Spaceship Earth Sculpture Collapses

Spaceship Earth has made an early crash landing: A million-dollar stone sculpture, intended to remind future generations of the Earth's fragility, made its point a bit early -- just three months after its unveiling, it collapsed. The 175-ton "Spaceship Earth" lay in ruins at Kennesaw State University after mysteriously falling to pieces last week. The engraved phrase "our fragile craft" was ...

University Diversity Of Michigan

One day after the state's voters approved Proposal 2, a Constitutional amendment banning affirmative action programs, President Mary Sue Coleman vows to devote her efforts to finding a way around the ban. In a statement that has a promising second career as a college drinking game, the word "diversity" appears 21 times; I will not stand by while the ...

The Would-Be Prime Minister Of Canada

Or, at least, one of them. Liberal Member of Parliament (and critic for the environment) Scott Brison is one of eight remaining candidates to take over leadership of "Canada's natural governing party". Perhaps he was just trying to keep up with the frontrunners.

BC Teachers Federation suing Google

Via Dust My Broom; The B.C. Teachers Federation and its president, Jinny Sims, are suing Google Inc. over allegedly defamatory comments and images posted on a blog hosted by Google. A statement of claim filed in B.C. Supreme Court says the defamation by two unnamed contributors or authors on the blog at “bcpolyblog.blogspot.com” occurred between April 5 and June 28 this year. ...

Suspicious Substance Reported In Clinton’s NYC Office

From the comments at SDA;

Canadian Military Valour Decorations Awarded For First Time

For service in Afghanistan; OTTAWA—Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, Governor General and Commander-in-Chief of Canada, announced today the awarding of the first four Military Valour Decorations to members of the Canadian Forces who have displayed gallantry and devotion to duty in combat. The recipients will be invited to receive their decoration from the Governor General at a presentation ceremony to ...

Nyamko Sabuni

Sweden's new Muslim immigration minister is making waves... ...arguing that all girls should be checked for evidence of female circumcision; arranged marriages should be criminalised; religious schools should receive no state funding; and immigrants should learn Swedish and find a job. Supporters of the centre-right government that came to power last month believe that her bold rejection of cultural diversity may make ...

The Hiroshima Fallacy

A nuclear physicist shares his views on Iran's pursuit of nuclear weapons; The most likely form of nuclear attack in the modern world is one carried out by terrorists. In carrying out such an attack, the attackers might well use a device quite different from the sophisticated weapon that military experts suggest it will take Iran “five to eight years” to ...

Tony Blair’s Daddy State

Facing the consequences of 30 years hard work by the left to break down societal taboos and redefine "family"; LONDON - British Prime Minister Tony Blair said yesterday the state should intervene early - possibly even before birth - to stop the children of problem families growing up into troublemakers. One think-tank said the idea, the latest step in Blair's drive ...

Iraq Pipeline Blast: Root Causes

At least 27 die as US occupation fails to ensure supply of sufficient flashlights; "The looters seized the security vacuum yesterday as the police protecting the pipeline withdrew from their posts," said Dr. Hussain al-Janabi, director of the Diwaniya hospital. He said he was told that the explosion took place when one of the looters "lit up his lighter to see ...

America’s Number 1 Source For National Security Secrets

Is upholding a British court publication ban; The New York Times said on Tuesday it had blocked British Internet readers from seeing a story detailing elements of the investigation into a suspected plot to blow up airliners between Britain and the United States. The story was published in Monday's paper. Under British laws, courts will punish media organizations that publish material that ...

I Feel A Fatwa Coming On….

Via Robot Guy who quips "This is going to piss off Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad." Spaceports on the first Iranian scheduled to fly to the International Space Station; As a child, Anousheh Ansari begged her mother to let her sleep on the balcony of their home near Tehran, Iran. She would gaze into the velvety darkness, drift off to sleep and visit ...

Police Were Responding

"...to a ratings complaint from across the street".

“Hey Mom, We Got To Dance Right Next To A Dead Guy”

First, Saskatchewan Roughrider's (CFL) defensive tackle Scott Schultz hammered Toronto Argonaut quarterback Spergon Wynn hard enough to rip off his helmet and lay him flat on the turf. Then they sent in 200 little girls to finish him off... (video courtesy Dodosville.) (More photos at SDA.)

Throw The Journos From The Plane

The first step was to tell Canadian media who accompanied him to find their own flight home from the G8 summit to free up seats on the Airbus; Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper ordered his official plane to be diverted to Cyprus on Wednesday to pick up Canadians fleeing Israeli air strikes in Lebanon. Harper was already in Europe at the end ...