Richard Stallman: Open Sores' Arrogant Sexist? [UPDATED x3]

UPDATE: 8-20-09: i wish to retract my unduly harsh use of the term "sociopath" in describing Richard Stallman. my sincere apologies. there are some excellent arguments, very well worded in a comment posting below...

Thailand blocks 2,300 websites for insulting monarchy

In the first big digital crackdown Thailand government has banned hundreds of websites who allegedly have been spreading information offending the monarchy. This plan has been on cards for long time. In fact, Thailand's  Ministry of Information and Communications...

British Mental Health System Used To Detain Suspected Criminals

A disturbing case has recently come to my attention regarding the north east london mental health authority of Haringey. A recent muslim convert after suffering harassment at the hands of his neighbours, as a result of his new found faith, was detained under the mental...

North America's 1st carbon tax rolls out under fire

"VANCOUVER, British Columbia (Reuters) - Civic leader Scott Nelson says he is as worried as anyone about global warming, but that does not make him happy to be one of the first North Americans to pay a carbon tax to curb climate change. Nelson, mayor of Williams Lake, British...

Radical Islam: "Insult to Free Speech"

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorA Canadian who takes exception to Canada's Free Speech, certainly has not witnessed the horrors of repressed speech as the world is full of detractors to free...

Indonesian masseuses told to padlock pants:

"A bid by a local government in Indonesia's East Java province to curb prostitution by asking masseuses to wear a padlock on their pants was an insult, a newspaper quoted the minister for women's empowerment as saying. The recently implemented policy in the tourist area of...

Anti-Quran film insult all religions, says World Churches Council

"The World Council of Churches has reviled an anti-Quran film by Dutch lawmaker Geert Wilders as an insult to all religions and an attempt to incite hatred."We believe this film does not represent the view of the Dutch people or Christians regarding Islam," Rima Barsoum, the...

Press Review 22 January 2008

"Press Review 22 January 2008 Tuesday by Frank Scimone 22-01-2008 Geert Wilders"Wilders, Wilders, Wilders" screams another full-page article over Dutch Freedom Party MP Geert Wilders in today's Volkskrant. This time however de Volkskrant is not reporting about the Dutch...

Media Insists On The Horserace When We Want The Issues

 Michele Norris wastes some of John Edwards's time. . . and ours"by Red Wind Thu Jan 17, 2008 at 05:59:16 AM PST As has now been acknowledged by practically everyone, John Edwards don’t get no respect. . . at least not when it comes to the establishment media. Not...

What you should do if you have a stupid kid

"1. Honesty Try to get them to understand that they are, in fact, not bright. It doesn’t need to be phrased like an insult, and you probably shouldn’t wait until they have fucked up something serious raise the issue either. "

The Montreal Massacre, 18 years later

Eighteen years ago today, at L'Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, Marc Lepine opened fire and killed fourteen women and inured several others before turning the gun on himself. His reason seemed blunt and horribly...

Bill O'Reilly lies; insults Helen Thomas

To the Fox News Ombudsman - From: der Dunkel Rover Sent: Wednesday, 05 December 2007 11:43 To: 'DhuePoint@FOXNews.com' Subject: O'Reilly distortion It is truly unfortunate today that ad hominem attacks pass for “commentary”. However, your boy Bill has done it...

Chávez's Sacrilegious Spin on Being Told to Shut Up.

Chavez associates himself with the persecution of "Jesus Christ" upon being rebuked by the King of Spain."Hugo Chávez is not shutting up. Venezuela's president stepped up his verbal counter-attack against the...

TAKING TO THE STREET ON INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY

"FOR RELEASE For further information: http://indigenouspeoplesday.com/ (Exclusively released to Native outlets) Denver—Taking to the street in downtown Denver to confront the annual Columbus Day parade may be...

Ahmadinejad = Flip Flopper

Um, I've done three stories on this already. One saying he's going and the Bloomberg Administration was behind it. Another saying that they were not going to provide security so he wasn't going. And then another...

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