(2007-11-30) — As a Sudanese court handed down a 15-day jail sentence for a British women convicted of allowing school children to name a teddy bear after The Prophet of Islam, Mattel Toys announced today it would delay the launch of its much-anticipated ‘Tickle Me Muhammad’ toy line.
The teacher, Gillian Gibbons, 54, narrowly escaped 40 [...]
Entries from November 2007
Sudan Teddy Case Stalls 'Tickle Me Muhammad' Launch
by Scott Ott · 69 Comments
Tags: Business · Global News
CNN to Team with Google for Next GOP Debate
by Scott Ott · 48 Comments
(2007-11-29) — After the success of last night’s CNN/YouTube debate, the Cable News Network today announced that for the next Republican presidential debate it would also team with YouTube’s parent company, Google, to do background research on the questioners.
“We were excited to learn about Google this morning,” said the CNN source. “We want to introduce [...]
Tags: Media/Journalism · Politics
Most Important Question at CNN/YouTube Debate
by Scott Ott · 41 Comments
According to official sources, the following is a video of the most important question slated to be asked at the CNN/YouTube Republican presidential debate.
After Riots, French Ask: Why Do Youths Hate Us?
by Scott Ott · 38 Comments
(2007-11-27) — After a night of rage and fire, during which rioting youths left 77 police officers injured in a predominantly-Muslim housing project in suburban Paris, the people of France awakened this morning to the obvious question: Why do youths hate us?
Overnight news reports from the neighborhood of Villiers-le-Bel described no common bond among the [...]
Tags: Global News
Bush Welcomes Gore with Low-Carbon Ceremony
by Scott Ott · 38 Comments
(2007-11-26) — President George Bush today demonstrated that he can be gracious to his defeated opponents by welcoming former presidential rival Al Gore to the White House with a low-carbon ceremony to celebrate Mr. Gore’s Nobel Peace Prize for publicizing man-made global warming.
The day’s events began when the White House sent an ox cart to [...]
NYC Murders Drop, Democrats Call for Cop Pull Out
by Scott Ott · 40 Comments
(2007-11-24) — As the number of murders in New York City reached a 40-year low, Democrats in Congress introduced a measure calling for an immediate and total pull-out of law enforcement personnel citing the high cost of fighting crime, the risk to those in uniform and “lack of political progress” in the city.
In a [...]
Tags: U.S. News
Bush Touts Hillary's Experience in White House, Senate
by Scott Ott · 72 Comments
(2007-11-21) — President George Bush told ABC News anchor Charlie Gibson this week that Sen. Hillary Clinton’s White House and Senate experience make her the Democrat candidate best prepared to face the Republican presidential nominee in 2008.
“In the White House, First Lady Clinton worked side-by-side with Vice President Al Gore, who I defeated in 2000,” [...]
Tags: Politics