McCain Linked to Iran-Contra Death Squads

Since the McCain/Pallin campaign is trotting out old and very tenuous connections in Barrack Obama's past as indicators of his lack of qualifications to become President, it is only fair then to begin to point out...

City of the future: The giant glass pyramid that could house one million people

"With its sharp angles and its glass walls shimmering in the sunlight  it looks like a piece of modern art.But this innovative design is actually a blueprint for the city of the future - a giant glass pyramid...

New Math: 2.3¢ carbon tax now means 10 ¢ a litre at Gas Stations.

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorFollowing British Columbians accepting that  $100.00  carbon tax cheque from our Provincial government, today we will have cheque cashers remorse now that BC's...

Democrats introduce bill to outlaw Pentagon propaganda

"Last April, the New York Times revealed that retired officers serving as military analysts on television news shows had regularly been briefed by the Pentagon and supplied with pro-war and pro-administration talking points.The program was "temporarily suspended" by the...

ADM to Pump Ethanol Plant’s CO2 Under Illinois

"What if I told you the Federal Government would be paying to experimentally inject 1 million tons of carbon dioxide into the ground under Illinois? And what if I said the CO2 would by supplied by an ethanol plant...

POLICE INVESTIGATES ROYAL BLACKMAIL PLOT

The Royal house has always been involved with 'not-too-good' kind of things in the past. I hope this one blows away quickly."A member of the royal family called in Scotland Yard detectives after becoming the target of a "sex and drugs" blackmail plot, it has been...

maltaStar.com: Student’s program sends PR chaos in Wiki-scandal

Thank the Gods for hackers!!  One smart lad developed a software programme to pingback the data altered on Wikipedia to the source of the IP that made the changes.  So far, the list is very long and very...

allAfrica.com: South Africa: Faulty Zalatex Condoms Recalled (Page 1 of 1)

This is a terrible story.  Graft and corruption in Africa is rife, so this is not totally unexpected despite the severity of the crisis.  - The...

New EU/US security deal for air passengers

US authorities now gather 19 categories of information on every EU passenger travelling to US. Some of these are passenger address, telephone numbers, credit card numbers,... They can keep these information for 15...

Man-Made Lightning: Blaster Technology

It was only a matter of time before this sort of thing got the go-ahead, and no doubt whatsoever that such technology would be directly weaponized, as opposed to application as aan Electromagnetic Pulse-type...

Sri Lanks Tops Ireland: World Cup Super 8

UPDATE: Ireland must now bow out of World Cup contention..."Ireland's World Cup came to a sorry end as Sri Lanka thrashed them by eight wickets with 40 overs to spare in their Super 8 clash in Grenada. The Irish were bowled out for 77, mainly thanks to Farveez Maharoof (4-25)...

BBC YouTube Deal

The BBC and YouTube have announced a deal: "The BBC has confirmed a deal with YouTube to make programming available via a number of branded channels, including supplying an ad-funded BBC News clips service"YouTube will offer two BBC entertainment channel. The BBC may be...

Iraq's Superbombs: Homegrown Ordinance?

This is what the Pentagon does not want the American people to even think about: that their armed forces can be held at bay by homegrown weapons, not by an international conspiracy of "evil". This makes sense, though: whatever country you are from, if an invading army...

Energy Efficiency

"Why save energy in your home? Using energy efficiently in the home is important for a number of reasons; 1. Our natural resources of coal, oil and gas are dwindling, 2. Reducing energy use, reduces the emission of...

Stolen rocket launchers 'hidden in Vic'

"Federal police fear five stolen rocket launchers may have been hidden in Melbourne by a terrorist group. An Australian Federal Police spokesman told Fairfax newspapers it was "common sense" to assume agents were in Victoria searching for the rocket launchers because the...

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