Earlier this morning today on Monday, April 16th, 22 students were shot and killed with between 17 and 21 students wounded by a lone gunman at Virginia Tech (http://www.vt.edu/). It is the deadliest school shooting in U.S. history. It is unclear why the students were shot. Some students were shot in classrooms while others were in dormatories. This is obviously a great tragedy and we should keep these students and their families in our thoughts and prayers. [topic="CNN story"]http://
On January 17, NASA is launching the 1,043 pound probe called New Horizons to Pluto. It is supposed to be a 10 year trip to reach Pluto. They are giving five rockets for power that if they were used to travel to the moon it would take about nine hours. They want the probe to reach Pluto as fast as it can. It is also equipped with plutonium pellets to help it through the radioactive areas. They need to get it launched though before February 2 though. In 2007 when the probe passes Jupiter th
A student got suspended from school beasue the teacher over heard him talkingabout using php [quote]"We're not quite sure what PHP is, but we suspect it may be a derivative of PCP, or maybe a new designer drug like GHB." Parents are frightened by the discovery of this new menace in their children's school, and are demanding the school do something. "We heard that he found out about PHP at school on the internet. There may even be a PHP web ring operating on school grounds,
U.s. Teens Send 100 Texts A Day
I agree fully. When ones communication is limited, I think people are a little bit more sincere. Firing off many text messages in a day just waters down this sincerity considerably. Definitly a case of people letting the machines do all of their work for them in every way.
Some Men Don't Want To Pay Child Support
[url="http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/03/08/fatherhood.suit.ap/index.html"]http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/03/08/fatherho...t.ap/index.html[/url] So it seems that some men think it's unfair to pay a woman child support for a child he didn't want. Does that seem right? Isn't the child still his child? That's just selfish and irresponsible. How much freedom does a man want? No one is asking him to get pregnant for 9 months and take care of the child, his child. If everyone in society gets
Dell Laptop Explodes - Leads To Major Recall
Well I read this article earlier this week and thought I would share it. A Dell laptop blew up at a conference in Japan. lol I thought it was sort of funny, luckily no one was hurt and it wasn't on that person's lap (ouch). Some think it could be related to a battery recall made a while back recalling atleast 22,000 batteries. This computer actually looks like mine, hopefully mine doesn't do the same thing. I have never heard anything like this before. Sort of scary to believe
Finger Found In A Bowl Of Chili!
I guess I won't be eating at Wendy's anytime soon. Apparently a finger was found in a bowl of chili....wow, and the customer actually didn't recognize it until they had taken a bite....oh I'm emotional just typing it. Below is the link. [url="http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=573&ncid=757&e=2&u=/nm/20050324/od_nm/odd_finger_dc"]http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=stor...m/odd_finger_dc[/url] [note=snlildude87]Interchanged Topic Title and Description[/note]
What Is Your Favorite Us State?
Hi I don't mean to keep people not living in the states to not answer even if they have never been here, they must have an idea if California, Ohio or Vermont would rock their boat. I myself like the beach, ocean, diving and palm trees so I vote Florida hands down even if I currently live in Georgia.I am not a US citizen by the way, been here 13 years now. The question only includes the continental USA (No Alaska or Hawai). Patrick
Obama Awarded 2009 Nobel Peace Prize
[img]http://imgur.com/iFm5M.jpg[/img] [b]Obama awarded 2009 Nobel Peace Prize[/b] [url="http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/10/09/nobel.peace.prize/index.html"]http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/10/09...rize/index.html[/url] Congratulations, President Obama! i'll make further comments later. i just wanna post it this early.
Dominos Delivery Marketing Scam, You Got 30 Minutes
Not sure about the rest of the world where Dominos is located, but in the USA, Dominos has started a whole new marketing campaign around the whole "You Got 30 Minutes" idea. I was curious as to what they meant. I knew that in the past, they had an offer where if your pizza was delivered in over 30 minutes, you get it for free. So, is this another one of these deals? Well, their website has a disclaimer about this. On [url="http://www.dominos.com/home/index.jsp"]http://www.dominos.com/
Woman's Arms And Legs Amputated
[url="http://www.wftv.com/news/6253589/detail.html"]http://www.wftv.com/news/6253589/detail.html[/url] Just after giving birth, a woman was transferred to a different hospital- which then took off her arms and legs. They refuse to tell her why, and say she'll have to sue them to get the answer. They say she had some weird disease, won't explain how she caught it. She cites a law that says they have to tell her, they don't because it would supposedly violate someone else's privac
Immigration : Debate On Immigration By Senate
From CNN: [quote]The Senate opened a debate on immigration Wednesday, with Majority Leader Bill Frist saying he will oppose a controversial proposal to allow illegal immigrants to work toward legal status. How to handle immigration and the estimated 11 million illegal immigrants in the U.S. has become a hot-button issue in the run-up to this year's elections.[/quote] Heres my take on it.. First of all, I question Senator Harkin when he said: From Learfield Communications/Radio Iowa: [quo
Paris Hiltons Phone Book And Photos
[url="http://digg.com/security/Paris_Hilton_s_Phone_Book_"]http://digg.com/security/Paris_Hilton_s_Phone_Book_[/url] i dont think those numbers work but oh well [url="http://thewatsonbrothers.com/sa/paris/"]http://thewatsonbrothers.com/sa/paris/[/url] WARNING THE ABOVE LINK CONTAINS HER NUDE
United States Senator Sues God
Well this I find quite interesting and dumb at the same time. Ernie Chambers, Senator of Nebraska, says he is suing God because he has caused many catastrophes like hurricanes, tornadoes, tsunamis, etc; that have caused many deaths and much damage in the world to innocent people. He is doing this because he is upset by all of the stupid cases he sees in the courtroom, like this lady suing because she wasn't allowed to say words like "rape" and "victim" in a trial which
Hey, I was wondering if there were other Christians on this forum from the US. If so, please post here so I can get a general feel of how many there are. Also, I'm surprised no on else has posted this under United States topic.... but oh well.
