Wisdom and Strength

There are people possessing of wisdom and there are people possessing of strength; and often these are not the same people. There are plenty of young guys who have very strong personalities from being in the military or playing football, who don't know very much. And then...

Taliban, Domestic Violence, and Ethics

A person who called himself "talisban" was going on a CNN forum saying that he slaps his wife around, and that doing so makes him a man.This carries insight into what these people believe strength and manliness to be. And it is an insight that can very well be used against...

Top 10 Craziest Watches

Top 10 Craziest Watches It seems that nobody wants to adorn their wrists with simple looking watches anymore. The market is flooded with all sorts of weird looking watches out of which These Watches have...

Johnny Weir Admits To Being Gay

The figure skater comes out in his new book, “Welcome to My World,” but said in an excerpt published in the Jan. 17 issue of People magazine that being gay “is the smallest part of what makes me me.” “I’m not ashamed to be me,” Weir wrote. “More than anyone...

TYPHOON PEPENG (PARMA) MOVING TOWARDS N. LUZON

Now that 'Pepeng' is in the country, What will happened to us? one of my 'Kabayan' told me this morning during our breakfast... I told him to stay calm and pray, that the Philippines would be spared again from...

For the Democrats, Public Option is Our Waterloo

The Washington Post reports today that the President and his advisers are having trouble understanding why Democrats insist that health care consumers absolutely must have a public option when health care reform is...

Hurricane Bill Track: August 18, 2009

Hurricane Bill, the first Atlantic hurricane of the season, is on track to Bermuda. Hurricane Bill is gaining strength out in the Atlantic and is expected to become a Category 3 hurricane. It is expected Bill will bypass the East Coast of the U.S. and make a landfall in...

Top Toe Wrestler Crowned - Could odd sports save sports TV?

Blurton is somewhere that you've probably never heard of. A place near Stoke-on-Trent in the UK. Unremarkable perhaps but it's where the very remarkable new World Toe Wrestling Champion Lisa Shenton comes from....

'Impossible Project' aims to bring back Polaroid film

I admire this so much. This is such a great initiative, kudos to these people! "Polaroid may have stopped production of its analogue instant film last summer, but such is the strength of the product's fan base that...

Senecas lay off 210 at 3 casinos

"Senecas lay off 210 at 3 casinos ...

Storm lashes Bangladesh, thousands of houses damaged

The deep depression in the Bay of Bengal  has created a cyclonic storm and roar into the West Bengal-Bangladesh coast by Monday afternoon. The tropical storm with winds of up to 80 kph (50 mph) lashed southern Bangladesh early on Monday, damaging thousands of...

Tropical Storm Marco closing in on Mexico's coast

" Tropical Storm Marco was closing in on Mexico's coast early Tuesday and threatened to hit with near-hurricane strength winds later in the day. Marco was a small tropical storm with winds extending out only up to 15 miles (30 km) from the center, according to the...

Wall Street Bailout Vote Fails

The $700 billion bailout bill failed to get enough votes, leaving markets in disarray Monday afternoon. 205 have voted Yea and 228 have voted Nay. At least 218 votes are required to pass the bill. The House has...

British fusion reactor experiment helps to create steel, twin towers would no...

Magnetic changed steelExperimenting with high temperature fusion creates the demand for new materials, not yet existing. The Brit's say to have found a way to increase steel temperature resistance by changing...

Posh celebrates new line launch in style despite alleged Beckham brand failures

It is not every day that one launches a new perfume line. Celebrating this momentous occasion by spending ₤8,000 on champagne is even less probable. But not for Posh. Victoria Beckham ordered 12 bottles of super...
 

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