Feedback to SteveAugust 14
French health officials fear as many as 3,000 are dead from heat-related causes in a "veritable epidemic" blamed on record-high temperatures that are scorching much of Europe. / Thankfully for Americans their government knows that unlike weapons of mass destruction global warming is just a myth and no need for the Kyoto Protocols.
New York State Senator Ruben Diaz and a conservative legal group, Liberty counsel have filed a lawsuit charging that a public high school for gay, bisexual and transgender students violates laws against segregation. / Speaking about the lawsuit school officials said, "we only wish it sucked."
A plot by a suspected al Qaeda cell to target a British airliner was behind British Airways' decision Wednesday to immediately suspend flights to Saudi Arabia, a Saudi official has said. / American officials hearing this stated, "Thank God, I thought everybody just hated us."
The United Church of Canada has overwhelmingly voted to endorse same-sex marriages after an extensive and emotional debate. / Meanwhile the Roman Catholic church still condemns the same-sex marriages, If both churches stay fervent about their positions will this become something where you're damned if you do and damned if you don't?
American and Indian scientists said yesterday they've discovered a new carnivorous dinosaur species in India after finding bones in the western part of the country. / Wait a second, this is a new discovery and where exactly was Strom Thurmond interred?
A Toronto doctor has died of SARS yesterday, becoming the 44th person killed by the pneumonia-like illness in Canada. / Canadian officials assured American officials, "our war against SARS is just as over as your war in Iraq."
A policeman in western Japan is facing disciplinary measures after he was caught using a hidden camera to take a photograph up the skirt of a young woman, an official said yesterday. /The officer's defense was rather weak, he claimed he wanted to find out if they were like fingerprints, that no two were exactly the same.
Yesterday a German man lost his driving license after failing an alcohol test but his dog passed with flying colors, police in the western city of Koblenz said yesterday. / I'm all for seeing-eye-dogs for the visually impaired, however mark me uncertain regarding driving dogs for those just impaired.
Officials in a southern Malaysian state will soon enforce a new law that forbids people to wash clothes, cook or light a fire in public toilets. / If they're going to have all these restrictions than why provide public toilets in the first place?
Madonna's literary pursuit has turned to the subject of children from sex. The 44-year-old mother of two is coming out with a kids book, "The English Roses." / I think Madonna will be a great children's author, I've never heard use too big words.