Life and times of Jason since 2001
Or, rather, your name. If you’re going to annoy people online. Or you’ll go to jail.
It’s no joke. Last Thursday, President Bush signed into law a prohibition on posting annoying Web messages or sending annoying e-mail messages without disclosing your true identity.
In other words, it’s OK to flame someone on a mailing list or in a blog as long as you do it under your real name. Thank Congress for small favors, I guess.
Wonder how they’ll enforce this one…
http://labs.systemone.at/retrievr/
retrievr is an experimental service which lets you search and explore in a selection of Flickr images by drawing a rough sketch.
This is a really neat toy here. Check it out.
Sony uses PowerBook in invites for Vaio launch event
Video shows police handcuffing 5-year-old
Videotape was rolling March 14 when the 5-year-old girl swung again and again, her bantam punches landing on the outstretched palms of Nicole Dibenedetto, the new assistant principal at Fairmount Park Elementary.
She tore papers off Dibenedetto’s bulletin board and desk. She climbed on a table four times. About an hour had passed since she refused to participate in a kindergarten math lesson, which escalated into a series of defiant and destructive acts.
Dibenedetto had used tactics from a Pinellas school district training called Crisis Prevention Intervention:
Let the child know her actions have consequences but also try to “de-escalate.”
Give her opportunities to end the conflict.
Try not to touch her, defend yourself and make sure no one else gets hurt.
As St. Petersburg police officers arrived shortly after 3 p.m., the girl suddenly sat quietly at Dibenedetto’s table. And, just as suddenly, the tactics used by educators gave way to the more direct approach of law enforcement.
An officer sternly said the girl’s name. Then: “You need to calm down. You need to do it now. OK?”
Seconds later, three officers approached and placed their hands on the girl’s wrists and upper arms. They stood her up, put her arms behind her back and put on handcuffs. She bent over the table and let out a terrified scream.
Miller’s Marriage Act Passes, Marriage Fails
Senate Republican Caucus Chairman Jeff Miller is currently going through a divorce with his wife over allegations that he had an affair with a Senate staffer. Ironically, Miller is the sponsor of the state’s Marriage Protection Act aimed at preventing gay marriages or unions from happening in Tennessee. In the debate on that bill, Miller helped defeat an amendment which would have also added criticisms of adultry to the bill. The Nashville City paper, who reported on this story, also reports that Miller’s brother is openly gay. The act passed and now will be voted on by the electorate in the general midterm elections of 2006.
Over One Million Withdrawals, Calls for Dismissing the Chinese Communist Party
On March 27, the total number of withdrawals from the Communist Party, Youth League and Young Pioneers exceeded half a million. In less than one month, another half a million have now withdrawn from the CCP. By April 21, the total number of people who have declared their withdrawals from the CCP, China Youth League and Young Pioneers on the Epoch Times website (http://tuidang.dajiyuan.com/) had exceeded one million. The Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party published by The Epoch Times last November has directly caused this wave of withdrawals.
Two NYPD veterans are being investigated by Internal Affairs for allegedly accepting payoffs from the motion-picture industry to arrest vendors of pirated DVDs, law-enforcement sources told The Post.
One officer, a sergeant on the force since 1992, has been transferred from the Staten Island Task Force to the 122nd Precinct pending the internal investigation.The other, a cop for five years, still works on the task force.
As members of the unit, the officers, ages 36 and 32, would arrest the sellers of illegal DVDs and confiscate their stock.
Often they would act on tips from investigators with the Motion Picture Association of America, many of whom are former cops, sources said.
There is nothing improper about that practice. But on at least four occasions in Brooklyn, Manhattan and Staten Island, the task force officers arrested the vendors, confiscated the illegal movies and then allegedly received gratuities of several hundred dollars from the MPAA itself or its investigators, the source said.
The MPAA strongly denied that the payoffs came from the trade organization.
Pissing in Strange Places: A Starter’s Manual to Pissing in Your Car
you were:
22 years old at the time of the 9-11 attack on America
20 years old on the first day of Y2K
18 years old when Princess Diana was killed in a car crash
16 years old at the time of Oklahoma City bombing
15 years old when O. J. Simpson was charged with murder
13 years old at the time of the 93 bombing of the World Trade Center
11 years old when Operation Desert Storm began
10 years old during the fall of the Berlin Wall
6 years old when the space shuttle Challenger exploded
4 years old when Apple introduced the Macintosh
4 years old during Sally Ride’s travel in space
2 years old when Pres. Reagan was shot by John Hinckley, Jr.
not yet 1 year old at the time the Iran hostage crisis began
Amazing! How does it know so much?
