Sunday, May 22, 2011
Saturday, May 21, 2011
Tennessee politicians get their childish way
Hate and ignorance drive some to do the most childish things...
A bill passed Friday by the Tennessee Senate would forbid public school teachers and students in grades kindergarten through eight from discussing the fact that some people are gay.
Opponents deride the measure as the "don't say gay bill." They say it's unfair to the children of gay parents and could lead to more bullying. Supporters say it is intended to give teachers clear guidance for dealing with younger children on a potentially explosive topic.
Read more here.
A bill passed Friday by the Tennessee Senate would forbid public school teachers and students in grades kindergarten through eight from discussing the fact that some people are gay.
Opponents deride the measure as the "don't say gay bill." They say it's unfair to the children of gay parents and could lead to more bullying. Supporters say it is intended to give teachers clear guidance for dealing with younger children on a potentially explosive topic.
Read more here.
Friday, May 20, 2011
Kirsten Powers: Idiot of the Day
Kirsten "I've completely missed the point" Powers says:
By marching in fishnets and bras with the word “slut” scrawled on their bodies, the organizers of the “Slut Walk” movement insist they’re feminists standing up for their rights. But Kirsten Powers says they may actually be hurting their cause.
I don't think you hurt your cause, but you have caused poor Ms. Powers to become confused...publicly.
Read more here.
By marching in fishnets and bras with the word “slut” scrawled on their bodies, the organizers of the “Slut Walk” movement insist they’re feminists standing up for their rights. But Kirsten Powers says they may actually be hurting their cause.
I don't think you hurt your cause, but you have caused poor Ms. Powers to become confused...publicly.
Read more here.
Raleigh North Carolina police defend the homophobes
Check out the hateful spew coming from that woman on the stage...
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Rick Santorum: Idiot of the Day
Rick Santorum, torture lover and all around sick fuck, is at it again...
Former Sen. Rick Santorum said Tuesday that Sen. John McCain, who spent 5 1/2 years enduring brutal treatment at the hands of his North Vietnamese captors, doesn't know how effective waterboarding and other harsh interrogation techniques can be. The Republican presidential contender insisted the tactics led the United States to al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden.
Btw, don't Google Rick's name...ever.
Read more here.
Former Sen. Rick Santorum said Tuesday that Sen. John McCain, who spent 5 1/2 years enduring brutal treatment at the hands of his North Vietnamese captors, doesn't know how effective waterboarding and other harsh interrogation techniques can be. The Republican presidential contender insisted the tactics led the United States to al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden.
Btw, don't Google Rick's name...ever.
Read more here.
Corporate Arrogance: Disney Moves To Claim Trademark to “Seal Team Six”
Walt Disney Co. (DIS) has applied for a trademark on the name "Seal Team 6," the name of the unit of specially trained Navy SEALs that killed Osama bin Laden in a raid in Pakistan earlier this month.
Three applications filed May 3 — the day after the raid — with the U.S. Patent and Trademark office by Disney Enterprises state an intention to use the mark for a range of products, including entertainment and education services, clothing, toys, games and Christmas stockings.
Companies have tried to trademark combat-related terms before. A day after U.S. allied forces entered Iraq in 2003, Sony applied to trademark the war's catchphrase, "shock and awe," for use as the title of a video game. The application was later abandoned.
Three applications filed May 3 — the day after the raid — with the U.S. Patent and Trademark office by Disney Enterprises state an intention to use the mark for a range of products, including entertainment and education services, clothing, toys, games and Christmas stockings.
Companies have tried to trademark combat-related terms before. A day after U.S. allied forces entered Iraq in 2003, Sony applied to trademark the war's catchphrase, "shock and awe," for use as the title of a video game. The application was later abandoned.
The Entertainment Industry suffers setback after French hack
The Entertainment Industry's efforts to turn the Net into their own revenue generation vehicle has suffered a teeny setback.
The French government’s “three strikes” approach to online copyright infringement relies on a private company that scans file sharing networks and gathers the IP addresses of alleged Gallic content pirates. But that company, TMG, suffered an embarrassing security breach last week, and the French government has “temporarily suspended” its acquisition of new TMG data while an investigation is underway.
The embarrassing episode began last week when a French writer found a highly insecure TMG server on the internet and managed to extract internal TMG executables and scripts, along with a cache of IP addresses. According to the initial report, the security on the server was so bad that “one wonders if TMG recently became a Sony subsidiary” — or if the server was a honeypot.
Read more here.
The French government’s “three strikes” approach to online copyright infringement relies on a private company that scans file sharing networks and gathers the IP addresses of alleged Gallic content pirates. But that company, TMG, suffered an embarrassing security breach last week, and the French government has “temporarily suspended” its acquisition of new TMG data while an investigation is underway.
The embarrassing episode began last week when a French writer found a highly insecure TMG server on the internet and managed to extract internal TMG executables and scripts, along with a cache of IP addresses. According to the initial report, the security on the server was so bad that “one wonders if TMG recently became a Sony subsidiary” — or if the server was a honeypot.
Read more here.
WikiLeaks: Canadians secretly added to U.S. security list
More reasons to distrust Lord Harper, the Moron's Choice™
The Canadian Security Intelligence Service, Canada's principal intelligence agency, routinely transmits to U.S. authorities the names and personal details of Canadian citizens who are suspected of, but not charged with, what the agency refers to as "terrorist-related activity."
The criteria used to turn over the names are secret, as is the process itself.
But a new cache of WikiLeaks documents pertaining to Canada lays bare the practice. It contains not only frank assessments by U.S. officials of Canadian co-operation, but the names of 27 Canadian citizens turned over by their own government as possible threats, along with 14 other names of foreign nationals living in Canada.
In at least some cases, the people in the cables appear to have been named as potential terrorists solely based on their associations with other suspects, rather than any actions or hard evidence.
Read more here.
The Canadian Security Intelligence Service, Canada's principal intelligence agency, routinely transmits to U.S. authorities the names and personal details of Canadian citizens who are suspected of, but not charged with, what the agency refers to as "terrorist-related activity."
The criteria used to turn over the names are secret, as is the process itself.
But a new cache of WikiLeaks documents pertaining to Canada lays bare the practice. It contains not only frank assessments by U.S. officials of Canadian co-operation, but the names of 27 Canadian citizens turned over by their own government as possible threats, along with 14 other names of foreign nationals living in Canada.
In at least some cases, the people in the cables appear to have been named as potential terrorists solely based on their associations with other suspects, rather than any actions or hard evidence.
Read more here.
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin aims to become the most disgusting man in North America
What kind of fucked up mind would do something like this?
Gov. Scott Walker believes a new law that gives gay couples hospital visitation rights violates the state constitution and has asked a judge to allow the state to stop defending it.
The comments cover the intellectual ground from "I love my dog, but I can't marry it! That's UNFAIR!" to "I don't see why your choice of lifestyle should entitle you to special privileges."
But nothing beats the old favorite: We put this to a vote and the people have spoken. "THAT Is What Democracy Looks Like!"
Read more here.
Gov. Scott Walker believes a new law that gives gay couples hospital visitation rights violates the state constitution and has asked a judge to allow the state to stop defending it.
The comments cover the intellectual ground from "I love my dog, but I can't marry it! That's UNFAIR!" to "I don't see why your choice of lifestyle should entitle you to special privileges."
But nothing beats the old favorite: We put this to a vote and the people have spoken. "THAT Is What Democracy Looks Like!"
Read more here.
Huge lines form at Starbucks
Men who drink six cups of coffee a day showed a lower risk of developing a deadly type of prostate cancer compared with nondrinkers, a large U.S. study suggests.
The study by researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health compared risk of aggressive prostate cancer among 47,911 U.S. men in the Health Professionals Follow-Up Study. Participants reported their coffee consumption every four years from 1986 to 2008.
Read more here.
The study by researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health compared risk of aggressive prostate cancer among 47,911 U.S. men in the Health Professionals Follow-Up Study. Participants reported their coffee consumption every four years from 1986 to 2008.
Read more here.
Lady Gaga pisses off the press ahead of her terrible new CD
Good PR there genius.
Lady Gaga is now demanding that photographers surrender the copyright of photos taken at her concerts – and photographers are incensed.
Washington, D.C. website TBD.com made this practice public on Friday when they published the release form given to their photographer Jay Westcott. In addition to standard release restrictions regarding the use of images shot at her concerts, the document states that any photos taken at the show become the property of Lady Gaga. This an especially bold demand as the government has established that copyright exists the moment when a work is created, which in this case is the moment when a photographer clicks their shutter button.
Read more here.
Lady Gaga is now demanding that photographers surrender the copyright of photos taken at her concerts – and photographers are incensed.
Washington, D.C. website TBD.com made this practice public on Friday when they published the release form given to their photographer Jay Westcott. In addition to standard release restrictions regarding the use of images shot at her concerts, the document states that any photos taken at the show become the property of Lady Gaga. This an especially bold demand as the government has established that copyright exists the moment when a work is created, which in this case is the moment when a photographer clicks their shutter button.
Read more here.
Mayor Ford learns a new word from the conservative attack book: Socialists
Ooooooooo BOOOOOOO Socialists!!!
Mayor Rob Ford lashed out at opponents of garbage privatization plans on Tuesday as he announced a conciliatory move that now gives council the final say on garbage contract bids.
Blah blah blah, the Mayor stamps his feet when he want something....
Time to throw a bone to the Ford Nation, filled with tasty buzz words to feed the hungry...
"We're going to have the other side of people that are going to have respect for taxpayers' money, that want to bring accountability to City Hall, that are sick and tired of the tax-and-spend socialists down in this city. That's where it's going to come down to. So we're going to have the left or you're going to have the right."
You're either for me, or against me.
What a dim little man.
Read more here.
Mayor Rob Ford lashed out at opponents of garbage privatization plans on Tuesday as he announced a conciliatory move that now gives council the final say on garbage contract bids.
Blah blah blah, the Mayor stamps his feet when he want something....
Time to throw a bone to the Ford Nation, filled with tasty buzz words to feed the hungry...