Hurricane Katrina And Gas Prices
With the oncoming of Category 5 Hurricane Katrina, there has been news coming out saying that gas prices in the United States are expected to jump 20-30 cents a gallon - by tommorrow! The cause of this is directly related to the location of oil within United States' access. The Gulf of Mexico and southern U.S. states provide America with most of the domestic oil. As Katrina begins to tear apart the southern part of the country tommorrow, you may see a huge jump in gas prices. So take
[url="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051205/tc_nm/media_xbox_dc"]http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051205/tc_nm/media_xbox_dc[/url]. all i have to say is ahahahahaha i knew it was to good to be true about the xbox 360 ahahahaha. why do you think sony makes good products they take their time to make sure its not defective unlike microsoft when all they do is want to make more money buy selling a crap system.
[url="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/tv/1401AP_People_Bill_Nye.html"]http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/tv/1401AP_People_Bill_Nye.html[/url] (you must have a membership at that website to read it now since it's older than 10 days or something, but there's a little on Wikipedia: [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Nye"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Nye[/url], 4th paragraph of Biography) Bill Nye, a hero to our generation (in this case probably 15-25?), was married to his fiance, Blair
9/11 Conspiracy-- This Is Not A Joke.
[color="#8B0000"][font="Courier New"]Check this out, [i](if you have the raw nerve)[/i]: [u][url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRd-iA8v89I"]Loose Change, a 9/11 doc:[/url][/u] [b]--Part 1[/b] [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRd-iA8v89I"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRd-iA8v89I [/url] [b]--Part 2[/b] [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJw97CL2Coc"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJw97CL2Coc[/url] [b]--Part 3[/b] [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJqqtMQ6pkA"]http://www.yout
Does Michael Jackson Love Young Boys?
what do u think about the michael jackson trail do u think he loves boys???? i aint sure lol.
Well, since my parents are republicans, I'll vote for Bush. And for all of you who think Bush is a liar and fails at life, well, he's only human. People make mistakes.
"just When Is A Cartoon Too Offensive?"
[url="http://newsbusters.org/node/3893"]Click[/url] I'm really just caught between this...Tom Toles obviously took this cartoon [i]way[/i] too far by dishonoring crippled troops. I don't support this war in any way, but isn't that a bit arrogant? There are so many ways to get your opinion out and your voice heard; I just don't see why some people feel the need to do it at the emotional expense of others. I'm really interested in hearing other people's thoughts about this
Negative Perception Of Islam Is Increasing
[center][u][font="Impact"][size=6]Negative Perception Of Islam[/size][/font][/u] [/center] [center][url="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/08/AR2006030802221.html?referrer=email&referrer=email"]http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/conte...;referrer=email[/url] [/center] This is not exactly hot news, but it is news and I think it's worth thinking about. According to a recent poll by the Washington Post, more Americans (46%) are having an unfavorable view of Isl
Barack Obama The Next President Of The Us
It is Official Barack Obama has become the 44th President of the United States of America and also is the first African-American President as well and just like Abraham Lincoln, Obama has made history not only in the United States of American but the world. Now the question will be what will the first African-American President be like in the first 100 days in office and of course his first four years as president. Projections are projections but when you have big lead like Obama does, especia
Teacher Fired For Getting Pregnant
[url="http://www.newsday.com/news/local/newyork/nyc-preg1122,0,4479481.story?coll=ny-top-headlines"]http://www.newsday.com/news/local/newyork/...y-top-headlines[/url] A teacher was fired from her job at a Catholic school for becoming pregnant out of wedlock. The school bans premarital sex because it's one of the values of Catholicism, so they fired the teacher for being a bad role model. She says that it's discrimination against women because it's much harder to prove if a male teac
[b]Based on articles:[/b] [url="http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/25/national/25beliefs.html"]Abortion Returns to Center Stage[/url] [url="http://womensissues.about.com/od/partialbirthabortion/i/ispartialbirth.htm"]Partial Birth Abortion - Abortion Ban Issue[/url] 3 years ago, in 2003, the U.S. congress overwhelmingly passed a law banning partial birth abortion, in which a fetus over 20 weeks in age (~5 months) and up to around the 6-7th month is aborted. Supporters of the law stated then that it
One Of The World Biggest Spammers Going To Jail
Federal court handed out a 35 count indictment to 27 year old Robert Alan Soloway, who is consider one of the top 10 spammers the world as seen. Previously Soloway got sued by Microsoft for $7 Million dollars and then a ISP in Oklahoma nailed him yet again for $10 million. The way Soloway did this was through a network of zombie computers to sent out Millions of spam for people to advertise through him. Although the prison time is yet uncertain he is expected to spend decades for t
Terminator 4 Movie Is Coming, Announced By Mgm
Terminator 4 movie is comming, announced by MGM I am sure Terminator 4 is going to be an excellent movie, i do not know about you but, i just can't wait to see it, i am a major fan of the Terminator movies, Arnold is also one of my action favorite actors, but i am not sure arnold is going to enter in Terminator 4. Are you a Terminator movies fan? Do you think Arnold Sh. is going to be the Terminator 4? Who would you like to see for Terminator 4? I guess this is going to be a major movie,
Ok now apparently those fans of Britney who pay on her site to know exclusive news or something all got a letter saying she was pregnant. The fans that didn't pay for the service don't get the letter but probably would know anyway. I am saying.. and we all care why?
