The list of species that global warming zealots claim will be wiped out by climate change is long: Antarctic penguins; Arctic polar bears; Australia’s koalas; British dragonflies …   
But in what could be a case of Darwinian evolution in action, the BBC reports that “great tits cope well with warming.” Presumably, great tits won’t do […]

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Some 1,500 Chinese Americans protested outside CNN’s offices on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood - a similar demonstration also occurred at the cable news outfit’s Atlanta headquarters – demanding that commentator Jack Cafferty be fired over these comments he made on “The Situation Room” April 9th:
“We continue to import their junk with the lead paint […]

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Last week, six planes coming in to land at Sydney airport have had green lasers pointed at their cockpits in what seems to be a coordinated attack, in which three or four different lasers were pointed at airplanes landing at that airport.
According to the Sydney Morning Herald, the attack was bad enough that they closed […]

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THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 2008
Saipan Earthquake at 6:07AM Thurs 3-27-08
While sitting here at the computer I began to feel a moderately strong tremor. My fishing rods lean against the wall in my office/den/computer room and they began to sway and dance a bit. There was a rumbling noise. A deep, long period vibratory feeling, more than […]

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Christianity…a religious conversion of personal choice!

Contrary to the popular public opinion, Islamic faithful believers are converting to the practice of Christianity in record numbers. This is perhaps the reason for the deeply seated animosity and religious antagonism directed towards the Catholic Church and all of its associated teachings. A principle that underlies all of the […]

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The Holy See is watching events unfold in Tibet very quietly and this author is quite sure there will be a statement from the Vatican Diplomatic Service shortly. Tibetans need reassurance that the prayers and hopes of the Catholic people are with the Tibetan people as they struggle with China’s martial crackdown in their mountain […]

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Catholicism migrated to the area of the Persian Gulf in the early 4th century. However, the history of the Catholic Church in this area has always been difficult. Nestorianism rose as a heretical movement among the faithful followers regarding the person of Jesus Christ. Nestorians believed Jesus had two distinct persons, one as Jesus the […]

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This article is a second release of this musing. It was published last June, but should have another revisit by Catholic readers. In light of the recently listed “sins” that include those against the environment. HJMN
There are always ways that the Catholic Church can join in the environmental movement in small but yet effective ways. […]

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A B-2 ‘Sealth’ bomber crashed on Guam a few days ago.  The pilots got out safely, that’s the most important thing. The plane, however, is totaled.  An accident investigation is underway.  They will figure out the cause and make recommendations.  The oldest B-2s are now about 20 years old but even so the technology is […]

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I’ve been invited to submit articles to this network and hope in the days, weeks and months ahead to shed some light on just where the hell I live, where we Saipanuvians are geographically, what our social and political status is, why on earth we would want to live out here in the middle of […]

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Scientology has been in the News as a Target of Hackers named “Anonymous”
“Anonymous” Vowed to Destroy the Church of Scientology
All Religions start out as Cults
Scientology for Dummies
Scientology has been in the news lately.
A group of hackers with the name of “Anonymous” has vowed to destroy the Church of Scientology and about a week […]

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(London, UK) The Autism Awareness Campaign UK is urging the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rt.Rev. Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of York, Rt.Rev.Dr.John Sentamu, the Archbishop of Westminster, Cardinal Cormack Murphy O’Connor and other senior church leaders to speak out on the suffering of some parents, carers and people with autism and Asperger’s Syndrome on Autism Sunday […]

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From Churchill’s Parrot blog
This essay began as a response to an e-mail we received from a blogger asking to be removed from our Anglosphere Consortium blogroll because he found the inclusion of Lionheart among our ranks to be distasteful.  It has since been written and re-written at least five times, for the points made within […]

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Autism Campaigners around the world are appealing for greater support on Autism Sunday 2008 - the International Day of Prayer for Autism and Asperger’s Syndrome.
Churches of all denominations will be remembering over 60 million people worldwide who are on the autism spectrum, in prayer.Parents groups and charities have been calling for more support and better […]

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What was the Top Weird News Story of 2007?
Vote from among the DBKP Top 44
Hard Choices: 2007 Was a Boom Year for Weirdness
What was the weirdest story in 2007?
Now, you can decide!
Vote for your Favorite Weird Story of 2007,
From the safety of what promises to be an utterly Non-weird 2008.
What was the weirdest story […]

