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The fourth impeachment complaint has been killed by President Arroyo’s hordes in the House of Representatives and they delighted in doing it. They even went so far as to invent something perverse in the process of protecting their principal, according to lawyer’s group NUPL.

“Nothing about Us without Us” is the motto of this year’s International Day of the Disabled People. Proclaimed by the General Assembly in October 1992, this day aims to raise awareness on disabled people’s rights at national and international levels.

Over recent weeks, a very sensitive question has been circulating through the media industry and among investors: can Fairfax Media survive in its current form? The pre-conditions for Fairfax being forced by banks or shareholders into some kind of break-up or sell-out are now, unfortunately, palpable.

Odetta, the singer whose deep voice wove together the strongest songs of American folk music and the civil rights movement, died Tuesday. She was 77. The cause was heart disease, said her manager, Doug Yeager. He added that she had been hoping to sing at Barack Obama’s inauguration.

It's been a while since I've thought about Fake Steve Jobs. In fact, the last time he was on my radar was when we helped out him in late July, 2007. Well, he's back, sort of, and he's in perfect form. He was invited by Guy Kawasaki to write not one, but two Forewords for his new book, Reality Check.

Iowahawk, as usual, has the scoop on the real cause of the attacks in Mumbai: …Qasim said that Al Qaeda would work to make amends with victims of the Mumbai tragedy, including sending flowers and handwritten apology notes containing 1000 rupee ($12.65) PakMart gift cards to the surviving families of all 173 dead.

Visiting The Mosque December 2nd, 2008 The above pic shows the Quran hanging from a wire in my outhouse, “The Mosque”, and already well used as toilet paper. Quran pages are excellent for wiping away residual feces even if they aren’t any good for anything else except as a terrorist training manual.

Equity markets are currently a wild roller coaster ride. With volatility remaining high most days bring gut wrenching up or downs. No-one knows what is going to happen tomorrow or even next year, though that's the one question that keeps being asked. I never was a boy scout, but I am a big believer in their motto of being prepared.

From my perspective as a patient, it appears that physicians and other health care professionals face a debate much more burdensome than deciding courses of treatment, the rigors and costs of training, and ethical issues like abortion, euthanasia and the role of humanities in medicine.

The United Nations is pushing for the passage of a global blasphemy law designed to eliminate and outlaw criticism of the Islamic faith. The resolution called– “Combating Defamation of Religion“–is sponsored by Saudi Arabia. It is being promoted and put forth as a protection for religion but actually mentions only Islam.