To the Brink and Back

The finger pointing is slowly stopping. The media frenzy is abating. The blame game is not quite over but it has lost its earlier momentum. The dark war clouds have lightened and are being blown away. The crisis persists but there are voices of reason from both sides and,...

China welcomes UK Tibet decision

"China welcomes UK Tibet decision Zhu Weiqun speaks on Tibet A senior Chinese official has welcomed the UK's decision to recognise Beijing's direct rule over...

British Columbia: Police unveil cardboard cops

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorWell I have seen unattended Police cars on the side of the road as decoys to slow down speeders, now Cardboard Cutouts of Cops to slow down speeders is a new one on...

Police kill man in standoff over FEMA trailer

A man was killed in New Orleans today after a 10-hour standoff with police. His neighbours said he suffered from mental illness for most of his life, but that it got much worse since Hurricane Katrina." Eric...

Layoffs rise 68 percent in April vs March: survey

"U.S. companies' planned layoffs jumped 68 percent in April from the prior month to the highest since September 2006, pointing to further deterioration in the labor market, a report showed on Thursday."

PoV: Salling Clicker v3.5 and Nokia E61

“Salling Clicker is ouraward-winning remote control software. It lets you control popularapplications from a mobile phone or handheld computer through a userinterface similar to a portable media player”- quoted from Salling Clicker website I would say that it’s a pretty...

Judge calls rape victim 'stupid'

Certainly a Judge who is a tad unravelled, bringing another point on a flawed Canadian Justice system."Judge calls rape victim 'stupid' By PABLO FERNANDEZ, SUN MEDIA The Calgary Sun To have a judge refer to...

Hearing Impaired Man Tased by Police In Own Home

This is almost as bad as the pregnant woman being tasered. At least no one died or was seriously injured this time around."Donnell Williams had just gotten out of the bath tub, wearing only a towel around his...

NORTH TONAWANDA: Gay high school student is out for justice

"By Phil Dzikiy/dzikiyp@gnnewspaper.com  “We’ve never had a child quite like Michael.”  According to Rhonda Mangus, an employee of the North Tonawanda School District said this about her son, Michael Mangus, who came out as gay in eighth grade.  Michael...

Practice Safe Skype: IM Worm Alert

Skypers and MSN eye-emmers, take note: the worm is back. Specialists believe that this new threat is from the same folks who brought us an earlier version, but this one can hop ont Microsoft's Instant Messenger client. Yikes. Only communicate with people you trust when using...

Blogging: A Burstable Bubble?

I was gonna post this on my blog, but I kinda don't feel like it.But seriously, I think that blogging as a zeitgeist will definitely have a shelf-life, but purpose-based blogs and serially-updated watchdog sites will live on: basically, blogs with no reason to live will...

Metal-Detector Gloves: Ma'am, Your Bum is Setting Off My Alarm

These newfangled metal-detector gloves "enable a search to be carried out more discreetly"? In what sense? Do they expect British cops to be out playing grab-*ss in public? Uh-oh. Sounds like a privacy nightmare and a porno plot, all in one.I like sci-fi gloves, too, but...

Thursday night thoughts

"Falwell, Dobson, and Robertson: the left’s favorite targets for pointing out the undeniable truth that Christians are both human and flawed. I thought about these three men when reading Howard Fineman’s piece on the Orlando conference of religious broadcasters. Mr....

Death Penalty Upheld For Muslim Sgt.

"On March 22, 2003 Hasan Akbar rolled grenades into the tents of his fellow 101st Airborne, at Camp Pennsylvania, Kuwait. The attack, which was carried out the night before the unit was supposed to cross into Iraq, killed Captain Christopher Seifert, 27, and Air Force Major...

Enough is enough. Ya basta!

I received this via email from Velcrow Ripper, a  film maker, and friend of Brad Will.  The email is regarding the murder of Brad Will, Emilio Alonso Fabian & Esteban Lopez by plain clother police...

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