"We're going to have the other side of people that are going to have respect for taxpayers' money, that want to bring accountability to City Hall, that are sick and tired of the tax-and-spend socialists down in this city. That's where it's going to come down to. So we're going to have the left or you're going to have the right."
You're either for me, or against me.
What a dim little man.
Read more here.
His Lord Mayor Ford now has his own castle
After three-quarters of a century, the Kiwanis Club is ready to let someone else worry about polishing the armour and sweeping the stables at Toronto’s Casa Loma. It has agreed to hand over operations of the city-owned tourist attraction in return for more than $1.4-million for the paintings, furniture and other artifacts and trademarks it will leave behind...
“It’s just got to be a place where Torontopays plays”
Read more here.
“It’s just got to be a place where Toronto
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Israeli couple really don't Like their child
Let's inflict a lifetime of scorn on our child, because...because...we're clueless....weeeeeeeeeee!
First there was baby "Facebook" and now this: An Israeli couple has named their kid "Like."
Let the Valley Girl jokes ensue.
The Israeli news source Galgalatz reports that Lior and Vardit Adler are the proud parents of a bouncing baby girl named after the Facebook Like button, which recently celebrated its first birthday.
Apparently, the parents were looking to call their daughter something unique. The moniker is not meant to be a gimmick, and they say that they're not shilling for Facebook. They just like (pun intended) the meaning behind the name.
Read more here.
First there was baby "Facebook" and now this: An Israeli couple has named their kid "Like."
Let the Valley Girl jokes ensue.
The Israeli news source Galgalatz reports that Lior and Vardit Adler are the proud parents of a bouncing baby girl named after the Facebook Like button, which recently celebrated its first birthday.
Apparently, the parents were looking to call their daughter something unique. The moniker is not meant to be a gimmick, and they say that they're not shilling for Facebook. They just like (pun intended) the meaning behind the name.
Read more here.
WikiLeaks: The American love them some Harper
All the man thinks of is money and war. No wonder the Americans love him.
One missive from the U.S. Embassy In Ottawa describes Harper as a "strong friend of the U.S."
"[We] believe we are better off with him at the helm in Canada," the cable classified confidential and dated May 7, 2007 says.
It notes a key Harper priority has been to enhance Canada's relationship with the U.S. — and the U.S. Embassy officials note "an improved willingness" to co-operate on bilateral and international issues.
But, the cable notes, polling suggests public concern that the prime minister aligns Canada too closely with the U.S. foreign policy agenda.
They needn't worry. The electorate just gave Harper the go ahead to bend this country over. Come and get it.
Read more here.
One missive from the U.S. Embassy In Ottawa describes Harper as a "strong friend of the U.S."
"[We] believe we are better off with him at the helm in Canada," the cable classified confidential and dated May 7, 2007 says.
It notes a key Harper priority has been to enhance Canada's relationship with the U.S. — and the U.S. Embassy officials note "an improved willingness" to co-operate on bilateral and international issues.
But, the cable notes, polling suggests public concern that the prime minister aligns Canada too closely with the U.S. foreign policy agenda.
They needn't worry. The electorate just gave Harper the go ahead to bend this country over. Come and get it.
Read more here.
The National Hockey League: Idiots of the Day
No no, mustn't have fans show their love of the team...well, not without paying up first...
The lawyers behind this action are idiots of the highest order. Good luck cleaning up this PR disaster.
The National Hockey League is demanding $89,000 from a Montreal restaurant that displayed a Montreal Canadiens sweater and the words "Go Habs Go" on a sign.
The owner of a Basha franchise in downtown Montreal put an image on an outside wall showing the name of the restaurant and a man slicing shawarma while wearing a red Canadiens sweater.
But a lawyer working for the league sent a letter saying the sweater and the slogan are trademarks, and that the owner will have to pay the sum for copyright infringement.
Read more here.
The lawyers behind this action are idiots of the highest order. Good luck cleaning up this PR disaster.
The National Hockey League is demanding $89,000 from a Montreal restaurant that displayed a Montreal Canadiens sweater and the words "Go Habs Go" on a sign.
The owner of a Basha franchise in downtown Montreal put an image on an outside wall showing the name of the restaurant and a man slicing shawarma while wearing a red Canadiens sweater.
But a lawyer working for the league sent a letter saying the sweater and the slogan are trademarks, and that the owner will have to pay the sum for copyright infringement.
Read more here.
RIAA out pirates the pirates
The Recording Industry Association of America's (RIAA) ruthless pursuit of music pirates was firmly rooted in the belief that it's better to be feared than loved. Last week, defunct peer-to-peer client Limewire agreed pay $105M to the major record labels...
...But with the revelation that none of that money will go to the artists whose music was being stolen, the RIAA's methods stand to draw more contempt, likely without being responsible for the (relatively) declining rates of music piracy.
Read more here.
...But with the revelation that none of that money will go to the artists whose music was being stolen, the RIAA's methods stand to draw more contempt, likely without being responsible for the (relatively) declining rates of music piracy.
Read more here.
Monday, May 16, 2011
Fox and Seth MacFarlane are devoid of originality
I can not express how awful this sounds.
Fred Flintstone is positively intellectual compared to any of Mr. MacFarlane's creations.
Yabba dabba do, Seth MacFarlane will finally achieve his dream! The mastermind behind Family Guy will reboot the classic animated series The Flintstones for Fox.
Fox execs made the announcement at the network’s presentation today in New York. The show will go in production this fall for a 2013 launch.
Read more here.
Fred Flintstone is positively intellectual compared to any of Mr. MacFarlane's creations.
Yabba dabba do, Seth MacFarlane will finally achieve his dream! The mastermind behind Family Guy will reboot the classic animated series The Flintstones for Fox.
Fox execs made the announcement at the network’s presentation today in New York. The show will go in production this fall for a 2013 launch.
Read more here.
Stephen Hawking gets some believers to lash out
Stephen Hawking said in a recent interview:
A belief that heaven or an afterlife awaits us is a "fairy story" for people afraid of death, Stephen Hawking has said.
In a dismissal that underlines his firm rejection of religious comforts, Britain's most eminent scientist said there was nothing beyond the moment when the brain flickers for the final time.
This has caused at least one believer, a one Brad Hirschfield, to get downright huffy:
While nobody should belittle or demean such purist rationalism, like all purists, those who assume that any one way of knowing the world, or of understanding life, tend to miss out on many things. The pure rationalists may find it hard to fall in love, dream big dreams, create/appreciate non-representational art, and, quite ironically, do certain kinds of scientific and philosophical research which demands imagining that what we currently know or even can currently conceive of knowing, should define the limits of what we can do or attempt to do. It's their loss, but hardly makes them foolish.
Meow. Turn the other cheek, let me scratch that one too.
Read more here.
A belief that heaven or an afterlife awaits us is a "fairy story" for people afraid of death, Stephen Hawking has said.
In a dismissal that underlines his firm rejection of religious comforts, Britain's most eminent scientist said there was nothing beyond the moment when the brain flickers for the final time.
This has caused at least one believer, a one Brad Hirschfield, to get downright huffy:
While nobody should belittle or demean such purist rationalism, like all purists, those who assume that any one way of knowing the world, or of understanding life, tend to miss out on many things. The pure rationalists may find it hard to fall in love, dream big dreams, create/appreciate non-representational art, and, quite ironically, do certain kinds of scientific and philosophical research which demands imagining that what we currently know or even can currently conceive of knowing, should define the limits of what we can do or attempt to do. It's their loss, but hardly makes them foolish.
Meow. Turn the other cheek, let me scratch that one too.
Read more here.
The Indiana Supreme Court: Centuries of protection don't matter 'cause we're so special today
We believe however that a right to resist an unlawful police entry into a home is against public policy and is incompatible with modern Fourth Amendment jurisprudence.
Translation: we believe quaint old things like citizens rights don't apply anymore. Sucks I know, but welcome to the Modern World. We've waited long enough to take this right away.
Read more here.
Translation: we believe quaint old things like citizens rights don't apply anymore. Sucks I know, but welcome to the Modern World. We've waited long enough to take this right away.
Read more here.
Pangaea
Aggregating nearly the entire landmass of Earth, Pangaea was a continent the likes our planet has not seen for the last 200 million years. Its size meant there was a lot of space for animals to roam, for there were few geographical barriers, such as mountains or ice caps, to contain them.
Yet, strangely, animals confined themselves...
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Yet, strangely, animals confined themselves...
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China continues its revolting detention of Ai Weiwei
Why does the world take this bully China seriously..oh right, they're fucking rich.
Ai Weiwei's wife has been able to meet the detained artist and activist for the first time since he went missing 43 days ago, a relative said today.
No one had been able to contact the 53-year-old since officials stopped him at Beijing airport on 3 April.
But his sister, Gao Ge, said police took Ai's wife, Lu Qing, to meet him at an undisclosed location on Sunday night. She was able to see and speak to him briefly and reported that he seemed healthy and was being given access to the medication he needs for diabetes.
Read more here.
Ai Weiwei's wife has been able to meet the detained artist and activist for the first time since he went missing 43 days ago, a relative said today.
No one had been able to contact the 53-year-old since officials stopped him at Beijing airport on 3 April.
But his sister, Gao Ge, said police took Ai's wife, Lu Qing, to meet him at an undisclosed location on Sunday night. She was able to see and speak to him briefly and reported that he seemed healthy and was being given access to the medication he needs for diabetes.
Read more here.
WikiLeaks: Chrétien bullsh*tted us over Iraq
Do we ever get told the truth, ever?
The same day Canada publicly refused to join the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, a high-ranking Canadian official was secretly promising the Americans clandestine military support for the fiercely controversial operation.
The revelation that Canadian forces may have secretly participated in the invasion of Iraq is contained in a classified U.S. diplomatic memo obtained exclusively by CBC News from the whistleblower website WikiLeaks.
On March 17, 2003, two days before U.S. warplanes launched their attack on Baghdad, prime minister Jean Chrétien told the House of Commons that Canadian forces would not be joining what the administration of then U.S. president George W. Bush dubbed the "coalition of the willing."
