] "I would guess that you would then see stories about the
] family faced with economic ruin and the cost of having to
] hire defense counsel, settling for $10,000 or $20,000,
] and the money they were saving for Timmy's college
] education now has to go to Kid Rock," said Philip S.
] Corwin, a lobbyist in Washington for Sharman Networks,
] distributor of the Kazaa file-sharing software.
]
] "That's the kind of stuff that would scare a politician."

Labels May Face Risk in Piracy Suits

] On February 10 Marion County deputies were called to
] William Frank Reese's home for a domestic disturbance.
] When they got there they found Mr. Reese bleeding from
] the leg and Tommie Lorene Burnette bleeding from the face
] and ears.
]
] Sheriff Bo Burnette, no relation to the woman involved
] with this case, said she was a girlfriend, but Mr. Reese
] told NewsChannel 9 she was a "live-in housekeeper."

Just how exactly does your housekeeper get close enough to bite your nutsack?

News Channel 9: Charges Dropped In Scrotum Biting Case

] "There are so many cartoons where press people are saying
] 'Is it Vietnam yet?' hoping it is, and wondering if it
] is, and it isn't," Rumsfeld told reporters at the
] Pentagon. "It's a different time, it's a different era,
] it's a different place."

Wow Mr Rumsfeld, thank you for the clarification on that! You’re right. Iraq ISN’T Vietnam - I see now by my atlas that Vietnam is actually a small country in the orient thousands of miles away - no where near the Middle East!

I'm so glad we have government officials with your caliber of reasoning and deduction of logic to point out stuff that might other wise confuse us helpless sheep.

Laughing Boy

Support for Iraq war slipping

] Authorities arrested American rapper DMX on Saturday for
] using profanity during a concert the night before on the
] Caribbean island of St. Kitts and Nevis, police said.
]
] DMX, whose real name is Earl Simmons, was released on
] bail of $376 until Monday, when he is due in Basseterre
] Magistrate's Court.

*gasp* Oh FUCK! I hope they fucking let him off easy for this shit.

DMX arrested for using profanity during St. Kitts concert

] One of four college students who were accused of trading
] songs online and settled lawsuits in early May with the
] music industry has managed to collect his entire $12,000
] fine on the Internet.
]
] Jesse Jordan, 19, a sophomore this fall at Rensselaer
] Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y., saw his cause picked
] up by the popular Web site Slashdot.org (motto: "News for
] Nerds. Stuff that matters"). Money began pouring in,
] "anywhere from 10 cents to $500. I never expected to
] raise the whole thing. People are very generous," says
] Jordan.
]
] "Where the money comes from doesn't matter," says Matt
] Oppenheim of the Recording Industry Association of
] America. "Have we deterred these people and others from
] engaging in this kind of behavior? Clearly we have."

Oppenheim obviously didn't get the point.

Fined student gets donations to tune of $12K

] Seahorses are their own worst enemy. Fished to the point
] of extinction for the traditional Chinese medicine
] market, they mate for life and their unwillingness to
] seek new partners after being separated has done little
] to improve their chances of survival.
]
] One of their better hopes for conservation may lie in the
] unlikeliest of places -- a ramshackle shed perched on the
] edge of the Atlantic Ocean.
]
] Seahorse Ireland says its goal is to help save the
] species by cultivating seahorses born in captivity for
] the growing aquarium market.
]
] "We want to make people aware that the captive-bred
] seahorse is a much better buy," said production manager
] Ken Maher, from the makeshift laboratory in Connemara,
] west Ireland.
]
] "There's no deleterious effect on the environment and the
] seahorse will survive and flourish in your tank."
]
] Seahorses are no ordinary sea creatures, notwithstanding
] their monogamy which is highly unusual for the animal
] kingdom. It is the male who receives eggs from his female
] partner and fertilizes them himself.

CNN.com - Monogamous seahorse is its own worst enemy - Jun. 23, 2003

A coworker just passed this onto me for our next in office meeting.

How to Play: Check off each block when you hear these words during a meeting, seminar, or phone call. When you get five blocks horizontally, vertically, or diagonally, stand up and shout BULLSHIT!!

bullshitbingo

] Hi ladies, my name is Wo-Hen Nankan. Welcome to my site.
] You can check out my stats on my Asian Avenue Site. I am
] searching for a girlfriend. The picture on the left is
] me. Aren't I very sexy? I am a singer and I've sold many
] records. If you're looking for someone who has a stable
] life, I'm the one you're looking for!
]
]
] Feel free to browse my site. You will find me
] irresistible.

This has got to be a joke.

Hello Ladies...

This would save on *soooo* much typing. :)

The 3l33t HaX0r Keyboard

] Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) suggested Tuesday that people
] who download copyright materials from the Internet should
] have their computers automatically destroyed.
]
] But Hatch himself is using unlicensed software on his
] official website, which presumably would qualify his
] computer to be smoked by the system he proposes.
]
] The senator's site makes extensive use of a JavaScript
] menu system developed by Milonic Solutions, a software
] company based in the United Kingdom. The
] copyright-protected code has not been licensed for use on
] Hatch's website.
]
] "It's an unlicensed copy," said Andy Woolley, who runs
] Milonic. "It's very unfortunate for him because of those
] comments he made."

Ha! Ha! Ha!

Wired News: Orrin Hatch: Software Pirate?