Saturday Odds 'n Sods

Live Earth? How about live irony?

The reviews are in concerning last weekend's eco-sanctimony staged by global warming's Nostradamus, Al Gore, and most of them aren't pretty. It was, according to the advance hype - and the hype for this event matched anything Hollywood roars up for Johnny Depp in a bandana... MORE... Forbidden City Starbucks closes A Starbucks coffee shop operating on the historic site of Beijing's Forbidden City has closed down after huge protests One-finger salute sums it up Conrad Black's one-finger salute to the gathered media on his way into a Chicago courtroom this week pretty well sums up his attitude toward the profession. It has always been thus. MORE... Labatt issues warning over tampered beer Labatt Breweries and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency are issuing a consumer advisory over bottles of Stella Artois beer that may have been tampered with.