Chrétien's apparent refusal to back the Bush administration's invasion, purportedly launched to seize weapons of mass destruction possessed by Iraqi ruler Saddam Hussein (which were never found), was hugely popular in Canada, widely hailed as nothing less than a defining moment of national sovereignty.
But even as Chrétien told the Commons that Canada wouldn't participate in Operation Iraqi Freedom, Canadian diplomats were secretly telling their U.S. counterparts something entirely different.
Read more here.
The same day Canada publicly refused to join the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, a high-ranking Canadian official was secretly promising the Americans clandestine military support for the fiercely controversial operation.
The revelation that Canadian forces may have secretly participated in the invasion of Iraq is contained in a classified U.S. diplomatic memo obtained exclusively by CBC News from the whistleblower website WikiLeaks.
On March 17, 2003, two days before U.S. warplanes launched their attack on Baghdad, prime minister Jean Chrétien told the House of Commons that Canadian forces would not be joining what the administration of then U.S. president George W. Bush dubbed the "coalition of the willing."
Chrétien's apparent refusal to back the Bush administration's invasion, purportedly launched to seize weapons of mass destruction possessed by Iraqi ruler Saddam Hussein (which were never found), was hugely popular in Canada, widely hailed as nothing less than a defining moment of national sovereignty.
But even as Chrétien told the Commons that Canada wouldn't participate in Operation Iraqi Freedom, Canadian diplomats were secretly telling their U.S. counterparts something entirely different.
Read more here.
Sunday, May 15, 2011
Some modern conservatives are such swine, re: Ron Paul
It always seems it's the most wealthy among us advocating for the rest to suffer. These people have no heart, none.
Planking: Darwinism at work
Thus does nature remove the lesser minds from our midst.
Australian police say a man who plunged to his death from a seventh-floor balcony on Sunday was participating in the internet craze of "planking".
Planking involves someone lying flat on their stomach in unusual and sometimes dangerous situations, and posting photographs on social media websites.
Police said the dead man, in his 20s, fell from a balcony railing in Brisbane while a friend photographed him.
Read more here.
Australian police say a man who plunged to his death from a seventh-floor balcony on Sunday was participating in the internet craze of "planking".
Planking involves someone lying flat on their stomach in unusual and sometimes dangerous situations, and posting photographs on social media websites.
Police said the dead man, in his 20s, fell from a balcony railing in Brisbane while a friend photographed him.
Read more here.
Saturday, May 14, 2011
Supreme Court sides with politicians and not with you and me
Was this ever in doubt?
The public does not have a right to access all documents in the offices of cabinet ministers or the prime minister, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled Friday in a unanimous decision.
The top court upheld a Federal Court of Appeal decision, and sided with the federal government in a decade-old legal battle with the information commissioner.
Had the federal government lost its case Friday, it could have vastly expanded the scope of Canada's access-to-information law and potentially have allowed Canadians to get a closer look at the inner workings of the Prime Minister's Office and ministers' offices, including who they meet with on a daily basis.
Read more here.
The public does not have a right to access all documents in the offices of cabinet ministers or the prime minister, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled Friday in a unanimous decision.
The top court upheld a Federal Court of Appeal decision, and sided with the federal government in a decade-old legal battle with the information commissioner.
Had the federal government lost its case Friday, it could have vastly expanded the scope of Canada's access-to-information law and potentially have allowed Canadians to get a closer look at the inner workings of the Prime Minister's Office and ministers' offices, including who they meet with on a daily basis.
Read more here.
Scientists who know nothing of art
Yet another attempt by non artists to "get it"
The team of historians plan to use geo-radar equipment to locate the skull of Lisa Gherardini Del Giocondo, who died in Florence in 1542 and is believed to have modeled for Leonardo's celebrated portrait, now hanging in the Louvre.
Once they locate the skull, the team will try and recreate a likeness of what the woman would have looked like, compare her to Leonardo's world-famous portrait and unlock the centuries-old mystery surrounding the Mona Lisa's identity.
The historians will compare the DNA with that of two her children buried in Florence's Santissima Annunziata church to prove her identity, although some experts says Leonardo's final portrait may be a composite of other faces.
Read more here.
The team of historians plan to use geo-radar equipment to locate the skull of Lisa Gherardini Del Giocondo, who died in Florence in 1542 and is believed to have modeled for Leonardo's celebrated portrait, now hanging in the Louvre.
Once they locate the skull, the team will try and recreate a likeness of what the woman would have looked like, compare her to Leonardo's world-famous portrait and unlock the centuries-old mystery surrounding the Mona Lisa's identity.
The historians will compare the DNA with that of two her children buried in Florence's Santissima Annunziata church to prove her identity, although some experts says Leonardo's final portrait may be a composite of other faces.
Read more here.
Stone Age cold case baffles scientists
In Asia’s northern hinterlands not far from the Arctic Circle, Stone Age toolmakers left an evolutionary calling card that’s hard to read...
...The stone implements -- manufactured between 34,000 and 31,000 years ago at Byzovaya, a site in Russia’s Ural Mountains -- resemble scraping and cutting tools associated with 130,000- to 30,000-year-old European Neandertals, Slimak and his colleagues report in the May 13 Science. To complicate matters, groups of Homo sapiens that lived in northern Africa and southwestern Asia between 200,000 and 45,000 years ago made tools like those of Neandertals.
If Neandertals held court at Byzovaya, then these stocky members of the human evolutionary family lived near groups of H. sapiens that reached the Russian Arctic by 36,000 years ago. If modern humans made the distinctive Byzovaya tools, “it would imply that Arctic H. sapiens groups preserved an older Stone Age culture after the expansion of modern societies in the rest of Eurasia,” Slimak says.
Read more here.
...The stone implements -- manufactured between 34,000 and 31,000 years ago at Byzovaya, a site in Russia’s Ural Mountains -- resemble scraping and cutting tools associated with 130,000- to 30,000-year-old European Neandertals, Slimak and his colleagues report in the May 13 Science. To complicate matters, groups of Homo sapiens that lived in northern Africa and southwestern Asia between 200,000 and 45,000 years ago made tools like those of Neandertals.
If Neandertals held court at Byzovaya, then these stocky members of the human evolutionary family lived near groups of H. sapiens that reached the Russian Arctic by 36,000 years ago. If modern humans made the distinctive Byzovaya tools, “it would imply that Arctic H. sapiens groups preserved an older Stone Age culture after the expansion of modern societies in the rest of Eurasia,” Slimak says.
Read more here.
Meredith Attwell Baker insists the obvious isn't happening
They don't even try to hide the sleaze anymore.
Federal Communications Commissioner Meredith Attwell Baker defended her decision to leave the regulatory agency to take a job at Comcast Corp. just months after voting yes on the cable giant's heavily scrutinized acquisition of General Electric Co.'s NBCUniversal.
In a statement, Baker said, "I have not only complied with the legal and ethical laws, but I also have gone further. I have not participated or voted any item, not just those related to Comcast or NBCUniversal, since entering discussions about an offer of potential employment." She said Comcast approached her about a job last month, which was when Bob Okun, the longtime head of NBC's D.C. lobbying office, announced his departure.
Since her hiring was announced earlier this week, Baker has taken lots of heat from media watchdogs.
Read more here.
Federal Communications Commissioner Meredith Attwell Baker defended her decision to leave the regulatory agency to take a job at Comcast Corp. just months after voting yes on the cable giant's heavily scrutinized acquisition of General Electric Co.'s NBCUniversal.
In a statement, Baker said, "I have not only complied with the legal and ethical laws, but I also have gone further. I have not participated or voted any item, not just those related to Comcast or NBCUniversal, since entering discussions about an offer of potential employment." She said Comcast approached her about a job last month, which was when Bob Okun, the longtime head of NBC's D.C. lobbying office, announced his departure.
Since her hiring was announced earlier this week, Baker has taken lots of heat from media watchdogs.
Read more here.
Mayor Ford got some 'xplainin' to do
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford will have to have undergo an audit of his campaign spending.
The decision to sift through Ford's expenses was made Friday by the city's compliance and audit committee, which ordered the audit after citizens complained about the mayor's campaign financing.
The complaint was filed by Max Reed, who worked on Coun. Mary Fragedakis's campaign and Adam Chaleff-Freudenthaler, who is a longtime community activist.
Specifically, they complained that more than $77,000 in expenses paid by Doug Ford Holdings was not in line with election spending laws.
The money was repaid but without any interest or surcharges.
The complainants argued that the money appears to be either a corporate donation or a loan from a private company — neither of which is permitted by law.
Read more here.
A politician that is bad with money, shocking I know. But wait, there's more...
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford is being accused of trying to stack public consultations on a review of city services with people sympathetic to his views.
The accusations stem from an email sent this week to people who signed up for a Ford mailing list during last fall's election campaign.
The email, entitled "Mayor Ford needs your help!," urges supporters to register for one of eight public meetings where people can weigh in on which city services should be protected, cut or contracted out.
"This is about respect for taxpayers — watching your tax dollars is what Mayor Ford committed to do," the email reads, adding that space at the roundtable sessions are limited, so "register today."
The email ends with: "Thank you! From your friends in Ford Nation."
Read more here.
The decision to sift through Ford's expenses was made Friday by the city's compliance and audit committee, which ordered the audit after citizens complained about the mayor's campaign financing.
The complaint was filed by Max Reed, who worked on Coun. Mary Fragedakis's campaign and Adam Chaleff-Freudenthaler, who is a longtime community activist.
Specifically, they complained that more than $77,000 in expenses paid by Doug Ford Holdings was not in line with election spending laws.
The money was repaid but without any interest or surcharges.
The complainants argued that the money appears to be either a corporate donation or a loan from a private company — neither of which is permitted by law.
Read more here.
A politician that is bad with money, shocking I know. But wait, there's more...
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford is being accused of trying to stack public consultations on a review of city services with people sympathetic to his views.
The accusations stem from an email sent this week to people who signed up for a Ford mailing list during last fall's election campaign.
The email, entitled "Mayor Ford needs your help!," urges supporters to register for one of eight public meetings where people can weigh in on which city services should be protected, cut or contracted out.
