April 2009
“Nothing is permanent in this wicked world - not even our troubles.”
– Charlie Chaplin
Do You Have Swine Flu? →
Let us pretend for a moment that the swine flu “pandemic” is being inflated by the media. Fear mongering means attention, and the news mongers love attention.
And ad revenue. Don’t forget the ad revenue. What if our short attention spans are being drawn away from something else? How is the global economy today? Is this a good time to purchase shares in pharmaceutical companies?
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“Remember the fact that panic and fear spread much faster than the swine virus”
– mars-z
Channel 10 to axe The Simpsons in budget cut →
THE Ten network will axe The Simpsons and replace it with more news, extending the one-hour 5pm bulletin to 90 minutes. Insiders confirmed the financially troubled network says it can no longer pay the fee of $25,000 for each episode of the top-rating social satire. Ten says dropping The Simpsons would save it $6 million a year.
Suicide Girls: Fight Club Photo Shoot (NSFW) →
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Australia should consider having a one-child... →
Australia should consider having a one-child policy to protect the planet, an environmental lobby group says.
Sustainable Population Australia says slashing the world’s population is the only way to avoid “environmental suicide”.
National president Sandra Kanck wants Australia’s population of almost 22 million reduced to seven million to tackle climate change.
And...
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The Pirate Bay Trial: The Official Verdict -... →
Just minutes ago the verdict in the case of The Pirate Bay Four was announced. All four defendants were accused of ‘assisting in making copyright content available’. Peter Sunde: Guilty. Fredrik Neij: Guilty. Gottfrid Svartholm: Guilty. Carl Lundström: Guilty. The four receive 1 year in jail each and fines totaling $3,620,000.
Rasmus Fleischer, one of the founders of Piratbyrån commented, “The...
Events that happened on Twitter over the Easter...
Hugh Jackman is now using Twitter for philanthrophic purposes. About 7am today, Jackman wrote on Twitter: “I will donate 100K to one individual’s favorite non profit organization.Of course,you must convince me why by using 140 characters or less.” More
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