England v South Africa 1st Test

Looks like England are going to blow it again."FIRST TEST, Lord's, day four (close):England 593-8 dec v S Africa 247 & 242-1 By Jamie Lillywhite ...

McNamee's lawyer says president Bush will let Rocket off hook

This whole Clemens / Congress thing is a farce.  Why not cap it off by a Presidential pardon for the Texas alumni?"One of Brian McNamee's lawyers predicted that if Roger Clemens is convicted in connection with the baseball steroids scandal, he'd be pardoned by President...

Nuke to the Future

"The portable nuclear reactor is the size of a hot tub. It’s shaped like a sake cup, filled with a uranium hydride core and surrounded by a hydrogen atmosphere. Encase it in concrete, truck it to a site, bury it underground, hook it up to a steam turbine and, voila, one...

Health Benefits to Cover Sex Changes: "It's No Big Deal"

Berkeley, California (San Francisco's neighbor and counterculture locus) is beginning to study the feasibility of including gender reassignment surgery in employee health-care plans. So, right now they're talking about talking about it."The council voted unanimously Tuesday...

The bitter legacy of Boris Yeltsin (1931-2007)

Hailed as a “democrat” and a “reformer” by Western governments, the corporate media and the Russian billionaires and millionaires whose fortunes he helped spawn, Yeltsin represented, in the final analysis, the excrescence produced by the betrayals and crimes carried...

Fmr. Army Vice Chief Of Staff: I Saw Iraq Insurgency In 2003 And "I Knew We W...

"Given all the recriminations over the mess in Iraq, it is remarkable how little criticism has fallen on the U.S. military. Americans want to honor the sacrifice of the troops in the field and they may feel guilty about the cold reception given many veterans returning from...

Gingrich Lies To Assault Free Speech Again

"Gingrich Lies To Assault Free Speech Again Unrepentant, arch Neo-Con crafts deceptive Ahmadinejad boogeyman argument to con Americans into First Amendment regulation Paul Joseph Watson Prison Planet Tuesday, December 5, 2006 Not content with last week's brazen attack on the...