Minorities Fall Behind in Education: A Wide Achievement Gap

The best part of my education I taught myself. I often comment how bad the public school  system has always been, often leaving many young minority children unprepared for a competitive future. Children live in a world with computer games (that has provided them with...

Gun owners want their other car to be a Chevy Volt

"Unlike most hybrids, the Chevy Volt may have the uncanny ability to attract buyers outside the culture of environmentally conscious citizens. Case in point is AR15.com, a gun owners website and forum that's...

MSNBC War Reporting: All Negative All The Time

Don't expect MSNBC to display any good news out of Iraq. It's wall to wall negative. according to MSNBC our soldiers are worse than the terrorists."If you want to read an utterly typical assortment of the U.S....

Jim Crow Justice in Louisiana

"Jim Crow Justice in Louisiana By PreparationG - Jul 21st, 2007 at 6:06 pm EDT Also listed in: Campus Progress Blog Comments | Mail to a Friend Tags: Jim Crow, Louisiana, Racial Politics Bad? Brilliant? You can...

Manitoba to Mexico via a new Interstate 69 superhighway

Wow!  Who knew?! (Susan Jones photo)"Highway 69 Revisited  By Alex Nikolic Columnist Some claim it is an urban myth, others a conspiracy theory, but there is a little truth in everything, and the truth...

SLAUGHTER OF GORILLAS CORRUPT LOGGING MAFIA DECIMATING FOREST

"Ngobobo says he has received death threats and warnings to stop criticizing the charcoal industry. Then came last week's killings, which many in his unit have interpreted as political assassinations -- a message from the powerful interests who operate in the area. "

Aer Lingus will not reverse Shannon move

"Aer Lingus will not reverse Shannon move watch listen Thursday, 9 August 2007 22:50 Aer Lingus has indicated that it does not intend to change its decision about ending the Shannon Heathrow air service,...

Vancouver homeless activists vow to raid another Olympic office

"APC re-starts campaign to raid offices of executives linked to the games. Jul, 31 2007 - 4:50 PM VANCOUVER/CKNW980 - Without offering any proof that preparations for the 2010 Olympics are forcing people out of...

Website urges Pedophiles to visit children’s festival

Montreal Police are taking this seriously and are investigating.  Hopefully the webmaster will be caught, convicted and left to his own devices in prison for the prison population to deal with.  One...

Grilling poll uncovers pork-barrel politics in Canada

"Grilling poll uncovers pork-barrel politics Survey of barbecue habits roasts Grits, Tories and NDP Joanne Hatherly, Times Colonist Published: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 If you've been to a barbecue lately where your host served pork, chances are that host is a Liberal. A...

Study: Diet soda linked to heart risks

Somehow these results just seemed inevitable:"BOSTON - People who drank one or more diet sodas each day developed the same risks for heart disease as those who downed sugary regular soda, a large but inconclusive...

County approves restaurant health requirements

SEATTLE -- The King County Board of Health on Thursday approved regulations that will require chain restaurants to post nutrition information next to prices on menus, and ban trans fats in all restaurants. I don't want you to be my mom and I don't want you to ask...

Imprisoned Cunningham outlines depths of corruption to FBI

"WASHINGTON – In two days of prison interviews with federal agents this year, disgraced former Rep. Randy “Duke” Cunningham described a level of corruption on his part more extensive than previously known...

Live TV toolbar, how cool is this?

"I stumbled across this website from a link at popurls, which is a pretty cool site itself, btw. It’s called “live tv toolbar”, and it advertises some 1750 free televeision stations, 1500 radio stations, and...

Bees, Rotting Chicken Cause Wildfire

A fire near San Diego's Wild Animal Park closed part of Route 78. The cause of the fire? The driver of a truck full of rotting chicken was reportedly attacked by a swarm of bees, causing him to crash the truck, which started a grass fire (and spread decaying meat all over the...

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