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The headlines are about Hillary’s wrinkles and John Edward’s love child, but in another part of Middle Earth, the Ringers are Rejoicing:
Peter Jackson has won the Battle of Middle Earth, and will produce the Hobbit.
For those of you who like Hobbits pay little attention to the news from the outside world, Peter Jackson was the […]

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Drink Locally
That’s what people need to be told.
There’s a lot of stuff in the European news about eating only local fruits and vegetables, according to the season. But here, the problem might be to drink locally.
The Philippines pays $ 500million a year to import milk and milk products.
We use carabao milk (i.e. waterbuffalo milk) for […]

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The Rugby World Cup quarterfinals got underway today, and what an unbelievable way to do so.  Just days ago, there was even money at least on the Southern Hemisphere taking all four semifinal spots, with Australia, Argentina, New Zealand and South Africa favored to move on.  Today, at least half of that equation has changed, […]

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Well, this takes the cake; a former (white) Rhodesian liberal has now said that “Mugabe was rotten from the start” (Sunday Times, September 23).  Of course, Judith Todd is able to say that safely from the comfort of her home in peaceful, prosperous New Zealand.  She and her father (Sir Garfield Todd – a former […]

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The New Zealand dollar (NZD) value rose and, for a short amount of time, was worth US$0.7932, the highest level in New Zealand since the dollar was floated in 1985 - 22-years-ago.
The value then dropped a little and as of 11.40 a.m. was trading at US$0.7925. This was due to the Reserve Bank of New […]

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As a certified scuba diver, I read with interest news of a failed attempt to use old tires to create an artificial reef off the coast of Florida.
The 1972 project was then-sanctioned by the Army Corps of Engineers.
That little fact, in and of itself, caught my attention. Not too many years after that, when I […]

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The bureau of statistics predicts that Australia’s population will reach 21 million by June 29 2007.  The figure is based on the last census carried out in 2006.  The bureau has stated that there were 132,100 more births than deaths in that year and steady immigration is the cause of the increase.
Although this puts Australia […]

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For all the talks of alternative energy, they all seem to have a problem.
A lot of things that are green are too expensive for the third world.
Hybrid cars not only cost more, and can’t be fixed locally, but they use electricity from power plants that are not “Green”, and not only do they endanger EMT’s […]

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In the Philippines, we are having a big election and despite normal irregularities, the opposition seems to be leading at the Senatorial level (local elections are, well, local).
But the Philippines is on the “EVIL” government watchlist of the left, not without cause given the large number of “extrajudicial” killings of NPA/communist sympathizers and left wing […]

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News Item:
Fiji dictator clamps down on internet access
In case you hadn’t heard, there’s been a military coup in Fiji, and some self-appointed tin pot soldier named Bainimarama has named himself as the new big dog in town.
Fiji?  Fiji?  That quiet little island getaway for the rich and famous?
Yep, one and the same.  The military deposed […]

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The amount of subscribers to broadband in New Zealand have increased 30%, which also results in New Zealand jumping from 22 place to 19 in the OECD rankings, and having a total of 1.4 million Internet subscribers.
In a six-monthly survey by Statistics New Zealand, Internet Service Provider Survey, covering the six months prior to September […]

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An Albany, North Shore, Auckland, New Zealand Post shop and the surrounding roads were closed today due to an Internet magazine giving away free promotional “fart bombs” exploding while being sorted.
After the “fart bomb” exploded due other mail items were placed on top of the magazines, firefighters and a hazardous substance unit were called to […]

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In an effort to keep up with the news that you most likely won’t see major press coverage about, I have decided to begin a daily (as daily as I can possibly keep it) update of stories that will remind you to keep things perspective, because after all… at least you’re not them.

Two men from […]

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Originally published on en.wikinews.org at http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews_exclusive:_%27speed_not_behind_New_Zealand%27s_road_toll%27.
Accredited Wikinews reporter, Gabriel Pollard (Nzgabriel) has been contacted by Rachael Ford, co-ordinator for New Zealand’s Candor Trust about what they assert is the hidden cause of deaths on New Zealand’s roads.
Candor Trust is an organisation based in New Zealand that helps educates New Zealanders about drug driving harms.
Candor Trust […]

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Two New Zealand students have been insulted when their exam papers were returned to them with rude remarks on them. However one student received a positive comment on a paper that he got a merit in, the second highest mark possible.
The two students were from Cashmere High School and both participating in the 2006 level […]

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