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GOOGLE CONVICTED IN ITALY
I've mentioned quite a few times that governments the world over are starting a systematic rebellion against Google. Well, score one for the bad guys (or are they the good guys...?), because Italy convicted a Google Executive of violating privacy laws. Lots of folks are riled up by this, claim it is an outright threat to the freedom and sanctity of the internet and free speech, that it is like killing the mailman for bringing you a bad letter. Blah blah blah.
The context of the court case is quite silly actually. A couple Italian kids uploaded a video to YouTube that was rather embarrassing to a fellow student. The video was reported by the school, and the video was removed two hours later. Ahh, reminds me of high school...
Anyways, bottom line, Italy is claiming Google is legally responsible for all the idiots on YouTube. If that is the case, then Nuremberg-esque trials aren't too far behind....
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DICK CHENEY SURVIVES FIFTH HEART ATTACK
(photo from Blognonymo.us)
It is now clear that former Vice President Dick Cheney defies all laws of medicine. Having suffered his fifth heart attack and walked away, I think he has evolved beyond the need for a human heart. Perhaps he survives off broken dreams and the tears of school-children.
I have another theory that he is really a robot of an alien or deviant race, like the Terminator or a Decepticon, and has planted itself within our world to rise to power and enslave us all. But that is so obviously ridiculous, because he already was Vice President and... um... oh no... he's already done it, hasn't he...? But we're not even aware, are we....?
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KILLER WHALE KILLS SEAWORLD TRAINER
One of SeaWorld's trained orca whales played a bizarre role in the death of a SeaWorld trainer. And the shifty thing is that the alleged whale, Tilly, has a sordid past: In 1999 a naked dude was found dead on Tilly's back. And then there was this odd incident in Canada where Tilly and a few other hooligan orcas beat the crap out of another trainer.
Whether or not you support or oppose the captivity of these humongous mammals for entertainment purposes, everyone has to admit: all this press will probably swing in the favor of the upcoming Free Willy 4: Tilly's Revenge.
3 COMMENTS:
The 'Cheney as Terminator' image first appeared here:
http://blognonymo.us/2007/04/cyberdyne-systems-vice-president-model.html
...on my old blog, Blognonymous, and is now available at Flickr under a Creative Commons license. Not sure how you managed to get a copy without my watermark, but you now have two choices: Remove it or give credit where credit is due. (Oh, and if you go that latter route, please replace yours with the watermarked version.) Thanks.
Photo credit now given, and it even has your watermark on it. Brilliant image!
Found it through a Google search and couldn't trace the originator, but I assure you it didn't have a watermark on it. Thanks for letting me know.
Joel... Thanks for the credit and for substituting the watermarked image.
I've found that watermark-free version in a couple of places. Though why anyone would take the trouble to remove a watermark is a mystery to me--it's really tricky, much more so than putting it on.
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