Kevin Smith's new movie is still getting flak.  this time because it contains "porno" in the title .

http://www.boingboing.net/2008/10/15/australias-great-fir.html Looks like Australia is also going to start banning websites it doesn't like either.

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/08/21/ohio_voting_machines_contained.html I'm not sure who to be more disgusted with, Diebold for making such crap or our elections officials for not doing sufficient audits of the software first.

http://mormontimes.com/ME_blogs.php?id=1586 "These judges are making new law without any democratic process; in fact, their decisions are striking down laws enacted by majority vote. The pretext...same legal rights must be accorded.  Here's your choice:  Give gays those same legal rights or take them away from heterosexual couples.  Either way will uphold the equal rights under the law clause(s)

"Take all this money and insert this clause we wrote into yoru education bill to force college students to pay for our stuff whether they want to buy any of it or not!" Government: "Sure!" Because...enough problems paying for actual education that they can just toss around money to artificially protect the business model or companies that have been proven to have ripped off consumers for years

Amendment IV The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but...without any suspicion of wrongdoing, as part of border search policies the Department of Homeland Security recently disclosed. Seriously.. how is that policy NOT a violation of the bill of rights

Father-of-three branded a 'pervert' - for photographing HIS OWN children in public park

Jack Thompson Guilty ... well it's not done, but that is the Bar Judge's recommendation

If you Guessed the UK, you are correct! And this little quote kind of explains everything: "The City of London police came under fire two years ago when it emerged that more than 20 officers, ranging from constable to chief superintendent, had accepted gifts worth thousands of pounds from the Church of Scientology."

Yep.. that's right.. the State of Oregon , which apparently consider the full text of its laws copyrighted and have sent out cease and desist letters to other websites hosting it.