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COMPLY AMERICA: Pelosi-Care Or Jail

News from Washington DC today, highlights an issue that Nacy Pelosi has tried to sidestep. Americans will be forced - under pain of criminal charges - including jail, or fines, to carry health insurance....

The Vatican wakes up to the wisdom of Oscar Wilde

" With his outrageous wit, clear disdain for figures of authority and openly homosexual lifestyle, Oscar Wilde is an unlikely pin-up for the Catholic Church. Persecuted and imprisoned for his sexuality, gay rights...

Obama praise for Iran's Mousavi

" US President Barack Obama has praised the opposition candidate in Iran's disputed presidential election. Mr Obama said Mir Hossein Mousavi had captured the imagination of groups in Iran that were interested in...

5 Outrageous Pickup Trucks [PICS]

Weird and wonderful, strange and terrible, the crazy lorry stories just keep appearing - here are five of the oddest ones out there... source link: http://www.cheapcarinsurance.org.uk/outrageous-pickups.php

Journalists denied visas for India after critical reporting

"Written by www.daily.pk    Monday, 10 November 2008 20:17 Reporters Without Borders has condemned the Indian embassy in Sweden after journalists were denied visas after writing critical reports about the country. “This points to a lack of...

Earmarks: Where do McCain and Palin really stand?

One of the earmarks Sen. John McCain has the most fun attacking is one for studying the DNA of bears.  It gets great laughs.  One might assume he fought what he considered wasteful spending tooth and...

BBC uncovers lost Iraq billions

"BBC NewsHenry WaxmanWaxman: "It may well turn out to be the largest war profiteering in history."A BBC investigation estimates that around $23bn (£11.75bn) may have been lost, stolen or just not properly...

U.S., British Diplomats Released After Rough Handling in Zimbabwe

US and British diplomats were handled roughly and illegally detained, then released on Thursday in Zimbabwe. The five Americans, four Brits and three Zimbabweans were travelling in a convoy when they were attacked by police, who stopped their vehicles and slahed their tires....

No Euro-sceptics allowed

"No Euro-sceptics allowedPosted by Daniel Hannan on 29 May 2008  at 13:23  Tags: European Parliament, EPP, Conservatives, Ukip, Richard Corbett, Despotism, Independence and Democracy GroupAlthough I have been following it closely in the...

Race Matters

" NEW YORK--Do white right-wing preachers have it easier than black left-wing preachers? Is there a double standard? The political explosion around the Rev. Jeremiah Wright was inevitable, given Wright's personal closeness to Barack Obama and the outrageous rubbish the pastor...

Jeff Healey Dies March 25, 1966 – March 2, 2008

Award Winning Jeff Healy dies of Cancer, a Cancer which took his eye sight so many years ago as a child.  One can be sure there will be many Guitar players gently weeping"."ENTERTAINMENT COLUMNIST ...

The Big Questions: What is consciousness?

"The philosopher Derek Parfit put it starkly: we are not what we believe ourselves to be. Actions and experiences are interconnected but ownerless. A human life consists of a long series - or bundle - of enmeshed mental states rolling like tumbleweed down the days and years,...

Two Of Six Surrey Murder Victims Were Innocents Caught In Gang Hit

Tuesday October 23, 2007 CityNews.ca Staff Details of a mystery that's captivated Canadians coast to coast came to light Tuesday, when police identified six men murdered in a suburban Surrey, B.C. apartment last week, adding two were not only victims of an alleged gang hit,...

Don't Taser Me--Taser My Baby!

"In a scenario so bizarre that it wouldn't even make Dog, the Bounty Hunter, a mother tossed her baby in front of her as a human shield for a Taser."

And Shariah For All?

Anti-islamists 9/11 demonstrators in Brussels are subjected to extreme abuse by the riot police. The 200 demonstrators had permission to have a peaceful anti islamist and 9/11 solidarity demonstration."The week's...

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