When It Comes to the Penny, Washington Makes No Sense

"If you ran a business that sells a product for less than it costs to make, you’d soon be broke. So why is the U.S. government still in the business of making pennies? Each one of those tiny tributes to Abraham Lincoln costs 1.62 cents to manufacture. In other words, if...

Fixing DMCA takedown problems through shaming, legal reform

Big media have been using DMCA to force YouTube to take down protected speech, affecting individual's protected speech and the public's right to know. McCain has objected to this practice, which has affected both campaigns, and here Arstechnica comments on open letters just...

Tokyo Massacre! Seven Dead, 20 more wounded!

Tomohiro Kato, a young Japanese Man of 25 years old, Killed 7 in down town Tokyo last Sunday and wounded about 20 more with his Knifes and rental truck in a pedestrian area closed to traffic every Week End! In Japan where crime rate is the lowest among all Industrialized...

Candidates Put Profit Makers On Axis Of Evil

"There's little wrong with America that can't be fixed with a bit more attention to corporate profits. To boosting them, I mean. I know, it doesn't seem politic to say such things right now, what with presidential candidates ranging from Hillary Clinton to Mike Huckabee...

Kenyan police fight opposition protesters

" KISUMU, Kenya - Kenyan police fired in the air and used tear gas as hundreds of opposition protesters took to the streets on Wednesday in defiance of a ban on rallies against President Mwai Kibaki's disputed re-election. In the western opposition stronghold of Kisumu and...

Nigerian Legislative House To Declare Niger Delta A Disaster Zone

"Senator Ike Ekweremadu, yesterday said the Upper Legislative House will declare the Niger Delta region a disaster area, as part of Federal Government efforts at finding lasting solution to the problems of the zone.By declaring the area a disaster zone, the government will...