Category: World News

United in hate

By , on December 11, 2007

Extremist Muslims and Right-Wing Westerners can agree on one and only one socio­cul­tural phe­nom­enon: hating gay people. It’s painful for the mod­er­ates of both sides to accept, but it is a reality that must be con­fronted by intel­li­gent people on all sides before any real, pos­i­tive, pro­gres­sive change can be real­is­ti­cally forged.

Why Writers Are Striking

By , on November 20, 2007

Found this off this blog:

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By , on September 20, 2007

Most people saw this coming years ago.

At 10:59 a.m., a cheer went up on trading room floor

Is that in Canadian or American dol­lars?
“It didn’t really matter,” Mr. Feig says with a laugh. “It’s the same price either way.”

She saw her own heart in a glass case

By , on September 4, 2007

BBC NEWS | Health | Woman sees own heart on display

Accompanied by a video of this rare sort of news story.

Harry Potter Finale Released, The Dark Lord Ascends… Cheney Becomes President! No, I’m Serious!

By , on July 21, 2007

This should make things even more inter­esting

Jaywalking academic assaulted by Atlanta police

By , on January 12, 2007

Because there really aren’t bigger prob­lems in the world.

The pro­fessor had hoped to spend the after­noon lis­tening to dis­course on arcane topics. Instead, he was hand­cuffed to another sus­pect and fin­ger­printed in a deten­tion centre, where his pep­per­mints were con­fis­cated, “pre­sum­ably on the sus­pi­cion that they might be some kind of narcotic”.

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