Denmark evacuates Algeria and Afghanistan embassies

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorYou know I am all for Free Speech, but you know, trying to prove a point by reprinting cartoons of "Muhammed" just to enforce your "Free Speech" stance and throwing it in...

Surrey Mayor Diane Watts, Shows her Cojones

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...

'The Cartoon Must Not Be Used Against Muslims as a Whole'

" Prophet Muhammad with a time bomb in his turban: That is how the film by Dutch politician Geert Wilders begins. The Danish cartoonist responsible for the drawing explains to Spiegel Online why he wants his drawing...

POLITICS-US: Official Version of Naval Incident Starts to Unravel

"POLITICS-US: Official Version of Naval Incident Starts to Unravel Analysis by Gareth Porter* Credit:Press-TV Image from Iranian video depicting the Jan. 7 encounter with U.S. warships in the Strait of Hormuz. WASHINGTON, Jan 10 (IPS) - Despite the official and media...

Qaeda puts bounties on heads of Swedes in cartoon row

"Qaeda puts bounties on heads of Swedes in cartoon row AFP AFP - 14 minutes ago DUBAI (AFP) - An Al-Qaeda front organization in Iraq has offered rewards to anyone who kills two Swedes behind a cartoon depicting the...

Demonstrators in Muhammad picture protest

"Just after 2pm on Friday a group of around 300 demonstrators marched the short distance from the Islamic Cultural Centre in Örebro to the offices of Nerikes Allehanda newspaper. The demonstrators chanted slogans...

Online Child Abuse Complaints Rising

I don't know if people are getting more into pedophilia, or if more pedophiles are going online; neither prospect thrills me. The US figures heavily in these statistics, but one shouldn't jump to conclusions: the US has, per capita, a higher online population than most other...

Cover-Your-Ass Security: Cops, Mooninites and Terror

My obsession with the Mooninites continues... but this article goes beyond the Boston debacle and also discusses reactionary airport security. I've often joked that, if terrorists really wanted to mess with the USA, then they'd send somebody to the airport with a tiny...

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George Michael Tour Launches with Pop at Bush

"A mature, modest and (almost) scandal-free George Michael took the stage in his first solo concert in 15 years. But the pop star couldn't resist making another controversial dig at George Bush."

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