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I posted this in the Funny Pictures thread but I don't think anyone got it.
Not sure how I feel about that. I can understand wanting some kind of memorial where a trooper was killed, but I also agree with the court's decision. Putting a state flag on a cross is a pretty easily construed as an endorsement of a religion.
STOCKHOLM ? A Swedish tabloid reported Saturday that an arrest warrant has been issued for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on suspicion of rape, and officials said they could confirm "media reports."
http://www.thelocal.se/28504/20100821/"I do not consider there to be any reason to suspect that he has committed rape," chief prosecutor Eva Finn? said in a statement explaining her decision.
Well someone committed an offence - if it was a false allegation then the woman should be prosecuted, if it were not the he should - there is no half way - unless the police and incapable of resolving the issue then how can they say what happened? This is a binary switch crime, someone is guilty of something.
German Goverment is about to start a little project to see if stripping Job applications of gender, age and name will reduce discrimination of women, old people and people with a family background in a foreign country (i?ll just call it "origin" from now on to simplify it) when they try to get a job here. 5 Companies have signed on for this project voluntarily. There are no plans to make this into law or something. This is just an expermient to see how this goes and to see if there is a significant amout of said discrimination going on.
Now the german lobbyist "employer organisation" (arbeitgeberverband) head-person has now given an interview in wich he states that "of course" discrimination of such sorts would be bad and that the members of his organisiation are keen on fighting such discrimination ... but, the project the goverment is doing is bad, because (if this would perhaps become law) this would mean that there would be much more efford involved in filtering the the aplicants without name, gender or origin.
What he basically said there, is that the members of his organisation want to filter out people because of gender, age and origin ... and that if this became law, it would be much harder to do so ... wich leads to the conclusion that not only are they discriminating bastards ... but such a law would actually work and make discrimination of job-aplicants harder.
Lobbying-fail.
(for people who speak german)
http://www.abendblatt.de/politik/de...ent-Hundt-lehnt-die-anonyme-Bewerbung-ab.html
I concur.Dear American Atheists (the group, as opposed to all Americans who are atheists) :
Invasive, preachy and unrelenting atheists are just as annoying as invasive, preachy and unrelenting religious people. Stop tarring yourself with your own brush.
I'm torn on this one. One of those subjects where I've pretty well straddled the fence. But it does bring up a point that dovetails into the next bit - the difference between gov't speech and citizenry speech.
"Dr.Laura=even more powerful & effective w/out the shackles, so watch out Constitutional obstructionists. And b thankful 4 her voice,America!"
"Dr.Laura:don't retreat...reload! (Steps aside bc her 1st Amend.rights ceased 2exist thx 2activists trying 2silence"isn't American,not fair")"
- Sarah Palin, on Dr. Laura leaving her radio show after she used the word "nigger" twelve times on-air.
When Kanye West has more literate tweets than you do, you should take that as a sign.
Can some nice american person please lend a gun so I can shoot our prime minister?
Do you have a good customs department?
Don't see any reason for it.
AFP said:Bus blunders latest black mark on Philippine police
By Mynardo Macaraig (AFP) ? 5 hours ago
MANILA ? Blunders in the deadly end of the Philippine's hostage crisis are just the latest black mark for its police force, which has long been hounded by accusations of torture, murder, corruption and ineptitude.
The bloody conclusion to Monday's hijacking highlighted a myriad of problems within the much-maligned force of 135,000, according to human rights advocates, the Philippine media and security experts.
"There is something wrong with the national police. It is viewed more as a source of livelihood for the policemen rather than an institution to protect law and order," human rights lawyer Harry Roque told AFP.
The latest tragedy began when an ex-policeman hijacked a busload of Hong Kong tourists, demanding to be reinstated after he was sacked for extortion.
After muddled attempts to negotiate his surrender, the rogue policeman began shooting, prompting the police to storm the bus. But it still took more than an hour before they penetrated the vehicle and killed the hostage-taker.
The poor response left eight Hong Kong tourists dead, the police force admitting to making mistakes and a public aghast at how poorly the security personnel performed.