"This is about respect for taxpayers — watching your tax dollars is what Mayor Ford committed to do," the email reads, adding that space at the roundtable sessions are limited, so "register today."
The email ends with: "Thank you! From your friends in Ford Nation."
Read more here.
Friday, May 13, 2011
"Lipstick" by Jedward - Eurovision Song Contest Semi Final 2011
The Eurovision Song Contest never fails to horrify.
Tap tap tap, is this thing on?
Google ran out of hamsters for 2 days...fried all posts since Wednesday evening.
Hope some techie out there got spanked.
Hope some techie out there got spanked.
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Is Rome still there?
Thousands of people are reported to be staying out of Rome for the next few days, over fears the city will be hit by a huge earthquake.
The panic was sparked by rumours that seismologist Raffaele Bendandi, who died in 1979, predicted the city would be devastated by a quake on 11 May.
Officials have insisted quakes cannot be predicted and special programmes have run on state TV calling for calm.
Experts also say there is no evidence Bendandi even made the prediction.
But many people said they were leaving the city to be on the safe side.
Read more here.
The panic was sparked by rumours that seismologist Raffaele Bendandi, who died in 1979, predicted the city would be devastated by a quake on 11 May.
Officials have insisted quakes cannot be predicted and special programmes have run on state TV calling for calm.
Experts also say there is no evidence Bendandi even made the prediction.
But many people said they were leaving the city to be on the safe side.
Read more here.
China's human rights record has improved, moving from "absolutely hideous" to "pretty f*cking bad"
China has rejected US criticism over deteriorating human rights saying that China's progress in human rights "is an objective fact".
China and the US are at different stages of development *, and so have different views on human rights, Vice-Foreign Minister Cui Tiankai said.
His comments come after US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton described China's record on rights as "deplorable".
Read more here.
* whaskafjsds what??? China has been around for over 2000 years, so that does that mean......?
China and the US are at different stages of development *, and so have different views on human rights, Vice-Foreign Minister Cui Tiankai said.
His comments come after US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton described China's record on rights as "deplorable".
Read more here.
* whaskafjsds what??? China has been around for over 2000 years, so that does that mean......?
Elections Canada probing hoax calls to voters
Elections Canada has launched an investigation into an election day telephone hoax designed to prevent voters from reaching the polls in three ridings in Ontario.
CBC News has obtained a copy of a fraudulent automated telephone message reported in Guelph, Ottawa and Kitchener-Waterloo telling people their polling locations had moved.
"This is an automated message from Elections Canada. Due to a projected increase in voter turnout your poll location has been changed," says one message retrieved from a resident’s telephone voicemail system in Guelph. "Your new voting location is at the old Quebec Street mall at 55 Wyndham Street North, " the message states.
But Elections Canada said it’s a hoax, that the polling locations had not been moved and frustrated voters were left scrambling trying to determine where to vote.
Read more here.
CBC News has obtained a copy of a fraudulent automated telephone message reported in Guelph, Ottawa and Kitchener-Waterloo telling people their polling locations had moved.
"This is an automated message from Elections Canada. Due to a projected increase in voter turnout your poll location has been changed," says one message retrieved from a resident’s telephone voicemail system in Guelph. "Your new voting location is at the old Quebec Street mall at 55 Wyndham Street North, " the message states.
But Elections Canada said it’s a hoax, that the polling locations had not been moved and frustrated voters were left scrambling trying to determine where to vote.
Read more here.
U.K.'s Super Injunction - a big 'f*ck you* from the rich to you
Yet another rich benefiting law whereby the wealthy can stop embarrassing details getting out to the general public.
Don't these idiots realize that by slapping this kind of restriction of information, they guarantee it *will* get out.
Toronto lamely fights back against high gas prices
The oil companies are laughing at your ineptitude.
Moira McCallum didn’t consider the cost of gas when she bought her Mazda 6 just a year ago.
These days, she’s afraid to fill it up.
She is now looking to swap it for a more fuel-efficient Mazda 3.
“I’ve got to get a new car,” she says. “I’ve got to get a smaller car, because the prices aren’t going back to 80 cents.”
Read more here.
Moira McCallum didn’t consider the cost of gas when she bought her Mazda 6 just a year ago.
These days, she’s afraid to fill it up.
She is now looking to swap it for a more fuel-efficient Mazda 3.
“I’ve got to get a new car,” she says. “I’ve got to get a smaller car, because the prices aren’t going back to 80 cents.”
Read more here.
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Some of our so called leaders want to drag us all back to barbarism
I realize this is just Liz Cheney, a woman so sweet even Himmler would have said "Lighten up", but this is the level some in the so called "ruling class" want to drag us to to.
That, and it helps keep Daddy from any pesky war crimes trial.
Guinness passes on Philippino Penis Pruning Party
Guinness World Records officials distanced themselves from an event in the Philippines on May 7 that claimed to set the world record for most circumcisions.
Public health officials claimed that more than 1,500 boys underwent the free surgery in a sports stadium in the city of Marikina. Circumcision is a rite of passage for preteen boys in the Philippines.
But Guinness officials said Monday they wouldn't consider the so-called "circumcision party" for their record book.
Read more here.
Public health officials claimed that more than 1,500 boys underwent the free surgery in a sports stadium in the city of Marikina. Circumcision is a rite of passage for preteen boys in the Philippines.
But Guinness officials said Monday they wouldn't consider the so-called "circumcision party" for their record book.
Read more here.
LZ Granderson: Idiot of the Day
As a nation, either our kids are getting dumber or everyone else's are getting smarter. American 15-year-olds ranked 14th in reading, 17th in science and 25th in math in a study of students in 34 nations and nonnational regions.
The Program for International Student Assessment study, coordinated every three years by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, definitively shows U.S. students are no longer ready to compete against the world's brightest.
Which brings me to this: Why are we still giving them the summer off?
Yup, don't make education better, just longer...
Sounds more like a bitter adult pissed that kids get the summer off.
Read more here.
The Program for International Student Assessment study, coordinated every three years by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, definitively shows U.S. students are no longer ready to compete against the world's brightest.
Which brings me to this: Why are we still giving them the summer off?
Yup, don't make education better, just longer...
Sounds more like a bitter adult pissed that kids get the summer off.
Read more here.
UK Conservatives propose rich get priority to universities
But, but, my money should be able to push others aside. Why else have it?
Teenagers from the wealthiest families would be able to pay for extra places at the most competitive universities under government proposals that could allow institutions to charge some British students the same high fees as overseas undergraduates.
Candidates who take up the extra places would not be eligible for publicly funded loans to pay tuition fees or living costs, limiting this option to all but the most privileged households who could pay fees up front.
Under the plans, the extra students may be charged as much as international undergraduates. At the most competitive universities, these students face fees ranging from £12,000 a year for arts subjects to £18,000 for sciences and more than £28,000 for medicine. Applicants would be required to meet the course entry requirements.
Read more here.
Teenagers from the wealthiest families would be able to pay for extra places at the most competitive universities under government proposals that could allow institutions to charge some British students the same high fees as overseas undergraduates.
Candidates who take up the extra places would not be eligible for publicly funded loans to pay tuition fees or living costs, limiting this option to all but the most privileged households who could pay fees up front.
Under the plans, the extra students may be charged as much as international undergraduates. At the most competitive universities, these students face fees ranging from £12,000 a year for arts subjects to £18,000 for sciences and more than £28,000 for medicine. Applicants would be required to meet the course entry requirements.
Read more here.
Neanderthals may have died out earlier than thought
An improvement in the dating of fossils suggests that the Neanderthals, a heavily muscled, thick-boned human species adapted to living in ice age Europe, perished almost immediately on contact with the modern humans who started to enter Europe from the Near East about 44,000 years ago. Until now bones from several Neanderthal sites have been dated to as young as 29,000 years ago, suggesting there was extensive overlap between the two human species. This raised the question of whether there had been interbreeding between humans and Neanderthals, an issue that is still not resolved.
But researchers report that tests using an improved method of radiocarbon dating, based on a new way to exclude contaminants, show that most, and maybe all, Neanderthal bones in Europe are or will be found to be at least 39,000 years old. Thomas F. G. Higham, a specialist in radiocarbon dating at Oxford University, and Ron Pinhasi, an archaeologist at University College Cork in Ireland, have dated the bones of a Neanderthal child less than 2 years old whose remains were found in the Mezmaiskaya Cave in the northern Caucasus Mountains. A second Neanderthal baby, found in a lower layer in the cave, was previously dated back 29,000 years.
The first baby, since its bones were retrieved from a higher layer, must be even younger, but in fact it turns out to be 39,000 years old when an improved version of the radiocarbon dating technique is used, Dr. Higham and Dr. Pinhasi reported Monday in The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Read more here.
But researchers report that tests using an improved method of radiocarbon dating, based on a new way to exclude contaminants, show that most, and maybe all, Neanderthal bones in Europe are or will be found to be at least 39,000 years old. Thomas F. G. Higham, a specialist in radiocarbon dating at Oxford University, and Ron Pinhasi, an archaeologist at University College Cork in Ireland, have dated the bones of a Neanderthal child less than 2 years old whose remains were found in the Mezmaiskaya Cave in the northern Caucasus Mountains. A second Neanderthal baby, found in a lower layer in the cave, was previously dated back 29,000 years.
The first baby, since its bones were retrieved from a higher layer, must be even younger, but in fact it turns out to be 39,000 years old when an improved version of the radiocarbon dating technique is used, Dr. Higham and Dr. Pinhasi reported Monday in The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Read more here.
WTF made that Woodstock ON apartment building blow up - cont
May 6, 2011
Investigators from the Ontario Fire Marshal’s Office are back on the scene of a fatal Woodstock apartment building explosion.
Soil testing is being conducted to try and determine if there was a gas leak in the building.
The building’s drains are also being checked to determine if any flammable fluid was poured into them.
Investigators from the Ontario Fire Marshal’s Office are back on the scene of a fatal Woodstock apartment building explosion.
Soil testing is being conducted to try and determine if there was a gas leak in the building.
The building’s drains are also being checked to determine if any flammable fluid was poured into them.
