Posted on July 31st, 2007 by Ken Grandlund
The Bush Administrati on has finally solved the crisis in the Middle East- it’s giving several Mid-East countries billions of dollars in arms and military aid in exchange for a promise that they will “isolate Iran and help the US defeat the Iraqi insurgency.”
At a press conference after meeting diplomats from Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, […]
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Posted on July 27th, 2007 by Tom Harper
Things have come full circle. The Red Menace that we were afraid would “bury us” — the Evil Empire — is now warning the President of the United States about his dangerous and reckless behavior.
Mikhail Gorbachev, who presided over the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1989, accused Bush of “sowing disorder across the world […]
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Posted on July 27th, 2007 by Steve O
I call bullshit on this one because every God-fearing American Evangelical knows for a fact that the world is only 6,000 years old, at best!!!!
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Posted on July 27th, 2007 by Jet Netwal
Hey BIOphytes, word on the street is you like it fast. Naturally, since we love you guys, if it’s fast you want, it’s fast you get. The BIOsphere is upgrading to a dedicated server. This means no more annoying CPU notices, the page WILL be found, and comments won’t disappear into thin air. Grrr. That […]
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Posted on July 25th, 2007 by Steve O
A recent poll of 45,00o people from 47 countries reviels that people viewed the US as the most friendly country in the world and the most feared.
Mission accomplished !
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Posted on July 24th, 2007 by Jet Netwal
After rummaging around in my hairline, eyebrows that zoomed up there and got lost were retrieved. The cause?
John Manangsang, a doctor who is helping to prepare a new healthcare regulation bill for Papua’s provincial parliament, said that unusual measures were needed to combat the virus.
“We in the government in Papua (Indonesia) have to think hard […]
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Posted on July 23rd, 2007 by Mags
There’s a bit of buzz going around right now surrounding this 29-second You Tube video that asks the candidates whether or not they would support divesting from Darfur.
Click here to watch the video. If it gets enough hits, the question may make it to tonight’s debate.
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Posted on July 23rd, 2007 by Jet Netwal
Rank the following countries, with one being the most free and 10 the least. Note that press freedom refers to ease of access to information, not whether or not it is reported accurately. Answers are in the comments.
South Africa
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Posted on July 23rd, 2007 by Dusty
The ruling Party, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s Justice and Development Party maintained control but lost 10 seats in the Parlement. Erdogan is a heavy-duty Muslim. At a rally yesterday he said, per AP:
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Posted on July 20th, 2007 by Paul Watson
As I wrote a post on the old BIO about this, I thought I’d update. After 16 months of investigatio n, it’s been announced that no-one is to be prosecuted over either selling peerages or not informing the police properly in questioning.
And that’s it. The scandal is over. No one did anything illegal (that can […]
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