From CBC News: A Quebec woman on long-term sick leave is fighting to have her benefits reinstated after her employer’s insurance company cut them, she says, because of photos posted on Facebook… …She said her insurance agent described several pictures Blanchard posted on the popular social networking site, including ones showing her having a good […]
The Gates Foundation wants to give bonuses to good teachers and students. Boston union says no, you have to play nice and share.http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view/20091118union_blocks_teacher_bonuses/ Calgary parents negotiate no homework contract with school boardhttp://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2009/11/18/calgary-homework-school-students.html And Minnesota dad speaks only Klingon to his son for three years.http://blogs.citypages.com/blotter/2009/11/dinkytown_dad_s.php I’m thinking the kid who’s dad speaks Klingon has the best […]
In House, Many Spoke With One Voice – Lobbyists’ – NYTimes.com I have been meaning to get to this for a couple of days, so this is not breaking news today. In some ways, its not really news. Is anyone really surprised that lobbyists control the public debate that lawmakers have? This NY Times article […]
A new study cited by George Monbiot in his Nov 9th column finds that after purchasing “green products” consumers are more likely to in engage in what’s called “moral licensing” – the idea that the moral self-esteem boost associated with “buying green” is used to justify less ethical behaviour in other circumstances. From the article: […]
From the Seattle Times: Seattle police say a man who believed he was a ninja was impaled by a spike when he tried to jump over a metal fence. At 11:15 last night, a police officer was looking for the victim of a reported assault in the 600 block of Seventh Avenue when she encountered […]
The “Universal Church” is really starting to live up to it’s name. From the Honolulu Exopolitics Examiner The Vatican has just completed a five day conference astrobiology where scientists convened to discuss the detection and implications of extraterrestrial life. A major driving force behind the conference was the Director of the Vatican Observatory, the Jesuit […]
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Monopoly may be the next board game to become a movie, if it can beat Risk to a theater near you. Brother Greg talked about the Risk movie and lo and behold – a couple of days later I come across this LA Times article on Ridley Scott and the Monopoly movie he has in […]
From The Kitchener-Waterloo Record LIMA, PERU — “They call me the hardware store,” says Requelme Abanto from his hospital bed in northern Peru. Doctors in the city of Cajamarca say they removed 1.5 pounds of metal from Abanto’s stomach, including nails, coins, and rusted copper wire and scrap metal… …The 26-year-old construction worker ate the […]
Fellatio common among fruit bats, says research – Telegraph The study found that more than two-thirds of female short-nosed fruit bats (Cynopterus sphinx) performed fellatio on their sexual partners, and that they were rewarded with longer bouts of intercourse as a result. Previously, the only animals known to carry out oral sex – apart from […]
