Fox’s Right-Wing Alternative To Daily Show Fails

Joel Surnow and I have mutually decided that we will not continue the Half Hour News Hour beyond its current 15 episode run. The last show will be presented on September 16th.

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Poll Finds Overwhelming Opposition to Domestic Wiretapping

You can prove anything with statistics.. but I happen to like this particular set, and believe ‘em. Too bad the congresscritters can’t (or won’t) read or listen — because their constituents are speaking loud and clear.

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BBC ip address edits Wikipedia - calls George Bush a “wanker”

Title speaks for itself, it’s amazing.

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Equal Justice? Not in the Fascist States of America.

You’re not going to believe this. Well, actually, you probably will. But it’s sad, nonetheless. WHISKEY, TANGO, FOXTROT, OVER.

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Fear-Monger Woolsey Claims Iran Could Have Nuclear Bomb In ‘A Few Months’

Woolsey is doing nothing more than fearmongering when he says Iran could have a nuclear bomb in “a few months.” In fact, his assertion of an impending nuclear weapon in Iran is contradicted by experts on nuclear weapons, including the CIA.

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EA Employee Removed Trip Hawkins, Criticism from EA Wiki Page

Thanks to the Wikipedia Scanner, it’s now easy to see where all those anonymous IPs editing Wikipedia are from. Turns out EA doesn’t want you to know Trip Hawkins founded the company, or about all that business with EA Spouse and the class action lawsuits.

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Scans ’show CIA wikipedia edits’

An online tool that claims to reveal the identity of organisations that edit Wikipedia pages has revealed that the CIA was involved in editing entries. Wikipedia Scanner allegedly shows that workers on the agency’s computers made edits to the page of Iran’s President.

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Campaigns for referendum on electoral reform gear up

This story is about the electoral reform struggle in Canada between the First Past The Post and Mixed Member Proportional electoral systems.

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