Yaletown parents camp for four days to compete for kindergarte...

This is officially out of hand. Camping out for four days to secure one of the 44 kindergarten spots in the downtown area? I love urban living, but someone might have reminded the city planners of the past 15 years...

The War, Obama and His Acolytes - A Flip Of Unimaginable Cynicism

" David Limbaugh writes: What the Obama Cult Factor Portends Excerpt: "Given the nation’s Bush fatigue — no matter how unjustified from a broad historical perspective — and Bush’s very low approval ratings, it only made sense for Democratic presidential...

Sources: Bush advised to delay troop cuts in Iraq

"President Bush's top defense advisers have recommended he maintain 15 combat brigades in Iraq until the end of the year contrary to expectations that the improved security in Iraq would allow for quicker cuts, The Associated Press has learned. Military leaders told the AP...

IOC agrees to Internet blocking at the Games

Would any one of us go for this? I don't think so. "The Chinese government confirmed Wednesday what journalists arriving at the lavishly outfitted media center here had suspected: Contrary to previous assurances by Olympic and government officials, the Internet would be...

Activists win right to promote condoms to Catholics at World Youth Day

Activitists in Australia have won the right to distribute condoms at the world youth day in Sydney marking the pope's visit, blocking an order that had attempted to stop them from doing so by barring people from "annoying" the pilgrims."Young Catholics attending World Youth...

Shiv Malik ordered to hand police source material for terrorism book

A British journalist who wrote a book on terrorism has been ordered to turn over his sources to police within 7 days or face legal penalties."Freelance journalist Shiv Malik must hand over his source material for a book on terrorism to Greater Manchester Police within seven...

Officials hustle to delete Capitol 'pool hall' listing

"In its new business filings section, the current issue of The State Journal, a business weekly published by West Virginia Media Holdings, lists: "Goners Pool Hall, 1900 Kanawha Boulevard, Charleston."[...]It was a test dummy for the system upgrades, but somehow it got on...

University President asks Trustees to Revoke Mugabe's Honorary Degree

Jack Wilson, the University of Massachusetts President has recommended to the Board of Trustees that they revoke an honorary degree awarded 20 years ago to Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe."Wilson said Monday that...

Catholic church hypocritical accepting Blair, says priest

"A British priest Monday accused the Catholic church of being hypocritical for accepting the conversion of former prime minister Tony Blair because of his support for the Iraq war. "If the Roman Catholic church truly reflected the values of Jesus Christ, then Tony Blair...

Mexico: Breaking News on Lydia Cacho Case

"Breaking News on Lydia Cacho case… Mexican journalist Lydia Cacho Ribeiro, herself a victim of human rights abuses, listens to the tale of the friend of a prison inmate.Breaking News: Reports just breaking say...

Canada: Extremist ordered to surrender teaching certificate

OpinionsBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorYou know in this day and age, we have ranting fruitcakes teaching our children their personal values instead of societies values.  Nazi Boy Paul Fromm somehow is...

In the hall of the mountain king: Olafur Eliasson's Serpentine Pavilion.

"Not only is the 2007 Serpentine pavilion not as awkward as I'd feared from the early publicity images - on the contrary, it is the best of these annual summer temporary structures since Toyo Ito and Cecil...

McCanns are suing a Portuguese newspaper

"The parents of missing Madeleine McCann are suing a Portuguese newspaper which claimed they killed their daughter. Gerry McCann said he and his wife, Kate, were "deeply hurt'' by the front-page story in Tal e Qual headlined "PJ believe that the parents killed Maddie". The...

Nazis In Omaha NE

    No, its not exactly the 4th reich. However, a Nazi oriented group is set to hold an immigration protest outside of the mexican consulate in Omaha NE. The group, The National Socialist Movement,...

New Zealand to take Australia to WTO over apple ban

What Australia is doing here, is by many observers in New Zealand seen as just maintaining a convenient trade barrier. "New Zealand is to take Australia to the World Trade Organisation over the impasse on apple...

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