Category: Current Affairs
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A church tower in eastern Germany has overtaken the Leaning Tower of Pisa in its reckless inclination. The tower of the Church of Our Beloved Ladies by the Mountain sits on uncertain porous grounds with numerous cracks and fissures. It began tilting ever since it was built in 1382. Now it has outleaned its competitor…
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Last Sunday the Crown Plaza Hotel in the Medical Center area of Houston was demolished through "controlled implosion." Everything went as planned and the local news channels covered the demolition of the presumably "vacant" hotel. A home video has now surfaced which casts doubts on whether the hotel was indeed completely vacant at the time…
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A little over a year ago during the run up to the 2006 elections, Sujatha posted an article detailing the vulnerability of the new e-slate voting system in use for the last few years. The article described how easily the system could be tampered with by introducing malicious programs into the memory card of the…
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Given that Gov.Sonny Perdue of Georgia is at his wit’s end with the current drought parching the state, he has finally decided to resort to invoking supernatural assistance. Heather Teilhet, his spokeswoman, said the governor began talking about wanting to host a service to pray for rain on his way back from Washington D.C. last…
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The news report and the cartoon. Which one of the two perpetrators deserves to be charged with a crime? (The L.A. Times link via Joe)
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After the horrors of plumbophobia , the next big meme in the media : Cough syrups and how bad they are for the youngest and most vulnerable among us. From the MSNBC article: Over-the-counter cough syrups generally contain drugs in too low a dose to be effective, or contain combinations of drugs that have never…
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No time for a commentary – I am in a hurry to leave on a trip. This story speaks for itself. Questionable 4-year-old FBI memo presented as new to stoke terror fears Did al Qaeda start the California wildfires? As more than a million people escaped the flames, Fox News anchors couldn’t help speculating about…
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Not another day goes by, but a new recall is announced for yet another toy manufactured in China, on the grounds of excess lead content in the paint. The media floodgates started with this Aug 2 release with toy giant Mattel recalling its Sesame Street and Dora dolls. The list (and media reports covering these)…
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From the Boston Herald: IN THE PAST few weeks, the secretive nation of Burma suddenly landed on the world’s front pages, as small demonstrations by monks spiraled into massive protests and triggered a violent crackdown by the military government. Such an impromptu uprising surprised many observers. Searching for explanations, some have cited the rising price…
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Politicians exploiting tragedy and fear are nothing new. No photo op, gimmick, credit grabbing or pandering is above the political fray. Therefore it was hardly a surprise that Rudy Giuliani, the mayor of New York City on 9/11/2001 and a wily political opportunist, attached himself to the momentous events of that day with the tenacity…
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