Some may have seen the news that an evil pirate named Joel Tenenbaum took 30 songs hostage and was convicted due to this heinous crime. He was sentenced to pay 675,000$ for downloading and sharing 30 songs. This means, that the worth of each song amounts to 22,500$! Or in other words: If you get your hands on those songs, you are FILTHY RICH!!! Someone on the infamous PirateBay website recognized this and decided to help get other people rich. Thus strong is the generosity of those t...
I wonder if Jesus can do a Kamehameha ... http://www.onemanga.com/Billy_Bat/14/01/
Was just checking the Huffington Post for news and just saw this on the frontpage: I didn't manipulate this screeny - pure accident. And I don't think the articles were put like this deliberatly either.
US prisons are a business. Private coorporations build and manage prisons and get paid by the state to handle prisoners. This creates an immediate conflict of interest: The prison industry wants as many felons ar possible while the state prefers free taxpaying americans. To further increase revenue, prisoners are put to work. Now, that isn't a bad thing per se, but ask yourself this: Do you really want to tell a convicted murderer your name, address and credit card number? Becaus...
Jon Stewart the most trusted person in american news. Which is interesting because he isn't a news anchor and his show, The Daily Show , is hosted on Comedy Central. Anyway, some of my favorite moments. On October 15, 2004 Jon Stewart was a guest at political talk show Crossfire, an opportunity he used to tell the hosts that he mentioned among friends, in private and occasionally on TV, that he considers their show bad. Hilarity ensues. The show was canceled shortly ...
Shot at a "grassroots" rally against public health care in New Hampshire, USA. I suppose the guerilla protester had to run fast soon after the picture was taken. Check out the yellow sign in the back (thanks Neilo). A classic. He shalleth burn in hell along with his pron. That's mighty generous. No, I can't read that either. But seeing the protagonist from the anime The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya on a palestinian protest sign is just ...
Keith Olberman's father is hospitalized and was at times suffering so much that he begged for death. In such cases, hospitals offer counseling interviews on what the options are and how to possibly proceed. The GOP vehemently opposed the very idea that insurance companies should pay for these counseling talks. Also, these counsels inspired the political fiction of "Death Panels". Olberman now experienced first hand what being denied these talks can mean.
I first thought it was a fraud, but considering that Google, ebay, Walmart and Staples already installed these new fuel cells and run them with profit lends the BloomBox some credibility - as well as the fact that Colin Powell joined the board of directors. Watch CBS News Videos Online I hope this is true. It could change so much.
Most of you probably heard of google bombing, which e.g. led to the search query "dismal failure" listing the profile page of George W. Bush as top result. You probably also know the "Related Videos" feature of YouTube, which usually shows a selection of videos to watch which have something in common to the video you're currently watching. Well, while watching an old SNL clip featuring a parody on Palin/Clinton, i noticed this: Seems a bit .... unrelated to me (unless you...
Greg Palast is a non-partisan investigative reporter who has uncovered many scandals by the corrupt and powerful. In this documentary he uncovers aspects about the flooding of New Orleans which speak not well of the people that were in charge. This week you can download the documentary for free, although I understand that Greg Palast would apreceate a donation. For some reason he doesn't have many corporate sponsors. Download here: http://www.gregpalast.c...
Australian finance entrepreneurs created a new product for investors to play with: The Life Settlement Fund The practice of trading Life Settlements isn't an australian phenomen, though, and it was practiced for years. But it seems like this might become the latest fad among investors. The idea behind this fund is to buy up life insurance policies from the insured and bundle them into a fund. The potential market volume is estimated to be at around $500 billion. As far as I understand...
... aren't the torrents. It's the correspondence! http://thepiratebay.org/legal The best ones are those where the non-pirates are really insistent, like the websheriff lawers: Subject: Re: Re : WHITE STRIPES / Pirate Bay - Torrents From: anakata To: Jgela1@aol.com Date: Thu, 26 May 2005 14:01:41 +0200 On Thu, 2005-05-26 at 06:11 -0400, Jgela1@aol.com wrote: > > Web Sheriff > Protecting Your Rights on the Internet &g...
Germany : Population : 82,046,000 GDP (nominal): $3,667 billion GDP per capita : $44,660 ( source ) Average income: ~ €2500 ( source , alt source ) Deductions for single household with €2500 gross monthly income: Tax deductables: Income Tax: €405.00 Church Tax: €36.45 (you can opt out if you want, though) Solidarity Surcharge : €22.27 (this was introduced to pay for the german reunification) Social Security deductables: H...
While some conservatives claim that Obama wants to kill your granny I hesitate to accept that as Obamas sole reason for pushing the health care reform. From the private insurers point of view it makes perfect sense to oppose the reform ... if they didn't, they'd face an immense decline in profits if either the government option provides better care or if regulations bar insurers from avoiding costs by their current methods. But it's a bit too simplicistic to merely claim that one party act...
The Intro: The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c Intro - Progressivism Is Cancer www.thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor Health Care Reform The whole thing: The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c Conservative Libertarian www.thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor Health Care Reform I wish germany had a Jon Stewa...