Even though Cerebral Stasis, mentioned this in another topic about a hostage situation, I thought this needed it's own topic. As you have probably heard, 5 Amish school girls have been shot by a milkman. This is pretty bad. The Amish people are very nice people that would never cause harm to anyone. I visted this area just this summer. The Amish were really nice and mainly just minded there ways. They were off on their own doing whatever they might be doing. What really surprised me was tha
United States: "we Own Outer Space!"
[url="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20061018.wusspace1019/BNStory/International/home"]http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/sto...ernational/home[/url] Basically the president signed something that said that we won't allow people into space for "hostile purposes." Normal space systems would be allowed, but any attempt to interfere with our systems would warrant response. I think this is pretty stupid. As a hippie might say, "You can't, like, [i]own[
Drunk Dad Kills Daughter By Dragging Her Behind Pickup
[url="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21386988/"]http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21386988/[/url] [quote]Dad charged in 9-year-old girl's sledding death After drinking, man pulled daughter in an inner tube behind pickup truck VANCOUVER, Wash. - Authorities charged a man Friday with vehicular homicide in a sledding accident that killed his 9-year-old daughter last winter. Peter Gecho was pulling the girl, Madison, in an inner tube behind his pickup truck when the tube slammed into a low bric
Woman Sues Apple Over Iphone Price Cut
All I have to say is good luck because that will be laughed right out the court, especially for the price she is asking which is $1 million dollars. [quote]According to Li's lawsuit, filed on Sept. 24 in the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York, the price reduction injured early purchasers like herself because they cannot resell the product for the same profit as those who bought the cell phone following the price cut.[/quote] DUH!!!! its called depreciati
Walmart Employee Trampled To Death On Black Friday.
For those of you who don't live in america and are not aware, today was somewhat of a holiday known as black friday: It is the day after thanksgiving here and it is best known for being an amazing marketing gimmick for large retail chains. Most stores open at 5 am to be greeted by lines and lines of shoppers who have been camping outside for days waiting for the great deals. First off I'm not even sure why people go so crazy for this holiday. The deals are pretty good (I got some pre
Us Abolishes Teen Death Penalty
Saw [url="http://apnews.excite.com/article/20050302/D88IJKK00.html"]this article[/url] today, and was wondering what the views on this board were about this kind of subject. Do you agree/disagree with the death penalty for teenagers? Do you agree/disagree with the death penalty as it stands in the US at all? Would love to hear some feedback on this topic.
WOW another big hurricane is going to hit the gulf coast i feel real bad for them. I mean they are just recovering form 2 huge hurricanes the another one comes around and screws them over again. This may be the biggest hurricane on record. i really cant wait till they start going into the freek alphabet. That will be real cool the most hurricanes in one season. If anyone elce has some thoughts please feel free to share them with me.
Barack Obama, Baby Killer Abortion is a controversial topic these days. Some can’t agree that children are truly human beings before leaving the womb. Some believe there should be exceptions when the mother’s life is in danger or when rape has occurred. However, until 2007 it was legal for children to survive abortions… and be left to starve to death on hospital beds. There’s a lot the average American doesn’t know about Mr. Barack Obama. The silver-tongued demagogue is to many just a prom
[url="http://www.tampabays10.com/news/local/article.aspx?storyid=79533"]http://www.tampabays10.com/news/local/arti...x?storyid=79533[/url] [quote] Land O' Lakes, Florida -- The stories in the news about inappropriate relationships between teachers and students have been overwhelming. There was even a substitute teacher in New Port Richey who got in trouble after investigators say she had a relationship with an underage student. Well, another Pasco County substitute teacher's job is on
Fla. Teen Commits Suicide With Live Web Audience
[quote]MIAMI – A college student committed suicide by taking a drug overdose in front of a live webcam as some computer users egged him on, others tried to talk him out of it, and another messaged OMG in horror when it became clear it was no joke. Some watchers contacted the Web site to notify police, but by the time officers entered Abraham Biggs' home — a scene also captured on the Internet — it was too late.[/quote] Biggs, a 19-year-old Broward College student who suffe
who would you vote for? the republicans or demcrats. i would vote for the republicans personally.
