Why the Shootings Mean That We Must Support My Politics
Topic: Society
2:31 pm EDT, Apr 18, 2007
Many people will use this terrible tragedy as an excuse to put through a political agenda other than my own. This tawdry abuse of human suffering for political gain sickens me to the core of my being. Those people who have different political views from me ought to be ashamed of themselves for thinking of cheap partisan point-scoring at a time like this. In any case, what this tragedy really shows us is that, so far from putting into practice political views other than my own, it is precisely my political agenda which ought to be advanced.
Online Video Watch » Blog Archive » Web 2.0 in Perspective
Topic: Society
1:51 pm EDT, Apr 12, 2007
For an quick overview of web 2.0, check out this video by Michael Wesch. It is the best explanation I have come across of the ways web 2.0 is changing communication. Thanks to Sean Bohan for the pointer. But now that we’re there, let’s take a step back. The nightly network news has a viewership of about 26 million people according to the Project for Excellence in Journalism. That number has declined steadily over the past 25 years as cable and the internet became more prevalent news sources.
In the winter of 2002, with the federal budget stretched thin, President George W. Bush asked Congress to give back money that lawmakers had earmarked for local projects so it could be used instead to fund the Pell grant program, which helps needy students pay for college. One of the local projects that had drawn particularly harsh scrutiny was a $273,000 federal grant that U.S. Rep. Sam Graves had procured to study goth culture in Blue Springs, Missouri. "It's one of those priorities that my constituents asked me to fight for," Graves told an Associated Press reporter at the time.
The Sun Online - News: Tooting man is Hindu goddess
Topic: Society
3:46 pm EDT, Apr 2, 2007
JOBLESS Steve Cooper has found work at last — as an Indian GODDESS who thousands of Hindus believe can cure their infertility.
Pilgrims head to a remote jungle temple to be blessed by Steve, 32, from Tooting, South West London.
He places his third finger on the their foreheads and mutters: “The goddess is here”.
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A eunuch called Sudha said: “He is a fake. I checked and he still has a penis.
“He is a male so can’t be a goddess. He shouldn’t give blessings.” Steve, who has a tattoo of the goddess on his arm, just insisted: “I am both male and female.”
Bloody, satanic, amnesia case baffles Italian police | Special reports | Guardian Unlimited
Topic: Society
11:11 am EDT, Apr 2, 2007
Police and prosecutors in northern Italy are wrestling with a mystery that brings together a man with memory loss, evidence of devil worship and a blood-drenched apartment.
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He has since been identified as a 22-year-old called Daniele - investigators have not released his surname - who, until recently, worked in a nearby factory. His family said his only real hobby was UFOs.
They told police that, last September, he had suddenly broken with his past. He had left his job and spent his savings, though his relation with his parents, whom he now says he cannot recognise, continued to seem normal.
Among the puzzles vexing investigators are how a man who had lost almost seven pints of blood could have made his way 70-odd miles across country - and what happened to him in the at least three days that he was missing.
Aliens must be using death metal for mind control. I think I finally understand people's fascination with power point.
Fence firm hired illegals - The Washington Times, America's Newspaper
Topic: Society
3:31 pm EDT, Mar 30, 2007
The head of a California company hired by the U.S. government to help build a fence along the Southwest border to curb the flow of illegal aliens into the United States has been sentenced on charges of hiring illegals for the job.
