This is National Dog Bite Prevention Week, sponsored by the United States Postal Service and the Humane Society of the United States. Rep. Thaddeus G. McCotter (R-MI-11) has introduced House Resolution 419 in support: Recognizing May 20-26, 2007, as National Dog Bite Prevention Week and calling upon all municipalities to work with the American Veterinary [...]

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The original “>League lost one more extraordinary woman this week. Ms. 珍 (Zhen) , first from the left, succumbed to breast cancer that spread to her liver for want of appropriate treatment. The unsinkable Ms. Yue is the remaining survivor of her chemotherapy group. None of the women to date have been able to raise [...]

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When Clinton ran for president, the fact that he had avoided the draft was not a major issue. For Bush, who took flight training in the Texas National Guard at a time when some of the guard was deployed in Viet Nam, it was “Spun” by those who don’t know these things as “draft dodging” [...]

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There’s a new period piece film about a poor clergyman’s daughter loves a boy who needs to “marry well”…sounds like a Jane Austen novel…or maybe the life of Jane herself… These Victorian period piece movies are popular all over, and I frequently catch them on a South African movie channel on our cable. The idea [...]

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Senators and Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama were forced to defend their no votes on the emergency war funding bill that passed the Senate Thursday night by a margin of 80-14. Both Democratic candidates have drawn heavy criticism from the three top GOP candidates Mitt Romney, Rudy Giuliani, and Sen. John McCain.

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By Carol Bogart I remember the first time a Denver friend suggested we go out for sushi. Not wishing to appear unadventurous, I acquiesced – but had zero idea which of several disgusting uncooked options to order. “Try the California Roll,” she said. “Everybody likes that.” So that’s what I ordered. And was immediately turned [...]

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The Associated Press imagines itself a “news” organization. Ordinarily, “news” does not convey opinion, but only facts… at least that’s the ideal. That being the general understanding of what comprises news, it is interesting when we at Newsbusters find odd bits of opinion encased inside any particular AP “news” story. But, it is really odd [...]

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By Carol Bogart   When I first became friendly with a 59-year-old Vietnam vet who told me he has PTSD, I drew a blank. “`PTSD’? What’s that?” I wondered. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, he explained. “Ohhh. THAT.” That I knew. Or so I thought. Years earlier, a psychologist told me rape victims frequently suffer from Post Traumatic [...]

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  Rosie O’Donnell says goodbye to “The View”.  The announcement came down from ABC, they stated that Rosie will not be back on the show. It appears that the final battle with Elisabeth Hasselbeck will truly be the last. Rosie had previously asked for an early departure from the show and was set to leave [...]

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You likely won’t be seeing this in your local Megaplex, but it is worth seeking it out at your local video store, If you are a fan of the martial arts genre of movies, this is a must have. I did have a little problem with the first attempt at watching it; I didn’t realize [...]

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Screen Captures is a feature written by…me. The fancy description says it’s a study of various headline “teaser” graphics found on cable news outlets that analyzes a sample for bias or note-worthy content.   But really, I just want to look at what they’re putting on the screen and see what’s good and what’s garbage. [...]

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It was the first time I had bumped into Garrett Gustafson since last Saturday when I saw him applying pressure to stem the flow of blood from Chris Poeung’s chest in the parking lot at Terminal and Main. Garrett told me when I chatted with him last night, that he had said a prayer for [...]

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“The Queens’ Knight” is historian Martyn Downer’s account of the life of Sir Howard Elphinstone, soldier and courtier to Queen Victoria, and trusted advisor and functionary to her children, especially to her younger sons Arthur and Leopold. The volume is blurbed by another historian as “a riveting page-turner”… which suggests that the standard definition of [...]

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The French Security Incident Response Team (FrSIRT) has issued an online security alert for Mac OS X: Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in Apple Mac OS X, which could be exploited by remote or local attackers to execute arbitrary commands, cause a denial of service, disclose sensitive information, or bypass security restrictions. This advisory affects [...]

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Jack Kevorkian, known as “Dr. Death” will be released from prison on June 1st. Kevorkian was the former pathologist responsible for creating a “suicide” machine and he is linked with approximately 130 deaths. Kevorkian’s lawyer says his client has already received offers from several groups willing to pay anywhere from $50,000 to $100,000 to hear [...]

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The German conSCENTution is rePUTRID to be the one of the most STRINGENT protectors of freedom known to man. But no one is inFOULible, it seems. Security concerns for the upcoming G8 summit are REEKing havoc among “POTENTially violent” protesters who SMELL a rat because their SCENTS are being collected by the police using methods [...]

