Thatcher dead?

No not that one its a cat called Thatcher, the bereaved owner John Baird sending a text message to a friend in Canada sparked of a lot of response. Well when the Canadian Prime Minster received the news he had to...

The Dirty Secret of the Financial Crisis: Our Banking System's Broken

"Henry Paulson's $700 billion plan to save the world is dead or dying, but the bailout was not killed by his arrogance or his grossly misleading claims about what the public's money would buy. The plan collapsed because it didn't work. The Treasury secretary has launched a PR...

Cook to serve 6 Months For Placing Hair In Steak Of Dissatisfied Customer

This is a disgusting story, but I am sure this happens all the time. I wonder if there is such a stat or poll which shows how often your food gets tampered with. I personally think it happens quite frequently and...

12,000 Laptop Losses Per Week at US Airports

It strikes me as odd that someone would walk away from a security checkpoint without their laptop- would you even bring the thing with you if it weren't an integral part of the reason for travel? So, yeah, I can...

Bridal shop in bias case says it even lets men try on dresses

A few years ago the owner of a bridal shop got very excited and annoyed when I took some photographs of her shop window. At the time she claimed that her window display was projected by copyright ... I now wonder if that was the real reason."A BRIDAL shop which won a...

Republicans Start Swinging

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorThe Political Battle Lines are Drawn between the Democrats and Republicans looking to win the voters patriotic hearts and minds over Obama's intention to open a dialogue...

Embarrassed Miley Cyrus Apologizes for Pics

Even the ever-artful Annie Liebovitz couldn't expect that an almost-topless pic of 15 year-old pop millionaire Miley Cyrus would escape without controversy. In this case, it's a full-blown Disney PR war to reclaim...

April Fool's Day

Happy April Fool's Day. Well, after reading the origin of AprilFool's day, I am quite confused. You might want to search it yourselfor look at wikipedia. However, in tradition, the jokes only last untilnoon. But when I was in my secondary school, we played madly.Almost10...

"IT COULD DESTROY THE EARTH" Big Bang at the atomic lab after scientists get...

Lawsuit tries to stop the project fearing"IT COULD DESTROY THE EARTH"[q url="http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20080405/black_hole_080405/20080405?hub=SciTech"]An American and a Spaniard have...

Prime Minister Gordon Brown faces rift with Prince Charles over Dalai Lama snub

"Gordon Brown faces rift with Prince Charles over 'snub' to Dalai Lama By GLEN OWEN Gordon Brown is on a collision course with Prince Charles over the sensitive issue of the Chinese government's human-rights record. The exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, is...

Chinese couple sue metro over stolen kiss

"A young Chinese couple is planning to sue a train company after CCTV footage of their prolonged farewell kiss in a Shanghai station was broadcast on the internet (Nico Hines writes). It is not clear how film of...

MIDEAST: U.S. Seen in Policy Retreat

"MIDEAST: U.S. Seen in Policy Retreat Analysis by Adam Morrow and Khaled Moussa al-Omrani CAIRO, Jan 10 (IPS) - Recent months have witnessed several notable political reorientations in the Middle East, involving Iran, the Gulf states, Egypt and Lebanon. Several experts say...

Is Hillary Clinton Talking About Pulling out of the Campaign?

" TALK OF HILLARY EXIT ENGULFS CAMPAIGNS Mon Jan 07 2008 09:46:28 ET Facing a double-digit defeat in New Hampshire, a sudden collapse in national polls and an expected fund-raising drought, Senator...

The Chávez, FARC Hostage Saga Embarrassment

Chavez does not fail to deliver his enemies fuel to show that he is nothing but a Fidel light. Has he given his opponents the chance to prove he  is nothing more than a political lightweight? Maybe Chavez was...

THE SCIENCE of "FARTING"

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorCome on now, we have all done the "Dutch Oven", "Hanging the Rat", "Blue Flame", "Silent But Deadly", "Belgian Musicals", "Pull My Finger"  or as Monty Python...

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