A Chinese clothing manufacturer has caused a stir in Iran by selling jeans with a sentence from the Qur'an inscribed on them. The sentence reads "In the name of God, the compassionate, the merciful"...
created by Annina Bergman | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 195 views | 10 recommendations | 0 comments
To good to be true... only for people who want to look "haute couture" " When stylish, metropolitan women stroll along with a Louis Vuitton Pleaty bag, they exude an air of high class, impeccable taste and...
created by renovatio | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 475 views | 6 recommendations | 2 comments
One can only hope normalcy will return top Kandahar, as the Taliban have been terminated in this region for now."ARGHANDAB DISTRICT, Afghanistan -- Hundreds of Taliban fighters have been killed or wounded after...
created by Barry ORegan | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 210 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
A man in Ohio got caught cheating during church-sponsored game of blackjack. He now faces up to two years in jail!"COLUMBUS -- A jury has convicted a sports bookmaker in central Ohio of cheating during a...
created by poolparty | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 687 views | 4 recommendations | 7 comments
$15.3 billion. So not only is our economy being drained
by a war on terror that is spawning more anti-american sentiment than
ever, our money is going into the pockets of our executive branch and
their friends/family.
created by chris1234 | 4 years ago 326 views | 2 recommendations | 1 comment
Blowing away his previous record (and anyone else's) well before the primaries could very well give Ron Paul's campaign a substantial push. It will be interesting to see where his very forward-thinking election...
created by Rob Walker | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 504 views | 2 recommendations | 4 comments
I've always been a fan of lowriders. Not so good with the kids car seats but hard to beat their style. Maybe I'll trade in the kids and get myself one in the name of art."LOS ANGELES (Reuters Life!)...
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"An arrest in Oklahoma by Arkansas officials on an Arkansas arrest warrant violated the laws of both states, and, while a violation of state law may not be a constitutional violation, it could still be unreasonable, and that would make it violate the Fourth Amendment....
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The hot-button issue of land rights has taken a step forward. Interestingly, some of the land marked for consideration is not in the immediate vicinity of Hout Bay, no doubt pleasing the NIMBY* element of the...
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"British Columbia’s climate, lifestyle and recreation properties are attracting increasing numbers of baby boomers, the generation born between 1946 and 1965, from across Canada, says the BC chapter of...
I used to shoot a pretty good game before I tore a hamstring, but I know that this course would have torn my ego to shreds. The blogger at Golf Digest seems to have a cool analytical view of the course...
"#1 Future of Internet Debate Ignored by Media
Sources:
Buzzflash.com, July 18, 2005
Title: “Web of Deceit: How Internet Freedom Got the Federal Ax, and Why Corporate News Censored the Story”
Author: Elliot D....
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"It's a well-known fact--oft detailed in this column--that the boys in the Bush Regime swing both ways. We speak, of course, of their proclivity--their apparently uncontrollable craving--for stuffing their trousers with loot from both sides of whatever war or military crisis...
"After Vietnam, the dominoes did not fall. What that tells us about this war.
To me, the relentless mud slide of insurgency and civil war in Iraq is leading to unacceptable strategic disaster for the U.S. There appear to be no viable paths to follow in order to avoid it....
"The U.S. health-care system is doing poorly by virtually every measure. That's the conclusion of a national report card on the U.S. health-care system, released Sept. 20. Although there are pockets of excellence,...