iPod will be model for Omniyat's new tower

Seeded on Fri Dec 22, 2006 5:08 PM EST (CNET News.com)

This is an interesting article I found while surfing today. There are some Republican Extremists that would have a field day with a story like this.

business, dubai-real-estate, dubai, ipod-shaped-residence

Mom allegedly leaves child in car, shops with dog

Seeded on Wed Dec 13, 2006 4:39 PM EST (The Arizona Republic)

I caught this from Digg of all places. However, the headline caught my attention. The mother actually left her 2 year old in the car and brought her stupid dog with her into the "Neiman-Marcus" store. Kind of gives you a bit of an idea.

us-news, gardenia-zakrzewski-johansson, neiman-marcus, parenting

Judge Says Man Too Small for Prison

Seeded on Fri May 26, 2006 9:34 AM EDT (The Washington Post)

SIDNEY, Neb. -- A judge said a 5-foot-1 man convicted of sexually assaulting a child was too small to survive in prison, and gave him 10 years of probation instead. I really don't understand how someone can be "too small" for prison. He wasn't "too small" to commit the crime.

law, prison, us-news, sex-crime

Is it Fascism Yet?

Seeded on Fri Feb 10, 2006 1:09 PM EST (Adbusters: The Magazine)

An interesting opinion by Anne Norton who is a professor of political science at the University of Pennsylvania and author of Leo Strauss and the Politics of American Empire.

iraq, politics, war, fascism

Are Google's AdSense advertisers being screened?

Sun Feb 5, 2006 3:31 PM EST

When Google first started it's AdSense advertising, the folks that signed up for it seems fairly reasonable and it appeared that Google was screening them to make sure they were on the up-and-up. Lately, then doesn't seem to be the case.

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