2012-04-24, 23:47 | Link #21041 |
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So as an update to my story about Alberta's far right Wildrose party being okay with having bigots in its ranks, the "stiff challenge" Wildrose was supposedly going to raise didn't really materialize - Allison Redford and her Progressive Conservatives won a 12th majority government (Yes, 12th. Really.) with 62 seats. Wildrose got 17, Liberals and NDP four each.
And that's in Canada's most conservative province, so yes, one of the few truly feel good stories in Canadian politics in a while. Guess a friend of mine who went to university in Edmonton was on to something when he wondered who the heck was supporting these people because while he knew a lot of (fiscal) conservatives in Alberta he didn't know a lot of nutjobs. (Though I still find it interesting that Calgary is both the only major Canadian city to have a Muslim mayor and the Canadian city that makes the news most often for stories involving white supremacists.)
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2012-04-25, 04:57 | Link #21043 | |
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Pakistan tests nuclear-capable ballistic missile
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/...83O05X20120425 Quote:
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2012-04-25, 06:17 | Link #21044 | |
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Human rights group writes open letter to PM Lee
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It would be nice to have these populist politicians meet their foreign counterpart.
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2012-04-25, 10:50 | Link #21046 |
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Breivik rails at psychiatrists for calling him insane
"The Norwegian on trial for killing 77 people in a bomb and gun rampage railed at
psychiatrists who diagnosed him as psychotic, saying on Wednesday their report contained "evil, fictional inventions"." See: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/...83O0TR20120425 |
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A reality check for Facebook investors And here is an interesting commentary that I don't want to read initially : Quote:
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2012-04-25, 13:42 | Link #21048 |
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Whenever I think that fictional characters like Monster's Johan are implausible, someone like Breivik comes along to remind me that such people sadly actually exist.
I haven't paid close attention to the trial, but I'm still wondering how he can claim he picked off dozens of innocent people on that island in "self-defense." (Yes, I understand his broader argument about immigration being a threat and so forth, but "self-defense" usually carries the implication of a direct threat to you personally. I don't see how mass assassination can even vaguely be construed as self-defense as a legal argument.)
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2012-04-25, 13:58 | Link #21049 |
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Justices Seem Sympathetic to Central Part of Arizona Imigration Law
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/26/us...cal-storm.html
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2012-04-25, 14:02 | Link #21050 | |
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2012-04-25, 14:03 | Link #21051 | |
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We probably would never know about his true motivations until we meet the people around him. Social pressure is an oft-ignored factor in categorising lunatics, psychopaths and their likes; nobody really likes to have even the smallest amount of blame put on them.
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2012-04-25, 15:17 | Link #21052 | ||
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2012-04-25, 19:32 | Link #21053 | |
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Bo Xilai Reportedly Wiretapped Senior Chinese Officials
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I want the movie rights; this story just gets better and better. I would think the rule in China is that wiretapping is acceptable only if the people listening hold higher positions of power than those being listened to.
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2012-04-25, 19:34 | Link #21054 | |
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2012-04-25, 20:45 | Link #21057 |
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an ARS Tech Exclusive
here's how to get spear-fished... FBI-style
NOTE: creepy story ahead http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/n...n-honeypot.ars |
2012-04-26, 02:38 | Link #21058 |
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Brazil sex worker may sue U.S. embassy over injuries
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/...83P07W20120426 I am not much surprised after the incident in Colombia.
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2012-04-26, 02:40 | Link #21059 |
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Looks like cinema purists are NOT pleased with the new 48 fps demonstration for The Hobbit.
http://www.slashfilm.com/cinemacon-t...eron-promised/ |
2012-04-26, 10:14 | Link #21060 | |
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I was at Fry's (a U.S. west coast based super electronics store) a few months ago and my friend and I wandered near the TV section. They had a side-by-side demonstration of HD vs. non-HD TV screens. Both were over 50" wide, both were from teh same manufacturer, but one was HD, the other wasn't. The display was set up to play Battle: Los Angeles simultaneously. The regular TV looked as it would when viewed at the theater. With the HD TV, the effects looked fake, and were quite obvious. It looked really bad. Like Galactica: 1980 bad. HD might be fine for sports and whatnot, but I don't think it works so well for movies. By the by, if you've never been to a Fry's you should go. They're...interesting. Endless "Dr. Zee" Soul
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