| Democrats lead witch-hunt over Iraq's missing billions
TENS of billions of dollars have been lost through fraud in Iraq and mismanagement, with some of the money possibly funding the insurgency, a US House of Representatives Committee has been told. The claims came at the start of a four-day hearing by the House Government Oversight Committee, headed by Henry Waxman. Representatives of eight big companies with contracts in Iraq, including Haliburton, will testify at the hearing, and can expect a hostile reception from the Democrat-controlled committee. Mr Waxman said the hearing would expose breathtaking "waste, fraud and abuse" and made it clear he intends to pursue senior Bush Administration officials about their role in botched Iraq reconstruction programs. The Administration has been steeling itself for the Waxman hearings since the Democrats won control of Congress last November, and the first day of the hearings suggested that they were right to be concerned.
Women equal men in cardiac deaths
For the first time in 30 years, women have caught up to men in the number of annual deaths from cardiovascular disease, a new study revealed yesterday. According to the 2007 Heart and Stroke Foundation annual report on Canadian health, women now face a higher risk of dying from a heart attack or stroke than men. Compared with men, women with cardiovascular disease are less likely to be treated by a specialist, transferred to another facility for treatment or receive therapy including angioplasty to open clogged arteries or bypass surgery. .
Meshuggah Nuns- a new musical is making its way around the country
It's taken two thousand years to reach a rapprochement between Christians and Jews, but the moment has finally come! A new musical called Meshuggah Nuns is now making its way around the country, stopping at various theaters, even Jewish theaters. Though the material makes one feel squeamish at times, and the corn is high as an elephant's eye (to quote Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Oklahoma"), it is nonetheless a message of tolerance and infinite good will.
In this improbable tale, a bevy of nuns connect with a Jewish actor who has stumbled into their midst. Each proceeds to show warmth and respect for the other's customs and faiths, as they sing and dance and tell corny jokes.
It's Dan Goggin's latest development in his "Nunsense" series, a show theme which he has turned into a cottage industry.
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