Her lawyer calls her Jane Doe. The music business calls her nycfashiongirl, which is her Kazaa screen name. She’s fighting to keep her real name a secret, becoming the first individual to take a stand against the recording industry’s latest attack on file traders.
In August, Jane Doe filed a legal challenge to block the Recording Industry Association of America from obtaining her identity, because it violates her right to privacy. Since June, the RIAA has run computer searches of hard drives in order to single out at least 1,075 people swapping songs on peer-to-peer services such as Kazaa. The RIAA then subpoenas the person’s Internet service provider to obtain his name and address so that he can potentially be sued for copyright infringement.
WOO HAH! Fight the power! I hope people fight the RIAA tooth and nail.
Wanna know why CD sales are down 31% over the last 10 years? IT’S BECAUSE YOU’RE CHARGING 18 BUCKS A POP FOR THEM! I’m sorry, a CD is not worth an hour of my hard earned pay or three hours of some 16 year old flipping burgers at McD’s.
Iraq war generates predictions of Apocalypse
Since Jesus said that only God knows the hour or day of the Second Coming, preachers and self-appointed doomsayers have been trying to predict when it will happen — and watching the sun rise on another generation.
Now the prophetic interpreters have been citing a new reason they believe the end is coming: the U.S.-led war with Iraq. Anxious discussions have arisen recently on prophecy Web sites, in Bible study groups and churches, and at such gatherings as last month’s 20th International Prophecy Conference in Tampa, Fla.
Many see evidence of Iraq’s significance in end-time scenarios in key passages of the apocalyptic New Testament Book of Revelation.
Dear all
In the light of the outbreak of war in Iraq in the last 12 hours, our recommendations for the scheduling and content of videos and programmes are as follows:
1. Video recommendations
Obviously, there will be heightened public sensitivity to representations of war, soldiers, bombing, destruction of buildings and public unrest at home. The ITC Programme Code requires us not to broadcast material which offends against good taste or is offensive to public feeling. We therefore recommend that videos featuring the following are not shown at the moment:
war
soldiers
war planes
bombs
missiles
riots and social unrest
executions
other obviously sensitive materialExamples include:
System of a Down “Boom!” – anti-war video containing facts and figures about, amongst other things, the projected casualties in the war in Iraq.
Aerosmith “Don’t want to miss a thing” – contains footage from the film “Armageddon”.
Manic Street Preachers “So Why So Sad” – contains footage of soldiers being killed and man throwing a hand grenade.
Passengers/U2 “Miss Sarajevo” – contains missiles, guns and buildings being blown up.
Bon Jovi “This ain’t a love song” – contains war scenes and victims in distress.
Iggy Pop “Corruption” – contains wars, riots, guns and captions “we love guns” and “we love rifles”.
Paul Hardcastle “19” – contains war footage.
Radiohead “Lucky” – contains war footage including injured children.
Billy Idol “Hot in the City” – contains an atomic explosion.
Armand van Helden “Koochy” – contains an atomic explosion and ships being blown up.
Trick Daddy “Thug Holiday” – contains soldiers being killed at war.Furthermore, videos with words such as “bomb”, “missile”, “war” or other sensitive words in the artist or song title should not be shown at the moment.
Examples include:
Outkast “B.O.B (Bombs over Baghdad)” – song title may offend.
Radiohead “Invasion” – song title may offend.
Megadeth “Holy Wars” – song title may offend.
Gavin Friday “You, Me and World War Three” – song title may offend.
B-52s videos.
When the Washington Post revealed the existence of an American “shadow government,” operating secretly in Tora Bora-style mountain bunkers over the six months since Sept. 11, it shocked even some congressional leaders, who learned about it March 1 from the Post, not the Bush administration.
Now civil libertarians on the left and right are raising new questions about the shadow government — about its secrecy, its leadership, and the way it involves the military in domestic roles. In particular, plans to have the military assume domestic police functions in case of national emergency alarm some scholars and advocates, who believe the shadow government could be an early step on the way to martial law.
The Terror Of Mecha-bin-Laden!
Jubilation quickly turned to shock and revulsion yesterday when the news of Osama bin Laden’s death was followed with the monstrous revelation that his brain has been transplanted into an armour plated robotic body, effectively granting him mega strength and immortality.
