A few days ago, in the state of Veracruz, left wing politician Celestino Rivera Hernandez was caught in the act of sodomizing and raping a 12 year old boy that he had picked up on the street. Celestino is a “respected” pillar of his community, but he had done this before. No less than 5 [...]
The people behind The Pirate Bay were convicted and sentenced to jail (apart from a ridiculously high amount of damages to be paid)… but what happens next?
They have all appealed, and the appeal (which probably will be accepted and taken to a new trial) will take place in about a year… so – for now – the convicted won’t have to face jailtime.
Now, it seems the judge that handled the case might have been biased. He is member of two organizations: The Swedish Copyright Association and the Swedish Association for Industrial Legal Protection.
This makes him – in my eyes at least – totally biased and not suitable to judge in a case involving copyright. But if Judge Norstrom was truly an impartial, brilliant, expert judge, might he have not offered the following quote: “This is a sensitive case. So before I agreed to hear it, I asked some of my fellow judges whether they considered that I would be in a position of conflicting interests. Two judges said absolutely not. While a third said he wasn’t quite so sure. I went with the majority.”
This says it all, doesn’t it?
On another note, the people convicted actually had a website much like google (albeit much much smaller).. their site (www.thepiratebay.com) contains a search engine and listings to torrent files. They don’t host files. They were convicted for “facilitating” torrent files to the public. So what does Google do? The exact same thing.
That’s why some clever guy registered the name thepirategoogle.com. Where he (or she) uses google to search for torrents. This website has the exact same functionality as the Pirate Bay – it uses Google’s search engine to “facilitate torrent files” to people searching for torrents. It seems, however, that media companies are a bit afraid to sue Google, aren’t they?
The Daily Show is one of my favorite shows, together with Real Time with Bill Maher.
Recently, the Daily Show sent a reporter to Sweden, to see in what direction the US was heading, now that they are going “Socialist” according to right wing pundits:
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And the second part:
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Update: Another 2 cases of fathering children have surfaced after this first confession… He was quite active promoting celibacy – and living the dream.
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/04/13/paraguay.lugo/index.html
ASUNCION, Paraguay (CNN) — Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo acknowledged Monday that he is the father of a 2-year-old child who was conceived when he was a Roman Catholic bishop.
Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo speaks at a news conference in Asuncion on Monday.
“It’s true that there was a relationship with Viviana Carrillo,” Lugo told reporters, citing the mother. “I assume all the responsibilities that could derive from such an act, recognizing the paternity of the child.”
He said he was making the acknowledgment “with the most absolute honesty, transparency and feeling of obligation.”
The announcement came in the week after Carrillo had filed suit in a city in southern Paraguay seeking a paternity test.
Judge Evelyn Peralta, who is overseeing the case, said she was treating it routinely. “It is a case like any other, which involves the president and nothing more,” she said. “It will be processed as it should be.”
Some Cabinet members interpreted Lugo‘s acknowledgment of paternity as an indication of the change he has promised to bring about to achieve greater transparency in the public sector.
“This is the Paraguay that we want,” said Liz Torres, minister of children’s issues. “This is the Paraguay of serious change, in which there is no double standard or secrets. It seems to be an example, a very big lesson.”
But some opposition party members said it appeared that Lugo had practically been forced to acknowledge what happened; that he had not done so willingly.
Sen. Julio Cesar Velasquez of the opposition Colorado Party called on the Vatican to excommunicate Lugo.
Lugo was laicized last year, around the time he assumed the presidency.
A Swedish management magazine had some fun when presenting the top 10 reasons Jesus wasn’t really suited to be a leader:
“Just in terms of allocation of time resources, religion is not very efficient. There’s a lot more I could be doing on a Sunday morning.” – Bill Gates
“Isn’t it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?” – Douglas Adams
“If there was a god, I’d still have both nuts.” – Lance Armstrong
“Science explains everything. There is no meaning in life except to be the best at something. If only I could be the best at something, perhaps my parents would love me.” – Asia Carrera, Porn Star
“I believe that all important matters have to be settled here, not in the clouds somewhere after we kick off.” - Billy Joel
“Wow. No God. If Mum had lied to me about God, had she also lied to me about Santa? yes, but who cares? The gifts kep coming. And so did the gifts of my newfound atheism. The gifts of truth, science, nature. The real beauty of this world. Not a world by design, but one by chance. I learned of evolution—a theory so simple and obvious that only England’s greatest genius could have come up with it. Evolution of plants, animals, and us—with imagination, free will, love and humor. I no longer needed a reason for my existence, just a reason to live. And imagination, free will, love, humor, fun, music, sports, beer, and pizza are all good enough reasons for living.
