School making sissies out of kids?February 13th, 2004 An interesting article on school policy of punishing both the attacker and the defender. I agree with her to a point, but when she goes of in tangent on trying to justify the attack on Iraq because Mr.
Collage of Bush & American Soldier's Killed in IraqAugust 7th, 2006 U.S. service members who died in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom. via Bad Bad Bush
You can view the full list here.
China official says 140 people killed, 828 hurt amid riots in restive far westJuly 6th, 2009 China says 140 killed in riots in westURUMQI, China — Violent street battles killed at least 140 people and injured 828 others in the deadliest ethnic unrest to hit China's western Xinjiang region in decades, and officials said Monday the death toll was expected to rise. Police sealed off streets in parts of the provincial capital, Urumqi, after discord between ethnic Muslim Uighur people and China's Han majority erupted into riots.
Terrorist activity tripled last year; US insisting it is winning the war on terrorApril 28th, 2005 The United States reported on Wednesday that terrorist activity in the world increased sharply last year with the number of attacks and dead more than tripling but that it was winning the global "war on terror". The US National Counterterrorism Center, an arm of the Central Intelligence Agency, said in a report there were 651 terrorist attacks across the globe last year with 1,907 people killed.
Come on Google, What About India?August 10th, 2006 What's wrong with Google and India? Did we hurt them in any way?
Google provides GMail by SMS signup in Australia, Indonesia, Malayasia, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Turkey and of-course US of A. However India is not there.
Austria Figures Electronic Vote Counting Machines Were Fingered by Cosmic RaysJanuary 8th, 2007 An electronic vote-counting machine in Schaerbeek, a suburb of Brussels, declared that 4096 more people had cast their vote than the ballot slips testified. The machine had been thoroughly tested and deemed perfect.
419 Scams - Now Made in AsiaJuly 7th, 2006 Today I received an email from Sudhir Thirumurthy [sagthirumurthy@fastermail.com] with a subject which screamed 419 scam. However I hadn't received any from Singapore and by someone who is clearly of Indian origin.
Understanding Race, Religion, Politics, Sex & BigotryMay 31st, 2007 Doug Karr, product manager for a "permission-based email service provider" (permission spam?) lays down three interesting rules for understanding differences of race, religion, politics, sex and bigotry: 1. He will never understand others; so he tries to respect things that he doesn't understand.
Chinese state media says 156 people killed in riots in XinjiangJuly 6th, 2009 China state media says 156 killed in riots in westBEIJING — Chinese state media says that 156 people have been killed in violent riots in the country's western Xinjiang region. The official Xinhua News Agency did not immediately give any other details in its one-sentence report early Tuesday.
Python: A recipe for cryptic code?April 13th, 2005 I have heard that Python is a great programming language which is so much superior to everything around etc. The following code in python is touted as the world's smallest p2p client & server.
Coward Spammer Breaks From Prison And Kills His Family And Thankfully HimselfJuly 28th, 2008 Only four days after escaping from a federal minimum-security prison in Florence, Colorado "Spam King" Eddie Davidson, 35, killed his wife, baby daughter and finally himself. Davidson shot and killed his wife in her former home in Bennett, Colorado along with his three-year-old daughter.
Doctor Arrested, Charged With Killing Patients During Hurricane Katrina ChaosJuly 19th, 2006 New Orleans police have arrested a doctor and two nurses on second-degree murder charges for allegedly administering lethal pain medications to patients stranded in hospitals in the chaos following Hurricane Katrina. At least 34 patients at Memorial Medical Center died in the aftermath of the hurricane, after power was lost and those hospitalized were stranded for four days.
Ethnic riots in China's west kill 140, hundreds hurt as unrest spreads to 2nd cityJuly 6th, 2009 Ethnic riots spread in China's west; 140 killedURUMQI, China — Riots and street battles killed at least 140 people in China's western Xinjiang province and injured 828 others in the deadliest ethnic unrest to hit the region in decades. Officials said Monday the death toll was expected to rise.
US Secret Service investing Facebook poll that asked if Obama should live or dieSeptember 30th, 2009 Secret Service probing Facebook poll on ObamaWASHINGTON — The U.S. Secret Service is investigating an online survey that asked whether people thought President Barack Obama should be assassinated, officials said Monday.
No More Spinach for PopeyeAugust 30th, 2007 Metz Fresh LLC of King City issued the recall of 8118 cases of spinach on Wednesday, after salmonella bacteria was found during a routine test of spinach it was processing for shipment according to company spokesman Greg Larson. Metz Fresh spokesman Greg Larson said more than 90 percent of that amount was identified before it reached stores.
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