Some of the quotes mentioned at the Murphy Laws Site have been very useful… for my Windows Live Messenger custom message.
I believe it is, at the moment, “All impossible failures, will happen at the test site.”
Some of my favourites:
- If mathematically you end up with the incorrect answer, try multiplying by the page number.
- If an experiment works, something has gone wrong.
- When all else fails, read the instructions.
Civil Liberties vs. National Security in a Post-9/11 World (ISBN 1-59102-234-7):
This is an excellent book that I started reading recently. It discusses various issues surrounding the U.S. government following the events of September 11, 2001. The major sections in this book include:
- History of civil liberty issues in wartime (inc. an excerpt from another highly-recommended book, All the Laws but One)
- Domestic surveillance and the USA PATRIOT Act
- Racial profiling
- Torture
- “Enemy combatants” and the detainment of foreigners
- Recent developments such as the Abu Ghraib prison scandal
More after the jump.
I recently saw something while using StumbleUpon that really resonated with an important message I would like to point out: China is not only becoming the next super-power, it is already extremely powerful in the world simply due to trade. Ironic, isn’t it, that capitalism is what allows a semi-Communist country to hold some power over the rest of the nations?
What would products cost if the US banned trade with China as part of “sanctions”? What would be the economic impact? How would consumers respond, or more importantly, how would 2+ billion Chinese people react?
Consider these questions, and get back to me (using the comments feature).
Breaking news – Elections Canada claims the Conservative Party violated elections law when they spent money for campaigns in excess of the permitted limit.
This information should be covered by Nikola’s Musik, but it seems he’s not watching the news tonight.
Stupid humour? I think not. (And yes, I do have a sense of humour.)
Click on the video image itself to go to YouTube, where you can rate the video or add to the 2513 text comments.
Since the response so far to this poll has been in the positive (saying you would watch videos that I embed here), below is another humorous video which parodies the producer’s experiences with Viacom.
“Viatron” is a fictitious name used to refer to Viacom, which took actions against the producer for some of his earlier music videos. This was due to an error with their automatic copyright protection program, which removed his works (ie. totally original); however, the accusations have now been dropped.
This video actually has 1138 text comments at the time of posting, so you get an insight into the sort of reach that this person has.
Watch this video in HD or download, on Vimeo.
So, yet another video by “smpfilms”. This one is going to take a lot of your time, but you have to watch it in full to appreciate its humour.
Vote on this poll: do you want to watch more videos in the future?
Thousands of Chinese demonstrators from Toronto, Ottawa, and Montreal gathered on Parliament Hill today to rally against boycotts of the Beijing Olympics and to oppose Tibetan independence.
A pro-China demonstration on Parliament Hill on Sunday attracted about 5,000 Chinese-Canadians from Ottawa, Montreal and Toronto eager to show support for the troubled Beijing Olympics.
The planning of this event had been orchestrated online, facilitated by thousands of willing volunteers who wanted to show their support for China. There were some hiccups with the chartering of buses, when (allegedly) an opposing entity threatened the busing company. However, sources state that a Chinese-Canadian businessman arranged (out of his own pockets) for more than 30 buses to transport demonstrators and the elderly to Parliament Hill.
This event is an instance of powerful Chinese patriotism which has brought thousands together against “media distortion” and attempts to disrupt China’s hosting of the Olympics.
A few hours ago, approximately 5000 protestors also gathered in Australia for the same cause.
Isn’t it strange, though, that news of these events aren’t on the media… aren’t found on the homepage of Google News (the last time I checked)… aren’t even mentioned?
Interestingly, Jack Cafferty (whom I had respected previously) on CNN made a comment that “…they (Chinese) are basically the same bunch goons and thugs they have been in the past fifty years.” Absolutely intolerable!
Watch him make his offensive comment:
