| Youth Day crowds safe from toxins: authority
A SITE contaminated with underground toxins will be the venue for the arrival and official welcome of the Pope on his first mission of spreading the faith to Australian Catholics. The Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority has given assurances that any contamination is subterranean, has been contained and will not impinge on the safety of participants in World Youth Day. Chemicals such as cyanide, benzene, copper and lead were identified on the site two years ago by the Department of Environment and Climate Change. The department found that the poisons, as a result of the former gasworks in the area, posed a significant risk to human health. The department has declared the area on Hickson Road, which includes the Barangaroo site, an investigation area under the Contaminated Land Management Act.
Mickey Kaus
And, presumably, let the Afghans sell it to whomever they want. The price of heroin would fall. There would be more addicts. But fewer American British soldiers would have to die in Afghanistan--and we might actually win the war they're dying in. ... [via The Corner] 4:02 A.M. .
Hollow weenies
They're all so sorry now. They're lining up and rushing to the microphones, one steroid-cheating baseball player after another, to offer up heartfelt apologies, now that they see how easy the guy with the first apology got off. I've heard an awful lot of mentions of God and children and the right thing to do. .
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