Congressman Aaron Schock, Republican and torture lover, is *so* not gay
Washington's interest in physical fitness isn't just limited to First Lady Michelle Obama's Let's Move initiative; it's in the House, too.Meet Aaron Schock, a second-term representative from Illinois who not only is the youngest member of congress, but just might be the fittest, too. Schock bared his buff bod for the cover of the June issue of Men's Health, which hits newsstands on May 24.
Schock isn't showcasing his chiseled physique out of vanity – he's doing it because he wants you to follow his lead.
Take care not to follow him too closely, as he's a bit of sick fuck:
On December 15, 2009, during a discussion on Hardball with Chris Matthews, Schock stated "I don‘t believe we should—we should limit water-boarding or, quite frankly, any other alternative torture technique if it means saving Americans‘ lives" in a "ticking time bomb" scenario or other critical situation
Ooo girl, you're such a brute.
Read more here.
More proof the fashion world is clueless
Ooooo, let's be edgy! Let's use Laxmi, no one will notice...
These are the same braindead types who think fur should make a comeback.
Images of the Hindu goddess of wealth displayed on swimwear at an Australian fashion show have sparked a legal battle in India.
The Allahabad High Court has issued notices to the Hindustan Times for publishing the photos that show female models wearing the swimwear.
Images of the goddess, Laxmi, were displayed on the garments.
The fashion show attracted worldwide media attention and was held in the Australian city of Sydney last week.
Pictures of the controversial swimwear were published in many newspapers, leading to protests in towns and cities across India.
Read more here.
These are the same braindead types who think fur should make a comeback.
Images of the Hindu goddess of wealth displayed on swimwear at an Australian fashion show have sparked a legal battle in India.
The Allahabad High Court has issued notices to the Hindustan Times for publishing the photos that show female models wearing the swimwear.
Images of the goddess, Laxmi, were displayed on the garments.
The fashion show attracted worldwide media attention and was held in the Australian city of Sydney last week.
Pictures of the controversial swimwear were published in many newspapers, leading to protests in towns and cities across India.
Read more here.
Anish Kapoor condemns China over Ai Weiwei
Sculptor Anish Kapoor has condemned China's "barbaric" detention of artist Ai Weiwei and has called on galleries to close for a day in protest.
Ai - an outspoken critic of China's human rights record - has not been heard from since he was arrested in Beijing at the start of April.
Kapoor has dedicated his monumental Leviathan art installation in Paris, unveiled on Tuesday, to Ai.
Artists must speak with "a communal voice", he told BBC Radio 4's Today.
China says it is investigating Ai, 53 - who was detained at Beijing airport while passing through security checks for a flight to Hong Kong - for as yet unspecified economic crimes.
Read more here.
Ai - an outspoken critic of China's human rights record - has not been heard from since he was arrested in Beijing at the start of April.
Kapoor has dedicated his monumental Leviathan art installation in Paris, unveiled on Tuesday, to Ai.
Artists must speak with "a communal voice", he told BBC Radio 4's Today.
China says it is investigating Ai, 53 - who was detained at Beijing airport while passing through security checks for a flight to Hong Kong - for as yet unspecified economic crimes.
Read more here.
Car smashes into Bixi stand. Mayor Ford whistles innocently
A Lexus sedan jumped a curb and crashed into the three-day-old Bixi bicycle-sharing stand across from City Hall on Monday afternoon, damaging six bikes.
The driver was uninjured.
Bixi spokesman Michel Philibert said the Bay St. stand may have prevented the car from crashing into pedestrians walking on the sidewalk adjacent to the roadside row of bikes.
Read more here.
The driver was uninjured.
Bixi spokesman Michel Philibert said the Bay St. stand may have prevented the car from crashing into pedestrians walking on the sidewalk adjacent to the roadside row of bikes.
Read more here.
Obama admits US at war with Pakistan
Oh good. There hasn't been a good knock out drag out fight between two nuclear powers since...since, well, never...
President Obama insisted that the assault force hunting down Osama bin Laden last week be large enough to fight its way out of Pakistan if confronted by hostile local police officers and troops, senior administration and military officials said Monday.
Newspeak of the Day:
Mr. Obama’s decision to increase the size of the force sent into Pakistan shows that he was willing to risk a military confrontation with a close ally in order to capture or kill the leader of Al Qaeda.
Read more here.
President Obama insisted that the assault force hunting down Osama bin Laden last week be large enough to fight its way out of Pakistan if confronted by hostile local police officers and troops, senior administration and military officials said Monday.
Newspeak of the Day:
Mr. Obama’s decision to increase the size of the force sent into Pakistan shows that he was willing to risk a military confrontation with a close ally in order to capture or kill the leader of Al Qaeda.
Read more here.
Uptown Sports Management: Vile Homophobes of the Day
Uptown Sports Management, an Ontario, Canada-based agency which represents a number of NHL players including Andrew Brunette, Cody McCormick, Chris Neil, Mike Fisher and Carlo Colaiacovo, attacked New York Ranger forward Sean Avery for getting involved with the campaign for marriage equality in New York...
...Wrote the agency in a tweet: "Very sad to read Sean Avery's misguided support of same-gender 'marriage'. Legal or not, it will always be wrong." The tweet was followed up by two more denying anti-gay bigotry, and saying, "This is my personal viewpoint. I Do not hate anyone."
Whatever, no one is buying your* bullshit.
* A one Todd Reynolds "In Canada and the U.S. it’s a hot-button topic right now. I guess maybe it was how I was raised (for an example of that "raising", see below). I believe in voicing your opinion and not being part of the silent majority"
The Silent Majority. Now Nixonian, ah the nostalgia...now where was I? Oh yes. Notice how he assumes he's in the majority?
It's an "issue" in Canada (where marriage has been legal for years, and it's not really an issue) only to bigots like Mr. Reynolds as they didn't get their way to continue centuries of repression.
And all this happened under a conservative government (and even they tried and failed to prevent it). That must be particularly galling to Mr. Reynolds. If you can't count on conservatives to keep a minority down, what has the world come to?
Progress is a bitch, eh Todd? Now we all get to voice our opinion of your droppings of wisdom.
Oh wait, your dad has spoken up:
It’s politically correct on the other side, for people to say, ‘sure, I support gay marriage.’ But the majority, I think, of Canadians would say that they don’t agree with gay marriage – that man and woman were created to be married, not man and man or man and horse, you know?
There's that "majority" word again. If 99/100 people want to act like swine, then it must be ok.
Mr. Reynolds Sr., that level of comment deserves only a heart felt "fuck you".
For those keeping score, the Reynolds are the good guys. They must be, they say they are.
Read more here and here.
...Wrote the agency in a tweet: "Very sad to read Sean Avery's misguided support of same-gender 'marriage'. Legal or not, it will always be wrong." The tweet was followed up by two more denying anti-gay bigotry, and saying, "This is my personal viewpoint. I Do not hate anyone."
Whatever, no one is buying your* bullshit.
* A one Todd Reynolds "In Canada and the U.S. it’s a hot-button topic right now. I guess maybe it was how I was raised (for an example of that "raising", see below). I believe in voicing your opinion and not being part of the silent majority"
The Silent Majority. Now Nixonian, ah the nostalgia...now where was I? Oh yes. Notice how he assumes he's in the majority?
It's an "issue" in Canada (where marriage has been legal for years, and it's not really an issue) only to bigots like Mr. Reynolds as they didn't get their way to continue centuries of repression.
And all this happened under a conservative government (and even they tried and failed to prevent it). That must be particularly galling to Mr. Reynolds. If you can't count on conservatives to keep a minority down, what has the world come to?
Progress is a bitch, eh Todd? Now we all get to voice our opinion of your droppings of wisdom.
Oh wait, your dad has spoken up:
It’s politically correct on the other side, for people to say, ‘sure, I support gay marriage.’ But the majority, I think, of Canadians would say that they don’t agree with gay marriage – that man and woman were created to be married, not man and man or man and horse, you know?
There's that "majority" word again. If 99/100 people want to act like swine, then it must be ok.
Mr. Reynolds Sr., that level of comment deserves only a heart felt "fuck you".
For those keeping score, the Reynolds are the good guys. They must be, they say they are.
Read more here and here.
Gas prices rise yet again, with the knowledge the public are sheep and will do nothing about it
Don't complain, cause you know you plan to do fuck all about it...
The price of gas in the Greater Toronto Area has gone up 6.5 cents overnight to almost $1.40 per litre at most stations.
The average price per litre of unleaded gas in Toronto Tuesday morning was $1.39, up from an average of $1.33 on Monday, according to the website Gasbuddy.com.
Many stations in the city were quiet before the morning rush hour, in stark contrast to Monday evening, when drivers formed long lines after hearing reports that a big spike was coming.
Read more here.
The price of gas in the Greater Toronto Area has gone up 6.5 cents overnight to almost $1.40 per litre at most stations.
The average price per litre of unleaded gas in Toronto Tuesday morning was $1.39, up from an average of $1.33 on Monday, according to the website Gasbuddy.com.
Many stations in the city were quiet before the morning rush hour, in stark contrast to Monday evening, when drivers formed long lines after hearing reports that a big spike was coming.
Read more here.
Microsoft to buy Skype, thus guaranteeing it will never function correctly again
Microsoft will confirm later that it has agreed to buy internet phone service Skype, the BBC has learned.
According to some reports, the deal could be worth as much as $8.5bn (£5.2bn), which would make it Microsoft's largest acquisition.
Both Microsoft and Skype have declined to comment.
Let me do that for you....FUCK!!!
Will Microsoft do its usual arrogant move and cut the Mac version? Time will tell.
IMHO, this move benefits no one but the companies involved.
Read more here.
According to some reports, the deal could be worth as much as $8.5bn (£5.2bn), which would make it Microsoft's largest acquisition.
Both Microsoft and Skype have declined to comment.
Let me do that for you....FUCK!!!
Will Microsoft do its usual arrogant move and cut the Mac version? Time will tell.
IMHO, this move benefits no one but the companies involved.
Read more here.
Monday, May 09, 2011
Sunday, May 08, 2011
Doug Ford pushes Non Pinko priority: Football
No Dougie *, bad! You are supposed to be pleasing your American visitors with lavish expenditures in stadiums, not annoying them...
