Current Events - November 2007

I am a teacher in an English secondary school.

Last month in the teacher's staff room I stated my opinion that women are, on average, of lower intelligence than men.

I have now been suspended, pending further investigation.

I've never had any complaints about my teaching and have never been accused of treating male and female students differently.

Can you now not saying anything, or be honest about your opinions, in case you offend someone?

2007-11-06 02:05:27 · 48 answers · asked by Sense 1

We read that the Portuguese Police admit they found it difficult to control the McCanns appartment crime scene on the night of 3rd May 2007. But point out that the local officers had to contend with the alcohol filled McCanns and their 'Tapas' friends.

"They'd all been drinking. They weren't falling over but it was hard to deal with them"

'Leaks from inside the police investigation suggested the so-called Tapas Nine ordered daiquiris, martinis and beers before dinner, downed up to 14 bottles of wine with their meal, and usually enjoyed almond liqueur afterwards.'

Can we really blame local Portuguese Police for not being able to handle this child neglecting group of drunken Brits on a holiday binge ?

Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/11/06/nmaddy106.xml
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=491693&in_page_id=1770

2007-11-06 02:02:01 · 22 answers · asked by 17pdr 4

I remember that when the gas prices started to go up, people would get angry about it; wherever I went, stores, movie theathers etc. everyone was expressing their concerns; people organized protests, etc. And now when the prices are well above $3 a gallon it seems that nobody cares, at least I don't hear enough complains. What are your thoughts on it.

2007-11-06 01:54:30 · 14 answers · asked by julia 2

As an Englishman who owns many major US based companies I feel I must ask this.
I personally wont hear a bad word said against the USA.I own many Americans and have nothing but good feelings for them.
They are hard workers and many of the woman fancy me.

2007-11-06 01:19:14 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous

Do you think spending the money looking for oil in America is going to be better than paying over 3.00 a gallon of gas???

I was watching the news last night and they were doing a story on fuel economy and thought I would ask for other opinions.
Personnally I think if it will help keep gas prices down in the future, then it's worth looking into!!

2007-11-06 01:11:16 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

As an Englishman and owner of many US based companies I feel I must explain myself.
I am an international business magnate who currently owns over 250 companies in the USA.
I own many Americans as i will explain
They work for me=I own them
They stay in mt huts=I own them
They eat my bread=I own them
I apologise to those who see this as an insult, but these are facts.

2007-11-06 00:47:57 · 47 answers · asked by Anonymous

I think it's foolish to assume that Iran will simply simmer down like a scolded child.

2007-11-06 00:47:27 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

"I don't agree that Hezbollah itself is a terrorist organization. It delivers powdered milk; it takes care of people. It's a social organization; it's a political organization. It fights corruption."

-Robert Baer, 20 year CIA veteran, whose been referred to as, "perhaps the best on-the-ground field officer in the Middle East” by Seymour Hersh whose CIA career was the basis for the motion picture "Syriana".

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/tehran/interviews/baer.html

2007-11-06 00:15:28 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

I just logged on and things have changed on mine. The *stars* are now *blocks*, among other things...what's going on?

2007-11-06 00:11:02 · 5 answers · asked by CharJ, 6

1. Why do you think they would put themselves in that kind of situation?
2. How do Australians feel about John Howard? (I am not an Australian so don't know much about him and his government)
3. I can't understand why they would take that kind of a risk especially in Indonesia!

2007-11-05 23:36:35 · 2 answers · asked by always4him 1

Each of us has a responsibility to help each other. I would help people in need and if I were in their situation I would expect them to do the same thing for me. This is not only a moral duty but a civic one as well. This is my core value and this is who I am.

Your opinion?

Thanks

2007-11-05 21:56:55 · 38 answers · asked by toietmoi 3

if musharraf is assasinated or thrown out of his country, then the ISI is going to control pakistan and the terrorist influx into india is going to increase ten-fold. plus, these terrorists will soon get their hands on to the nuclear weapons as well.......if pakistan isn't stabilised soon, we may as well get ready for nuclear attacks by terrorists in different parts of the world

2007-11-05 21:52:17 · 18 answers · asked by Carrie 2

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7080507.stm

Former pop star Kerry Katona has revealed she is still smoking and drinking alcohol despite being four months pregnant.

what a selfish lady

what should be done to her?

