July 21, 2008

Gengen Genocide

Satirical animation shows China’s cynical use of the Olympics to burnish its own image — while underwriting a genocide in Darfur.

July 18, 2008
World Ute Day (via my mate shaun R) World Ute Day (via my mate shaun R)
July 17, 2008
I’m not sure what Chinese string this restaurateur fed to the translation software used to to generate the giant sign hanging over the entrance, but I’m pretty sure it wasn’t: TRANSLATE SERVER ERROR. Ah, the special problems of translations into other alphabets. (via Chinese restaurant called TRANSLATE SERVER ERROR - Boing Boing) I’m not sure what Chinese string this restaurateur fed to the translation software used to to generate the giant sign hanging over the entrance, but I’m pretty sure it wasn’t: TRANSLATE SERVER ERROR. Ah, the special problems of translations into other alphabets. (via Chinese restaurant called TRANSLATE SERVER ERROR - Boing Boing)
July 16, 2008
Why every guy should buy their girlfriend Wii Fit.
Two Sydney activists have won a Federal Court challenge to special World Youth Day laws that carry $5500 fines for annoying pilgrims.
The NoToPope Coalition scored the victory when the Federal Court ruled that legislation that would have prevented its members from handing out leaflets and other items was invalid in law.
The judges said that the interpretation of clause 7.1 of the act, which allowed regulation of conduct deemed to be a cause of “annoyance”,  was invalid because it “affects freedom of speech in a way that, in our opinion, is not supported by the statutory powers”.
There was “no intelligible boundary” on what “causes annoyance”.
The regulation relating to annoyance “could be expected to have a chilling effect upon the exercise of  their freedom of speech because of the very uncertainty about the degree of its infringement upon that freedom”, they said.
(via Court dumps ‘annoy’ law)

Two Sydney activists have won a Federal Court challenge to special World Youth Day laws that carry $5500 fines for annoying pilgrims.

The NoToPope Coalition scored the victory when the Federal Court ruled that legislation that would have prevented its members from handing out leaflets and other items was invalid in law.

The judges said that the interpretation of clause 7.1 of the act, which allowed regulation of conduct deemed to be a cause of “annoyance”,  was invalid because it “affects freedom of speech in a way that, in our opinion, is not supported by the statutory powers”.

There was “no intelligible boundary” on what “causes annoyance”.

The regulation relating to annoyance “could be expected to have a chilling effect upon the exercise of  their freedom of speech because of the very uncertainty about the degree of its infringement upon that freedom”, they said.

(via Court dumps ‘annoy’ law)

An advocacy group says up to a 130 homeless people have been removed from Sydney during World Youth Day celebrations.
Kevin Simpson from Homeless Voice says men and women who normally sleep in the city or the Domain have been moved out by authorities.
“I am a little bit surprised they haven’t taken more care of the actual people who Jesus came for and that’s the disadvantaged, marginalised broken people,” he said.
Homeless Voice says people who slept on the streets were offered accommodation in motels during APEC last year, but not so during World Youth Day.
(via Homeless ‘removed’ for WYD)

An advocacy group says up to a 130 homeless people have been removed from Sydney during World Youth Day celebrations.

Kevin Simpson from Homeless Voice says men and women who normally sleep in the city or the Domain have been moved out by authorities.

I am a little bit surprised they haven’t taken more care of the actual people who Jesus came for and that’s the disadvantaged, marginalised broken people,” he said.

Homeless Voice says people who slept on the streets were offered accommodation in motels during APEC last year, but not so during World Youth Day.

(via Homeless ‘removed’ for WYD)

July 15, 2008 July 13, 2008
← Newer Entries   Page 2 of 134   Older Entries →