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Ari and Mohammed are now friends

March 7, 2010 – 4:04 am

The Israeli military cancelled a planned raid on a Palestinian village after one of its soldiers posted details of the operation on Facebook.
The unnamed soldier revealed the time and place of the raid and the name of his unit on the social networking site. He said on his status update that his unit planned a [...]

By DeusExMacintosh | Also posted in Free Speech, Funnies, Internet, Law, Middle east, Politics, Religion | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments (12)

Sharing is not always a good thing

February 19, 2010 – 2:16 pm

[Warning, if you are eating, do not continue reading this post.]
I just had occasion to shiver all over with horror. You know, when something is so awful that you feel like your skin is crawling off your back? What could be so awful…?
The cause of my horror was the article where Tony Abbott was moaning [...]

By Legal Eagle | Also posted in Media, Politics, Privacy, Society, anthony daniels | Tagged , , , , , | Comments (17)

Investment Wankers

February 4, 2010 – 2:18 am

An Australian banker is in hot water after being filmed looking at semi-nude photos of a model while a colleague was doing a television interview nearby.
He could be seen clicking on photos of Miranda Kerr in the background of the Channel 7 interview on Tuesday with an analyst for Macquarie Private Wealth.
The footage soon made [...]

By DeusExMacintosh | Also posted in Economics, Feminism, Funnies, Internet, Media, Popular culture | Tagged , , , , | Comments (45)

Lawyers for pets

February 1, 2010 – 9:14 am

Long-time readers of this blog will know I’m fascinated by animals and the law. A while back I wrote a post on the topic of pets who are recipients of bequests, and discussed the possibility of a rich animal being better represented before the law than a poor human being. The dog in that post [...]

By Legal Eagle | Also posted in Animals, Human/Civil rights, Law, Society | Tagged , , , | Comments (12)

Japanese ghosts are the scariest

January 23, 2010 – 7:20 am

I was talking to a Japanese friend about how my parents had a book of Japanese myths and legends, and I loved to read it as a kid, but some of those stories were so scary. I am sure that Japanese ghosts are the scariest and the weirdest. Anyway, I thought I would put together [...]

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You wouldn’t read about it

January 12, 2010 – 5:14 am

A Muslim protester accused of calling soldiers murderers at a parade claims he did not intend to upset anyone. Munim Abdul told Luton magistrates he did not expect to cause offence because his group had spoken “the truth”.
Seven men deny using threatening, abusive or insulting words and behaviour likely to cause harassment, alarm and distress. [...]

By DeusExMacintosh | Also posted in England, Free Speech, Funnies, History, Immigration, Law, Politics, Religion | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (11)

Baby, it’s cold outside!

January 8, 2010 – 4:48 am

Photo: NASA/GSFC, MODIS Rapid Response
From the BBC News website.

By DeusExMacintosh | Also posted in Environment, Personal, Science | Tagged | Comments (8)

World’s First Pastafarian Protest

January 1, 2010 – 12:44 am

A priest who advised needy people to shoplift has been drenched with spaghetti and ravioli by a protester.
Father Tim Jones, parish priest of St Lawrence and St Hilda in York, said in a sermon that stealing could be the best option for some vulnerable people. He was approached on Sunday by a man who threw [...]

By DeusExMacintosh | Also posted in England, Funnies, Religion, Skeptics | Tagged , , , , | Comments (10)

Snatch and grab

December 17, 2009 – 2:31 am

An octopus and its coconut-carrying antics have surprised scientists.
Underwater footage reveals that the creatures scoop up halved coconut shells before scampering away with them so they can later use them as shelters. Writing in the journal Current Biology, the team says it is the first example of tool use in octopuses.
One of the researchers, Dr [...]

By DeusExMacintosh | Also posted in Animals, Environment, General, Science | Tagged , , , | Comments (10)

TV Tropes: or, how I learned to stop worrying and love the WikiWalk

December 10, 2009 – 7:45 am

If this headline means nothing to you, it’s because you haven’t yet discovered this site, which is a thing of beauty, wonder and sunk costs. Yes, you read that right. It’s so amazing it represents sunk costs in advance, which is supposed to be impossible, but I know exactly what will happen to those of [...]

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