Jesse Owens: Owens felt the newspapers of the day reported 'unfairly' on Hitler's attitude towards him, A veteran German sports reporter has claimed that Adolf Hitler did in fact shake hands with black US athlete Jesse Owens at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. At the time, it was reported that Hitler had stormed out of the stadium furious that Owens, who had just run his way to the first of four... 

Leading professionals are becoming less intelligent, researchers said yesterday. Lawyers, doctors, accountants and bankers were all cleverer a generation ago, a study found. The startling conclusion was reached by academics looking into social mobility. They wanted to find out why those born into poor families in the 1970s were much less successful than those born in the 1950s. The research found... 

It’s good to be an economist and to know how to count. While we sit around wondering how many non-European immigrants there are in France, economist Gérard Pince has figured it out in an easy-as-one-two-three procedure that he shares with us in a post dated July 30. His opening paragraphs describes how invalid the official figures are; he then moves on to his own method: In fact, we have... 

Life is financially strained for most Americans. Millions of Americans are gritting their teeth hoping they won’t be laid off before they finish paying off their mortgage. White parents living in big cities need to spend a fortune on private schools for their kids unless they don’t mind them going to public school with minority gang members. This makes it impossible for many White Americans... 

Militia groups with gripes against the government are regrouping across the country and could grow rapidly, according to an organization that tracks such trends. The stress of a poor economy and a liberal administration led by a black president are among the causes for the recent rise, the report from the Southern Poverty Law Center says. Conspiracy theories about a secret Mexican plan to reclaim... 

A new virus is difficult to detect by tests because it is not closely related to the other three HIV variants. French researchers have identified a new human immunodeficiency virus, the first derived from gorillas, a report said Monday. The three previous HIV variants came from chimpanzees. The new findings indicate that gorillas, in addition to chimpanzees, are likely sources of HIV, the researchers... 

The British government has come up with a new idea on how to tailor citizenship to political loyalty and the country’s economic needs. Under a new points system, an applicant’s skills and respect for British values will count in his/her favour, while those showing an ‘active disregard’ for these values will be penalized by having points taken away. The new points test for... 

South Africa says elephant overpopulation is damaging the environment. South Africa plans on lifting its ban on the culling (government sanctioned slaughter) of their elephants, claiming they have too many. Biologist and elephant conservationist, Kristal Parks speaks about this and shows live video of a cull.  Read More »

THE 4TH OF JULY Have you ever wondered what happened to the 56 men who signed the Declaration of Independence? Five signers were captured by the British as traitors, and tortured before they died. Twelve had their homes ransacked and burned. Two lost their sons serving in the Revolutionary Army; another had two sons captured. Nine of the 56 fought and died from wounds or hardships of the Revolutionary... 

The American Jewish Committee (AJC) is to sue online bookseller Amazon for selling extreme right-wing books, the AJC’s Berlin office announced Friday. According to the AJC, around 50 books on sale on Amazon’s German website contain anti-Semitic sentiments, trivialise National Socialism, and deny the Holocaust. Some of the books have been classed as endangering to youth, a statement by the AJC... 

Michael Jackson has a false nose that was missing as he lay in the morgue, a witness has claimed. He said that there was simply a small hole where the singer’s nose should have been. The witness, who claimed to have seen Jackson’s body on an autopsy table, said: ‘The prosthesis he normally attached to his damaged nose was missing, revealing bits of cartilage surrounding a small dark... 

These weird creatures were found in an abandoned foundation pit in the Russian city of Chelyabinsk.  Read More »

An HIV-positive man was sentenced on Wednesday to eight years in prison after having unprotected sex with three women, including a 13-year-old girl. The 41-year-old, identified as Kennedy O., was found guilty of eight counts of attempted assault and the sexual abuse of a 13-year-old-girl after he slept with her and two girlfriends – a housewife and a hairdresser – without disclosing he had the... 

What a sick situation! An immigrant now represents England. Has England become an African colony? Besides, she's not even that beautiful... Her ambition is to follow in her uncle’s speedy footsteps and win Olympic gold. For Rachel Christie, that dream is still at least three years away. In the meantime, however, the 20- year-old niece of Linford Christie has just won another title – becoming... 

A Romanian city mayor has outraged Jewish and pro-democracy groups after he goose-stepped with his son in World War Two German uniforms at a fashion show. Wearing Nazi uniform is illegal in the eastern European country. The Centre for Monitoring and Combating Anti-Semitism (criticism and/or disliking Jews which are almost immune everywhere in the world has sent a letter to the country’s general...