Us Peer-to-peer Pirates Convicted
wo men have been convicted for piracy over peer-to-peer networks in the first case of its kind in the US. The pair, William Trowbridge from New York and Michael Chicoine of Texas, were running central hubs in a piracy community running over the Direct Connection P2P system. They had admitted infringing copyright by illegally sharing music, films and software. The convictions of Trowbridge and Chicoine were the result of "Operation Digital Gridlock". The pair face jail terms of up to f
Don't know if other countries have Homecoming, but basically it's when some alumni come back to the school to visit and there's a big football (American football) game and a dance and etc. In my school, everybody asks with flowers, makes some gigantic sign, hides clues as to who's asking, or something else rather ornate. It's a big deal at my school but at others around here I've noticed that nobody really gets into it (especially the asking). It's more like [quote]
[quote]1. Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World in Orlando, 16.1 million, +6.5 percent 2. Disneyland in Anaheim, Calif. 14.5 million, +8.5 percent 3. Epcot at Walt Disney World in Orlando, 9.9 million, +5.5 percent 4. Disney-MGM Studios at Walt Disney World in Orlando, 8.6 million, +5 percent 5. Disney's Animal Kingdom at Walt Disney World in Orlando, 8.2 million, +5 percent 6. Universal Studios in Orlando, 6.1 million, -8.5 percent 7. Disney's California Adventure in Anaheim, C
Man Out Of Jail After 24 Years Of Innocence
I heard about this on the news last night and decided to share it with you, it happened in Tampa (where I live). Alan Crotzer was accused of robbery and rapes in 1981. This led him to be sentenced of 130 years in jail (most likely life) [b]Almost 25 years later[/b] he is beeing released after DNA testing found that he has been innocent all along. Three years ago he wrote to the Florida Innocence Initiative who eventually started investigating his case. Originally he and his two brother
Man Hacks Into Government Searching For Ufos
[u]Summary[/u] This young man, interested in UFO’s and aliens was watching a movie of a teenage boy that hacked into the U.S government system and almost started World War 3. This got this man started on hacking computers. After he bought a book he found out how to hack into the government security system. Using the username of Solo he was able to get right in. It turns out the government use an insecure Microsoft Windows program that didn’t require a password. Still burning. This caus
OJ Simpson will be explaining how he would have killed his wife and her friend 12 years ago, if he had done it, which, the premise is, he didn't (even though everyone knows he did). Let me say it again. He will be recording a detailed documentary on how he would murder his late wife and her friend. That's like being interviewed on how you would murder your dead mother or something. It's quite freakish, and it's all on the Fox News Network. After the interview, he will soon the
Rep. Charles Rangel wants to reinstate the Draft. For what? So every teenager turning adult can go over to Iraq and get their heads blown off? I support the war myself, but I think that making tens of thousands of new adults go over to Iraq is completely against our Constitution in every way. It violates our rights to freedom, and could probably do some damage to our economy if nobody was able to go to college (remember that the draft proposed would include men AND women ages 18-42.) If nobody w
Obama Saya Us Doesn't Like Second Place
This news might sound like a continuation to my earlier thread about China becoming the world's second largest economy, but it's not. It's actually a more general sort of news coming from US President Mr.Obama. Like most of the news I post here, I read this in the newspaper too, so I don't remember all of the details, but Obama said that European and Asian countries are trying to overtake the US in many fields and they're even succeeding in a few of them, and the USA doesn
[quote]When it comes to priorities, many polls suggest Americans want President-elect Barack Obama to fix the economy first when he enters the Oval Office in a little more than two months. A poster this week in Los Angeles, California, depicts President-elect Barack Obama as Superman. A poster this week in Los Angeles, California, depicts President-elect Barack Obama as Superman. Getting Congress to approve tax cuts promised on the campaign trail may be a good start toward tackling the problem
Motto, " In God We Trust" Missing On New G W Dollar Coins
I was horrified to learn this evening on the news that the new [url="http://www.usmint.gov/mint_programs/$1coin/index.cfm"]George Washington golden dollar[/url], in its first run of 300 million, included a unknown number missing the Latin, "E Pluribus Unum" and the motto, "In God We Trust". The first such coin sold on eBay commanded a $600 bid because the extent of the error was unknown at the time. Now they're selling at the online auction house for around
Sony Offers Pizza Feature For Hungry Gamers
[quote]NEW YORK, Sony has built the ability to order pizza into its latest online multiplayer game. Type the command "/pizza" while playing Everquest II, a fantasy game with 330,000 active players, and get the Pizza Hut Web site, where you can place orders for delivery. Chris Kramer, spokesman for Sony Online Entertainment, said he believes this is the first time a game accepts orders for real-world items. Sony plans to integrate the pizza function more tightly into the game, s
U.s. Government Vandalizes Wikipedia
[url="http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=536"]http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=536[/url] U.S. Representative Marty Meehan (D, Massachusetts) has had his staff edit his Wikipedia page to eliminate negative information and strech truthful, positive things. Apparently the IP range 153.33.xxx.xxx has been blocked in the past for vandalism and violation of Wiki policies. This range is reserved for the U.S. House and Senate. Now it is getting permanently banned from editing art
When Will We Pull Out Of Iraq?
