The Top 10 Conservative Idiots No. 254
Wingnuts Unite Against Villalobos "Miami Sen. Alex Villalobos' vote against the governor's voucher program has drawn the interest and money of a national school-choice group bankrolled by the families that founded Wal-mart and Amway.".....more
'Truth' Hurts: Chair Hits Redner On TV
A Jerry Springer moment hit community television this weekend when a chair was hurled at Joe Redner.....more Watch it here
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Ned is looking more and more "statesmanlike" as he enters the final 2 days of the campaign....more
Suck It Up
A defense of the much-maligned word.
Are you offended by the word sucks? Do you loathe the way it's crept into everyday conversation? Are you shocked that preteen children and primetime television shows blithely employ a vivid slang term for oral sex?....more
Rocky vows cool welcome for Bush
The president is scheduled to attend American Legion convention in SLC
When President Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice visit Salt Lake City next month for an American Legion national convention, Mayor Rocky Anderson plans a protest - even bigger than the one he spoke at last year.....more
WASHINGTON VS. HAVANAThe CIA's Blind SpotThe uncertainty surrounding Cuba's political future caught Washington by surprise. Instead of seizing the chance to develop a new Cuban policy, the United States is falling back on old, unsuccessful recipes -- and getting ready for an exodus to Florida....moreElian Gonzalez wishes Castro well
85 slain in 5 years
"Stop the violence," chant marchers who want to end black-on-black attacks. But will their voices reach the young men who didn't attend?....more
Video: Parody of Al Gore film tied to ExxonMobil lobbying firmAn online parody of Al Gore's film, An Inconvenient Truth, has been tied to a lobbying firm which counts ExxonMobil among its clients, The Wall Street Journal reported today.....more DCI Group
A/C D.C.
The deluded world of air conditioning.
Have you heard the news? Scientists have found a planet that can support life. Its atmosphere is too hot for year-round habitation, its gases impede breathing, and surface conditions are sometimes fatal.....more
The history of England: Domesday goes digital
Tomorrow, 920 years after it was compiled by an anonymous scribe, William the Conqueror's epic audit of life in medieval times will become available on the internet.....more
Dixie Chicks make nice at New York concert Although there have been numerous reports of sluggish sales for their current Accidents and Accusations tour showcasing tunes from their recently released "Take the Long Way" album, New York's Madison Square Garden was packed for this single-night stint.....more
GOD DOESN'T LIKE PORNOGRAPHY
A battle over a sex shop in a small town near New York shows how a local problem can quickly turn into a culture war in America. At the center is a famous actor who became a born-again Christian after the Sept. 11 terror attacks.....more
Cheney's Davenport solution to improve homeland securityDavenport police officers tell protesters marching along River Drive they had orders to collect the wooden sticks on their American flags as a security measure....more
A third of the American public suspects that federal officials assisted in the 9/11 terrorist attacks More than a third of the American public suspects that federal officials assisted in the 9/11 terrorist attacks or took no action to stop them so the United States could go to war in the Middle East, according to a new Scripps Howard/Ohio University poll.....more
Israeli air raids kill 40 civilians in LebanonOne air strike hit a farm near Qaa, close to the Syrian border in the Bekaa Valley where workers, mostly Syrian Kurds, were loading plums and peaches on to trucks, local officials said. They said 33 people were killed and 20 wounded.....more
Top US generals and British diplomat warn Iraq could slide into civil war Two senior US generals yesterday publicly agreed with a warning by Britain's outgoing ambassador to Iraq, William Patey, that the country is slipping towards civil war and partition.....more
Al Gore's Penguin Army
Viral Video Questioning Global Warming Linked to DCIWhat is certain is that "political operatives, public relations experts and ad agencies" are increasingly using video-sharing websites like YouTube to shape public opinion. Ogilvy & Mather "plans to post amateur-looking videos on Web sites to spare word-of-mouth buzz about Foster's beer," and AT&T has used YouTube to post videos against net neutrality......more
Canadian activist shunned by CBS for her views on George Bush
Maude Barlow, known internationally for her work on the right to water, was recently informed that she would not be interviewed by CBS News due to her criticisms of the Bush administration.....more
Billions in trade gap, pennies for workersThe hopes and fears of a surging Chinese economy, the warnings of catastrophic trade imbalances, the million-dollar salaries of American retail executives - the story begins here, on the factory floor where Wang Haiyun hunches over her sewing machine and stitches about 600 pairs of boots a day, all bound for customers in the United States....more
Human Rights Watch slams Israel for apparently targeting Lebanese civilians
Israel's military appears to have deliberately bombed civilians in Lebanon and some of its strikes constitute war crimes, U.S.-based rights group Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Thursday.....more
Cuba after CastroThe death of the dictator could be followed by instability and a surge of refugees. U.S. officials should plan now for a post-Castro future.....more
GOP Donors Funded Entire PA Green PartyOK, we've done it. We've nailed it down: Every single contributor to the Pennsylvania Green Party Senate candidate is actually a conservative -- except for the candidate himself....moreGreen Party of Pennsylvania
Lebanese oil slick spreads to SyriaThe UN Environment Programme (UNEP) called for immediate action after thousands of tonnes of fuel from a bombed Lebanese power plant spread to the Syrian coastline, threatening to unleash an environmental catastrophe.....more
Dr. Stephen HawkingStephen Hawking addresses the question of how humanity can survive the next century.» Watch video
College Republicans organizing for LiebermanPeople interested in campaigning for Lieberman in the Democratic Primary will have lodging accommodations paid for (by his campaign), as well as food and transportation......moreLIEBERMAN: ‘IF I LOSE PRIMARY, I’LL RUN IN CUBA’
Hilary Duff performs free concert for military familiesSinger and actress Hilary Duff took the stage of Crown Coliseum Tuesday night in a free concert for military families....more