Fat boy executed

Good riddens"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- An Ohio death row inmate was executed Tuesday after the Supreme Court rejected his last-minute plea that he was too overweight to be put to death. ...

'Intelligent' computers put to the [Turing] test

Comedian/Game Show Host Jeff Foxworthy wants to know if you're smarter than a 5th grader, but are you smarter than a computer? October 12, humans and 6 AI will face off to see if the programs can fool human judges into not being able to tell them apart from human beings. Ray...

The government is stealing your beer

I heard that the House voted against the bailout package and I was pretty shocked, as I think everyone was. Congressional leaders were hyping this up to be a done deal over the weekend and it seemed all but...

Poll on the economy: Americans gloomier, for now

"As people on Wall Street and Main Street hold their breath to see if a federal bailout of the nation's financial institutions will work, Americans are starting to speak — not whisper — the word "depression." In a sign that anxiety is growing, 33% of 1,011 adults surveyed...

Freedom/Liberty, The Abused Ideal!

Freedom/Liberty,  The abused Ideal. By, Uwe Paschen.  How often have we heard those words and used them our self? They can be traced back to the antiquity and yet many do not know their origine even less their...

Obama Will Make Debate A Townhall If McCain Doesn't Show

Obama is cleaning McCain's clock right now.    Here is what the Obama people are saying now about the debates.  "Barack Obama is committed to hosting a public, televised event Friday night in...

How To Make Friends…

Seems the American media has found this fine piece of writing from Heather Mallick at the CBC… and it’s starting to really get coverage. Fox did a piece on it today (sorry we can’t watch Fox in Vancouver), and the story is starting to travel. The whole story is rated...

Reid Blocks Online Predator Bill to Help Obama

"This Congress hasn't accomplished all that much, so you'd think they'd be eager to pass a no-brainer such as bipartisan legislation to protect kids from online predators. You'd be wrong. Last December, the House passed the Securing Adolescents from Exploitation Online Act by...

Palin White Trash according to CBC, Yeah Have a Beer aye

"I assume John McCain chose Sarah Palin as his vice-presidential partner in a fit of pique because the Republican money men refused to let him have the stuffed male shirt he really wanted. She added nothing to the...

Church to make posthumous apology to Charles Darwin

Charles Darwin created a big controversy with his evolutionary theory and powerful church leaders castigated him. Now after 126 long years Church of England has realised their mistake and agreed to issue an an apology. Darwin in his theory had said that man descended from the...

US Politics 2008: How Fear and Hope have shaped the current political landscape

"This recent press back that we are seeing in the media against Senator Obama is probably to be expected. Here is why...I think that it is representative of a greater issue than the US elections that is taking place...

Gambhir not upset by ICC snub

"Even after scoring the second highest ODI runs in 2008, Gautam Gambhir is not disappointed at not being nominated for the annual ICC Awards as he says the pride of representing the nation is ultimate to him. “I don’t think about creating records or winning awards. What I...

I will not retire: Sourav Ganguly

"Former captain Sourav Ganguly insisted that he was in no mood to hang up his boots as far as Test and Twenty20 cricket are concerned even though he is out of the ODI side and the selectors didn’t pick him in the Rest of India squad. “I would like to think I have a couple...

U.S. plan for Fannie, Freddie to hit shareholders: Takeover announcement exp...

UPDATE:  This happened as anticipated.  There is more complete look at the world financial situation HERE, and I recommend it.This is not your great-grandpa's bailout, but it is meant to reverse the worst...

CIA, FBI push 'Facebook for spies'

"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- When you see people at the office using such Internet sites as Facebook and MySpace, you might suspect those workers are slacking off. ...

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