That and offering free health care support to get off the drugs has lowered the useage of drugs dramatically as well as turned Portugal into a much safer place.

… but only if it is the same as ours! Germany’s largest social networking site has allowed all political parties a special page indicating it’s an organisation, but the Pirate Party wasn’t allowed one. So they set up a personal page, which got deleted summarily, because it was an organisation and not person. Seig Heil Read more about Germany again: You may have an opinion…[…]

Sometimes the EU just gets it right. Telling the Telco Carriers they can’t be anti-competitive dicks and filter out applications like Voipbuster or Skype is a great move that lets you think that sometimes – yes – they think about consumers as well.

This is a heartrending story of a stupid woman who thought an all-woman company would be a good idea. In great detail, she shows how badly women get along with each other, ending in the sordid downfall of her company.

Apparently, in a bid to really lower morale on the International Space Station, Russia and the US are forbidding their astro/cosmonauts to use each other’s facilities, extending to sharing food, using the toilet and gym. Because obviously it’s a politically very very important issue who uses what crapper up there.

Apparently these followers of the paedophile prophet are so worried about people blackmouthing them, they feel that the UN needs to encourage its members to outlaw free speech. Of course if I was a member of a religion mainly implemented in a way to keep the masses stupid and opressed, I wouldn’t want my people Read more about UN votes that ripping the piss out of muslims is illegal[…]

For the land of the free, it’s a bit strange that the US has 25% of the global prison population – whilst only having 5% of the total population. Where Stalin had his gulags, the US is doing much much worse with its prisons. It has more of its own population behind bars than any Read more about Jim Webb vs The US Prisons[…]

Yup, the Australians have a censorship list of websites that they’re blocking. The actual list is secret, but has now been unearthed! And – surprise surprise – it contains a whole load of sites that aren’t supposed to be on the list, such as legitimate businesses (who must have gotten on the wrong side of Read more about Australia hates freedom too![…]

As if privacy isn’t enough of a bother for the people of the UK, the government now wants to kill net neutrality: ie the choice to connect wherever you like to on the internet. This bill would allow ISPs to say which sites you can and can’t connect to, a bit like TV stations. One Read more about UK Government Really hates freedom[…]

SS general Jaqui Smith has found that violence against women is unnaccaptable at any time and is shocked to find that 1 in 5 men find it acceptable if there is sufficient cause for it. She is also surprised to find that 40% of British men think that if a woman has been flirting heavily Read more about UK home secretary thinks violence agains men fine[…]

It seems the only ones with their heads screwed on straight in the UK are the Lords – a non-elected body of oversight on government that are appointed by the queen or by right of birth. It ain’t such a bad thing, having other people checking up on the elected twits. The House of Lords Read more about Lords say surveillance society erodes foundations of UK %u2022 The Register[…]

The European Human Rights court in Strassbourg has decided that the UK DNA Database, which keeps the DNA data of people in it regardless of whether or not they have committed a crime and won’t let you out once you’re in, is in contravention of the basic right to privacy. Too right! You can’t just Read more about UK DNA database deemed unlawful[…]

Why? Because they own youtube. Which posted a video of a kid with Downs Syndrome being pestered. Why those four execs? No idea, really. Why they think the execs who provided the youtube service are liable for the content on it? That’s like saying knife manufacturers are personally responsible for every stabbing that has ever Read more about Italy wants to prosecute four Google Execs[…]

Apparently he was stabbed 4 times in the back and twice in the front, once in the heart, posthumously. Way to keep him dead! I wonder if they buried him in a concrete vault with a stake in his heart and huge signs in various languages telling people to KEEP THE FUCK OUT!

As the president of EstDomains has been convicted of fraud, money laundering and document forgery, as well as apparently being notorious for registering domain names used for phishing, spam and other internet scams, ICANN has said enough is enough and has kicked them out. They are now looking for someone to take over the 281,000 Read more about EstDomains kicked by ICANN[…]

Labour is a big fan of huge, vulnerable and downright dangerous centralised databases. The Tory party: less so. Especially when it’s their kids being centralised for an unencrypted USB device to give all the data to someone.

Well, there you go. Proof that speeding camera’s are basically only another way for the government to shake us around upside down and catch the money that falls out.

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed a lawsuit against the National Security Agency (NSA) and other government agencies today on behalf of AT&T customers to stop the illegal, unconstitutional, and ongoing dragnet surveillance of their communications and communications records. The five individual plaintiffs are also suing President George W. Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney, Cheney’s Read more about EFF Sues NSA, President Bush, and Vice President Cheney to Stop Illegal Surveillance | Electronic Frontier Foundation[…]

France’s education minister yesterday admitted for the first time that the secret to success is speaking better English. Xavier Darcos claimed poor English is now a ‘handicap’ because all international business is conducted in the language, and said French schools would offer extra lessons during the holidays. He also admitted that, because of globalisation, very Read more about French Education to include more English[…]

Turns out that the Christians have been performing same-sex marriages for ages and ages up to at least 1587.

If you don’t vote the way we want, we can toss you out of your office and out of the building, even if you’re an assemblywoman!

Well, I’ve just read the Concept-nota Strandbeleid 2008 (versie 17 april 2008). Besides wrecking the beach side by rebuilding the boulevard with a horrible diagonal sea wall and a main bus terminus in the middle of it, as well as destroying the allready bad parking situation by reducing the number of parking slots from 1020 Read more about How The Hague will fuck up Scheveningen Beach[…]

James Hall, head of the British Identity and Passport Service has come out and condemned centralised databases and expressed doubt at the ability of the government to adequately secure your personal data. The conservatives are allready suggesting keeping the data in seperate databases. This is a much, much better solution, as each acces to each Read more about Is the UK coming to its senses?[…]

Apparently the entry requirements for the US will require an electronic registration with the US government at least 3 days before travel. El Reg is there. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/06/03/us_visa_scheme/. Keep in mind this is on top of the anal probe, DNA swipe, taking of fingerprints, retinal scan, drug use inquiry and all the other fun stuff potentially Read more about US to EU : y’allz a bunch terrurhists, y’hear?[…]

On April 13, Reuters reported the following from Riyadh: Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah said he had ordered some new oil discoveries left untapped to preserve oil wealth in the world’s top exporter for future generations… “When there were some new finds, I told them, ‘no, leave it in the ground, with grace from god, our Read more about Saudi King Abdullah drops quiet bombshell; U.S. media sleep through it[…]