Colorado Senator Ken Salazar on a list of potential cabinet officials

"President-elect Obama is weighing an array of Washington insiders and outsiders, including some Republicans, for top administration posts, according to Democratic officials."Proposed list on the article. What do...

Is Goldman Sachs The Baddest of Them All?

Mark Faulk of The Faulking Truth Weighs In"- The Goldman Gang   by Mark Faulk     It's the stuff that Hollywood movies are made of; a greedy heartless mega-conglomerate...

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...

Tight security, visa restrictions and high fares deter Olympic tourists

Chinese government is not very enthused with the response from tourist for  Olympic games.Main deterrents are strict China visa regime and tight security restrictions. Expensive cost is hampering even domestic tourist in China. Fewer people are going to Beijing...

Rush Limbaugh: Worth $400 Million?

Let's see if Drudge Report is right on this breaking news." The American broadcast industry is rocked, realigned and blasted into a new orbit, yet again, by Rush Limbaugh, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned. In what is being described as an unprecedented radio contract,...

Italian Vogue shows black models only

I can't believe that it's still necessary to use these measures to make a statement, but I suppose discrimination is still present in all walks of life.For their July issue, Italian Vogue has used only black...

Cost-cutting BBC spends thousands - on a fish tank

The BBC is coming under fire again today as details are being leaked about how the company spends thousands of pounds a year (more than 2,000) on maintaining their fish tanks in just one of their London offices. I...

Britney Spears secretly negotiating a multi-million dollar major comeback in ...

"Washington (ANI): Pop princess Britney Spears is reportedly in secret negotiations to stage a spectacular major comeback in Las Vegas. The speculations about her next show being a Sin City extravaganza started...

Chevron Backs Solazyme’s Algae Biodiesel Production Process (+Video)

Another big biofuel announcement this week. Check it out:"It’s been a big week for biofuel breakthroughs and new partnerships. While photographing the algae biodiesel cars outside Fields of Fuel yesterday,...

The Reluctant Candidate

"Fred Thompson’s supporters are rightfully disappointed. Today was a tough one. I’ve often thought, and several times written, that if Fred wanted the nomination half as much as his supporters wanted him to have it, the whole thing would have been wrapped up in...

It's Official, The Golden Globes Are Cancelled

THE LATEST: It's official - there will be no telecast of the Golden Globe Awards. Just a press conference that, hopefully, will still feature the plasticized participation of a drunken Joan Rivers...

GOP Making Racist Calls in S.C. State House Primary Fight

In this period of high racial/ethnic and theological bias, in which the level of animosity is runing at an all time high in the new century, this latest move by republicans in the state of South Carolina is beyond...

Whistle blown on Wiki site for whistle-blowers

"LONDON (Reuters) - It had to happen. A Web site set up to encourage anonymous leaks of controversial government secrets has been exposed before its launch.  Government insiders around the world will be invited to use the site as cover to leak evidence of corruption and...

'The AJAX Moment' Mushrooms into The Web 2.0 Movement - Posted by Michael Fomkin

"Early in 2006, before the general Internet-using public was aware of what I began referring to—in editorials, blog entries, and SYS-CON’s Internet TV webcasts—as “The AJAX Moment,” there was a strong sense among industry insiders that AJAX-like approaches, if not...

2000 jobs lost in nine-day-old Fiji coup

"Update: 2.30PM A survey has shown that nearly 2000 workers in Fiji have either lost their jobs or are working reduced hours since last week's military coup. The survey by the Fiji Employers Federation shows 180...

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