2014 Winter Olympics - Russia

Putin attends IOC meeting in Guatamala to help push Russia's bid for the Winter 2014 olympics into the Winners Circle.

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Denmarks Music Festival - Mudfest

Lots of rain in June and the promise of rain during the festival have Roskilde organizers seeing Mud! With 75,000 tickets sold and 45,000 fans arriving as early as Sunday at the festival grounds half an hour west of Copenhagen, warm-up acts have been grinding out sound in front  …

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IPhone Hacked

15 year old Norwegian activates phone without signing a phone service agreement.

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Eat, Eat, Eat some more

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Compressed Air Powered Car

At a cost of $2 / tank full of air with 125 miles of driving this is the cheapest production car on the road. It does have it's draw backs, with a top speed of 68 mph and cheap fiberglass body panels this car doesn't fit, If you want to call those draw backs.

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Get your Pet Spay / Neutered or Pay Up!

"The law would make California the first state with a universal spay/neuter law.

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Longevity Linked

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Taliban in Texas

Does anyone think this event, which occured in 1997, means anything?

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Taliban in Texas

Does anyone think this event, which occured in 1997, means anything?

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Nuke Iran : Madness?

This story, via MSNBC is orginally from the AP. AP quotes an unnamed Iranian official as not dicounting the possibility of Nuclear Weaponry.

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Biased Journalism has its Roots

An excellent review of history as presented.

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Example: Biased, Agenda Drive Journalism

Mr Lasky commentary is obviously interest group driven. Unhappy with the foreign policy overtones expressed, Mr Lasky paints this presidential candidate as a fool who lacks experience and the committment to allow that special interest group to maintain its status quo.

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Frozen Mummy, Died of Heart Attack

Oetzi, the name give the frozen mummy found in the Swiss Alps, died of a heart attack.

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Spanish court orders capture, search of vessels belonging to Fla. firm

"A Spanish court has ordered police to capture and search two vessels belonging to a Florida firm that recently announced it had found a shipwreck in the Atlantic Ocean laden with an estimated $500 million worth of Colonial-era treasure, news reports said Tuesday."

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DNA for White Skin

This was initially reported in 2005. Light coloured skin appears to have occurred as a genetic mutation.

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Global Peace Index

With the USofA ranked 96 out of 121, why are so many people eagar to emmigrate there? It wouldn't be for the Bugers and Apple pie, would it?

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British Secret Service Implicated in Litvenko Death?

With accusation flying all over as to "who" actually killed Litvenko, we may ulitmately never know.

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Callipyge, from the Greek for 'beautiful buttocks.'

"The voluptuous figure which forms the subject of this article derives its erotic charm chiefly from the arrangement of the vestments." "Complete nudity argues a state of independence and freedom which possesses nothing alarming to modesty or seductive to the senses; but partia …

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Turkey: an example for the Middle East Region?

Does Turkey really need the EU or could it's model of government be an attractive option to other Middle Eastern States? With tensions rising in the region it may appear that Turkeys entry into the EU may depend on the outcome of a pending election.

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Leader of Turkey Backs Incursion into North Iraq

Emotions are running high in Turkey at this time with popular opinion supporting the leaders position.

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Turks going to the polls : July 22

With Turkey going to the polls shortly will we see an escalation in Middle East tensions to the extent of a larger regional conflict?

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Barry Bonds: 11 Homers Away

As Barry closes in Hank Aarons record the Commisioner of MLB, Bud Selig can't be getting much sleep.

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