Quarter of state databases "should be scrapped"

" Mon Mar 23, 2009 4:29am GMT  LONDON (Reuters) - A quarter of government databases in Britain should be scrapped or redesigned because they are fundamentally flawed and probably illegal, a report from a social...

This Is Not A Normal Recession: Moving on to Plan B

""The Winter of 2008-2009 will prove to be the winter of global economic discontent that marks the rejection of the flawed ideology that unregulated global financial markets promote financial innovation, market efficiency, unhampered growth and endless prosperity while...

New York Times Op-Ed: Israel Will Attack Iran

"Yes, you read my title correctly. Today's New York Times includes an op-ed piece by Benny Morris, a Professor of Middle Eastern history at Ben Gurion University. He claims Israel will most certainly attack Iran...

Clinton Cherry Picking Polls

"Hillary Clinton continues to make her case to the undeclared superdelegates. The problem is, her arguments are misleading at best and dishonest at worst. Claim #1: “I am the better general election...

Obama and Clinton await their fate in North Carolina and Indiana

Update: 2:17PM EST Voting continues in North Carolina and Indiana in the most significant contest left in the presidential showdown."Opinion polls suggested Obama was positioned to win in North Carolina...

DIANA DRIVER HENRI PAUL'S MOTHER SAYS SHE KNOWS "HE WAS NOT DRUNK!"

"Henri Paul's deeply upset elderly mother insists her son was not a drunk and branded the inquest's verdict "not the truth!". It is a view echoed by tens of millions of people across the world.Gisele Paul, who is...

Death Sentence Lifted from Black Panther Mumia Abu-Jamal

Abu-Jamal killed a policeman, Daniel Faulkner, after he pulled Abu-Jamal's brother over on a routine traffic stop. Those who support Abu-Jamal's demands to be relieved of a death sentence say that he received the...

Troops regain control of rebel Comoros island

A small island in the Indian ocean which broke away from the Comoros islands in 2001 has been invaded by French forces and returned to Comora."The self-styled president of a breakaway island in the Indian Ocean...

Multiculturalism: Let the dismantling begin

Opinion Barry Artiste, Now Public Contributor Following paragraphs, could not be better said, when we as Canadians are brought up to accept Multiculturalism, yet are sent to foreign wars against a Multicultural...

Kenyan Demonstrators Clash With Police In Second Day of Protests

Adding more flames to the fire, a local television station published video of a Kenyan police officer allegedly killing a protester. According to one of my sources in Nairobi, the ethnic segregation has gotten so systemic in some parts of the country that bankers aren't being...

Kenyan Demonstrators Clash With Police In Second Day of Protests

Adding more flames to the fire, a local television station published video of a Kenyan police officer allegedly killing a protester. According to one of my sources in Nairobi, the ethnic segregation has gotten so systemic in some parts of the country that bankers aren't being...

98% of US Newspapers Don't Correct Their Errors

So, this really puts into light the age old question..."how do you verify all of the content citizen journalists send in".  Looks like we aren't the only ones who should be asked that question.  This...

Pictures Of Mattel Toy Recall

"Mattel has a reputation for being one of the most conscientious toy makers and is known for having sophisticated inspection and testing systems at many of its China facilities to guard against flawed, defective...

The peak of morality

In today's Ottawa Sun, reporter Laura Czekaj comes back to the subject of ethics and morality on the slopes of Everest. In reading the well-written article, I had some reactions to elements of the story and...

Belgian ePassports a Security Liability: Experts

RFID: angel to some, demon to others*. For hackers, all of you who use a Radio-Frequency ID-enabled passport are just walking  along the concourse with your personal info on a flash-card stapled to your...

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