December 15, 2008 – 8:49 am
In an article that reminds me more of an editorial, AP Seth Borenstein makes a mistake When Bill Clinton took office in 1993, global warming was a slow-moving environmental problem that was easy to ignore. Now it is a ticking time bomb that President-elect Barack Obama can’t avoid. Since Clinton’s inauguration, summer Arctic sea ice […]
December 15, 2008 – 8:12 am
Hey, it was all done in the name of diversity and tolerance (sic) at a Liverpool, UK, school A SCHOOL has come under fire for allowing Jehovah’s Witnesses to tell pupils why they choose not to celebrate Christmas. But today leaders at Kirkby’s Westvale primary said the talk was just part of its commitment to […]
December 14, 2008 – 4:27 pm
Only in the liberal MSM, and particularly the New York Times, can they have debates on what to call terrorists and whether they are actually terrorists WHEN 10 young men in an inflatable lifeboat came ashore in Mumbai last month and went on a rampage with machine guns and grenades, taking hostages, setting fires and […]
December 14, 2008 – 9:26 am
Couldn’t resist snagging that headline from FARK The Indian navy captured 23 pirates who threatened a merchant vessel Saturday in the lawless waters of the Gulf of Aden, where dozens of ships have come under attack by gunmen in recent months. The pirates were from Somalia and Yemen, two countries on the coast of the […]
December 14, 2008 – 9:14 am
Will this be the new meme to push governments to deal with AGW? Climate Change ‘hits poor hardest’ Sir David Attenborough and Archbishop Desmond Tutu have called on world leaders to do more to protect the poor from the devastating effects of climate change. The two were among 19 signatories of a letter to The Times […]
December 13, 2008 – 9:16 am
And manages to really tick off an enormous amount of people in Mexico, and now that they know about it, the world. Good job, Playboy! PLAYBOY has got into the Christmas spirit – by putting the Virgin Mary NUDE on its cover. The controversial mag’s latest festive offering is sure to kick up a storm […]
December 13, 2008 – 7:52 am
Say, have you heard about all the rioting that has been going on in Greece? Thousands of Greek protesters clashed with riot police yet again in Athens today, as police started to run out of tear gas after battling rioters day and night for a whole week. Police sources said their riot squads had fired […]
December 13, 2008 – 7:44 am
I’m probably not being fair to CNN for putting this story in the “Um, DUH!” category and making fun of their headline, since I am amazed that they would actually publish the story, but, DUH! The story is from the 5th, but, still relevant Ask most Americans whether they’re in favor of spending taxpayer dollars […]
December 12, 2008 – 7:46 am
A special treat this Friday, Surrendie has given way so that the Murtha Monkey can greet us! Murtha Maintains He Was Right to Say Marines ‘Killed Innocent Civilians in Cold Blood’ Although all of the charges have been dropped against all of the Marines – except for one – involved in the killing of Iraqi […]
December 11, 2008 – 6:32 pm
Got your attention, I reckon’ After more than an hour of debate, the Central Linn School Board found itself split on a motion to remove the divisive “Book of Bunny Suicides” from library shelves. With a 3-3 vote, the board decided to take up the issue again in January, when all seven members will be […]
