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Wired News: "DuPont's Dangerous Game
DuPont buried studies that revealed risks associated with a chemical used in food containers, according to internal company documents and a whistle-blower's statements. The chemical Zonyl -- used to line candy wrappers, microwave popcorn boxes, etc. -- can rub off and get into food. Once ingested, Zonyl breaks down into perfluorooctanoic acid and its salts, known as PFOA. The Environmental Working Group released the DuPont documents Wednesday, including memos indicating Zonyl caused liver and kidney damage in test animals and leached into foods at three times the limit set by the Food and Drug Administration, the Associated Press reported. 'They are toxic,' said former DuPont chemical engineer Glenn Evers of the PFOA chemicals. 'They get into human blood. And they are also in every one of you.' DuPont maintains that PFOA poses no health risk.
-- Lewis Wallace "

Well, isn't that just dandy...

+//+ 14 year-old wins against anti-video game lawyer: Jack Thompson on CroQaudile.com +//+

+//+ 14 year-old wins against anti-video game lawyer: Jack Thompson on CroQaudile.com +//+

Sorry...link to the emails...

+//+ 14 year-old wins against anti-video game lawyer: Jack Thompson on CroQaudile.com +//+

I'm sure many of you are aware of the current saga going on in the gaming world regarding Jack Thompson. Well, here is an excellent set of emails sent to Jack and his less-than-lawyerly replies. Great read.

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Wired News: "When Dolphins Turn Deadly
Among the innumerable individuals displaced by Hurricane Katrina, military-trained dolphins may also have gotten lost in the shuffle. Trouble is, the U.S. Navy's 36 cetaceans may be armed and dangerous. The Atlantic bottlenose dolphins, which have been taught to use toxic dart guns to shoot terrorists attacking military vessels, may have been swept out to sea when the storm breached their coastal compound. 'My concern is that they have learned to shoot at divers in wetsuits who have simulated terrorists in exercises,' said accident investigator Leo Sheridan. 'The darts are designed to put the target to sleep so they can be interrogated later, but what happens if the victim is not found for hours?'
-- Jenny McKeel "

Holy crap, we have trained dart-shooting Dolphins?! That has to be the coolest thing I have ever heard. One step closer to sharks with frickin' lasers...

Wired News: In France, Push Comes to SUV

What a bunch of dicks. I can't wait until the follow-up story about them getting their asses kicked.

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Wired News: "Laura Bush Strikes Back
To all those detractors fulminating against President Bush over relief efforts for the disproportionally black hurricane victims, the first lady has this to say: 'I think all of those remarks are disgusting, to be perfectly frank, because of course President Bush cares about everyone in our country.' Laura Bush's comments, aired in an interview with American Urban Radio Networks, were directed at rapper Kanye West and Democratic chairman Howard Dean. Both men have publicly blamed her husband for the preponderance of black and poor Katrina casualties. 'I mean, I'm the person who lives with him,' said Mrs. Bush. 'I know what he's like and I know what he thinks and I know how he cares about people.' You tell 'em, Laura!
-- Jenny McKeel "

The Truth About Violent Youth and Video Games - Game Revolution

The Truth About Violent Youth and Video Games - Game Revolution: "Thanks to the current media frenzy and barrage of lawsuits surrounding violent video games, I can't tell people what I do for a living without getting a lecture on the current plague of youth violence and the scourge that is Grand Theft Auto. I decided it was time for a rebuttal more effective than shrugging and saying, "Well, I think you're wrong."

So I sat down to write this article, and started doing some research. What I discovered startled me.

First off, I have absolute proof that video games are not the cause of this epidemic of youth violence in America. No, really, I do. Ready?"

Finally, someone with some breains that uses the facts to disprove the bullshit lie about video games. He also links to a really great article on Overcriminalized.Com.

Hillary Clinton Presses Bush on Sex Offender Bill

Hillary Clinton Presses Bush on Sex Offender Bill

Eww. Just, eww...