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Deport Piers Morgan Petition Gains Steam

by Tom McGregor	Sun, Dec 23, 2012, 09:59 PM
CNN TV News host, Piers Morgan, is a citizen of Great Britain, but he earns a high salary in the United States for touting a plan to eliminate the 2^nd amendment rights of American gun owners. Read More Add Comment (1)

Union Demands Overtime Pay for Smiling

by Tom McGregor	Sat, Dec 22, 2012, 02:58 AM
A Hong Kong-based labor union threatened to launch wide-scale strikes, so that its union workforce could earn a 2% hike in wages for being asked to "smile on the job." The union contends that smiling was not stipulated in contracts as "job duties." Read More Add Comment (0)

Putin Offers Russian Passport to Depardieu

by Tom McGregor	Sat, Dec 22, 2012, 02:31 AM
Russian President Vladimir Putin offered Gerard Depardieu, a French actor, a Russian passport on Thursday, announcing he would welcome the 63-year-old celebrity who has been embroiled in a bitter dispute with the French Socialist government. Read More Add Comment (0)

Ryan Poised to Replace Boehner as House Speaker

by Tom McGregor	Sat, Dec 22, 2012, 02:11 AM
Laura Ingraham appeared on Fox News to announce that a "well-placed conservative voice" claims that U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan (R.-Wi.) is in line to replace Rep. John Boehner (R.-Oh.) as Speaker of the House. Read More Add Comment (0)

Jihadis 'Come Home to Roost' in Alabama

by Tom McGregor	Fri, Dec 21, 2012, 10:47 PM
As much of the world has suspected, L.A. (Lower Alabama) has become premier stomping grounds for global jihadists seeking to unleash a new wave or radical Islamist terrorism. Many Alabamans have joined in on the 'roll tide' of terror cells and getting their groove on with sharia law. Read More Add Comment (0)

Strikes to Shut down US Ports

by Tom McGregor	Fri, Dec 21, 2012, 10:12 PM
President Barack Obama will utilize a unique strategy to narrow the U.S.-China trade gap. To reduce massive trade deficits, he has called for dockworkers nationwide to go on strike to shut down ports to prevent a flood of imports into the country. Read More Add Comment (0)

Time for Merry not Gloomy Christmas

by Tom McGregor

Fri, Dec 21, 2012, 03:05 AM

Ad Claus.jpg BEIJING: Maybe it’s only me, but does it seem the Christmas Season holiday spirit this year appears more gloomy than merry? Perhaps, it’s because I’m a U.S. citizen who now lives in Beijing, but this will be my third time to celebrate the holidays here in the country, and I don’t ever recall a time when such an air of sadness seemed to prevail at this time of year.

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'Free Tibet' Self-Immolation Publicity Stunts

by Tom McGregor	Thu, Dec 20, 2012, 09:34 PM
BEIJING: Buddhists texts say that all life is sacred, which explains why many Buddhists are vegetarians, since they don’t want to be held responsible for the deaths of even animals. Accordingly, suicide is forbidden for its religious followers, and particularly for Buddhist monks. Read More Add Comment (3)

Doomsday Prophets, just not Biblical

by Tom McGregor	Thu, Dec 20, 2012, 02:48 AM
Well, the much-anticipated date of December 21, 2012 is coming and some people think cataclysmic events may occur on that day. But does the Mayan calendar really correspond with the same dates of our contemporary calendar? Read More Add Comment (0)

Singapore Ranks No 1 on 'Unhappy' Index

by Tom McGregor	Wed, Dec 19, 2012, 11:54 PM
What nation ranks number 1 for having the world's most unhappy people? Well, if you think the answer would be: North Korea, Somalia or Iran then you would be mistaken. Singapore is considered to be saddest place on earth, according to a global Gallup poll. Read More Add Comment (6)

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