Movable Type expertise needed

Sue is starting a new blog, and we’re using Movable Type. I’ve got a bunch of newbie questions for anyone who has an MT blog; like how do you upload pictures, how do I customize the look and feel, etc. Any help appreciated. Email me or leave a comment. Thx!

Face it: this treaty is dead, says Kinnock

European leaders should accept that the EU constitution is dead after it was rejected in the French referendum on Sunday, said the former EU commissioner Lord Kinnock today.

The former Labour leader warned that any attempt to ratify the treaty against the wishes of the European people would merely serve to increase the alienation [...]

It’s a class thing – CEO pay soars

CEOs at California’s largest 100 public companies took home a collective $1.1 billion in 2004, up almost 20% from 2003. That compares with the 2.9% raise that the average California worker saw last year,

“The average CEO made 42 times the average worker’s pay in 1980. That increased to 85 times in 1990 and [...]

Microsoft faces huge EU fine

Microsoft has until midnight tonight to comply with an EU anti-trust ruling on competitive practices or face fines of up to $5 million a day.

And now for something completely different

The Electric Amish …

“Three men, three beards, and no power. Cleaning up the vast wasteland of rock & roll!!! “

D’oh!

Experts: Petroleum may be nearing its peak

"I am opposed to every war but one"

By Eugene Debs

Eugene Debs was born in Indiana in 1855. A militant trade unionist, he became the leader of the Socialist Party. He is best known for his working-class and internationalist opposition to World War I.

After the U.S. entered the World War, Debs continued to speak out opposing the war. In 1918 he [...]

Annoying ringtone tops British charts!

Crazy Frog Axel F is based off the revving sound of a Swedish mo-ped.

“This song is incredibly irritating and puerile and we’re still trying to understand why people like it,” Gennaro Castaldo, a spokesman for HMV [A British music retailer], said.

Click Watch the Video to hear the ring tone. *I* [...]

All the elites were for it, the people were not

‘The second French revolution’

What the British press had to say about the result of the French EU referendum

After France’s no vote, all bets are off on EU

Foreclosure rates increase in 47 states

From the Washington Post

“Philadelphia, its suburbs and indeed much of Pennsylvania have experienced a foreclosure epidemic as low-income homeowners take on mortgage debt they cannot afford. In 2000, the Philadelphia sheriff auctioned 300 to 400 foreclosed properties a month; now he handles more than 1,000 a month. Allegheny County, which includes Pittsburgh, had [...]