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The Food and Drug Administration is investigating claims that toothpaste made in China have been laced with high dose of the chemical diethyl glycol and sold in the Dominican Republic, Panama, and Australia. The chemical is used in engine coolants but can also be used as a thickening agent as a low-cost substitute for glycerin. [...]

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Shannon Malloy, 30, from Fremont, Nebraska was involved in a serious car accident on January 25. When the car crashed near Tecumseh, about 50 miles outside of Lincoln, the force of her head hitting the passenger’s side dashboard separated her skull from her spine, causing what doctors call atlantooccipital dislocation, or internal decapitation. Amazingly, she [...]

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Despite his huge popularity and a Super Bowl win under his belt, Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger will enter his fourth NFL season among the lowest-paid starting quarterbacks in the NFL this fall with a salary of $1 million this year, not including a $9 million signing bonus as well as roster bonuses during his [...]

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Want to know how well you or your kids will do on their SAT’s? Want to measure how aggressive you are if you’re a man? Just check the size of your fingers. Recent studies are being conducted to measure both of these qualities in kids and men. Scientists have found that different levels of testosterone [...]

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In part one we looked at Al Stewart’s humble beginnings, he was just the guy with the guitar, however his fortunes were about to change.   1973 heralded a new beginning for Al Stewart with the release of Past, Present, and Future. This was a very different album from the somewhat choppy Orange, clearly there [...]

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Stupid Arab Accomplices! This subject heading looks insulting. It is and it is meant to get the attention of the Arabs over there who are using fruitless violence to protest felt injustices. There are much more intelligent and effective ways to go. Both Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr. won their battles and forced their [...]

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From The Gathering Storm Blog Ever wonder why videos critical of Islam disappear from YouTube? This might be the answer. This email was circulated among YouTube users encouraging the formation of a private group to promote Islam through gaming YouTube’s favorites system: Hat Tip to NewsBusters. Date: May 14, 2007, 11:18 AM Subject: salam to [...]

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Treaty Violation by Anthony C. Patton 235 pages, The World as Story, 2002 & 2007  The secret world has an allure for many different kinds of people. For laymen it’s fun to read about dead drops, clandestine ops, moles and spymasters who have captial letters instead of names. Some of the most avid readers of spy [...]

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The Amnesty International country report on human rights violations committed by nations during 2006 finds the U.S. near the top of the list with criminal violations: “Thousands of detainees continued to be held in U.S. custody without charge or trial in Iraq, Afghanistan and the U.S. Naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.” The full country [...]

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A bare-bones climber within 1045 feet (550 meters) of the summit of Mt. Everest was rescued after falling ill to altitude sickness and being left to die. The Nepalese woman, Usha, was rescued by an American guide, David Hahn, and sherpa Phinjo Dorje, who found the climber accidentally on their way back down. The incident [...]

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Jallow’s Independent SGT Sana Majang’s gun that was left at the Independent during the last fire bomb!! Gambia UPDATE:  State prosecutor asks court to jail newspaper journalist, publishers The prosecutor in the trial of Lamin Fatty, a reporter with the banned Banjul-based bi-weekly “The Independent” newspaper, who is being tried for allegedly publishing “false information” [...]

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By Muhammed Jawara, New York City Southern African countries have many things in common; dark colonial legacies, poverty, abundant natural resources and bad governance. The independent Southern African countries have inherited legacies that have left indelible marks on their past, posed great threats to their present and future. However, there is hardly a topic that [...]

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By Our Western Division Correspondent Wise Man, Banjul. Paid for and Commissionedby the Freedom Newspaper. Highly placed sources close to the office of the President in Banjul have exposed ongoing moves to marginalize deserving Gambian students from a Presidential scholarship, which was earmarked for 300 students to further their studies overseas. According to these sources [...]

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By Sheriff Bojang Junior Hey Pa, I have just finished reading the supposed stuff about me being involved in the Jahumpa-Denton court case. It was brought to my knowledge since yesterday but I could not reply because  I have been busy transacting other things. Thus my reaction to the story is as follows: Firstly, I [...]

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Dioufa in action. Raleigh calling!! Raleigh,  North Carolina, is gonna  be a nice place to chill on July 1st,2007. Senegalese Ndaga star Pape Diouf is going to perform live at the Lighthouse Convention Center situated at 326 Tryon Road, Raleigh, NC 2703. It’s gonna be all night party time. I’m for real. As we piece [...]

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