Palins's Speech reduces Obama 8 point lead to dead heat

""A 48/40 lead after the convention turns quickly to dust. Better still, the new poll was conducted from Monday to Wednesday, so her speech hasn’t fully impacted yet. No crosstabs yet, but note well the trends...

I can haz lolcode?

This site cracked me up when I first saw it. Someone has decided to make a real, working computer language from lolcat-ese. Hundreds of would-be programmers have embraced the idea and are in the process of...

2000 Guitarists Break World Record Playing 'This Land is Your Land'

A whopping 2052 guitar players sang and performed “This Land is Your Land” potentially making their way in to the Guiness Book of World Records.  It usually takes a about a month for Guiness to make it...

Teaching Revolution Promises Solution to Dyslexia

Good news for children who have difficulty reading and writing, help is on its way.Updated December 5, 2007: Dyslexic children Project wins £3m funding!" A £3m programme to help dyslexic children who are...

CANADA: LIBERAL MPS ATTEND VIGIL FOR SLAIN TERRORIST

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorDoes this not surpise anyone? Time and Time again Liberal Members of Parliament which for the large Part helped make Canada the "NANNY STATE" stick as a name during the...

Nuclear Politics: Taking the A Train

Will Australia ride roughshod over its people, federal and state laws to facilitate the dumping (storage) of nuclear waste from around the globe.About the AuthorDr Alison Broinowski is a Visiting Fellow at ANU and...

Bolivia's President takes on The Daily Show

Bolivian President Evo Morales, in New York to speak at the UN General Assembly, made an appearance on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart last night. In the interview, Morales told Stewart how he--a poor coca farmer--has risen to become leader of the country and followed...

It's Just Sick: Moore's Film Rocks Cannes

Documentarian Michael Moore's latest film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival today to an enthusiastic welcome. Sicko takes on what Moore claims is a stilted and unjust system of privatized healthcare, in which...

Nepal Paralysed, Nepalis Sick

Trust me, I'm tired of news from Nepal that always consist of strikes, bandhs, killings, fights and launching of new protests. For the past few days, I didn't browse a single news portal. May be that was also due...

The New Muslim-Liberal Coalition

"The victory of Minnesota's Keith Ellison, the first Muslim elected to the Congress, shows the changing alliances that were set in motion by 9/11. The victory party for Minnesota's first African-American congressman, Keith Ellison, took place at a trendy nightclub in...

Thanks for the Turkey-Trot!

"It's not even the weekend, so how come the Granville Street Bridge was filled with Lululemon outfits and New Balance runners bright n' early this morning?"

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