The days news began with a Pentagon briefing to the press in which a delighted Donald Rumsfeld revealed the news to the world that Osama bin Laden, Saudi millionaire, terrorist mastermind and US public enemy number one, was dead.
“We have reliable sources from all over the region indicating to us that bin Laden is dead, apparently from kidney failure.” Explained Rumsfeld. “He had reportedly been sick for some time and has had treatment before for this illness. Truthfully, we were hoping we could have bagged him ourselves, but as long as he is dead, we’ll take it!”
Just then an aid whispered something into Rumsfeld’s ear and the press conference was abruptly ended. US officials quickly left the room looking ashen and shaken. They had just learned that Arab cable network Aljazeera was airing a live satellite transmission from the monstrous new face of al Qaeda.
In a grotesque attempt to cheat death, Osama had his doctors transplant his fiendish brain in to a cybernetic host, a specially crafted robotic husk to serve as the terrorist’s body so that he might live forever. In a violation of the laws of god and man, the enemies of freedom have created an 8 foot, heavilly armoured, super intelligent, sociopathic, weaponized, metal megalomaniac to lead their fight against America. And in an unsettling show of arrogance, the beast’s first action upon awakening was to place a live call to the world to announce its intentions.
“I AM MECHA-BIN-LADEN!” Shrieked the creature in a metallic voice. “All will tremble before me. I will burn your cities, ravage your land and enslave your children! Your leaders cannot protect you. They are weak, feeble fleashings. Where as I consist of metal polymer that can never be breached. NEVER!”
NNOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The terrorists have won!
American Crusade 2001+ Trading Cards
Bill Gates’ Personal Wealth Clock
So this guy was shot not once, not twice, not thrice, but TWENTY FIVE times and lived.
Meet Gipsy The Red Chihuahua in her incredible site featuring fun pet stories and themes, beautiful photos of Gypsy and her friends, and a wealth of information useful to all animal lovers!
George Bush versus Shit in a Googlefight. Shit wins.
New Car Accessory Helping Student Get Laid
A USS Cole style attack hit a French tanker in Yemen today though Yemen officials say they do not consider it an act of sabotague.
I’ve kept from commenting on it for a couple reasons. One, no time. Two, not really hitting home I guess. But now it is. The string of shootings in Montgomery County, Maryland and D.C. and the shooting Friday right down here in Fredericksburg are all related. I don’t know if I’m more relieved it’s all connected or not. It’s good it’s connected in that there aren’t morons running around trying to be copycats (yet). And it’s good she lived down here. Also, the guy’s getting sloppy, which helps catch his ass. Sloppy in that he didn’t kill her and also that Route 3’s a pretty busy road at any time of day. If he’s going to take a shot in broad daylight on a busy road, he’s increasing his chances of getting caught. Good. I hope they find the son of a bitch and beat the crap out of him.
And they found the body of nine year old Jennifer Short. She was from southwest-Virginia and disappeared when her parents were killed. They’re questioning a couple folks about it. What a tragic case. Again, I hope they catch this guy and beat the crap out of him. And then beat him some more. Fucking child killer.
I’m sorry, I’m against the death penalty, but these are the kind of things that make me rethink my stance. Anyone who kills a child is sick and deserves to be beaten to the edge of death, if not beyond. And for someone to snipe people, hunt them, shoot them from a distance like it’s some sort of game, Christ, that guy’s out of his mind. And a coward. Shit, if you’re nuts and feel like killing some one, grow some balls and try it hand to hand so the other person can kick in those new found nuts and then beat the shit out of you.
Arugh. People piss me off sometimes.
Frank is a Robot, so he’s on my good list.
The Ig Nobels were awarded last week.
CNN News Gettin’ Jiggy With da Jive Talkin’
President Bush: “America must assert its global leadership. It cannot stand idly by in the face of an imminent threat. And it will not.”
Blitzer: “In essence, Rudi, what tha president is saying to Hussein is ‘Check yourself, fool.’ Republicans praised tha president’s resolve as off tha chain, and said America should smack Hussein upside tha head. But Democrats aren’t down wit dat. Know what I’m sayin’, Rudi?”
Bakhtiar [cross-talk]: “So, Wolf, it sounds as if the U.S. is staying all up in Saddam’s grill.”
Blitzer: “Straight up, girlfriend.”
I raided Reenhead. You should too.
