Thursday, January 31, 2008

News Notes

Just a short entry today... a few news articles that caught my eye...

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Young journalist sentenced to death in Afghanistan for reading about women's rights on the internet
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=511423&in_page_id=1770

Isn't nice to know that our troops are over there helping to protect these people

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And here's a prime example of the government having their head up their ass...

Pennsylvania takes on online auctions
http://www.philly.com/philly/business/homepage/20080130_Bidding_goodbye.html

Of course, I could fill an encyclopedia with examples of this kind of stupidity

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On a lighter note, too bad this isn't true... it would actually be kinda cool
http://www.serioussportsnewsnetwork.com/2008/01/petty-to-just-play-guitar-hero-iii-for-super-bowl-halftime.html

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