Dec 31, 7:12 AM (ET) By DARLENE SUPERVILLE WASHINGTON (AP) – Another terrorist attack, a warmer planet, death and destruction from a natural disaster. These are among Americans’ grim predictions for the United States in 2007. But on a brighter note, only a minority of people think the U.S. will go to war with Iran [...]
Archive For December, 2006
Richard Dawkins On Forcing Religion on Children
Richard Dawkins On Forcing Religion on Children
SADDAM: GREEN PARTY BACKS INITIATIVES AGAINST DEATH PENALTY
[From Agenzia Giornalistica Italia] (AGI) – Rome, Dec. 27 – Minister Alfonso Pecoraro Scanio says:”I share Pannella’s worries and having a meeting with the cabinet I will ask to the foreign minister and to Prodi what can our government do to use all the possible diplomatic channels”. The minister was interviewed by Radio Radicale today [...]
The 911 Report: A Graphic Adaptation
[From Cool Tools] This is a comic book version of the 911 Commission Report. No joke. It takes the narrative of the official National Commission Report and transforms it into a page-turning thriller. It’s a very fast read. Their visual timeline of the four hijacked flights is scarily clarifying. The artists do a marvelous job [...]
Questions over Saddam trial justice
By David Loyn BBC News, Baghdad Saddam Hussein’s trial did not meet fair trial standards, HRW says The advocacy group Human Rights Watch (HRW) has unveiled a damning indictment of the trial of Saddam Hussein, saying it was so flawed the verdict was unsound. The HRW researchers have concluded that Saddam Hussein and his co-accused [...]
Intensity of Western blazes linked to warmer Atlantic Ocean
[From: Dvorak Uncensored] A look back across 500 years’ worth of wildfire history shows fire season intensity across WesternNorth America increases in direct proportion to, of all things, surface temperatures of the North Atlantic Ocean. Given that the Atlantic warms and cools in 60-year cycles and the ocean is entering its next warm phase, researchers [...]
NY Requires Health Insurance Coverage for Mental Health Patients
Health insurance coverage for mentally ill Governor George E. Pataki today signed legislation to enact Timothy’s Law, which will require insurance companies to provide health insurance coverage for individuals with mental illnesses. Read more at eMaxHealth powered by performancing firefox
Trailer Full of Broccoli Disappears
Dec 28, 3:13 PM (ET) VILLA PARK, Ill. (AP) – Someone got way more than the recommended daily serving of vegetables when a refrigerated trailer loaded with $50,000 worth of broccoli was stolen. The 48-foot trailer disappeared from its rented parking space in the Chicago suburb of Villa Park sometime between Sunday and Tuesday morning, [...]