Obama Presents Saudi King With 2009 Chevy Malibu

While not exactly breaking news, I ran into this story (word for word and un credited) as news in a local publication, and went looking for further information and substantiation on the internet. "In his first...

Taxpayers Being 'Fist Bumped' by Democrats

Until Barack and Michelle Obama received so much attention in the press after exchanging one on the campaign trail, I wasn't very familiar with the "fist bump." So I decided to do some research. The Wikipedia...

Team's gesture supports grieving opponent

With all the cruddy news of the day, this story made me smile. ....." Two missed free throws, ordinarily the cause of a coach's headache, became the symbol of sportsmanship in a Milwaukee boys basketball game earlier this month. Milwaukee Madison senior Johntell Franklin,...

Canadian researchers use infrared light to read children’s minds

Canadian researchers have figured out a way to read the minds of disabled children who can't speak or gesture by scanning their brains with infrared light. This methodology decodes preference with 80% accuracy....

Miley Cyrus in trouble for racist photo

Miley Cyrus is in trouble yet again for posing for what could be seen as a racist photograph. The singer is seen posing with her boyfriend and some friends and some of them are making a gesture with their eyes that...

Israeli ministers OK release of 200 Palestinians

Israel has agreed to release 200 Palestinian prisoners. The approval by a ministerial commission is the next step in the process of releasing the prisoners. The move is a festure of faith in Palestianian president Mahmoud Abbas. "An Israeli ministerial commission on Monday...

Obama Donates $4,600 to Clinton Campaign; Mrs. Obama Pledges Gay Equality

UPDATE: Meanwhile, Michelle Obama promises a gay Democrats group that her husband will fight for gay equality. Given that Mrs. Obama is busy making policy and public statements, Mr. Obama is going to be hard-pressed, in any logical way, to continue to claim that the media and...

Bush at Vatican meeting with Pope

President Bush and two successive Popes seem to enjoy their regular, almost quarterly visits, leading some to believe perhaps President Bush is asking for absolution for past, present and future policies. ...

Google Goes Black- Raising Awareness of Energy Conservation

"Google users in the United States will notice today that we "turned the lights out" on the Google.com homepage as a gesture to raise awareness of a worldwide energy conservation effort called Earth Hour. As to...

Daughter of the West

" * LRB * 13 December 2007 * Tariq Ali more detail icon * printer icon print layout * mail icon tell a friend Daughter of the West Tariq Ali Arranged marriages can be a messy business. Designed principally as a means of accumulating wealth, circumventing...

BREAKING: Pakistan's Bhutto Killed by Bombing

This is just incredible, Bhutto was assasinated this morning at a campaign rally. "Pakistan opposition leader Benazir Bhutto was assassinated Thursday in a suicide bombing that also killed at least 20 others at a...

Hamas fires on Fatah Arafat rally - 6 dead - VIDEO

VIDEOI guess the video does'nt work but if you go to the Yahoo page you can see it. HERE "GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Hamas security forces opened fire Monday at a rally by the rival Fatah movement commemorating Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. Six people were killed in the...

US/Canada: Border towns face security crackdown

There are many border towns across Canada and the US who share everything, from Apartment buildings, Schools, Bars to Family Bloodlines, separated by an invisible line which runs through back alleys and...

Palace Guard's rude gesture makes YouTube

A hand signal or an obscene gesture?"The Foot Guard, clad in the famous bearskin and scarlet tunic, was caught making the obscene hand movement by an American tourist.She posted the clip on the YouTube website...

Council tax rebate for troops in war zones

"Armed Forces personnel fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan will have around a quarter of their Council Tax bill refunded, in a new policy announced today. Des Browne, the Defence Secretary, is expected to confirm the move at the Labour Party conference this afternoon, telling...

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