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Obama, "Moving Chairs Around"

I Guess Moving Chairs Around and Lobbyists in the White House was not Such a Bad Idea By Albert N. Milliron, Editor, Politisite.com, Iron Mill Interactive Media, Inc This writer followed Barack Obama around the...

McCain raises specter of nuclear war

John McCain's campaign seems to be throwing everything but the kitchen sink at the wall in the waning days of the campaign, hoping something will stick. Now McCain has brought up nuclear war."John McCain raised the specter of nuclear war as he struggled to overcome rival...

Sailing Ship Asgard II sinks off French coast

"The sail training vessel Asgard II has sunk 20 miles off the coast of France in the Bay of Biscay. The ship was lost at 8.25am local time (7.25am Irish time) 20 nautical miles from the French coast, southwest of Belle-Île-en-Mer. Asgard II had earlier been abandoned after...

Helicopter crashes into oil rig, killing 7

A helicopter has crashed into an oil rig off the coast of Dubai, killing all on board and igniting a fire.  The chopper was carrying foreign contractors from the rig when it struck the deck of the rig during...

Britain to sign deal for biggest ever UK aircraft carriers

The UNited Kingdom is set to develop some gigantic aircraft carriers, the largest ever seen from the UK."The Ministry of Defence is poised to sign contracts worth around £3 billion for two 65,000-ton ships.The Queen Elizabeth and the Prince of Wales will be built at Govan in...

Ohio man could go to jail for cheating in church blackjack game

A man in Ohio got caught cheating during church-sponsored game of blackjack.  He now faces up to two years in jail!"COLUMBUS -- A jury has convicted a sports bookmaker in central Ohio of cheating during a...

Antarctica base gets 16,500 condoms before darkness

3 Words.........."Run Penguins Run"!!!"Antarctica base gets 16,500 condoms before darknessReutersPublished: Monday, June 09, 2008WELLINGTON (Reuters) - One of the last shipments to a U.S. research base in...

London: One Killed in Tower Bridge Bus Crash

One person has been killed and several injured in a bus crash this morning near Tower Bridge in London."The accident, involving a route 188 bus, happened at the junction of Tower Bridge Road and Tanner Street at...

Florida woman hit by sting ray died of blunt force trauma

A sad and unusual conclusion to this rare incident. See NowPublic member Politisite's commentary here.  "A woman who died after she was hit by a spotted eagle ray leaping from the water off the Florida Keys...

MI6 admit keeping a dossier on Mohamed Al Fayed

"After their brief trip to Paris, Diana spent virtually every free moment with Dodi at his apartment in London’s Park Lane or together at Kensington Palace, which rankled the royals greatly. Prince Philip was...

QUAY 16 - NEW FLOATING RESTAURANT ON THE LIFFEY

"Floating restaurant and bar opens in Dublin Docklands The Cill Airne, Dublin Dockland's very first floating bar and restaurant, is now open for business, just in time for the busy Christmas period. The historic...

Ontario Bridge collapses, injuring construction workers

 "Two people reportedly suffered serious but non-life threatening injuries, while at least four others were treated for minor cuts and bruises. Earlier reports had said one person was airlifted to a...

Farmers losing fight against urban sprawl

Even with  British Columbia's own Agricultural Land Reserve legislation in place to protect our shrinking farmlands from development of sorts, we cannot place our full trust in that.  BC Transportation...

Britons injured by Arctic glacier

A Russian research vessel converted into a luxury sightseeing boat, came unstuck after getting closer to the towering Horn glacier at Svalbard for a better look."A group of British holidaymakers were injured on a...

Design Flaw : Fallen Bridge Girders Raise Concerns

After all the blaming Bush spots on the Minnesota bridge collaspe, it may have been a design flaw."Investigators have found what may be a design flaw in the bridge that collapsed here a week ago, in the steel...

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