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Eric Scheske

Canada and the EU Better Get Busy . . .

. . . if they want to stay on the cutting edge: > A woman has married a dolphin in Israel. > Sharon Tendler from Redbridge, East London, wore a white silk dress and a pink tiara for the ceremony in Eliat, Israel. > The dolphin, Cindy, swam to the side of his

Where's the HCLU: Hindu Civil Liberties Union?

> A Hindu couple whose sacred cows were banished from the western New York village of Angelica in 2003 have renewed their fight to bring them home. > Stephen and Linda Voith are appealing a state Supreme Court decision that sided with Angelica officials, who cited rules governing farm animals

Brews You Can Use II

Genocide, AIDS, starvation. Just when you didn't think it could get any worse in Africa, Uganda runs out of beer [http://www.monitor.co.ug/business/bus12282.php] . > Beer shortage hit Kampala suburbs as food prices shot up during the festive season. > Bell beer manufactured by

Stopping Segregation

But will the main prison library have room for the Truman Capote books and Judy Garland videos? > One of the nation's few jail dormitories specifically for gay and transgender prisoners is closing on Rikers Island - where ten of New York City's 15 jails are located

Brews You Can Use

I'm not a fan of champagne cocktails, but it's New Year's weekend. WaPo Link [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/27/AR2005122700204.html] . Excerpt: > The Bleu Sky > Makes 1 serving > Bartender Tim Stover of IndeBleu likes to

Dreher Backs-Up Brokeback

Catholic convert, conservative, and Pulitzer-nominee Rod Dreher says Brokeback isn't nearly the homosexual propaganda reel we've been led to believe. Link [http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/opinion/viewpoints/stories/DN-brokeback_29edi.ART.State.Edition1.187ff8cd.html] . Excerpt: > Brokeback Mountain is the

Christmas Average

From the New York Post: > Consumers spent an average of $763 each on holiday shopping this season . . . I think my wife and I spent less than $763 together, and that's with seven kids to buy for. Of course, Max (2) got a bunch of gaudy junk (that

What Say You, Pessimists?

Nice essay about the doom and gloom folks that control the media [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3284-1961659,00.html]. Excerpt: > The year 2005 does not enter the top league of disaster years, even if we include the Boxing Day tsunami of 2004. The 20th century

Rules of Sin

> The biggest jerks on the road don't act any differently when they step out from behind the wheel, University of Minnesota researchers have found. > The most hostile people tend to react more aggressively while driving than their less hostile counterparts would, according to a study of

Odd Stories 2005

Another set of odd stories in 2005 [http://www.breitbart.com/news/2005/12/27/051228034114.m5lc1sy6.html]. Funny stuff. Another set of such stories [http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051218/od_afp/yearoffbeatstrange;_ylt=ApNInJuwRLudSs_ZlgCTgAKs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3ODdxdHBhBHNlYwM5NjQ-] .