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A long but worthwhile article from ol' David Frum: It’s a very strange experience to have your friends think you’ve gone crazy. Some will tell you so. Others will indulgently humor you. Still others will avoid you. More than a few will demand that the authorities do something to get you...

The thrill is gone kids. He's got it right with this 'virtual campaigning' thing. It's a sham, a joke. Thrill Is Gone? Matthews Turns On Obama; 'I Hear Stories That You Would Not Believe' - YouTube "little kids with propellers on their heads..." :lol:

Since 2006, the BBC has relentlessly promoted the global warming orthodoxy as a pressure group in its own right. The story of the BBC’s bias on global warming gets ever murkier. Last week there was quite a stir over a new report for the BBC Trust which criticised several...

These 12 super assholes are doing a wonderful job. Republicans and Democrats on the so-called Super Committee can't agree on much. But as the deficit-cutting panel careens toward a Wednesday deadline without a deficit-cutting deal, they can agree on this -- it's all the other side's fault...

BLUFFTON, Texas (AP) -- Johnny C. Parks died two days before his first birthday more than a century ago. His grave slipped from sight along with the rest of the tiny town of Bluffton when Lake Buchanan was filled 55 years later. Now, the cracked marble tombstone engraved with the date...

Light Heavyweight bout: Stephan Bonnar vs. Kyle Kingsbury Welterweight bout: Martin Kampmann vs. Rick Story Bantamweight bout: Urijah Faber vs. Brian Bowles Middleweight bout: Wanderlei Silva vs. Cung Le Light Heavyweight bout: Maurício Rua vs. Dan Henderson UFC 139...

EDMONTON - Instead of pocketing their tips and wages Saturday, about 30 exotic dancers will hand the cash over to help kids in need. The Strip-a-Thon is a tradition at the X Bar strip club in the Yellowhead Motor Inn, spanning almost a quarter century. Independent Artists waived the dancers'...

Sony, director Kathryn Bigelow, and screenwriter Mark Boal will now have a full year to try and fix the damage done to this project after the attempt to politicize it created the kind of PR nightmare that can only bring death to the box office. Over the past five years, a dozen-plus anti-war...

After Advocacy Group Shock Video Exposes ‘Disturbing and Completely Unacceptable’ Animal Treatment McDonald’s Public Relations team has shifted into high gear, dropping its Minnesota-based egg supplier, after an animal rights group released an undercover video of operations at the egg...

'Fake doctor boosted woman's bottom with home-made implant containing cement and super glue' A 'fake doctor' suspected of injecting a woman's bottom with cement, super glue and tyre sealant to give her a more 'shapely' rear has been arrested. Transgendered woman Oneal Ron Morris, who by his...

OTTAWA — The OC Transpo driver who was fired for a tirade against a passenger has provided us his side of the story. He is devastated at the turn of events — “the insanity” he calls it — the loss of his career, income, peace of mind, only three years short of retirement. “I’m just kind of...

Ministers are on the brink of securing historic reform of the European Court of Human Rights to stop it over-ruling British judges on immigration cases, Kenneth Clarke has disclosed. In an interview with The Daily Telegraph, the Justice Secretary reveals that Britain is poised...

China is suspected of interfering with two U.S. government satellites in one of its most advanced hacking operations to date. On four occasions between 2007 and 2008 Chinese agents are said to have breached security on the environment-monitoring craft. The last hack was so effective that they...

Incident happened in 2008. SANTA MONICA, Calif. (KTLA) -- A pilot who buzzed the Santa Monica Pier in a military jet has been ordered to jail. David G. Riggs surrendered to authorities Wednesday to begin serving a 60-day sentence...

Black Conservative Has Campaign Billboard Vandalized With ‘KKK’, Pins Heard Dropping Bill Randall is a candidate for Congress, running in North Carolina’s 13th Congressional District. Mr. Randall also happens to be an African-American. In early October, Randall had a campaign billboard...

The U.S. House of Representatives rejected a proposal Friday to amend the Constitution to require a balanced budget, seen by many as the only way to force lawmakers to hold the fiscal line and reverse the flow of federal red ink. The 261-165 vote, though a clear majority, was 23 votes...

Whenever idiotic passwords are discussed, the following story always comes up: five years ago, a group of Slovak hackers breached Slovakia's National Security Bureau (abbreviated NBU), which stores tons of classified information. It was an easy hack. The NBU's master login/password was...

In the spring of 1993, Wayne Gretzky played the greatest single game of his career at Maple Leaf Gardens, preventing the Maple Leafs from returning to the Stanley Cup final. Three years later, a simple nod of approval from Steve...

A federal judge on Thursday approved the sale of the Crystal Cathedral to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange to help the financially struggling mega-church emerge from bankruptcy. The decision by U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Robert N. Kwan came after a bidding war between the diocese and...

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Emirates Airlines' position as the biggest all-time orderer of Boeing jets lasted all of four days. Boeing announced Thursday that Indonesia's Lion Air has set a record with a nearly $22 billion order of jets. The U.S. company had previously counted the jets in its...