Yes, Dougie is still pushing that all important Toronto stadium, the one he will build so his visiting American friends will have something to do will in the city.
Dougie is awful at PR...
A Toronto city councillor has outraged NFL fans in New Orleans with comments about the team possibly moving to his city.
Doug Ford, brother of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, told a sports journalist this week that he was excited about the possibility of an NFL franchise relocating to north of the border. The brothers are known as big football fans — and big fans of the NFL.
Doug Ford told sports network The Score that he believed Toronto is in line for a franchise. But then he said, "Two teams are kind of in play here: Jacksonville’s number one; New Orleans is the other."
To paraphrase Thomas Dolby: "He's an airhead..."
It is good to see he is fighting for the things Toronto needs, like a new stadium. Subways and bike paths, who needs 'em.
* to our non Toronto readers, Dougie is Councilor Doug Ford, brother of the new Mayor Rob. For some reason known only to the brothers and the media, Doug is given overgenerous access to the press to say delightfully silly things (possibly to deflect attention away from his brothers' actions) at regular intervals.
Read more here.
Yes, Dougie is still pushing that all important Toronto stadium, the one he will build so his visiting American friends will have something to do will in the city.
Dougie is awful at PR...
A Toronto city councillor has outraged NFL fans in New Orleans with comments about the team possibly moving to his city.
Doug Ford, brother of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, told a sports journalist this week that he was excited about the possibility of an NFL franchise relocating to north of the border. The brothers are known as big football fans — and big fans of the NFL.
Doug Ford told sports network The Score that he believed Toronto is in line for a franchise. But then he said, "Two teams are kind of in play here: Jacksonville’s number one; New Orleans is the other."
To paraphrase Thomas Dolby: "He's an airhead..."
It is good to see he is fighting for the things Toronto needs, like a new stadium. Subways and bike paths, who needs 'em.
* to our non Toronto readers, Dougie is Councilor Doug Ford, brother of the new Mayor Rob. For some reason known only to the brothers and the media, Doug is given overgenerous access to the press to say delightfully silly things (possibly to deflect attention away from his brothers' actions) at regular intervals.
Read more here.
Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty passes buck on G20, says to ask Harper..ask Harper hahahahaha
Translation: it was all Harper's fault. I saw him do it. It's him, it's him, it's him....waaaaaaaaaaa
or
Translation: It's up to Harper to call an inquiry...yes I know, Hell will freeze over first...that's the whole idea....
It's up to Prime Minister Stephen Harper to call a public inquiry into mass arrests during the G20 weekend in Toronto last June, Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty said Friday.
"I'm not sure if you've ever had this opportunity, and I know it's a difficult thing, but maybe you could put that question to the prime minister," McGuinty told reporters when asked if he would call an inquiry. "It was his G20, it was his G8, it was his funding. We in the province of Ontario had very little choice but to assume the responsibility of a host jurisdiction, and I think that's the kind of question you should put to that particular individual."
Read more here.
or
Translation: It's up to Harper to call an inquiry...yes I know, Hell will freeze over first...that's the whole idea....
It's up to Prime Minister Stephen Harper to call a public inquiry into mass arrests during the G20 weekend in Toronto last June, Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty said Friday.
"I'm not sure if you've ever had this opportunity, and I know it's a difficult thing, but maybe you could put that question to the prime minister," McGuinty told reporters when asked if he would call an inquiry. "It was his G20, it was his G8, it was his funding. We in the province of Ontario had very little choice but to assume the responsibility of a host jurisdiction, and I think that's the kind of question you should put to that particular individual."
Read more here.
Saturday, May 07, 2011
Pentagon releases Osama video, begs, pleads with us to remix them
Come on everybody, join in the propaganda.
In life, Osama bin Laden carefully crafted his image as a pious, anti-American leader. In death, he surely wouldn't appreciate the U.S. government releasing his blooper reel.
As part of what a senior U.S. intelligence official called "the greatest intelligence success, perhaps, of a generation," the government has released five videos captured during Sunday's dramatic storming of Osama bin Laden's compound in Pakistan. None of them display his execution. All have had the sound excised so as not to spread al-Qaida propaganda.
Read more here.
In life, Osama bin Laden carefully crafted his image as a pious, anti-American leader. In death, he surely wouldn't appreciate the U.S. government releasing his blooper reel.
As part of what a senior U.S. intelligence official called "the greatest intelligence success, perhaps, of a generation," the government has released five videos captured during Sunday's dramatic storming of Osama bin Laden's compound in Pakistan. None of them display his execution. All have had the sound excised so as not to spread al-Qaida propaganda.
Read more here.
Some British Muslims prove they are really bad at PR
Some don't yet realize they are in the wrong place at the wrong time....
Violent clashes broke out around the world today as thousands of supporters of Osama bin Laden took to the streets to protest at the Al-Qaeda leader's death.
While many protests took place across the Muslim world, the most extraordinary took place in London, where hundreds of supporters gathered at the U.S. embassy to stage a mock 'funeral service' for the slain terror leader.
Read more here.
Violent clashes broke out around the world today as thousands of supporters of Osama bin Laden took to the streets to protest at the Al-Qaeda leader's death.
While many protests took place across the Muslim world, the most extraordinary took place in London, where hundreds of supporters gathered at the U.S. embassy to stage a mock 'funeral service' for the slain terror leader.
Read more here.
Morally Bankrupt Americans: Eric Bolling on the Fox Business show
More cowardly conservatives push for more torture.
If, just for a moment you find yourself listening to this, and agreeing that torture is just the teeniest bit ok, then the "War on Terror" has claimed other victim.
That victim would be you.
Hollywood learns nothing and continues to whitewash Akira
The Last Airbender and the whitewashing of the cast, and the resulting boxoffice disaster have taught Hollywood nothing.
Akira, the English-language, live-action take on the landmark anime and manga property, is zeroing in on its star, and it just might be Keanu Reeves.
Warner Bros. has been having a tough time finding the two leads of the movie, to be directed by Albert Hughes. In the script, the action moves from Neon-Tokyo to New Manhattan, where a biker gang leader tries to save his best friend from a medical experiment that threatens to unleash destructive powers.
Actors ranging from James Franco and Joseph Gordon-Levitt to Robert Pattinson and Michael Fassbender have circled the project in some form or fashion as the studio sought to find an A-list lead.
One gets the impression the only reason they want to remake Akira is to make a white version.
The overt racism of Hollywood and the ticket buying public is disgusting to behold.
Read more here.
Akira, the English-language, live-action take on the landmark anime and manga property, is zeroing in on its star, and it just might be Keanu Reeves.
Warner Bros. has been having a tough time finding the two leads of the movie, to be directed by Albert Hughes. In the script, the action moves from Neon-Tokyo to New Manhattan, where a biker gang leader tries to save his best friend from a medical experiment that threatens to unleash destructive powers.
Actors ranging from James Franco and Joseph Gordon-Levitt to Robert Pattinson and Michael Fassbender have circled the project in some form or fashion as the studio sought to find an A-list lead.
One gets the impression the only reason they want to remake Akira is to make a white version.
The overt racism of Hollywood and the ticket buying public is disgusting to behold.
Read more here.
Friday, May 06, 2011
Al Qadea to release last Bin Laden recording
The last recording:
"Tap tap...is this thing on?
Hello world, I just want....one second, what is all the noise? Helicopters? Darn, back in a sec..."
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"Tap tap...is this thing on?
Hello world, I just want....one second, what is all the noise? Helicopters? Darn, back in a sec..."
Read more here.
Fears mount over who will buy loose American tail
It has become clear that US special forces used a previously unseen stealth helicopter for the mission in order to evade Pakistani radar or being heard on the final approach to the home of the al-Qaeda terrorist.
The American troops used thermite grenades to destroy the helicopter’s main body but its rear section was left intact and taken away by the Pakistani military soon after the night raid on Monday. It is feared that if Islamabad refuses a request from Washington for the return of the tail section that the issue could turn into a diplomatic rift.
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The American troops used thermite grenades to destroy the helicopter’s main body but its rear section was left intact and taken away by the Pakistani military soon after the night raid on Monday. It is feared that if Islamabad refuses a request from Washington for the return of the tail section that the issue could turn into a diplomatic rift.
Read more here.
Morally Bankrupt North Americans: Republican Presidential candidates
Take a moment here to let it sink in what these people are discussing...
Al-Qaeda says Bin Laden's death will be a 'curse' for the US. Like him alive wasn't?
Those wacky terrorists. Get your stories straight.
Al-Qaeda has confirmed the death of its leader Osama Bin Laden, according to a statement attributed to the group and posted on jihadist internet forums.
The statement said his blood would not be "wasted" and that al-Qaeda would continue attacking the US and allies.
It said Bin Laden's death would be a "curse" for the US and urged an uprising in Pakistan.
A thug is a thug is a thug.
Al-Qaeda has confirmed the death of its leader Osama Bin Laden, according to a statement attributed to the group and posted on jihadist internet forums.
The statement said his blood would not be "wasted" and that al-Qaeda would continue attacking the US and allies.
It said Bin Laden's death would be a "curse" for the US and urged an uprising in Pakistan.
A thug is a thug is a thug.
BBC unaware Viking era was over by 12th century
I know, Viking boats sound sexier than just plain fishing boats...
Aerial surveys are being carried out over Skye to help archaeologists investigate a 12th Century Viking shipbuilding site.
Boat timbers, a stone-built quay and a canal have already been uncovered at Loch na h-Airde on Skye's Rubh an Dunain peninsula.
The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS) has launched the air surveys.
Staff hope to pinpoint new sites for investigation.
Read more here.
Aerial surveys are being carried out over Skye to help archaeologists investigate a 12th Century Viking shipbuilding site.
Boat timbers, a stone-built quay and a canal have already been uncovered at Loch na h-Airde on Skye's Rubh an Dunain peninsula.
The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS) has launched the air surveys.
Staff hope to pinpoint new sites for investigation.
Read more here.
