Thursday, December 30, 2004
Daily Weird News
The hawks and doves that are coming together to form a majority government, with Ariel Sharon and Shimon Peres forming a unity government to seek peace through total abandonment of Gaza and all the settlements there. Who would have ever thought this possible. The death of Arafat seems to be bringing new opportunities for peace to the area.
One more Mad Cow in Canada? It might not matter as it is an isolated case and the USDA is planning to remove the ban on the importation of Canadian beef in March '05. Perhaps this is what Prime Minister Paul Martin got out of Dubbya on his visit to the Great White North.
The Spanish are now moving towards legalizing gay marriage, and they don't even have Will and Grace on their TV screen yet. Weren't these the people who had all the religious fervor to pursue the Inquisition? What happened? The religious right of the US wants to know.
Here are some more great links on how to help the victims of the Tsunami Disaster. The death toll has risen to roughly 114,000 and counting. Donate now!
Here's a chart of the current donors for the Tsunami Disaster. Maybe the anti-globalists should shut up for a moment about the evils of the World Bank, which is by far and away the largest donor of them all.
Here's a story about how to look for people who survived. There are some good links to finding people.
One more Mad Cow in Canada? It might not matter as it is an isolated case and the USDA is planning to remove the ban on the importation of Canadian beef in March '05. Perhaps this is what Prime Minister Paul Martin got out of Dubbya on his visit to the Great White North.
The Spanish are now moving towards legalizing gay marriage, and they don't even have Will and Grace on their TV screen yet. Weren't these the people who had all the religious fervor to pursue the Inquisition? What happened? The religious right of the US wants to know.
Here are some more great links on how to help the victims of the Tsunami Disaster. The death toll has risen to roughly 114,000 and counting. Donate now!
Here's a chart of the current donors for the Tsunami Disaster. Maybe the anti-globalists should shut up for a moment about the evils of the World Bank, which is by far and away the largest donor of them all.
- World Bank $250m
- UK $96m
- EU $44m
- US: $35m
- Canada: $33m
- Japan: $30m
- Australia: $27m
- France: $20.4m
- Denmark: $15.6m
- Saudi Arabia: $10m
- Norway: $6.6m
- Taiwan: $5.1m
- Finland: $3.4m
- Kuwait: $2.1m
- Netherlands: $2.6m
- UAE: $2m
- Ireland $1.3m
- Singapore: $1.2m
Here's a story about how to look for people who survived. There are some good links to finding people.
# posted by HST Overdrive @ 10:23 AM 
