Tuesday, January 16, 2007

The Decline and Fall of Western Civ for 16 Jan.

The Decline and Fall of Western Civ.: Barbarians have Crashed the Gate
A cliché in the making.

After reading: wash, rinse and repeat.

  • The Paris Hilton of politics, Barak Obama, launched his campaign Tuesday to become the first black president of the United States by running on his political inexperience. Check out the foolish fawning over at AP.

  • Reinforcing the notion that science is based on facts and not on consensus, FT reports the White House on Tuesday denied it was planning a U-turn on its climate change policy by embracing a system of formal caps on greenhouse emissions, despite rising pressure from European governments to change its stance.

  • Universal healthcare supporters pay attention, Reuters reports Castro's surgery seems to have been botched. Cuban leader Fidel Castro has long prided himself on Cuba's doctors and free public health care system, but that system seems to have let him down after he fell ill in July , U.S.-based doctors said on Tuesday.

  • The New York Times reports ethnic and racial tensions in Los Angeles feed on black-hispanic rivalry.

  • AFP reports Amsterdam's red light district is reportedly to receive a bronze statue dedicated to prostitutes around the world.

  • With big handbags becoming a key fashion accessory for working women, health experts are warning they can also become a key health concern reports Reuters.

  • For the first time, a majority of American women are living without a spouse, media reported, according to AFP.

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