Mayor's calendar shows few appointments
Monday - Football practice
Tuesday - Avoid the media (insert vague policy statement here)
Wednesday - field calls from voters about who to demonize this week
Thursday - Dinner with shady business types
Friday - Take call from Stephen to coordinate strategies about who to demonize next week, then avoid the media until 5 PM...almost there....Bam! It's the weekend. I'm gone suckers!
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford is facing questions about why his office is releasing so little information about his work schedule.
The mayor's most recent calendar — obtained by CBC News through a freedom of information request — shows limited activity and even some days which are entirely blank.
Best bullshit:
"Previously information had been given out," said the mayor's press secretary, "perhaps too much.
"We had complaints in our office too, from citizens who met with mayor wondering 'Why is my name on a very public calendar?' So we have to take steps to ensure we protect people's privacy."
Translation: You made public our shady underhanded meeting where we discussed how best to fuck over the Pinkos? How dare you!
Seriously, what the fuck are you talking about that you feel you have to hide your meeting with the Mayor?
Read more here.
Tuesday - Avoid the media (insert vague policy statement here)
Wednesday - field calls from voters about who to demonize this week
Thursday - Dinner with shady business types
Friday - Take call from Stephen to coordinate strategies about who to demonize next week, then avoid the media until 5 PM...almost there....Bam! It's the weekend. I'm gone suckers!
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford is facing questions about why his office is releasing so little information about his work schedule.
The mayor's most recent calendar — obtained by CBC News through a freedom of information request — shows limited activity and even some days which are entirely blank.
Best bullshit:
"Previously information had been given out," said the mayor's press secretary, "perhaps too much.
"We had complaints in our office too, from citizens who met with mayor wondering 'Why is my name on a very public calendar?' So we have to take steps to ensure we protect people's privacy."
Translation: You made public our shady underhanded meeting where we discussed how best to fuck over the Pinkos? How dare you!
Seriously, what the fuck are you talking about that you feel you have to hide your meeting with the Mayor?
Read more here.
Ford won't commit to marching in Pride
Why not? He could be his own float.
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford won't commit to marching in the city's Pride Parade on July 3.
"I have no idea what events I'll be in and what events I'm not going to be in. So I can comment when I'm closer to that date," Ford told reporters on Thursday. "I can't commit to it now. I don't know what my schedule is like."
Since he was elected in October, Ford has marched in the city's Santa Claus parade, the Beaches Easter parade and has attended the St. Patrick's Day parade.
Seriously thought, he man will do all he can to avoid Pride. The knuckledraggers who elected him will settle for nothing less.
To be a conservative today is to divide and conquer. Let the Pinkos know they are not equal.
Read more here.
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford won't commit to marching in the city's Pride Parade on July 3.
"I have no idea what events I'll be in and what events I'm not going to be in. So I can comment when I'm closer to that date," Ford told reporters on Thursday. "I can't commit to it now. I don't know what my schedule is like."
Since he was elected in October, Ford has marched in the city's Santa Claus parade, the Beaches Easter parade and has attended the St. Patrick's Day parade.
Seriously thought, he man will do all he can to avoid Pride. The knuckledraggers who elected him will settle for nothing less.
To be a conservative today is to divide and conquer. Let the Pinkos know they are not equal.
Read more here.
Thursday, May 05, 2011
Hillary Clinton refuses to admit she might have a human emotion
Oh please, you are fooling no one.
An allergy and not anguish may explain why Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had her hand to her mouth while watching the commando operation to kill Osama bin Laden, she said on Thursday...
..."I am somewhat sheepishly concerned that it was my preventing one of my early spring allergic coughs. So it may have no great meaning whatsoever," Clinton added.
Translation: I am tough, and can not be affected by a momentous world event. Only an allergy can do that...
Read more here.
An allergy and not anguish may explain why Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had her hand to her mouth while watching the commando operation to kill Osama bin Laden, she said on Thursday...
..."I am somewhat sheepishly concerned that it was my preventing one of my early spring allergic coughs. So it may have no great meaning whatsoever," Clinton added.
Translation: I am tough, and can not be affected by a momentous world event. Only an allergy can do that...
Read more here.
CNN gets in on the typo fest
New details on bin Laden's death
The raid on Obama's compound "was conducted in a manner fully consistent with the laws of war," White House Press Secretary Jay Carney told reporters.
Opps
Read more here.
NDP Deputy Leader Thomas Mulcair thinks his opinion on Bin Laden photos is relevant
FYI, it isn't.
The deputy leader of Canada's new Official Opposition party says he doubts the U.S. has photos of Osama bin Laden's body.
Thomas Mulcair, who stands in for NDP Leader Jack Layton in the House of Commons when he is away, told CBC's Power & Politics with Evan Solomon that he doesn't believe photos exist of bin Laden following his killing by U.S. forces on Sunday in Pakistan.
"I don't think, from what I've heard, that those pictures exist and if they do I'll leave that up to the American military," he told host Evan Solomon.
"If they've got pictures of a cadaver then there's probably more going on than we suspect in what happened there," Mulcair said.
Read more here.
Update
Awww, he takes it all back. Apparently he needed a nap...
Read more here.
The deputy leader of Canada's new Official Opposition party says he doubts the U.S. has photos of Osama bin Laden's body.
Thomas Mulcair, who stands in for NDP Leader Jack Layton in the House of Commons when he is away, told CBC's Power & Politics with Evan Solomon that he doesn't believe photos exist of bin Laden following his killing by U.S. forces on Sunday in Pakistan.
"I don't think, from what I've heard, that those pictures exist and if they do I'll leave that up to the American military," he told host Evan Solomon.
"If they've got pictures of a cadaver then there's probably more going on than we suspect in what happened there," Mulcair said.
Read more here.
Update
Awww, he takes it all back. Apparently he needed a nap...
Read more here.
Wednesday, May 04, 2011
Sarah Palin: Twidiot of the Day
Eloquent, sophisticated, urbain.
Show photo as warning to others seeking America's destruction. No pussy-footing around, no politicking, no drama;it's part of the mission
Read more here.
Show photo as warning to others seeking America's destruction. No pussy-footing around, no politicking, no drama;it's part of the mission
Read more here.
Leaders of the Onondaga Nation rightly pissed over the use of "Geronimo" for Bin Laden
Its use was remarkably insensitive.
Leaders of the Onondaga Nation blasted as “reprehensible” the code name used for Osama bin Laden in the commando assault that killed him: “Geronimo.”
“We’ve ID’d Geronimo,” U.S. forces reported by radio Sunday to the White House. Later, word came that “Geronimo” was dead.
Geronimo was an Apache leader in the 19th century who spent many years fighting the Mexican and U.S. armies until his surrender in 1886.
“Think of the outcry if they had used any other ethnic group’s hero,” the Onondaga Council of Chiefs said in a release Tuesday.
“Geronimo bravely and heroically defended his homeland and his people, eventually surrendering and living out the rest of his days peacefully, if in captivity.”
“Geronimo is arguably the most recognized Native American name in the world,” the chiefs said, “and this comparison only serves to perpetuate negative stereotypes about our people.”
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Leaders of the Onondaga Nation blasted as “reprehensible” the code name used for Osama bin Laden in the commando assault that killed him: “Geronimo.”
“We’ve ID’d Geronimo,” U.S. forces reported by radio Sunday to the White House. Later, word came that “Geronimo” was dead.
Geronimo was an Apache leader in the 19th century who spent many years fighting the Mexican and U.S. armies until his surrender in 1886.
“Think of the outcry if they had used any other ethnic group’s hero,” the Onondaga Council of Chiefs said in a release Tuesday.
“Geronimo bravely and heroically defended his homeland and his people, eventually surrendering and living out the rest of his days peacefully, if in captivity.”
“Geronimo is arguably the most recognized Native American name in the world,” the chiefs said, “and this comparison only serves to perpetuate negative stereotypes about our people.”
Read more here.
Not that it matters now, but Harper broke election rules on election day
I know I know, 40% of us think it's ok for him to be PM..
In an interview this morning with Bill Good on CKNW in Vancouver, Stephen Harper openly campaigned for the Conservative Party of Canada, asking listeners to "vote Conservative" in defiance of Elections Canada rules and regulations that state no campaigning may be done during the media blackout on election day.
During the interview Stephen Harper contravined the Elections Canada Act by stating that "It is certain that I will vote, and I encourage all other people to vote, and I encourage people to do the same as me and vote Conservative."
The host of the CKNW call in radio show, Bill Good, was quick to reply to listeners that "We encourage you to vote too, but we encourage you to vote whichever way you feel is appropriate."
His supporters delight in this crap.
Read more here.
In an interview this morning with Bill Good on CKNW in Vancouver, Stephen Harper openly campaigned for the Conservative Party of Canada, asking listeners to "vote Conservative" in defiance of Elections Canada rules and regulations that state no campaigning may be done during the media blackout on election day.
During the interview Stephen Harper contravined the Elections Canada Act by stating that "It is certain that I will vote, and I encourage all other people to vote, and I encourage people to do the same as me and vote Conservative."
The host of the CKNW call in radio show, Bill Good, was quick to reply to listeners that "We encourage you to vote too, but we encourage you to vote whichever way you feel is appropriate."
His supporters delight in this crap.
Read more here.
Archeology or desecration? Scientists study Celtic grave
Note the tone of this article, they are not sure themselves...
German experts are carefully taking apart a complete Celtic grave in the hope of finding out more about the Celts' way of life, 2,600 years ago, in their Danube heartland.
It wasn't the most glorious final journey for an aristocratic Celtic lady who, in life, clearly had a bit of style.
She died just over 2,600 years ago and rested in peace until a few months ago when her grave was dug up in its entirety - all 80 tonnes of it - and transported on the back of a truck through countless German towns.
In the grave, too, was a child, presumed to be hers. Their last inglorious journey ended in the back yard of the offices of the archaeological service of the state of Baden-Wuerttemberg.
When the truck arrived, the grave encased almost entirely in concrete, was unloaded and a tent constructed around it.
The archaeologists decided that removal of the whole grave would allow them to use the most modern resources of analysis, from computers to X-rays.
