I’ve had it up to here with the MSM, especially the NYTimes and it’s clone, the International Herald Tribune. Today’s IHT has an article on how reporters in India were aghast that Bush “Blamed” the rice shortage on Indians eating too much.
But of course, he never said such a thing, and shame to the IHT […]

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The Jaipur bomb blast is yet another challenge to the Muslims as a community. If over 100 persons have died in the serial blast, the blood of the victims is on the Muslim community from within whom the LeTs or HUJIs have found sustenance.
If genuine Muslims are embarrassed that the world is associating the word  […]

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Now this is a musician with a resume. In the 40 years he has been recording, over 25 million albums have been sold, he has been a constant feature on the Billboard 200, and has scored a couple aces.
Surprisingly though, prior to this boxed set he […]

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I can’t imagine anyone wanting to take the ashes of an infant child but apparently this is what someone actually did. A family from Ajax Ontario came home only to find their home had been broken into. Now no one wants to have their things stolen but in this case there is one specific item […]

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According to recent reports a partly demolished apartment complex in La Marque has been found to contain asbestos in a number of the remaining buildings. It was discovered a couple of months ago that a contractor had failed to get an asbestos survey carried out on the complex. Demolition of the complex, Crossing, was […]

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TCOOO Productions and Bonfire, Inc. have set out to heat up the planet in a good way with the release of “18 Karat Gold Reggae: Global Warming.”
In a world filled with artificial music, Reggae continues to stay true to its roots, and “18 Karat Gold Reggae’s” tracks stay true to Reggae’s concepts and messages.
Beginning […]

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Nick and Phyllis walk in just as Jack announces to everyone that Jamie Whitfield likes the changes they made so the new cover for the magazine is a go. Nick asks Jack to talk in Private but Jack says he is a little swamped right now. Nick tells him he can’t make the call this […]

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Lily brings the kids over to Carly’s. She thanks her for watching the kids and reminds her not to forget to call and ask them if the kids can spend the night there. Carly tells her she was wondering if this is such a good idea. Lily tells her she is the only one she […]

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Nicole walks in and finds Phillip and Cloe eating dinner together. She is surprised to see them together and she asks if they are a couple now. Nicole tells Phillip that despite what he thinks, she really does care about him. Nicole gets a call from EJ asking her to join him at the gym […]

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Death and grief are not subjects that readers are eager to read about, and as Leslee Tessmann writes in Sacred Grief these are topics most people avoid at all costs. She acknowledges that she was the same way, and for years she saw grieving as something one had to do “…  and by no means […]

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Paraben Corporation, a digital forensic technology provider, has announced a new product, The CSI Stick. This is a thumb drive size device that forensically acquires data from cell phones. Just plug it in and it will suck out all of the data contained in it. You can then analyze it at your leisure. It has […]

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Russian based news organization Cnews is reporting that the Russia Post (Postal service) is testing Linux as their software platform for the future. Whether this is a cost control method or a strategic move has yet to be determined.
Some time ago the Russians also announced using Linux exclusively in their schools. That move though was […]

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Oban Star Racers Vol 1 & 2 Even to a fairly knowledgeable anime viewer like me I was surprised to hear that there was a series of anime with the name I associate with Scottish Whisky rather than Jap animation.  While this is aimed at the younger set, therefore, less violent and dark, that does not […]

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Officials from a housing association in the UK have told tenants there is nothing to worry about after their homes were found to contain asbestos. Nexus Housing Association in Worcester is trying to reassure worries tenants that there is no health risk posed to them from the asbestos, which is a substance that is […]

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Not actually being a cat, although I am the host for five of the furry little free-loaders, I thought I might turn this review over to them, as subject-matter experts: Percival, the little Russian Blue, Sammy, the big flame-point Siamese, Morgy (tiny and black, of no definable breed) Little Arthur (very large and black, ditto) […]

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A man from Michigan has filed a lawsuit claiming that he suffered secondary exposure to the deadly carcinogenic asbestos, and as a result has developed the deadly asbestos related cancer, mesothelioma. The lawsuit was filed at the beginning of October in Madison County Court naming fifty one defendants.
According to the plaintiff, Walter Nalezyty, he […]

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National Treasure – Book of Secrets is one of those slight, improbable, but good-hearted Saturday-matinee-serial adventure movies, kind of like what Indiana Jones started off being before George Lucas got all clunky and serious. An almost A-list cast (Nicolas Cage, Jon Voight, Helen Mirren – good lord, Helen Mirren? She must have had the rent […]

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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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At the outset I would admire Republicans protecting sex toys, stripers, and adult movies, but it’s more to do with opposing taxes. California Assembly Democrats are mounting up against the porn industry. Like it or not the industry of sin brings in millions of dollars to California, it has a big employee base, and already […]

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By Honey Gillard
Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz are set to say “I Do” this Saturday (May 17), according to recent reports.
The couple, who announced their engagement just last month, were hoping to have a quiet and private ceremony; as most celebs op for these days.
However, their plans seem to have come tumbling down, following Ash’s […]

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Symantec just released it’s monthly spam report. I always find these reports a valuable tool to see exactly what trends the cybercriminal and less than ethical e-commerce communities have been up to in the past month.
Although most of us view spam as a major nuisance, the fact remains that spam is the preferred vehicle of […]

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Seen from the British side of the pond American politics offers hope where here we have the continued worship of the mantra that, as Bismarck said, “Politics is the art of the possible”.
I am a fan of the blog of Iain Dale a commentator from the mainstream of Britain’s Conservative party, not because I agree […]

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(London, UK) Autism campaigners have urged Britain’s Social Care Minister, Ivan Lewis to launch a debate on Autism and the Elderly. Concerns have been raised over the social care of people with autism and Asperger’s syndrome.
The British Prime Minister, Gordon Brown speaking at the King’s Fund in London said yesterday that England was facing a […]

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After reading reviews from both gushers and detractors, I found myself falling into the camp of the detractors without having even seeing a trailer. If a film with such high-powered leading men as Denzel Washington and Forest Whitaker could fail to garner any Oscar nods I figured the detractors must have something to say. And […]

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