Does anyone actually know when we are going to pull out of Iraq? Sources say that Bush is not going to pull out of Iraq until his term is over. I feel that this is not a good thing for us. Also the other thing is that we are starting to sit their and talk about entering into Iran because of the fact that they are not giving up the potentialy harmful nuclear research and development. But that should be a little easrier of a task because of the fact that the United Nations are going to sit the
Laptop Thief May Go To Prison For Life
For this story to make sense you have to know about California's 3 Strike Law, which basically means after getting busted 3 times, regardless if you stole a candy bar the third time you can get a sentence for like 1 degree murder. Which is a life sentence and so our story begins. Basically this women got a her laptop and some other stuff stolen from a guy she was seeing online (mistake 1) and then one day gave her phone number (mistake 2) and address (mistake 3) to meet up. Well after the
[quote]A student on Monday killed two of his grandparents, then went on a shooting rampage at his Minnesota high school, killing seven people and wounding as many as 13 others before killing himself, officials said.[/quote] Why in the world would anyone do that? i mean either you need to be in a blank state of mind or you need some serious help. i bet it had to do with people picking on him all the time. Why else would he kill so many. and he even killed his grandparents. so i know he planned
Online Divorcee Jailed After Killing Virtual Hubby
Ok that title says it all and I nearly had a stroke thinking that was the reason for being arrested, but alas, she got busted for illegal computer use. Of course, this shows you how the internet has made people become stupid, first the guy for wasting police department time saying his digital character was murdered, second the cops actually listening to him and then dragging a women 620 miles because she did this. As for the women, get a life, if you can't handle an online divorce then you
So Michael Jackson has been declared not guilty in his latest trial and he is free. I personally think he was guilty since so many similar charges have been brought up against him. I think MJ is just a plain freak from the way he looks, to his attitude, he is just sick. I don't care how famous he is or was, he should have gone to jail. Anyways, many reporters are saying that he is bankrupt anyways and that he owes about 130 mil so we are probably going to see him back in court pretty soon.
South Dakota Bans Abortion, Setting Up A Battle
Article found @: [url="http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/07/national/07abortion.html?hp&ex=1141794000&en=d820be9dbe1ab636&ei=5094&partner=homepage"]Click[/url] ---------------- Commentary ---------------- Since I am of the Catholic Faith ( )... I think that it was right for them to stop Abortions and such, because your taking the life of someone that is living and thats 1st Degree Murder and Manslaughter. Since I'm fromt he US there is a big debate and stuff, but whats the UK's ( ) rea
Has any one seen the news about this yet? It's todays news from [url="http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=topNews&storyid=2006-04-28T002049Z_01_N26224260_RTRUKOC_0_US-USA-IMMIGRATION.xml"]Reuters[/url]. It seems that Latin Americans are conspiring to shut down major American cities across the nation. It seems they want amnesty for [i]all[/i] illegal immigrants and make them legal. It may even stir up a lot more problems than anyone foresees. Is this what America is coming to?
US Court Rules That Google Must Divulge All Youtube Users' Browsing Habits
As part of their battle with Google, a US court has ruled that Google must hand over the viewing habits of every user of YouTube to Viacom. This will include the log-in ID of users, IP addresses and video-clip details. Whilst the two companies involved are based in the USA, it is believed that details of users from all over the world will be divulged. Considering that there are over 83 million videos on YouTube and about 500,000 users, I wish the person in charge of sifting through this inform
This is something that seems to arouse others... dunno y. Plus, this is the first post in the Canada section!! I vote for the Green Party xboxrulz
Toronto Canada, Skydome: The Skydome just got purchased by Rogers Communications Inc. in Toronto. The dome which is 16 years old was just sold for CAD $25 million. Now, most of text books are incorrect because there's no such place as SkyDome anymore. Here's the articles from The Toronto Star: Article #1: [quote]SkyDome now Rogers Centre CANADIAN PRESS SkyDome is getting a facelift with new scoreboards, new playing surface and a new name — Rogers Centre. Owner Ted Rogers also
Jetsgo Suddenly Went Bankrupt!
This is in the front page today in Toronto Star: [img]http://www.thestar.com/images/thestar/img/050312_jetsgo_200.jpg[/img] [quote]Spring-break shock Cheap fares and no-frills service marked the brief history of Jetsgo Corp., which went out of business yesterday NICOLAAS VAN RIJN STAFF REPORTER As thousands of Ontarians were making final preparations for an eagerly anticipated end-of-winter spring break, Jetsgo president Michel Leblanc was putting the final touches on some preparations of hi
Bush Falls Off Bike In Scotland
[quote]GLENEAGLES, Scotland - President Bush collided with a local police officer and fell during a bike ride on the grounds of the Gleneagles golf resort while attending a meeting of world leaders Wednesday. ADVERTISEMENT Bush suffered scrapes on his hands and arms that required bandages by the White House physician, said White House spokesman Scott McClellan. The police officer was taken to a local hospital as a precaution, McClellan said. Police said the officer suffered a
President Bush Endorse Teaching Intelligent Design
[b]President Bush last week appeared to endorse the push by many conservatives to give intelligent design equal treatment with the theory of evolution in public schools. During a press conference with a group of Texas reporters last week, President George W. Bush responded to a question about teaching "intelligent design" in the public schools. The reporter referred to "what seems to be a growing debate over evolution versus intelligent design" and asked, "What are your
Well, the day has finally come. I used to love Halloween so much when I was little, it was a great time for playing around. Eating candy all day, hah. Just going to go out with friends tonight for a party or something How are you going to spend your day?
