As every Olympic athlete knows, size matters. The London 2012 medals are the largest ever in terms of both weight and diameter – almost double the medals from Beijing. However, just as equally well-known is that quality beats quantity and that is where the current global austerity, coin-clipping, devaluation-fest begins. The 2012 gold is 92.5 percent silver, 6.16 copper and… 1.34 percent gold,... 

A 150-page report issued by the United Nations-backed Global Commission on HIV and the Law says that nations around the world should legalize prostitution and “decriminalize the voluntary use of illegal injection drugs” to fight HIV, CNS News reported Monday. Although the 15-member panel met in 2010, it is just now issuing its final report. In that report, the commission recommends repealing... 

Peter Sutherland’s global migration forum brings together 160 nations to discuss policy Anyone who doubts that there is a deliberate plan to destroy Europe should carefully read this BBC news story, which reports: “The EU should do its best to undermine the homogeneity of its member states, the UN’s special representative for migration has said. Peter Sutherland told peers the future prosperity... 

Recovering: The premature baby was found in a bin, with placenta and umbilical cord still attached, in Anshan city in northeast China An abandoned newborn baby is recovering in hospital after having her throat cut, being put in a plastic bag and thrown into a garbage bin in China’s Liaoning province. The female baby – so newborn that her placenta and umbilical cord were still attached –... 

Israeli Knesset member Michael Ben-Ari tears up the bible before dumping it in the trash. A member of the Israeli parliament has torn up a copy of the New Testament and thrown it in the trash reported the Washington Post. An edition of the Bible had been distributed to all members of the Knesset by Victor Kalish, the head of a Christian publishing society. According to Israel’s NRG news website,... 

Here’s another news brief from the backlog that accumulated while I was in Brussels. It’s from our Swedish correspondent PMP, and concerns a recent decision by the Swedish government to extend “free” healthcare to all illegal immigrants. As with similar decisions by the American government concerning “undocumented” migrants from Latin America, the ruling renders the distinction between... 

A company charged with decontaminating the devastated Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant encouraged its workers to falsely lower their radiation dosimeter readings by covering the devices with lead, according to a leaked tape of an internal meeting. Nuclear plant workers are not allowed to be exposed to more than 50 millisieverts of radiation a year. But managers at Build-up, a company that provided insulation... 

Much has been said about the advantages of immigration and not much said about the disadvantges of it. At this particular time, Britain and Europe are, and have been, experiencing a surge of immigration that is unparalleled in their respective histories. Never in history have such a diverse and sometimes alien cultures migrated into other civilizations in such a way and this without the consent or... 

English language schools whose students entered New Zealand on fraudulently obtained visas say they had no way of knowing about the scam. A routine audit by Immigration New Zealand’s Beijing branch last month uncovered 279 fraudulent visas. Of that total, 231 students are still in the country with the visas and authorities are trying to track them down. The scheme involved education advisors... 

Human rights activists hang a banner on a US Embassy fence after placing a plastic tank in front of the building, demanding an arms trade treaty to control weapons’ commerce between Mexico and the United States, Mexico City, Tuesday. Mexican activists have staged a protest rally in front of the US Embassy in the capital Mexico City, criticizing the American government for blocking efforts to... 

Almost 1,000 innocent people have been wrongly spied on by the police, security services and town halls because of errors in “snooping” requests. Two people were even arrested and wrongly accused of crimes they did not commit because officials wrote down incorrect details, a surveillance watchdog revealed. And a local council wrongly used snooping powers designed to combat crime to spy on a family... 

An image posted on Facebook shows a C-130 cargo plane spraying mosquitoes over the Florida city of Homestead at an altitude of just 150 feet, again stoking concerns that the military is becoming an increasing presence in domestic affairs. The photo was taken by Tico Vilarioo, who questioned why a task normally designated to state and local authorities was now being put under military control, in violation... 

Republican candidate Mitt Romney (L) and US President Barack Obama Iran’s amicable relations with Latin American states, in particular Venezuela, has become a sticking point in the US presidential campaign, with both leading contenders trading accusations on policies towards South American states allied with the Islamic Republic. The tit-for-tat began when Republican candidate Mitt Romney and his... 

Shocked: Erica Masters was asleep when Columbia County Code Compliance Officer Jimmy Vowell entered her Martinez, Georgia, home without permission A woman got the shock of her life when she woke up to find a stranger in her bedroom, yelling at her to wake up because her grass was too long. Erica Masters was asleep when Columbia County Code Compliance Officer Jimmy Vowell entered her Martinez, Georgia,... 

Want an example of how a liberal society is set up to eventually commit suicide? A feminist journalist from England, Cinnamon Heathcote-Drury, got involved in a case that serves as just such an example. Heathcote-Drury got her world turned upside down over the last few months, and the liberalism of her own self-defeating British culture is what did her in. One has to feel for her, if only a little...