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Which British Monarch Deserves the Failure Crown?

Jul 16 2008 - 3:00am by LibertySugar

While Americans only have 43 leaders to rate historically, the Brits have many more centuries of eccentric monarchs to discuss and criticize. British historians want to figure out which monarch was the biggest failure. King George III didn't make the list, since I guess the Brits can't decide whether to thank or blame him for losing the American colonies.

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$23 Billion Could Be the Cost of War Profiteering in Iraq

Jun 11 2008 - 12:00am by LibertySugar

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$23 Billion Could Be the Cost of War Profiteering in Iraq

$23 billion has been lost, stolen, or not properly accounted for in Iraq, according to a BBC News investigation. BBC claims that private contractors have exploited the conflict and reconstruction in a potentially criminal manner. There are 70 pending cases against private US companies for war profiteering, but the details of these cases are being kept mum under a gag order.

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Slow News Day Is One Thing — What If There Was No News?!

May 15 2008 - 2:30pm by CitizenSugar

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Slow News Day Is One Thing — What If There Was No News?!

I can't decide if this scenario would be a Zen utopian best day ever or a disaster of mind-stultifying proportions. Maybe the former for about five quiet minutes before the latter came crashing in. 1629110 While sometimes it feels like a slow news day, this crazy video is the news — without the pesky news part. I love how even when the BBC people aren't talking they're somehow still so British.

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Does the Media Keep Actors in the Closet?

May 4 2008 - 11:00am by CitizenSugar

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Does the Media Keep Actors in the Closet?

According to several A-List actors, there is a very obvious bias in Hollywood and they say it’s against hiring homosexuals. In an exclusive interview to be released next week, Alan Cumming — one of the stars of X-Men 2 — said that actors are more timid about coming out because of the way the press portrays homosexuality — they fear the controversy. “I don’t think the people that go see films care that much – the media make it more of a deal and it’s made into controversy. There is a lot of homophobia in the world – but in Hollywood definitely.”Stephen Fry and Rupert Everett who have both claimed a homosexual preference also complained that they are now pigeonholed. Derek Munn, director of public affairs for Stonewall, a group that promotes equality and justice for gay people said: “The pitifully low number of openly lesbian or gay actors suggests that there is a problem. The film industry needs to think about why it is gay actors choose not to come out.”Do you think fear of the way the media will portray them causes actors to stay in the closet? Is Hollywood less accepting than the rest of the world? Do you think actors keep their sexuality a secret because it's irrelevant?Source

Does the Media Keep Actors in the Closet?

No way. Tons of actors are out, regardless of media portrayal.

Actors get paid to be other people. Keeping personal details a secret serves that.

Yes! Would the media portray Brad Pitt the same if he was gay? So they hide out.

Other. I'll tell you in the comments.

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Survival of the Prepared? Is It Time to Build a Bunker?

May 2 2008 - 3:37pm by CitizenSugar

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Survival of the Prepared? Is It Time to Build a Bunker?

Hoo boy, so the news, right? If it's not a world of thrashing tornadoes, it's water rationing in California, or any number of politically or economically unstable situations. This BBC piece raises the topic more commonly associated with the 1950s nuclear mentality — or that Brendan Fraser movie — building a bunker. One survivalist they spoke to called the bunker a safe haven that's "self-sufficient and capable of growing some kind of food."

The piece sums up his philosophy like this:
In a world in which people and systems are increasingly "interconnected," the potential for infrastructure to collapse is great, he says. Political disturbances in Kenya, drought in Australia, or crop disease in South America can quickly affect food prices in the UK. And globally, everything from modern mass agriculture to transport and industry is dependent on the availability of oil.

Another man who calls himself an urban liberal survivalist gave this as a reason:
The systems we rely on are brittle and facing strain. Here in Seattle we are vulnerable to earthquakes and I also live near a big volcano. Climate change is causing more extreme weather events. There could be a global bird flu outbreak or some other pandemic.

The timing of this article is great — I was planning this weekend to stock my emergency earthquake kit with food and water — but is that not enough? Is it bunker time?Source

Survival of the Prepared? Is It Time to Build a Bunker?

It's not as crazy an idea as it sounds. Have you read this site? Stuff's not so great.

Well, I wouldn't rule out a short-term emergency pack, but bunker is a bit much.

Oh please. Send the crazy doomsday survivalists underground.

Other. I have a lot of canned goods to leave in the comments.

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Which British Monarch Deserves the Failure Crown?

$23 Billion Could Be the Cost of War Profiteering in Iraq

Slow News Day Is One Thing — What If There Was No News?!

Does the Media Keep Actors in the Closet?

Survival of the Prepared? Is It Time to Build a Bunker?

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