Nader calls on supporters to get him into debate

"Time is running out for independent Ralph Nader to horn his way into the presidential debates. So his campaign urged supporters late today to swamp Democrat Barack Obama's offices with phone calls and to fill the inbox of the head of the commission organizing the debate...

U.S. Embassy sorry for Cheesy Invite

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorCertainly someone at the U.S. Embassy needs a History Lesson, is what is the ultimate insult to Canada on the Eve of Quebec's 400th Anniversary, as Celebrations are...

Parliamentary complaint over birthday party

PC is spreading as can be seen from this latest story from Sweden."A heated debate is raging in Sweden after an eight-year-old boy's failure to invite two classmates to his birthday party resulted in a complaint filed with parliament. Nearly 200 outraged comments have been...

Muslim denied seat near Obama

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorWe have all heard of Product Placement in Movies, where a Company pays the movie industry to have an actor hold of stand near a product featured in Big Budget...

Claudia's blog from Cannes

""Cannes! Oh, I love you! The buzz of films and glamour at Cannes Film Festivals is second to none," writes Bollywood-smitten Claudia Ciesla, exclusively for iefilmi.com. Germany-based international model and...

French foreign minister says Dalai Lama could be invited to Brussels 'shortly'

In a controversial move the French foreign minister has said the Dalai Lama could be invited to speak in Brussels. Crucially, it would be the European Union doing the inviting, which would land all of the member...

Nigerian Militants Invite Clooney to Visit

A day after being named a UN 'messenger of peace', George Clooney may have his first assignment: a visit to Nigeria to help prevent the troubled nation from "plunging into the abyss of war"."Militants in Nigeria's...

CBC Sells Catalogue of Programs to UK Company

The CBC is coming under attack for selling off rights to several of its programs without fully disclosing details of the transaction or the bidding process that led to the sale. "The CBC's low-profile pre-Christmas sale of its taxpayer-funded international sales catalogue to...

Kenyan Presidential Rival Rejects Talks

The common theory yesterday was that they would refuse to meet with him as it would seem to legitimize his presidency, which is the main cause of clashes and battles that have taken hundreds of lives across the country since the Election on Dec. 27."Kenya's opposition leader...

San Francisco: Week of Protests To Close Guantanamo Bay

We'll be covering this as the week progresses. The first main protest is set for Monday night in San Fransisco. "This week, people all over the world celebrated the coming of a new year, a new start. At the...

Christmas Parade Bans Politicians From Floats

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorTwo things all Politicians love is jumping on Bandwagons and scrambling on top of Parade Floats, especially  at Christmas season with lots of fanfare and people...

Spammers Hijack Youtube Tools... Makes Me Crabby

There's lots of spam on Youtube, this we all know. After a long day of flagging (carrots for the good stuff, big ol' stick for the spam), yours truly has been known to rock over to Youtube in search of amateur...

Hubby in jail over Facebook

"A HUBBY was jailed for breaking a court order not to contact his estranged wife after website Facebook sent her an automatic email. Engineer Dylan Osborn, 37, only joined the social-networking site to look at a pal’s wedding photos. It then sent an invite to be a...

Mayfield Cross Country

"Herrera paces Mayfield girls Junior Mia Herrera finished second with a time of 21:35 at the Cobre Cross Country Invite on Saturday to lead the Mayfield High girls time. Brianne Turner was 22nd as the Trojans...

This is soooo cyworld, but in English

"Here’s my Mash profile. Mash is currently invite only and the way they handle invites is a little different. Friends start profiles for friends that they want to invite to Mash. I’m not sure how many invites I have to give out, but if you want one, just email me."

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