guardian.co.uk Politics:
The verse-writing of the new president of the European Council is good in parts, says the former poet laureateFirst let me say this: on balance, I would far rather that people in politics were writing poetry than not. Where a (Read More)
Travel Pod:
Jump to the full entry & travel map Red Deer, Alberta, CanadaBy the pictures, it looks like good times, no memory of it though.This is where my sister was born. It is muc (Read More)
Gawker:
This week, everyone was naked and fighting in public and also there was a book no one read but everyone kept talking about. A pornography company offered a famous beauty contest loser lots of money to distribute video tapes t (Read More)
The Guardian:
By forcing a flawed model of democracy on Afghans, the US has made Afghanistan less stable and less democraticThe fiasco of the elections in Afghanistan has been widely lamented. Most laments focus on a single obvious fact: b (Read More)
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The Guardian:
• Interview comments criticised as dangerous• Agent says words were taken out of contextWhen the supermodel Kate Moss, in a rare online interview this week, told readers that one of her mottos was "nothing tastes as good as s (Read More)
The Guardian:
• Henry embarrassed at nature of France's victory• Arsène Wenger backs striker's plea for a rematchThierry Henry has admitted that replaying France's World Cup play-off against the Republic of Ireland would be "the fairest so (Read More)
CARPE DIEM:
Committee to Protect Journalists -- Cuban blogger Yoani Sánchez was astounded this week by President Barack Obama’s decision to respond a written questionnaire Sánchez submitted to the White House. Still recovering from brui (Read More)
NEWS.com.au | Nth America:
AN elderly US couple charged with spying for Cuba for almost 30 years have pleaded guilty in the conspiracy, with the husband agreeing to serve a life sentence, the US Justice Department said. (Read More)
Wall Street Journal:
By Louise RadnofskyWashington Wire loves presidential proclamations, in which the commander-in-chief “by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States” declares a given time for a (Read More)
Huffington Post:
Stepfamilies often experience extraordinary stress as the holidays--with their pressure cooker of "family" expectations--get underway. While they now outnumber first families in the U.S., many stepfamily members report feelin (Read More)
Jalopnik:
Wired has assembled footage of six of the most costly and catastrophic failures in spacecraft history. This is what it's like to watch billions of dollars burn. Warning: Most of this is entertaining stuff — few things are b (Read More)
www.guardian.co.uk:
The verse-writing of the new president of the European Council is good in parts, says the former poet laureateFirst let me say this: on balance, I would far rather that people in politics were writing poetry than not. Where a (Read More)
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed:
Max BlumenthalProgressive Book Club/Media Matters for America reviewIn August 2008, when then-senator and presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said the media had held her under a "sharper microscope" because she was a woman (Read More)
Times Online:
The appetite for flotations on the London Stock Exchange is ready to spring back to life with a clutch of companies worth a combined $10 billion ($£6 billion) planning to list their shares. (Read More)
Crooks and Liars:
Your defense of Glenn Beck is touching on AOL, but it comes up very short and very sad. You claim that the big bad lefty meanie comedians are picking on Beck even when he is sick. Well, let's get something straight. Glenn Bec (Read More)
MSNBC:
Want to preserve your youth well into your 50s? "Old is the New Young" offers tips (take a dance class! volunteer!) to keep key aspects of your life — mental, physical, social and financial —thriving as you age. Dance - Youth (Read More)
Gawker:
Model Daul Kim, 20, who had worked for Chanel among others, was found hanged yesterday. She may have died by suicide. If so, she is the ninth Korean celebrity to take her own life in just over a year. From the Associated Pres (Read More)