Us Needs 'digital Warfare Force'
Well this is an article that caught my eye. [quote][img]http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/45736000/jpg/_45736318_960thnetworksecuritysquadron.jpg[/img] The head of America's National Security Agency says that America needs to build a digital warfare force for the future, according to reports. Lt Gen Keith Alexander, who also heads the Pentagon's new Cyber Command, outlined his views in a report for the House Armed Services subcommittee. In it, he stated that the US needed to reorga
Mexia, Texas. Never heard of it? It's where many of the people who run zroenergy.net live, myself included. We go to school at the city's only highschool, Mexia High School. Today we had a school shooting scare. A kid named Allen Younger brought a .22 with a clip in his pocket, a .50 and a deer shotgun in his truck. The kid is a senior at this school. I've attended a few classes with him in the past and to say the least, the kid is *BLEEP*ed up in the head. 8th grade year, he talked
Difference Between Canadians And Americans
I AM AMERICAN Wassup... I'm not particularly intelligent, open-minded, or well-liked. And I don't live in a safe place, eat a balanced diet, or drive very well. I don't know Shakespeare, Da Vinci or Gutenberg,although I'm pretty sure they were American. I drink beer, not water, I am outspoken, not opinionated, Guns settle disputes, not discussions. Winning isn't everything, it's the ONLY thing, And it's pronounced RUFF, not ROOF. I can proudly sew my country's
[quote]NEW PORT RICHEY - The Best Buy repairman had come several times to fix the woman's television. But still on Friday he could not get it to work. So, officials say, the woman pulled out a .38-caliber handgun loaded with hollow-point rounds and told him: "You're not leaving until the TV is fixed." Marlene Anne Bagnall, 44, of 1523 Davenport Drive was later arrested on charges of aggravated assault and false imprisonment. Bagnall's husband told a sheriff's deputy
Teacher Gets Busted For Fake Sick Leave
u was visint my local wrestling site for news and updtes of the wrestling world www.lordsofpain.net and i read this, i fell out of my chair laughing so hard [quote]Updated: July 1, 2005, 4:44 PM ET Kaye used sick days to wrestle as 'Matt Striker'ESPN.com news services NEW YORK -- A high school social studies teacher took 11 sick days so he could perform as a professional wrestler with moves he called the "lungblower" and the "over drive," investigators said. “
[b]The Issue:[/b] The U.S. Judicial Courts have requested search records from the major search engines (including google, yahoo, aol according to the article) to submit search records in order to prove that child pornography is possible to find on the internet with little trouble. According to the department of justice, they won't read the documents in a more then cursory way. However, Google is not complying with the courts' requests, because it says it wants to protect the privacy of i
The voice for the character Chef on the animated TV show South Park quit on March 13th. Apparently, it's over the Scientologist episode. Issac is a scientologist and told the creators that they got their facts wrong on scientology, and refused to do his part in the episode. Then earlier this week, he officialy left the show. That makes me sad because he was one of my favorite characters. They will probably kill him off somehow, like have him die in a car crash and never mention him agai
Family Sued By Riaa For Ilegal Filesharing, But No Computer Is Owned
[url="http://news.mywebpal.com/news_tool_v2.cfm?show=localnews&pnpID=728&NewsID=713614&CategoryID=11575&on=1"]http://news.mywebpal.com/news_tool_v2.cfm?...ryID=11575&on=1[/url] [quote] A Rockmart family is being sued for illegal music file sharing, despite the fact that they don’t even own a computer. A federal lawsuit filed this week in Rome by the Recording Industry Association of America alleges that Carma Walls, of 117 Morgan St., Rockmart, has infringed on copyrights for recorded music
Mel Gibson Arrested For Drunken Driving And More!
He's one of my rool models, one awesome top quality actor, all perfect untill he shows he real self. He even insulted the police that arrested him saying some real bad stuff like he ways going to revenge from the police officer. What do you think about that! Source: [url="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/28072006/325/mel-gibson-arrested-drunken-driving.html"]http://uk.news.yahoo.com/28072006/325/mel-...en-driving.html[/url]
Jonbenet Ramsey's Killer Caught!
I'm sure everyone has heard of the JonBenet Ramsey murder in 1996. I'm also sure everyone has heard that the authorities have arrested one, John Mark Karr in his Bangkok Thailand apartment in connection to said murder. Although he denies having any involvment. I would like to get everyones opinion on it. Do you think the authorities have the right man this time? I mean, they've accused the mother, the father, and who knows how many other people. Are they sure he's the right
Man Goes On A Shooting Spree In A Montreal College Campus.
