital. However, many entrepreneurs are finding that capital alone is not a guarantee for success. Some businesses start out with millions in the coffers, yet end up in the dumps. While a few businesses with shoestring budgets...
Eight pandas arrived in Beijing today after a long journey from their damaged reserve near the epicentre of the recent China earthquake."The pandas will spend the next six months at the Beijing Zoo on a special...
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If elected the next US president, Barack Obama says his will seek direct diplomacy with communist Cuba."The frontrunner for his party's nomination for the presidency was speaking to Cuban exiles in Florida.Mr Obama...
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The U.S. Army has doubled its use of 'moral waivers' for enlisted soldiers over the past year as the demand for more soldiers reaches a high because of teh Iraq War troop surge. The army is now allowing sexoffenders,...
OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorSurrey’s Mayor Diane Watts certainly shows Politicians everywhere she definitely wears the pants in her City, with the Cajones to fill em. Not unlike Cojonless...
"America's Role as the First, Only, and Last Truly Global Superpower
The Grand Chessboard Part 1
Brent Jessop - Knowledge Driven Revolution.com
October 1, 2007
In Zbigniew Brzezinski’s The Grand Chessboard: American Primacy and Its Geostrategic Imperatives (1997), he...
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First, China issued a travel advisory warning for our dear native land, and now Australia?Oh my!"The Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade recently updated its "Smart Traveller" website - intended to...
"His real name is Derek Dugdale but all his mates call him Indiana Jones.
He's the man who visited Exeter's very own Temple of Doom and emerged with a treasure beyond the dreams of avarice.
Derek was digging deep and hard in Princesshay when he saw something strange,...
Regions Bank Continues to be a Target for Criminal On-line Activity. Phishing E-mail : I Got OneA source within the FBI Cyber Crime Unitnoted that criminals added a new "twist" to an ongoing scam. This version of the...
You might want to think long and hard about whether you want your kids having a Facebook account. I know its all the rage. But. See the Video"Delete Your Facebook Account
Sorry about the flurry of vids. I read an article on the info this one presents earlier today. I don't...
This truly begs the question ladies and gents, if even the New York Times, perhaps the most unabashedly anti-Iraq Campaign mainstream publication, would print an op-ed supporting the "Surge"...
"George Tenet sets the stage in his memoir by recalling a conversation he claims to have had with me on Sept. 12, 2001: "As I walked beneath the awning that leads to the West Wing[, I] saw Richard Perle exiting the building just as I was about to enter. . . . Perle turned to...