Beano Celebrates 70- Years

BEANO cartoonist Leo Baxendale tells how he invented the BASH STREET KIDS.   " At grammar school during the 1940s, I did read the Beano and the Dandy (published on alternate, paper-rationed weeks), but...

Zimbabwe Given 6 Months to Live

Update: It looks like the seeds of dissent are sprouting, as an apparent coup attempt as been uncovered. I don't believe in political violence, but Mugabe's government has ruled with an iron fist and Mugabe...

Walk a Mile in These Shoes: Congress Reps Living on Food Stamps

US Congressional Representatives Tim Ryan and Jim McGovern have agreed to subsist on food stamps for one week: they will have only US$21 to spend on food to last them for seven days. This works out to a buck per...

The Lights Go Out in Zimbabwe

The situation in Zimbabwe deteriorates further. The resource-rich nation continues its slide, with citizens forced to live and work by candlelight for twenty out of twenty-four hours per day."Households in Zimbabwe are to be limited to four hours power supply a day in the...

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