Nuggets of News Cause Blogger to Pause

Surfing through the morning news headlines, I found some nuggets of news that caused me to pause for a moment and thought they might have a similar effect on you: NO CHRYSLER DEALERS LEFT IN DETROIT:  Last week, Lochmoor Chrysler Jeep on Detroit’s East Side stopped...

Canadian In Thailand Travel Report: Recovery of a Nation

Thailand Nite Life!  Thailand has suffered the extreme Boxing Day - Tsunami the worst natural disaster to ever strike Thailand and still recovering. God Bless. Thailand has been featured a lot recently in...

Saudi women drive down memory lane

"Riyadh: In an ornate living room, a group of women gathered around coffee and date cakes to celebrate the afternoon 18 years ago when they got into cars and drove the streets of Riyadh, a stunning defiance of Saudi Arabia's ban on female driving. They have only one regret:...

Obama victory: french headlines celebrate the President elect.

Most french people would have vote for Barak Obama if it had been possible. The day after his victory, french newspapers where very positive. Le Monde, a very serious paper, wrote without any emphasis:...

Atlanta Press Club and National Press Club Look at Journalism's Future

"Atlanta Press Club and National Press Club Take a Look at the Future of Journalism For the first time the National Press Club is taking its programs across the nation to help...

Paes- Dlouhy lose Japan open final

"Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy's bid for a second successive ATP title ended in disappointment after the top seeds were stunned by the Russian-German pair of Mikhail Youzhny and Mischa Zverev in the finals of AIG...

Calling B.S. on the Idea of 'Marijuana Addiction'

"It's laughable that the Feds are pushing the concept of pot addiction when science shows that withdrawal symptoms from caffeine are far worse.The U.S. government believes that America is going to pot -- literally.Earlier this month, the U.S. National Institute on Drug Abuse...

Source: Trace of human remains detected in Florida mom's car

"(CNN) -- Investigators have found chemical evidence of human decomposition in the trunk of the car connected to Florida mother Casey Anthony, a law enforcement source said Wednesday. ...

One-Liner Observations of Headlines Offered

Below are a half-dozen news headlines I found worthy of twisting into one-liner observations that might make you laugh:Hallmark introduces gay marriage greeting cards. Does anyone still shop there?Living with...

W. Va Group Says Digital Pictures Are "Mark Of The Beast"

In a story out of backwoods West Virginia, members of a small Christian  group do no want their drivers license picture to be stored in a digital database because it is a "mark of the beast". The members of...

Sex, Drugs, and Mantyhouse? Aka a Big News Day over at CNN

Often, when I talk about NowPublic with folks who have never seen our web site, they tend to bring up the same set of concerns regarding the accuracy of our content ("if anyone can publish anything, and omg they...

Canada seeks industry, not consumer input on secret treaty

Canadians who have a any notion that we are some sort of bastion of civil rights need to stop kidding themselves. Uncer the current Harper regime, Canadians have seen the erosion of civil risghts and core democratic principles. Well we really have no one to blame but...

Mayor wants Python film ban ended

"Mayor wants Python film ban ended ...

Max Mosley just one of many Brits that enjoy S&M

The story Max Mosley's S&M orgy has been dominating the tabloid press in the UK and beyond. Here The Sun runs a background story on S&M and it's prevalence in the UK. The law in the UK doesn't allow for...

Internet Bug Fix Spawns Backlash From Hackers

"Hackers are a skeptical bunch, but that doesn't bother Dan Kaminsky, who got a lot of flack from his colleagues in the security research community after claiming to have discovered a critical bug in the Internet's infrastructure.Kaminsky made headlines on Tuesday by talking...

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