But living an honest life—for that you need the truth. That’s the other thing I learned that day, that the truth, however shocking or uncomfortable, in the end leads to liberation and dignity.” – Ricky Gervais (“The Office”)
“Q: Do you believe in God?
A: Yes. His name is Clive Davis, and he’s the head of my record company.” – Barry Manilow
“Hmm… For some people. I hope so, for them. For the people who believe in it, I hope so. There doesn’t need to be a God for me. There’s something in people that’s spiritual, that’s godlike. I don’t feel like doing things just because people say things, but I also don’t really know if it’s better to just not believe in anything, either.” – Angelina Jolie asked if there is a god.
“To YOU I’m an atheist; to God, I’m the Loyal Opposition.” – Woody Allen
“I believe in the good message that’s found in religion. But I doubt there’s someone up there above the clouds running the show.” – Annika Sörenstam (LPGA great)
“There are like two golden rules in life. One is ‘Do unto others as you would want them to do unto you.’ For some reason, people associate this with Christianity. I’m not a Christian. I’m agnostic. The other rule is ‘Be proud of what you do.’” – Linus Torvalds (Linux father)
“If you have a few hundred followers and you let some of them molest children, they call you a cult leader. If you have a billion, they call you Pope.” – Bill Maher
“I am also atheist or agnostic (I don’t even know the difference). I’ve never been to church and prefer to think for myself. I do believe that religions stand for good things, and that if you make irrational sacrifices for a religion, then everyone can tell that your religion is important to you and can trust that your most important inner faiths are strong. Steve Jobs may be an informal fan of Eastern religions but it’s never obvious in him and I never heard of him regularly attending a church. That’s only a guess.” – Steve Wozniak
“In the Bullshit Department, a businessman can’t hold a candle to a clergyman. ‘Cause I gotta tell you the truth, folks. When it comes to bullshit, big-time, major league bullshit, you have to stand in awe of the all-time champion of false promises and exaggerated claims, religion. No contest. No contest. Religion. Religion easily has the greatest bullshit story ever told. Think about it. Religion has actually convinced people that there’s an invisible man living in the sky who watches everything you do, every minute of every day. And the invisible man has a special list of ten things he does not want you to do. And if you do any of these ten things, he has a special place, full of fire and smoke and burning and torture and anguish, where he will send you to live and suffer and burn and choke and scream and cry forever and ever ’til the end of time!
But He loves you. He loves you, and He needs money! He always needs money! He’s all-powerful, all-perfect, all-knowing, and all-wise, somehow just can’t handle money! Religion takes in billions of dollars, they pay no taxes, and they always need a little more. Now, you talk about a good bullshit story. Holy Shit!
War, disease, death, destruction, hunger, filth, poverty, torture, crime, corruption, and the Ice Capades. Something is definitely wrong. This is not good work. If this is the best God can do, I am not impressed. Results like these do not belong on the resumé of a Supreme Being. This is the kind of shit you’d expect from an office temp with a bad attitude. And just between you and me, in any decently-run universe, this guy would’ve been out on his all-powerful ass a long time ago. And by the way, I say “this guy”, because I firmly believe, looking at these results, that if there is a God, it has to be a man.
No woman could or would ever fuck things up like this. So, if there is a God, I think most reasonable people might agree that he’s at least incompetent, and maybe, just maybe, doesn’t give a shit. Doesn’t give a shit, which I admire in a person, and which would explain a lot of these bad results.” – George Carlin
“If someone had told me I would be Pope one day, I would have studied harder”, Pope John I
Any reason to believe in god? None whatsoever. It’s fun to argue with religious people that actually want to take the fight… they have few (if any) arguments. And always lose.
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