Best propaganda:
"It is a skeleton but it's still a human being so you have a natural respect," she said, looking her fellow human being in the face, across the divide of 26 centuries.
"It's a natural respect between two people."
Respect that only extends so far..
Read more here.
German experts are carefully taking apart a complete Celtic grave in the hope of finding out more about the Celts' way of life, 2,600 years ago, in their Danube heartland.
It wasn't the most glorious final journey for an aristocratic Celtic lady who, in life, clearly had a bit of style.
She died just over 2,600 years ago and rested in peace until a few months ago when her grave was dug up in its entirety - all 80 tonnes of it - and transported on the back of a truck through countless German towns.
In the grave, too, was a child, presumed to be hers. Their last inglorious journey ended in the back yard of the offices of the archaeological service of the state of Baden-Wuerttemberg.
When the truck arrived, the grave encased almost entirely in concrete, was unloaded and a tent constructed around it.
The archaeologists decided that removal of the whole grave would allow them to use the most modern resources of analysis, from computers to X-rays.
Best propaganda:
"It is a skeleton but it's still a human being so you have a natural respect," she said, looking her fellow human being in the face, across the divide of 26 centuries.
"It's a natural respect between two people."
Respect that only extends so far..
Read more here.
First Buildings May Have Been Community Centers
I had no idea harsh neon lighting was that old.
Nearly 12,000 years ago, the world’s first villages began to spring up in the Near East. Until recently, archaeologists assumed that the stone and mud-brick buildings that made up these small settlements were the houses of the first farmers, who had begun to give up the hunting and gathering lifestyle. But the discovery of a large, amphitheater-like building at a site in southern Jordan, reported today, adds to growing evidence that the earliest permanent buildings might not have been homes, but community centers. The find, researchers say, suggests that during the advent of agriculture—a pivotal turning point that prehistorians call the Neolithic Revolution—early farmers may have come together first to engage in communal activities, and only later did they begin living together.
Read more here.
Nearly 12,000 years ago, the world’s first villages began to spring up in the Near East. Until recently, archaeologists assumed that the stone and mud-brick buildings that made up these small settlements were the houses of the first farmers, who had begun to give up the hunting and gathering lifestyle. But the discovery of a large, amphitheater-like building at a site in southern Jordan, reported today, adds to growing evidence that the earliest permanent buildings might not have been homes, but community centers. The find, researchers say, suggests that during the advent of agriculture—a pivotal turning point that prehistorians call the Neolithic Revolution—early farmers may have come together first to engage in communal activities, and only later did they begin living together.
Read more here.
Pakistan to world: Ignore the man behind the curtain
Pakistan sure did...
Pakistan's prime minister says spy agencies worldwide share the blame for his country's failure to capture Osama Bin Laden, who was killed by US forces.
"We have intelligence failure of the rest of the world including the United States," PM Yousuf Raza Gilani said.
Pakistan has been criticised for not locating Bin Laden, who was living near the country's main military academy.
The CIA head has said the US did not tell Islamabad of the raid in advance, for fear it would be jeopardised.
FYI Pakistan, you are fooling no one.
Read more here.
Pakistan's prime minister says spy agencies worldwide share the blame for his country's failure to capture Osama Bin Laden, who was killed by US forces.
"We have intelligence failure of the rest of the world including the United States," PM Yousuf Raza Gilani said.
Pakistan has been criticised for not locating Bin Laden, who was living near the country's main military academy.
The CIA head has said the US did not tell Islamabad of the raid in advance, for fear it would be jeopardised.
FYI Pakistan, you are fooling no one.
Read more here.
Tuesday, May 03, 2011
The Wall Street Journal: Idiots of the Day
Keep on clutching at straws there guys...
Could the successful U.S. operation that killed al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden lead to a reassessment of the Bush administration’s national security apparatus, much of which has been the focus of political controversy?
Some former Bush administration officials are arguing for that in light of the U.S. operation that killed bin Laden. U.S. officials say some of the initial strands of intelligence that eventually led to Sunday’s military operation came from terror detainees captured after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, including some held at the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
I love the smell of wishful thinking in the morning.
Read more here.
Could the successful U.S. operation that killed al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden lead to a reassessment of the Bush administration’s national security apparatus, much of which has been the focus of political controversy?
Some former Bush administration officials are arguing for that in light of the U.S. operation that killed bin Laden. U.S. officials say some of the initial strands of intelligence that eventually led to Sunday’s military operation came from terror detainees captured after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, including some held at the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
I love the smell of wishful thinking in the morning.
Read more here.
Some US teens are remarkably uninformed
Yeah I know, they're teenagers..but..but
Younger Generation. News of Osama bin Laden’s death seemed to have struck a chord with younger folks who grew up during the war on terrorism.
- On Yahoo!, 1 in 3 searches for “how did osama bin laden die” on Sunday were from teens ages 13-17.
- According to Yahoo!, 40% of searches on Sunday for “who killed osama bin laden” were from people ages 13-20.
- However, it seems teens ages 13-17 were seeking more information as they made up 66% of searches for “who is osama bin laden?”
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Younger Generation. News of Osama bin Laden’s death seemed to have struck a chord with younger folks who grew up during the war on terrorism.
- On Yahoo!, 1 in 3 searches for “how did osama bin laden die” on Sunday were from teens ages 13-17.
- According to Yahoo!, 40% of searches on Sunday for “who killed osama bin laden” were from people ages 13-20.
- However, it seems teens ages 13-17 were seeking more information as they made up 66% of searches for “who is osama bin laden?”
Read more here.
Canada takes a turn for the nasty
Hi World
We (as in the voters) of Canada have just made a horrible mistake.
Yes, I know, Democracy has spoken.
Only this time, it is the babbling of a fool.
As many have said over the years: "God help us if he ever gets a majority".
We've about to find out.
Hold on kids, you're about to take the most nasty, anti intellectual downhill ride of your lives.
We (as in the voters) of Canada have just made a horrible mistake.
Yes, I know, Democracy has spoken.
Only this time, it is the babbling of a fool.
As many have said over the years: "God help us if he ever gets a majority".
We've about to find out.
Hold on kids, you're about to take the most nasty, anti intellectual downhill ride of your lives.
Monday, May 02, 2011
Canada doesn't seem to want to rid itself of high pressure mass of Alberta hot air
Canada thinks keeping possible war criminal and definitely worse PM ever in power is a good thing.
The nightmare continues.
Canadian voters have delivered Conservative Leader Stephen Harper another election night victory, but it is still too close to call whether he will head a minority or majority government, CBC News projects.
The nightmare continues.
Canadian voters have delivered Conservative Leader Stephen Harper another election night victory, but it is still too close to call whether he will head a minority or majority government, CBC News projects.
When telling your children about Bin Laden's death, treat them as simply as politicians treat the public
When talking to young children about Osama bin Laden's death, keep information simple and reassuring, psychologist says.
Isn't this how we all get generally get talked to by politicians?
If you do broach the topic with your kids, keep the message simple. "Kids are very black and white, without a lot of ability to think abstractly," says Coleman. Emphasize that bin Laden was very bad and hurt many people, and that when you hurt other people, you get punished so you can't keep hurting. You might even give them the relatable analogy of a bully who gets in trouble so he'll stop picking on other kids.
Don't worry kids, that's as deep as public discourse gets these days.
Read more here.
Isn't this how we all get generally get talked to by politicians?
If you do broach the topic with your kids, keep the message simple. "Kids are very black and white, without a lot of ability to think abstractly," says Coleman. Emphasize that bin Laden was very bad and hurt many people, and that when you hurt other people, you get punished so you can't keep hurting. You might even give them the relatable analogy of a bully who gets in trouble so he'll stop picking on other kids.
Don't worry kids, that's as deep as public discourse gets these days.
Read more here.
What Fox News considers important images of the day
Well, it's good to know that Katy is unsure about bin Laden...
With Osama dead, western leaders scramble for excuses to remain in Afghanistan
We went there to get bin Laden, didn't we?
World waits for FOX News to credit G.W.Bush for Osama's death
Cause you know there's no way in Hell they will credit Obama.
Sunday, May 01, 2011
Mayor Ford fools no one and endorses Harper
No shit Sherlock. I'm surprised he could keep his mouth shut this long.
Perhaps a little phone call from Stephen changed his mind...
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has changed his mind and come out with a strong endorsement of Conservative Leader Stephen Harper ahead of Monday's federal election.
Less than a month ago Ford said he would stay out of the national campaign, except for his support of longtime family friend Jim Flaherty, who is seeking re-election for the Conservatives in the riding of Whitby-Oshawa.
Btw Mayor Ford, you're full of shit. Your stated reason for support:
"[P]eople want subways and we will have subways when Stephen Harper is the prime minister. And that's the bottom line."
Moron.
Read more here.
Perhaps a little phone call from Stephen changed his mind...
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has changed his mind and come out with a strong endorsement of Conservative Leader Stephen Harper ahead of Monday's federal election.
Less than a month ago Ford said he would stay out of the national campaign, except for his support of longtime family friend Jim Flaherty, who is seeking re-election for the Conservatives in the riding of Whitby-Oshawa.
Btw Mayor Ford, you're full of shit. Your stated reason for support:
"[P]eople want subways and we will have subways when Stephen Harper is the prime minister. And that's the bottom line."
Moron.
Read more here.
NATO nobly kills Gadhafi''s son and grandchildren
Watch as the West savagely yet incompetently tries to murder a world leader.
Well done, we got his grandchildren.
Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi escaped a NATO missile strike in Tripoli on Saturday, but his youngest son and three grandchildren under the age of 12 were killed, a government spokesman said.
The strike, which came hours after Gadhafi called for a ceasefire and negotiations in what rebels called a publicity stunt, marked an escalation of international efforts to prevent the Libyan regime from regaining momentum.
Read more here.
Well done, we got his grandchildren.
Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi escaped a NATO missile strike in Tripoli on Saturday, but his youngest son and three grandchildren under the age of 12 were killed, a government spokesman said.
The strike, which came hours after Gadhafi called for a ceasefire and negotiations in what rebels called a publicity stunt, marked an escalation of international efforts to prevent the Libyan regime from regaining momentum.
Read more here.
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