Feedback to SteveAugust 12
In the United States homelessness in major cities is escalating as more laid-off workers already living paycheck-to-paycheck wind up on the streets or in shelters. / The good news of course is this should be anti-inflationary keeping the price of housing down.
The general leading 1,900 Canadian troops in Afghanistan says it's a dangerous mission, but the soldiers are ready for it and that the Canadian people can accept the risks. / Nineteen hundred Canadian troops, isn’t that all of them, what are Torontoians going to do when they require snow shovellers?
A report done under the auspices of the United States National Research Council shows there is a critical shortage of rhesus monkeys and it's hurting research. / The good news with Jerry Springer continuing his show there should still be a source of basic primates.
Having helped American forces bring down Hussein, Kurdish leaders are adjusting rapidly to the realities of post-Hussein politics. / Despite being a minority in a predominately Arab world the Kurds nevertheless hope to still have their way.
Demi Moore has ordered boyfriend Ashton Kushner to stop visiting strip clubs. He has sworn off them, much to the dismay of the dancers who know what a big tipper he was. / It's always nice to see some youth still listen to the elderly.
The Singapore Tourism Board is paying tribute to Ricky Martin naming a yellow-and-crimson-spotted orchid after him. / A flabbergasted Martin replied, "an orchid, hey you critics, see I’m no pansy."
Reports suggest that Paula Abdul may be asking for more money than Fox is willing to pay her for her return to American Idol. / Fox was going to pay her, until listening to Simon Cowell's devastating criticisms of her.
A Norwegian aquarium is offering a $140 bounty for American lobsters to prevent a transatlantic crustacean invasion fearing American lobsters could bring new diseases or gobble local marine life. / The American lobster is distinguishable by being loud-mouthed, arrogant and thinking their way of life is the only way.
Stray chickens are now fair game in the central Florida town of Bartow as City commissioners approved an ordinance to strip the fowls of protection under the city's status as a bird sanctuary, allowing the wandering birds to be captured and exiled from the city. / While chickens have lost their protection, in a move best described as self-preservation city commissioners are still protecting turkeys
Earlier today former Green Party presidential candidate Ralph Nader was hit with a pie as he endorsed party member Peter Camejo for California governor. / Commenting Nader said, "under the Green Party government the pie contents would be considered cancerous and the speed of delivery was dangerous."