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Problems in Zimbabwe are escalating under Mugabe's control - Millions of Zimbabweans are threatened with starvation after the widespread failure of the latest harvest brought on by the government's disastrous mishandling of land redistribution and food shortages in the shops caused by...
So those two great bastions of human rights - Russia and China - vetoed the proposed UN sanctions against Robert Mugabe's despicable regime. Why am I not surprised? From this morning's Guardian: Russia's UN ambassador, Vitaly Churkin, said there was no mandate to impose sanctions on Zimbabwe because...
Photo courtesy of KingDesmond I thought this was a pretty clever idea from the Schnitt Show radio program with regard to oil drilling telling lawmakers to get their asses in gear. The idea is to get three drill bits- One for your representative and two more for your senators, then mail it to their...
We need to drill for oil and fossil fuels like yesterday- Not just for lower prices, but because our national security is at stake. I am a strong believer that our self-reliance will increase our domestic supply then lower prices will be a benefit of our resolve. But, it's important to understand...
Man kann den Investigativ-Journalisten Hersh lieben oder hassen, aber der Einfluss des Artikels auf den Oelpreis ist nicht zu unterschätzen.... http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/06/30/mixed-reactions-to-report-on-us-moves-against-iran/index.html und dort verlinkt und lesenswert......
From this morning's Irish Independent: ALMOST three-quarters of people who voted 'No' in the Lisbon Treaty referendum mistakenly believed the pact could be easily renegotiated. A major survey of voters conducted by the European Commission immediately after last Thursday's referendum reveals why a...
Sadly, I read this on Friendly Atheist this morning: Yet again, some impostor is pretending to be me. I do not Twitter, I had never even heard of Twittering until a thread on RichardDawkins.net alerted me to it, and I most certainly have not signed up for it. I am told there are numerous Facebook...
...has rejected the Lisbon Treaty, according to the BBC. Irish Justice Minister Dermot Ahern says substantial vote tallies across the country show the European Union Lisbon reform treaty has been rejected. Tallies are not official, but Mr Ahern says it is clear the No vote is ahead in a vast...
...aimed at our Eastern European cousins, this story about the Polish airline is true. From the BBC: Plane loses way after pilot error A Polish Boeing 737 which came close to hitting another aircraft over London had the wrong co-ordinates entered into the flight computer. The pilots then failed to...
Further to my post yesterday concerning discrimination in Northern Ireland, this morning's Irish Independent carries some more detail on Iris Robinson's Christian ways (tongue firmly in cheek) and her outburst on live radio concerning homosexualists. (My emphases in bold). THE wife of Northern...
What I wouldn't give to be a fly on the wall in the Robinson household this evening. In case you haven't been following Northern Ireland latest political developments, (what? you haven't?), Peter Robinson is the new First Minister of Northern Ireland. Fair enough. Interestingly, his wife - the...
Yesterday Nepal's new constitutional assembly held its first meeting and put an end to the monarch which had been a key part of a 2006 peace deal with Maoist guerrillas who gave up the bullet for the ballot box on the condition that the country becomes a secular republic. The civil war lasted a...
The Dalai Lama today called for Tibetans to end protests against the Beijing Olympics, also telling MPs in London he would happily accept an invitation to attend the event if relations with China improved. The comments by the Tibetan spiritual leader came as his government-in-exile called for a...
RTÉ are reporting that new Taoiseach, Brian Cowen, is already making friends in the Dail: A spokesman for the Taoiseach has said Brian Cowen regrets any offence caused by remarks picked up on the Dáil microphones after Leaders Questions this morning. Mr Cowen was heard using a profanity in what...
Yes, I am one of the last to tackle this topic. After Get Off The Internet, Beaucoup Kevin, Occasional Superheroine, The Beat and almost countless others have said what they had to say. I thought I said all I had to say about it in my comments on Val's blog, but I felt compelled to write more about...
Portly, frequently tongue-tied and occasionally violent. Inspiration for comedians and talk-show pundits all over the UK. All attributes of the former Deputy Prime Minister, John Prescott. But bulemic? Prescott? Sure, he looked like enjoyed the odd deep-fried Mars bar, but don't bulemics em...how to...
Yes indeed, he is. And who cares? I mean, good for him and everything. But I wasn't sitting on the very edge of my seat waiting to find out. I do like Brown and really enjoyed his book "Tricks of the Mind", particular when he debunks various peddlers of hocus-pocus. I hope this story just dies a...
Everyday, I get an e-mail from CNN.com listing their top ten most popular stories of the day. Today was no different, but two particular stories caught my eye and raised my ire. First off, the number 8, most popular story on the site was this: Martha Stewart's dog dies. I am not making this up. Some...
I have a lot of time on my hands at work, so it should come to no surprise that I sometimes surf the web. I read a lot of random news articles that aren't exactly mainstream news, and I thought I'd share some with you. Who knows, maybe this will become a weekly column-type thing... Last week I came...
So it looks like this is going to be a regular "column" here at See Ya Melissa. At least for a bit. =) And on to the good stuff: My friend Jake and I often get into discussions about whether or not a woman (namely me) can have both the career she wants and a family. He thinks that women still have...
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