2007-11-05 21:50:08 · 41 answers · asked by Anonymous

as an Englishman who owns many major US based companies I spend the majority of my time in the USA.
I like to drink and quite recently I managed to down 22 pints of Stella in a New York pub, just off Wall Street.
As I made my way home on the subway I felt an uncontrolable urge to puke. As I didnt want to cause a scene I noticed a lady standing up with her back to me.Her handbag was open, so I decided to puke in there.To my amazement she didnt notice and I got off at the next stop.Do you think I was polite to do this and not let the other passengers see me puke?

2007-11-05 21:10:54 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/evandavis/2007/11/on_the_buses.html

There are too many ignorant people in this country.

2007-11-05 19:35:30 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

What do you think to this statement.(The Society of Editors Conference in Manchester said that the number of individuals in the UK identified as having links with terrorism had risen to at least 2,000 from 1,600 in 2006.) Why aren't they they all deported. We would not be in this situation if we had listened to the only man who new what was going to happen in this country Enoch Powell. Also young people as young as 15 are being groomed as terrorists.

2007-11-05 18:32:13 · 10 answers · asked by rocky 3

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,2205766,00.html

2007-11-05 18:26:40 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/?qid=20071103110408AAqytPX

Many of the crimes on that list are far worse than anything the McCanns have been shown to be guilty of.

11% of children experience sexual abuse by people known but unrelated to them.

If anti-McCanns put as much energy into tackling this as they do bashing the McCanns, the idea that they have child neglect at the top of their agenda might be believable.

Though I suspect that many of them are more interested in bashing the McCanns than anything else.

They know who they are. You will too when you read their impolite answers to this.

2007-11-05 17:17:54 · 23 answers · asked by merz 3

2007-11-05 16:50:58 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-11-05 15:23:38 · 6 answers · asked by Duffman 5

2007-11-05 15:22:47 · 17 answers · asked by thepaladin38 5

are you worried about this or do you think that the govt will fix it pretty soon? what do you think the govt could do to keep the usa dollar from dropping in value? any predictions on this ?

2007-11-05 15:10:41 · 14 answers · asked by curvy_chick000 4

Surveys have been taken to show that 8% of the muslim population favor destruction to the USA. That is over 100,000 !!! What should the USA do ???

2007-11-05 15:04:42 · 4 answers · asked by rapturefuture 7

2007-11-05 14:20:29 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

Over Britney’s downward spiral, Paris’ prison tenure, stuff like that. The sort of stuff that makes you go, WHO CARES?

2007-11-05 13:56:00 · 6 answers · asked by blooutflash 3

2007-11-05 12:44:12 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

i don't,wish i made there money to bad people can't do something besides watch tv ...

2007-11-05 12:37:15 · 11 answers · asked by tornadoman1955 3

This article appeared in the NYT:
The Iraqi defector whose fabricated account of Baghdad's biological weapons program was crucial to the US case for war was to be identified on American TV as an accused thief and failed chemical engineering student.

Known as Curveball by Western intelligence agencies, the main was to be named for the first time, on CBS' 60 Minutes yesterday, as Rafid Ahmed Alwan.

According to the program, he earned low marks in chemical engineering at university and was accused of theft at an Iraqi TV station where he worked.

If this report is true, what does that say about the US invasion of Iraq? Was it simply an excuse to pursue an ideological agenda? What are your thoughts on this latest information?

2007-11-05 12:37:01 · 5 answers · asked by chris m 5

okay im not good in politics or w/e but whats the deal with us and iran?

and how long do you think till WW3

2007-11-05 12:33:50 · 5 answers · asked by americansavage18 1

even though they are in risk of the death penalty? and why won't the capital punishment Deterrent crimes?

2007-11-05 12:25:32 · 12 answers · asked by brandigen 1