Today is National Waiters and Waitresses Day

Today is National Waiters & Waitresses Day!  If you go out to eat today and get good service, be nice and maybe tip a little extra.  I worked at waiting tables all through college, and personally I...

How Would a Portfolio Investing Solely in African Markets Look?

"I’ve been preoccupied with risk these days. Or risk mitigation to be exact. I’m tired of watching my TD Ameritrade account get whipsawed. It’s got me thinking. Would a portfolio invested solely in African markets be a tragedy waiting to happen?  The chart below...

British Columbia: Gangsters jailed 6 years in violent kidnapping

Opinon Barry Artiste, Now Public Contributor When comparing Canada's Notorious Serial Killer Wally Pickton's sentence of 4.1 years per murder victim versus 4 Criminals ongoing past Drug and present Kidnapping...

Al Qaeda Second in Command Invites Questions for Online Interview

I have been pretty busy lately so I have not been able to post a lot but found this very interesting. My first thought was "finnaly, I have wanted to ask one of the leaders in this ' extremists Jihad' a question for...

Call for rendition flight inspections

"The Irish Human Rights Commission has called for flights to be inspected where there is a chance that terrorist suspects are being transported to secret detention. The practice known as extraordinary rendition has been a contentious issue for some time. It has been alleged...

Mexican Writers and NGOs: Supreme Court Ruling is a ‘Disgrace’

"Writers and NGOs: Supreme Court Ruling is a ‘Disgrace’ December 4, 2007 · No Comments Writers, journalists and non-governmental organisations have called the Supreme Court’s decision at the end of last week a ‘disgrace’. The Court ruled that the rights of...

Google: Age Bias Lawsuit From Former 50-ish Executive Can Continue

Old fuddy duddy? In his 50's?Google needs a good spanking."A state appeals court in San Jose ruled Thursday that a former Google executive in his 50s who was allegedly called "old fuddy-duddy" and told he was "slow" before being terminated in February 2004 has the right to...

Court Rules Man's Right to Fish

"Missouri Court Opines “Hillbilly” Label a Compliment Lowell and Minnie want a divorce. Well, Lowell does (rather "did" ... this is a 1960 case). The grounds for divorce? "Indignities." The Circuit Court in Stone County, Missouri, gave it to him. Minnie appealed to...

Ontario Court of Appeal throws out Truscott's conviction in murder of Lynne H...

"ntario Court of Appeal throws out Truscott's conviction in murder of Lynne Harper Tuesday, August 28, 2007 - 02:07 PM By: Kevin Misener and The Canadian Press The court has ruled Truscott was the victim of a...

Lawyers taking Rumsfeld war crimes case to Spain after German rejection

"Lawyers taking Rumsfeld war crimes case to Spain after German rejection by Joshua Pantesco Global Research, April 29, 2007 The JuristGerman lawyer Wolfgang Kaleck [profile] says that he will refile a war crimes complaint [CCR press release] against former US Secretary of...

How to Fire the Employee Who's Holding You Back

Donald Trump makes it look easy, but the words "you're fired" are always difficult to say. Letting an employee go is painful, and for many managers the process is fraught with sleepless nights and stomach-churning anxiety. But hanging onto the wrong people can ultimately make...

Search me, I'm a UK high school student

Metal detectors and feeling up students and paranoia, oh my! They are saying that teachers who authorized to carry out such searches must undergo "specific training." Those teachers uncomfortable with the idea can...

Scotland on Sunday

"THE ingredients most likely to spark confrontation between the United States and Iran could scarcely be simpler or more combustible: a tin filled with an explosive charge and a lump of copper is all that is needed to manufacture what the US military calls an Explosively...

Energy Policy

U.S. Energy Policy, as it stands today, is broken because it is not sustainable in the long term, and provides far too little foresight to ever become sustainable. A lot of people agree, but they are split into groups that prevent enough action from being taken. The largest...

Hazing Leads To Prison For Fraternity Brothers

A Fort Lauderdale student and a fellow studentfrom Jacksonville are going to prision for under Florida's new anti-hazing law.  "A Florida judge said she wanted to send a message with the state's first prosecution under a new felony hazing law. Circuit Judge Kathleen...

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