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Gold plated Buddhist cell phone
Since Buddhism is the most followed religion in China, this Chinese cell phone maker has cashed on to people’s beliefs and launched a Buddhist Mobile plated with 24 karat gold. I wonder what the connection is between the Enlightened One and a cell phone and Gold. The highlight of the cell phone is the distinguished incarnation of Lord Buddha [...]
RIAA Fears ‘Manipulation’ of Courtroom Web Broadcast
The Recording Industry Association of America is objecting to the webcasting of pretrial arguments in an upcoming file-sharing trial. The RIAA claims that the re-runs "will be readily subject to editing and manipulation by any reasonably tech-savvy individual." That is among the arguments the RIAA is making in urging a federal appeals court [...]
The 11 Most Depressing Moments Of The 2009 Detroit Auto Show
Just because we had fun at the Detroit Auto Show doesn't mean there weren't somber moments. In fact, most moments were. Here are the 11 most depressing moments from the 2009 Detroit Auto Show. 11.) Reporters Asking Us For Jobs While working at Jalopnik may seem like a dream job, we're sometimes treated as a curiosity by print journalists who [...]
Defending Hitler
I never thought I would be arguing for the rights of Adolph Hitler. A three year old boy named Adolph Hitler Campbell by his parents as well as his two sisters who were also given “Nazified” names were removed from the custody of their parents by New Jersey Youth And Family Services. The “unique” names of the children were first [...]
Angry Teacher Rips Student’s Cheek Off
On December 18th, 2008, a 10 year-old 5th grader named Chao Qun Zheng went to his elementary school in HeNan, China. When his teacher, Guo, found out that young Zheng had not completed his homework, she flipped out. “She was very angry at the time,” he said. “She ripped and twisted my cheeks with both her hands and then she lifted me [...]
US laser warplane under threat from Barack Obama
The future of a US warplane that fires lasers at the enemy is under threat from Barack Obama's administration. One of first the first decisions of US defence that the President-elect will face in office will be whether or not to continue funding for the futuristic Airborne Laser weapons programme. The system aims to send an invisible, [...]
“Mass grave found near yellow house”
BELGRADE -- Daily Blic writes that a mass grave containing bodies of organ harvesting victims has been found near the “yellow house” where operations supposedly took place. “The location of the grave site was marked in a UN report from 2004 which has not been officially given to the Serbian War Crimes Prosecution. The prosecution gained [...]
Obama Abandoning Science Fiction as He Announces “Science Team”
We should all be elated that President-elect Barack Obama and his administration will be abandoning “science fiction” in favor of “science fact” so that future action can be based on reality and not politics. President-elect Obama’s selection Saturday of a Harvard physicist and a marine biologist for science posts is a sign he [...]
