Paris, France In a move that the USA is too cowardice to perform, the UK has announced plans for a one-off tax on bank bonuses to employees paid in 2009.  This move is being widely seen as a means to appease the public, whose hard earned tax money is being used for these bonuses.    France is in favor of matching the U.K.'s planned one-off tax on bank bonuses, and is likely to slap such a levy on bonuses to be paid out in 2010 for the past year, a senior French government official told... Full Story

In August, Microsoft had to apologize after it doctored a photo on a web page on their Polish website to remove a black man's image. Now, Universal Studios finds itself in the same boat.The U.K. version of the "Couples Retreat" promotional poster not only removes a black couple from the poster, it removes the actors' names, Faizon Love and Kali Hawk, from the poster as well. Above is the U.K. poster; below is the U.S. poster. The Mail reports: A spokesman for makers Universal Pictures... Full Story

Copenhagen, Denmark The debate on Global Warming has gone from bad to worse.  The detractors of global warming are arming themselves with useless facts, such as "XXX and YYY have seen the coldest summer in history", while completely ignoring the simple facts that the mean global temperature is steadily rising and that the polar ice caps are melting, which is causing the sea level to rise dramatically in areas.  By ignoring the important facts and concentrating on trivialities, they have amassed a large... Full Story