(09-21) 04:00 PDT BEIJING, China (AP) — A rubber company in China has begun marketing condoms under the brand names Clinton and Lewinsky, apparently seeking to exploit the White House affair that led to the impeachment of America’s 42nd president. Spokesman Liu Wenhua of the Guangzhou Rubber Group said the company was handing out 100,000…
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George and His Dad Go Fishing in the South
(S-dog sent me this to post…..cd)
BBC NEWS | Europe | Polish twins in leadership race
One of the more peculiar aspects of the upcoming Polish elections is the fact that identical twin brothers are running for president and prime minister. Some voters cannot even tell them apart. “They are very similar so sometimes I can’t tell who is who, so maybe it’s a problem for me,” said Rafal, who works…
Kim Jong-il on Al Jazeera about USA
(I found this to be a pretty interesting article…not to mention the oddity of who it is and where it is published….cd) âU.S. emerged as a result of genocideâ?- Kim Jong-il 9/23/2005 7:00:00 PM GMT “Sinister plots are continuously being hatched by U.S. intelligence agencies” The six parties, involving China, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea…
Party for Peace in Liberia as experience faces off against celebrity
(Liberia’s “Iron Lady,” Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, could become Africa’s first elected female president. She was once a supporter of Charles Taylor, the former Liberian leader hiding out in Nigeria after being indicted for war crimes by the Special Court in Sierra Leone. But, she says she broke with him years ago and I think I believe…
BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Aborigine 'Alco' slur is avoided
(submitted by KG) BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Aborigine ‘Alco’ slur is avoided Aborigine ‘Alco’ slur is avoided Australian police working in Aboriginal communities have withdrawn new uniforms after they appeared to poke fun at many Aborigines’ problems with alcohol. New South Wales police ordered 50 green vests for Aboriginal Community Liaison Officers – known…
Almost Before We Spoke, We Swore – New York Times
“William Shakespeare, in keeping with traditions of Elizabethan drama, peppered his plays with profanity and celebrated the vulgar as well as the sublime.” Almost Before We Spoke, We Swore By NATALIE ANGIER Published: September 20, 2005 Incensed by what it sees as a virtual pandemic of verbal vulgarity issuing from the diverse likes of Howard…
granma.cu -Cuba's success in minimising loss of life during Hurricane Michelle
granma.cu -Cuba’s success in minimising loss of life during Hurricane Michelle Cuba’s success in minimising loss of life during Hurricane Michelle The Guardian (London) – Socialism and storms: Cuba’s success in minimising loss of life during Hurricane Michelle highlights the social dimension of coping with natural disasters Ben Wisner Hurricane Michelle was a category 3…
President Assasinated and Dead
On Sept. 19, 1881, the 20th president of the United States, James A. Garfield, died of wounds inflicted by an assassin. (If only history really did repeat itself….cd)
Clinton blasts Bush
WASHINGTON (AFP) – Former US president Bill Clinton sharply criticised George W. Bush for the Iraq War and the handling of Hurricane Katrina, and voiced alarm at the swelling US budget deficit. Breaking with tradition under which US presidents mute criticisms of their successors, Clinton said the Bush administration had decided to invade Iraq “virtually…