Anonymous hackers finally had enough of the rantings of what they consider stark raving mad religious lunatics, and have ‘disabled’ the website of Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kansas, after the hate mongering anti-christ institution staged yet another homophobic exhibition, demonstrating what they believe is God’s unadulerated hate for Continue reading »
George Lucas has a long history of making very wealthy smart people out to be stupid and selfish jerks, starting with the arrogantly stupid studio executives who dismissed the value of the licensing rights (for novelizations, T-shirts, toys, etc.) for Star Wars. And now, he’s back at it again!For over twenty five years, George has been trying to get approval to build a multi-million dollar studio on the grounds of his home (mansion) in Marin County, Califormia, in the North San Francisco Bay area. And, for twenty five years, the self-centred snobs that live around him have tried to stop him.
Lucas has owned the land for four decades, and in the last few years he’s been trying to convert part of his land to a massive, nearly 300,000 square foot, state-of-the-art movie studio complete with day care center, restaurant, gym and a 200-car garage. But George’s rich neighbors don’t want him building a Continue reading »
We all knew the day would come. That ‘day’, when all of our comings and goings will be monitored, but few of us expected it to happen so soon. Well, the U.S. Senate has already passed a bill that will make it law for all vehicles to be fitted with data-recording “black boxes”, very similar to the devices currently used in aircraft, and the House is expected to approve it as well.
If passed, Section 31406 of Senate Bill 1813 states that ‘mandatory’ event data recorders must in installed in all cars starting in 2015. The bill outlines civil penalties that will be levied against violators. While it’s claimed that the Continue reading »
Show business rumors say that Britney Spears is getting close to joining Simon Cowell as a judge on X Factor. It’s reported, that after weeks of intense negotiating, Britney’s camp has supposedly agreed to a $15 million fee for her role on the show. And, it may be a package deal, with Britney’s finance, Jason Trawick, expected to be hired as a producer for the show.
If the deal happens, it will make Spears the highest paid judge of reality television, eclipsing Jennifer Lopez’s $12 million American Idol deal. Insiders say, that unless there’s a last minute problem, Spears will be filling one of two X Factor judging vacancies, created when Simon Cowell fired both Continue reading »
After being turfed from the Miss Universe Canada competition last month, transgender beauty contestant, Jenna Talackova, is now allowed to compete after all, the organization announced. The only requirement is that she proves she meets the “legal gender recognition requirements of Canada” and other international competitions. The statement issued by the organization did not detail what those requirements are.Twenty three year old Talackova was dropped from the pageant two weeks ago. The Vancouver native wrote in an email to the Vancouver Sun at the time of rejection that Continue reading »
Hank knows what to do with all the litter in Washington, DC, and believes paws down that he has more to offer Virginian voters than his rival candidates, George Allen and Tim Kaine, both former governors, who are running to replace the retiring senator, Jim Webb.
The Springfield, Virginia catidate is running for the U.S. Senate as an independent write-in. Hank sees things from the street level, and he knows purrfectly well what to do with rats of all species. Hank’s a streetwise nine year old, whose campaign is being ran by a Springfield couple, Matthew O’Leary and Anthony Roberts.
They set up Hank with his own Continue reading »
An Angus Reid public opinion poll has found that B.C. NDP Leader, Adrian Dix, has overtaken B.C. Liberal leader and premier, Christy Clark, as the voter’s pick for the province’s leader. The poll found that 26% of those surveyed believed Dix was the best choice to lead the province, 22% supported Clark, with Conservative leader John Cummins at 8%, and 3% for Green leader, Jane Sterk.
That’s in sharp contrast to a poll conducted last November, when Continue reading »
A Canadian senator, well known for speaking on behalf of the victims of crime, has found himself treading hot water for using his ‘outside voice’ to say what the vast majority of Canadians have felt about a contentious issue for decades. Senator Pierre-Hugues Boisvenu, founder of the Murdered or Missing Persons Families Association (after his beautiful daughter Julie was kidnapped, raped and murdered in June 2002), made the remark prior to the Conservative caucus meeting in Ottawa.
“Basically, every murderer should have the right to a rope in his cell,” Boisvenu said in French, giving convicted murderers the option to take their own life. After the boringly predictable outcry from the mambie-pambie’s in the opposition, Boisvenu publicly withdrew his remarks. But, later that very same day, he amended his original statement to say that it should only apply to “three or four guys”.
The Conservative senator prefers the penalty of capital Continue reading »
Once thought of as a tool of free expression, Twitter is now facing censorship charges after announcing it will block tweets, on a country-by-country basis, if legally required to do so. The northern California company stated the stance does not compromise its commitment to free speech.
But public outcry was instantaneous, with upset users tweeting disappointment and outrage by the tens of thousands. There is now speculation that the move was the direct result of a $300 million investment in December, by billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, of Saudi Arabia, a country known Continue reading »
Now there is an awesome website online, and its only mission is to help promote musicians, and to assist people looking to hire a musician, or band, for events. How does it work? Musicians go to bandzconnect.com and register themselves, or their band (it’s free!).
Once registered, click the Continue reading »
An official apology has been issued to a 51-year-old man who was injured during an arrest by the Vancouver Police Department last Thursday. The officers believed that the man had been involved in a disturbance at a bank near Joyce Street and Kingsway.
Police reports stated that they became aware they had the wrong man after he was taken into custody. The victim allegedly suffered rib injuries and abrasions to his face from the arrest. He was treated at hospital and later released.
The correct suspect was later arrested, but was also released without charges, after the officers discovered that no actual disturbance had taken place to begin with. It’s not known if this incident will lead to future VPD officers requiring an IQ in the two digit range.
Our thoughts and prayers are with the men and women involved in the horrific explosion at Babine Forest Products in Burns Lake, British Columbia.
From http://www.globaltvbc.com….
‘Fireball’ injures 19 in massive B.C. mill explosion, 2 missing
A Canadian advocacy group, Vancouver’s Eastside Illicit Drinkers Group for Education, is seeking government funds to provide alcoholics with free alcohol. The group has already received a $52,000 grant to research alcohol maintenance programs in British Columbia, to curb the drinking of hand sanitizer and mouthwash.
Rob Morgan, group spokesman, told the Province newspaper that he’s among thousands of alcoholics who buy and drink hand sanitizer stolen from hospitals, and also drinks rubbing alcohol and mouthwash. Morgan said Vancouver already has government funded centers where heroin addicts can Continue reading »
If you’re driving a vehicle while you have a bad cold or the flu, then you might as well be driving drunk, according to a new study that was jointly conducted by Young Marmalade, a UK car insurance company, and Cardiff University in Wales.
Their motor safety experts found that the driving skills of people who were sick, were estimated to be a mere fifty percent of the normal range. Participants who were tested while ill, were much more likely to have reduced reaction times, and to experience major losses of concentration. In fact, so much so, that researchers compared people who drive while they’re sick, to people under the influence of “four double whiskeys”.
Researchers, at the Continue reading »