Does This Disturb You as Much as It Does Me?

Does this scare you? It should. George W. Bush just signed a new bill into law that will allow terror suspects to be tried sooner, interrogators to legally use techniques like sleep-deprivation and induced hypothermia, and make it even more ok than they seem to think it is now to hold people indefinitely. This disturbs …

I Smell Something Burning. It’s Common Sense!

A friend sent me a story that pissed me off, so I thought I’d write about it. Let me try and sum this up for you. At a housing complex in a tough neighbourhood in Winnipeg, a bunch of kids between the ages of 8 and 11 decided to set fire to a shed in …

Are There A Lot Of Kidnappings In Spain Or Is This Guy Just An Idiot?

Woman “kidnaps” son four times for ransom MADRID (Reuters) – A Spanish woman staged fake kidnappings of her son four times and got his father to pay her more than a million euros ($1.26 million) in ransom money, newspaper El Mundo reported Friday. Police in the southern Spanish city of Seville arrested the woman and …

Pet Look-Alike? How About Pet-Think-Alike!

Steve sent me this story a few days ago, but I’ve either been too busy, too tired or not here at all so it didn’t get posted until now, which is a tragedy! Ok, let’s start roasting! Owners sue LA agency for not turning pets into stars LOS ANGELES (AP) – Stage mothers for a …

Is Evolution Eliminating our Spines?

Wow. If this crap continues, there is no hope for us. My comments are in bold. Ban ‘evil’ Harry Potter, board told Oct. 4, 2006. 09:02 AMASSOCIATED PRESS ATLANTA – A suburban county that sparked a public outcry when its libraries temporarily eliminated funding for Spanish-language fiction is now being asked to ban Harry Potter …