“This is coming hard on the heels of the appeals trial for the only man in the entire world to receive a jail sentence for posting Bit Torrent seeds.”
“Veteran Singapore opposition politician JB Jeyaretnam said he had paid off damages in defamation suits brought by the government, which should discharge him as a bankrupt and allow him to run in future elections.”
“The answer to “Who won Iraq?” is Iran in the short run, and in the long run, China and India.”
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Thailand has been listed by the Committee to Protect Journalists as one of the world’s worst backsliders in freedom of the media in the past five years - turning relative openness into repression and worsening press conditions.”
“Sports equipment manufacturer Cramer Japan has come out with infrared-blocking underwear for female athletes, called “ShotGuard,†which makes it impossible to shoot see-through images of the women. will help women to perform better by eliminating wor
May 16th, 2007 at 11:44 pm
For whatever it’s worth, regarding the top item, that’s boing boing linking to this post on my blog:
http://laowai.blogspot.com/2007/05/wtf.html