In a major development in RIAA litigation, Prof. Charles Nesson of Harvard Law School is charging that the RIAA’s tactics are an abuse of federal process and that the law on which the litgation rests —...are fighting people without lawyers… to understand that the formalities of this are basically bankrupting people, and it’s terribly critical that you stop it …" http://government.zdnet.com/?p=4152

Games firms are accusing innocent people of file-sharing as they crack down on pirates, a Which? Computing investigation has claimed. The magazine was contacted by Gill and Ken Murdoch, from Scotland...games firms and begin prosecutions next year. In the UK, claims are brought as civil actions using the Copyright, Design and Patents Act of 1988. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7697898.stm

New Mandate Aimed At Those With "Confused" Sexual Identities, "Psychopathic Disturbances" The Vatican issued new psychological screening guidelines for seminarians Thursday - the latest effort by the...of waning vocations. But Pope Benedict XVI has said it is more important to have good priests than a greater number of priests. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/10/30/world/main4558243.shtml

If Obama somehow loses this election, there will be violence. If he wins there will also be violence. Posted via LiveJournal.app .

EU regulators ban selling or giving away a large batch of kiwi fruit for being very slightly “too small”. Apparently, calling Scientology “a cult” is illegal in the UK. Apparently, it is a bad idea...and a nihilist novelist find they have something in common : being “vomited on” by their own country. In Russia, the 9/11 truthers are getting an airing as part of a surge in anti-Americanism

Похороны Арнольда Ротштейна (1928) Арнольд Ротштейн играл в азартные игры, и у него были деньги. Он был "мистером Бродвей", и у него был собственный кабинет в ресторане Lindy на Манхэттене. Он начал...выброшен из автомобиля на улицу. Как считает полиция, это очередное мафиозное убийство. Магнаско умер по дороге в больницу Holy Family. Он, как полагают, был близко связан с братьями Галло. (1961)

Palin Effigy 'Not A Hate Crime' But aren't all crimes hate crimes? Come on now. Every penalty handed down for every prosecuted crime should be augmented in severity to accommodate the hateful feelings propagated on a flinching society by the criminal in the act of his crime. A criminal who commits a crime with special hatred or focused spite should be punished doubly. It is only just. And should...

Malaysian Man Faces Jail, Caning For Allegedly Unleashing Bugs In Neighbor's Bed A Malaysian man has been accused of trying to hurt his neighbor with a dangerous weapon - centipedes. Prosecutor Mazri...what species the centipedes were. Some species are poisonous. If found guilty, Prabakaran faces up to three years prison and a caning. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/10/29/world/main4555535.shtml

...said. "He was a great candidate at that time." Jan Grimes, director of the Historic Preservation Agency, will run the Lincoln museum and library temporarily. Robert Coomer, a former director of Historic Preservation, will replace Beard at the foundation. Calls to a Springfield listing for Beard were not answered. http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/10/29/lincoln.library.firing.ap/index.html

Check out this story from Yahoo!  Hope all is well with everyone out there.  I wanted to update you a previous post -- the turn signals must be an option in Canada also.   Heading to Minneapolis this weekend for an IAAP  meeting.