This was in the papers day here in Ottawa Ontario Canada. Yesterday some guy dressed in black went into a college with a bunch of guns and started shooting at people. And from what I read he had a stone cold face on him and he wounded 19 students and killed at least one person. [quote]Sun Media sources identified Gill as the gunman who turned a Montreal college cafeteria into a combat zone yesterday, killing one young woman and wounding 19 before he was shot dead by police.[/quote] Here's
Small Plane/helicopter Crashed Into Manhattan Building
This has just been reported a few minutes ago right now all they know is that small aircraft hit the building no reports on any causulties and what not. Speculation is already mounting that it was either accident or a terrorist attack will kep you updated. [url="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15223650/"]http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15223650/[/url] [url="http://www.yahoo.com/s/410865"]http://www.yahoo.com/s/410865[/url] UPDATE 1. two people have been killed so far. UPDATE 2. Sources say it was a
Woman Stays In Bathroom For 2 Years
[url="http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/03/13/woman.in.bathroom.ap/index.html"]http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/03/13/woman.in....m.ap/index.html[/url] [url="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080312/ap_on_re_us/woman_in_bathroom"]http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080312/ap_on_...man_in_bathroom[/url] (They're the same article, only one lists the actual author) Ooh, hey, video: [url="http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/03/13/woman.in.bathroom.ap/index.html#cnnSTCVideo"]http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/03/13/woman.in....tml#cnnST
Man Pays Big Tax Bill In Coins And $1 Bills
I found this article to be very funny and intresting at the same time. A landlord had to pay his property tax bill which was $12,656 dollars so he decided to pay it all in coins and dollar bills . The land lord said that "he wanted people to see the pain of his property tax bill". He also said"I did it so people can physically see what $12,000 is". Yea right i doubt that he wanted to do that he just wanted to give the bank a hard time and get a good laugh out of i
Mail A Bloody Cow Head, And Get The Girl
A man from Pennsylvania was a little annoyed that his wife was apparently cheating on him, so he sent a little package to his wife's lover: a bloody cow head from the butcher's. [quote]Jason Michael Fife "understands that in a civilized society a person cannot send a severed cow's head to anybody," said his defense lawyer, Henry Hilles.[/quote] Fife had several charges filed against him, but the kicker is that after the incident, he and his wife reconciled. [url="http:
Foreign Spies Hacked Into The U.s. Electricity Grid
News Title: Foreign Spies Hacked into the U.S. Electricity Grid News Description: This allegde foreign spies hacked the US electricity grid could be in fact foreign, but they could have been domestic too, us citizens i mean, if not, we are looking to a highly possible threat against the security status of the United States of America. Day of the Event: Last wednesday Source Link: [url="http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-10214898-54.html?tag=nl.e703"]http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-10214898..
My Daughter Made The Front Page -
This very, very, very proud mother thinks this is [color="#ff0000"][b][i]extremely[/i] [size=3]HOT[/size][/b][/color] news, so I have to share it with all of you! [url="http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090616/NEWS/906160313"][img]http://i576.photobucket.com/albums/ss207/Fractured-Logic/dezi_pottsville.jpg[/img][/url] [Edit] (click on the image to visit the news article, btw) [/Edit] Part of the story behind the picture: My mother is one of three trustees who took ov
10yo Boy Poisons You, What Do You Do?
On January 26th 2 police officers responded to a home and found a 10 year old boy locked in a dog crate that had dog feces inside it. According to the 51 year old grandmother (who was his guardian because his father (her son) is an escaped federal prisoner and his mother 's whereabouts are unknown) the boy had been poisoning the family with household chemicals for some time after being left behind on a family trip. So a 24 year old relative who lived in the house punched him in the face gi
This topic is for the Likker Katrina after math. This is what i heard and post earlyier i am posting here to for it has all the info: [quote]First off about this Gas. Gas before the storm was in the low 2 bucks. Now are like almot 4 bucks. CNN was saying sometime next week it will be over 4 bucks! Now abou this storm, warning if you do not want to read this do not read. New Orleans, New Orleans as you know is below sea level with three bodies of water around it. With this storm first buil
The government is talking about getting rid of pennies because of it's low value, and because it's costing more than a penny is worth to make them! They're also talking about removing the nickel for the same reason! What's your take on this? I personally think that they should get rid of the penny, but not the nickel. here's a link to an article I found about it: [url="http://www.wjla.com/news/stories/0706/341186.html"] Click It![/url]
Barack Obama- Non Corporate President?
