badnews @ April 24, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Source: Hamilton Spectator
A Hamilton man Tasered by police is in hospital after the stun gun ignited a “flammable object” in his pants, burning him.
I think they should reconsider their liberal use of tasers. They seemed to be abused more than they are used appropriately.
badnews @ April 23, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Source: USAToday
Bush has shattered the 70 year record for lowest approval rating. A mere 28% approves, and I have to wonder how many in the 28% have oil stock, or their heads up their asses.
This makes our standards for the next election a lot lower. An 11 year old could probably run the country just [...]
badnews @ April 23, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Source: NYTimes
The United States is home to only 5% of the world’s population yet houses 25% of the world’s prison population. One in 100 citizens are in prison.
Americans are locked up for crimes — from writing bad checks to using drugs — that would rarely produce prison sentences in other countries. And in particular they [...]
badnews @ April 23, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Source: Wall Street Journal
I thought the American government was the only govt dumb enough to offer corporate welfare. Looks like our charming neighbors overseas are copying the same dumbass plan to end their credit crunch.
Britain, the world’s fifth-largest economy, offers a prime testing ground for policies to counteract the global financial crisis, which stems in [...]
badnews @ April 22, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Source: NYTimes
Oil has reached a record high at $116 a barrel. The economy is bad unless you are an oil man. Don’t worry, you’ll get your great depression bonus later this year, then the $600 you get can go right in your gas tank where it belongs.
The problem with oil is that the only alternative [...]
badnews @ April 22, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Source: ScientificAmerican
I don’t know what they’re trying to get at, but I think terrorists are going to get Digg accounts and Rick Roll everybody. Perhaps they will make a giant penis cannon on SecondLife to annoy the obese socially inept virtual nightclub dancers..
The tools of the so-called Web 2.0 world—including social networking sites, virtual worlds [...]
badnews @ April 22, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Source: RichardDawkins
A person who saw “Expelled” wrote Dawkins a letter.
Now I truly understand who you atheists and darwinists really are! You people believe that it was okay for my great-grandparents to die in the Holocaust! How disgusting. Your past article about the Holocaust was just window dressing. We Jews will fight to keep people like [...]
badnews @ April 21, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Source: BBC
Pirates seized a Spanish fishing boat taking 26 hostages, which is somewhat normal according to the article.
Last year, more than 25 ships were seized by pirates in Somali coastal waters.
And they say file sharing is a crime…
badnews @ April 21, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Source: LiveScience
Scientists are saying time travel is impossible at this point, though theoretically possible. Thanks scientists.
badnews @ April 21, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Source: RawStory
Thankfully this “intelligent design” movie isn’t doing so well. Less popular than a Michael Moore movie, they might also be looking at legal trouble.
Expelled’s producers have also been accused of copyright violations — they’re said not to have secured the rights for the use of John Lennon’s “Imagine” and The Killer’s “All these [...]