Only when Foxnews (Fair & Balanced) covers the story.

Story from Huffington Post

Link: Mark Sanford Scandal

Link: Mark Foley Scandal

事事旦旦

I couldn’t believe 明報 posted this article on 5/10/2009.
http://hk.news.yahoo.com/article/090509/4/c3kg.html

Another link

Yet another link

【明報專訊】來自全國12個不同的地震有關部門的28名專家發表學術論文，羅列大量數據，駁斥國家地震局關於四川大地震不可預測預報的說法…

I wish 明報 would search before posting — Can earthquake be predicted?

From wikipedia:

Despite considerable research efforts by seismologists, scientifically reproducible predictions cannot yet be made to a specific hour, day, or month …

From United States Geological Survey:

Neither the USGS nor Caltech nor any other scientists have ever predicted a major earthquake. They do not know how, and they do not expect to know how any time in the foreseeable future.

I hope the Chinese scientists can tell us when & where exactly the next earthquake will happen?

What a nice title!

Source from failblog.org

Improvisation:

Read incident:

According to the Authors Guild, using a text-to-speech device to read a book voilates the author’s audio book rights.

Authors Guild: Kindle 2 can read books aloud. And Kindle 2 is not paying anyone for audio rights.

This is CRAZY. A low-tech equivalent is that you’ve bought a book, and you hire a person to read it to you. The Authors Guild said, “You can’t do this because you didn’t buy the audio rights. You have to buy an audio book.”

EFF: Does the Authors Guild Want to Sue You for Reading Aloud to Your Kids?

The Authors Guilds are just blood suckers who want to profiteer by piggybacking on others’ innovations.

Neil Gailman also disagrees with the Authors Guild: Quick Argument Summary

I went to Univeristy Electric today to look for a duct cover for a vent hood I bought on ebay.  I wrote my name on the customer wait list. My name is the only name on the list but I still waited 10 minutes. Finally, someone called our name.

Here’s the conversation:

C: customer        S: store

C: I’d like to get a quote for a part accessory.

[Trying to show the salesperson the part number]

S: Where did you get the product?

C: I got it from somewhere else

S: There you go. Let them help you get the item.

[Salesperson immediately walked away]

University Electric is forever crossed out on my vendor’s list.

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The republican VP candidate thinks it is a threat to her first amendment rights when the media criticizes her attack on Obama.

From A Tiny Revolution:

“If they convince enough voters that that is negative campaigning, for me to call Barack Obama out on his associations, then I don’t know what the future of our country would be in terms of First Amendment rights and our ability to ask questions without fear of attacks by the mainstream media.”

If she convinces enough conservatives that the media criticizing her violates her First Amendment rights, does that violate the First Amendment right of the media?

Remember, this woman can be one heartbeat away from the presidency of the United States.

Salon’s Glenn Greenward: so dumb that it hurts

“According to Palin, what the Founders intended with the First Amendment was that political candidates for the most powerful offices in the country and Governors of states would be free to say whatever they want without being criticized in the newspapers.  In the Palin worldview, the First Amendment was meant to ensure that powerful political officials such as herself would not be “attacked” in the papers.  Is it even possible to imagine more breathtaking ignorance from someone holding high office and running for even higher office?”

Listen here.