[quote]By Martin Crutsinger, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, cp.org, Updated: October 21, 2009 3:46 PM U.S. to order pay cuts for executives at big bailout companies: AP sources WASHINGTON - The Obama administration plans to order companies that received huge U.S. government bailouts last year to sharply cut the compensation of their highest paid executives. A person familiar with the decision, who spoke on condition of anonymity because it has not been announced, says the seven companies that received
George W. Bush, president of the United States of America revealed this last weekend that he authorized the National Security Agency to listen to the phone calls and incercept the emails of United States citizens suspected of having links to terrorists organizations. George Bush backed by Secreatary of State Condelezza Rice and Attorney General Alberto Gonzales continues in isist that what he did was well withen the limits of the law and constitution. Bush has yet to cite a specific law. His
Bad News: 12 Of 13 Miners Dead In W Virginia Mine
Only one miner alive. Offical in West Vargina has announced. Few hours ago the Governer was announced that he had been told 12 of the miners survived the disaster and relatives were celebrating that . Details at: [url="http://edition.cnn.com/2006/US/01/04/miners.intl/index.html"]http://edition.cnn.com/2006/US/01/04/miners.intl/index.html[/url] So 5 mine accidents in USA since 1984 took life of 67 miners. Morever frequent mines accidents in Russia, Ukrania and China. The critical que
Forum Member's Town Suffers Tornado
[size=2][b][color="green"]Just got back on line. Things have been quite a mess here for the last few days. On Thursday night June 12th we had a tornado and 80+ mile-an-hour winds in my town. The tornado evidently didn't touch all the way down to ground level as only very old, tall trees were toppled or uprooted. Falling trees caused much damage to houses, cars, power lines and telephone lines. Lost electric power for over 20 hours at my house and others still don't have power. Than
Just saw this one the wire looks like Jupiters red spot gain a child. [img]http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/6918/capt5cfc2167ea5745568886d2eced623685jupitersspotswx10te2.jpg[/img] If you all know your planetary science the red spot is a giant storm thats 3x the size of earth and is clocked at over 400mph. Hate to be in that bad boy But what makes it interesting is the the scientists are shocked that this happen. They claim jupiter has many surprises and since we won't see what happen to
Woman Sued For Rescue Effort In Car Crash
I just [url="http://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/story?id=6498405&page=1"]saw this article today[/url] and it is really sad and that all the blame is going to the wrong person in this case. It should be the driver who was most likely drinking as well that caused the accident but odds are this woman needs someone to blame and so she is blaming someone who rescued her. I know I wasn't there and didn't know what happen besides what was told the article but whatever the outcome a lot more peo
Pondering On The Current Wall Street Crisis
[acronym="American International Group"]AIG[/acronym], Lehman Brothers, Merril Lynch, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac. Yes, even down here in New Zealand, the ripples of the crisis unfolding on Wall Street and in the financial institutions of the United States are being felt. Like an earthquake, or a series of explosions, we down here, thousands of miles away, are affected by what is happening there. The New Zealand sharemarket NZX suffered a 3.395 percent drop today, and this was attributed m
Our American Soldiers are supposed to be the people protecting those who can't protect themselves, insuring freedom and helping other countries and trying to work for peace. As such in my opinion they have a responsibility to become role models. Obviously some people in our armed forces are not up to that role. This article shows 5 different videos of things that our troops have been filmed doing (most of them filmed themselves and thought it was amusing) The article also makes a good poi
3rd Graders Plot To Attack Teacher
Hell that is pretty twisted even if the kids do have some disabilities, I think they new what they were doing to an extent. because they had this planned out to the little detail on what they planned on doing to this teacher. I forget giving them long-term suspensions, I expel them to a school away from society until they figure out what they did was wrong, and potential dangerous. "This is an isolated incident, an aberration. ... We have good kids," Center Principal Angie Coleman to
Well it will sone be Jan 20th and Obama will be sworn in as our new prez. Honestly I find it rather fitting that it will be the day after what would have been MLK 80th Bday. Some of you work and some go to school and some of you do not even live in the US but I know this will be carried live all throught the world. Will you be watching? and what are your thoughts as America has it's first African American as our leader? Myself even though I did not vote for him I wish him all the luck in t
Wilson Calls Obama A Liar During His Address To Congress
[url="http://www.businessinsider.com/republican-apologizes-for-screaming-liar-during-obama-speech-2009-9"]http://www.businessinsider.com/republican-...a-speech-2009-9[/url] And a video is: [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6U2doQ-uGkM&feature=related"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6U2doQ-uGkM...feature=related[/url] I thought that this was quite funny, and Pelosi (the woman in red on the right)'s reaction was even better. You can tell that most of congress are liberals, from the co
[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfRUMmTs0ZA"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfRUMmTs0ZA[/url] I think there are lots of problems with the school system. My Biology teacher was going to school for his masters, and a lot of what they did in some of his classes involved tweaking and bettering schools. One of the best ideas I'd heard was groupind high school students into areas of interest. Every student would take the normal required classes, with the same choice of electives, but they
Perhaps most people around here don't watch hockey, but just yesterday, NHL Commisioner, Gary Bettman, annouced that the 2004-2005 NHL season would be cancelled. This is becasue of the fact that both sides are disputing over how much money players should get for playing hockey, and long story short, after almost 6 months of dispute, they fianlly decided that the seasons would be cancelled. Appreently, comedians like Jay Leno say that Americans aren't affected one bit by the cancelling of
Aircraft like the F-15, F-22, F-35, and the E-10MC2A with AESA (Active Electronically Scanned Array) radars will be able to fry the circuitry in enemy aircraft and missiles. Basically these radars can be used as HPMs (High-Powered-Microwaves) which cause an EMP affect on electronics they target. The new air force E-10 aircraft will be able to "zap" cruise missiles up to 180km away! F-22s and F-35s with smaller radars will be less effective, but have the capability nonetheless. Mor
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