Why sleeping at work is good: “Ever felt like sleeping on the job? Rather than crumbling into unsightly heaps on their desks, Sydney workers may soon have access to a comfortable and legitimate place to nap at their offices. MetroNaps Australia is this week launching its sleep pods in the foyer of the ABN...
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Thanks in part to sensational media reports, websites such as MySpace.com have gotten a reputation for attracting various kooks such as pedophiles and other nefarious miscreants Now to make them look like they are doing something, the House of Representatives is considering a bill that would make it illegal to access networking sites such...
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French Parliament Makes US Senate Look Weak on Immigration Reform
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by Jim Kouri, CPP  This just might be a first: the French are cracking down on unbridled immigration while the American government is showing weakness in dealing with an out-of-control illegal immigration problem. The French parliament is backing an immigration bill that is designed to make it more difficult for unskilled workers to...
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ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION Illegal immigration is THE political topic in the USA at the moment and the recent “Have it both ways” speech by GWB will inflame the debate rather than douse it. I have not so far posted a lot on the topic as I live in a country that has a settled immigration...
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ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION Illegal immigration is THE political topic in the USA at the moment and the recent “Have it both ways” speech by GWB will inflame the debate rather than douse it. I have not so far posted a lot on the topic as I live in a country that has a settled immigration...
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Floyd Patterson, who died last week at 71, isn’t considered one of the greatest heavyweight champions. He might well be remembered, though, as one of the best men ever to hold the crown. My guess is that would be at least as gratifying to the thoughtful, introspective fighter. Boxing served as a road out...
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Testing the theory that if you repeat something often enough, it’s bound to become true, AP writer Will Lester offers up another edition in his Cell Phone/Political Polling anthology. This time, he finally tells readers what he’s been dying to say since the first article… that polls are being tilted in favor of conservatives,...
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Among the tiny handful of Americans who still clung to the illusion that President Bush might want to truly address and correct the illegal immigration crisis, it only took the first moments of his May 15 speech to dispel all hope. Though conceding, seemingly for the first time, that the invasion from Mexico is...
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In the “News Analysis & Commentary” section of its 05/22/06 issue, BusinessWeek features a new book by two female executives at United Airlines who were going to divorce their husbands, whom they blamed for ruining their family lives. Instead, the two women collaborated to write The Scorecard: How to Fix Your Man in One...
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“So, do you swing by your prehensile tail here often?” From National Geographic: Early human ancestors and chimpanzee ancestors may have mated and produced offspring, according to a new DNA study. The study suggests that the human and chimp lineages initially split off from a single ape species about ten million years ago. Later, early...
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When the president of the United States receives his country’s first formal communication from an Iranian “president†since the regrettable unpleasantness involving Iran’s unlawful seizure of the American embassy and the taking of hostages back in 1979, one might reasonably expect a conciliatory tone. You know, at the very least, something along the lines...
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In the performance of my daily work duties, I was watching some of Wednesday’s edition of Democracy Now! Now while this is one of my more painful duties, I often find myself stopping and watching out of sheer disgust and this was another of those instances. This Sunday night, HBO will be premiering the...
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