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Dvorak UncensoredFrench postpone trial of Muslim because he’s fasting during Ramadan
A decision by a French court to postpone a robbery trial involving a Muslim defendant until the end of the holy month of Ramadan has set off a new fracas about whether France’s fiercely secularist institutions are bending to religious demands.
The
Posted: Sep. 8, 2008 10:00 AM
Betcha Didn’t Know The iPod Was Invented In 1979!
There you have it folks. The real inspiration for Apple’s game-changing iPod, courtesy of the world’s unluckiest Briton, Kane Kramer, 52 (not including the fifth Beatle). You see, in the dark technological days of 1979, Kramer saw a beacon of lig
Posted: Sep. 8, 2008 09:30 AM
Will Obama Be Better For Defense Contractors Than McCain?
I always remember reading a news story some years ago about a Congressman expressing the primary reason for not canceling a military weapon that the Pentagon didn’t want was doing so would put his constituents out of work. In other words, don&
Posted: Sep. 8, 2008 08:00 AM
Computers crash halting London stocks surge
GIGO - when it gets out at all.
Posted: Sep. 8, 2008 08:00 AM
Ultra Realistic Paper Craft - Build A Replica Of A Yamaha MT-01
Yamaha offers a webpage that allows you to download PDF files that contain the instructions to build an ultra realistic paper motorcycle just like the photo above. The page can be found here. Many other paper models can also be found just by explori
Posted: Sep. 8, 2008 07:00 AM
Visitors to Japanese Zoo fear for the safety of green Polar Bears
Truth ain't stranger than fiction - just offered less frequently.
Posted: Sep. 8, 2008 04:30 AM
Boy faces Anti-Social Behavior Indictment for his “missing cat” poster
Boy faces Asbo for missing cat poster | Metro.co.uk
A boy who put up posters to find his missing cat was ordered to tear them down – or face an £80 fine under the Anti-Social Behaviour Act. Daniel Cope, 13, was devastated when eight-year-old
Posted: Sep. 8, 2008 02:03 AM
Ford has a 65 MPG car that most Americans are too ignorant to want! (Sez Ford)
Business Week - September 4, 2008:
If ever there was a car made for the times, this would seem to be it: a sporty subcompact that seats five, offers a navigation system, and gets a whopping 65 miles to the gallon. Oh yes, and the car is made by Ford
Posted: Sep. 7, 2008 10:00 PM
The Amazing Curta Mechanical Calculator — It’s Development Saved Inventor In Nazi Camp
What if Babbage’s Difference Engine spawned a “laptop”?
It’s hard to find more desirable and satisfying (in a tactile sort of way) mechanical fetish item from the age of early computing…
For years Curta calculators enjoy
Posted: Sep. 7, 2008 05:30 PM
Both McCain and Obama Fail Requirements to be on Texas Ballot
Bob Barr. Troublemaker or last honest man?
Campaign Updates — Meanwhile McCain’s campaigners are trying to get Barr off the PA ballot although he followed the rules.
Last night, our campaign manager, Russell Verney, submitted a very clear
Posted: Sep. 7, 2008 02:32 PM
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