Comment Re:Why so discriminating? (Score 1) 1036
And while they're at it, why don't they give a raise to single people, who aren't getting any tax breaks either?
Raaaaacists!!
Comment Re:Why so discriminating? (Score 0) 1036
I can't find the cite right now, but I have heard that something like 60% of gay males have one or more biological children.
Next?
Next indeed. I bet the "next" thing you're going to tell us, in an attempt to have it both ways, is that homosexuality is the result of genetics, not a lifestyle choice.
Comment Re:Yay, Obama (Score 0) 664
You're absolutely right.
Therefore, you've been moded straight to hell.
Comment Re:Competing with SpaceX on their own launcher? (Score -1, Troll) 66
We may not have the stars, but we have diversity! And man, does it suck!
Submission + - Jewish dance group stoned in Hanover, Germany (bbc.co.uk)
An anonymous reader writes: German police are investigating the stoning of a Jewish dance group trying to perform on the street in the city of Hanover.
Youths reportedly shouted "Juden Raus" (Jews Out) as they attacked the dancers of the Chaverim ("Friends" in Hebrew) dance troupe last weekend.
Charlotte Knobloch, president of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, told the Die Welt newspaper that anti-Semitic feelings were widespread in both far-right and Muslim communities in the country.
"It particularly saddens me that those anti-Semitic views can already be seen with such vehemence among children and youths," she said.
Oy! It's a Holocaust!
Youths reportedly shouted "Juden Raus" (Jews Out) as they attacked the dancers of the Chaverim ("Friends" in Hebrew) dance troupe last weekend.
Charlotte Knobloch, president of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, told the Die Welt newspaper that anti-Semitic feelings were widespread in both far-right and Muslim communities in the country.
"It particularly saddens me that those anti-Semitic views can already be seen with such vehemence among children and youths," she said.
Oy! It's a Holocaust!
Submission + - IBM execs named in $100M racketeering suit (wral.com)
Third Position writes: A Pennsylvania-based information technology partner of IBM is suing the technology giant for some $100 million, alleging a Ponzi scheme and racketeering.
In a lawsuit filed in federal court in Pennsylvania on June 16, Devon IT accused IBM and several senior executives by name of misusing $12 million that Devon invested in two IBM projects.
“As part of their scheme, the RICO Defendants intentionally misrepresented the market potential of the products they touted and continued to demand funding from Devon – an admittedly smaller company with less resources than IBM – even after the RICO Defendants secretly canceled at least one of the subject development projects,” the company alleges in the suit.
In a lawsuit filed in federal court in Pennsylvania on June 16, Devon IT accused IBM and several senior executives by name of misusing $12 million that Devon invested in two IBM projects.
“As part of their scheme, the RICO Defendants intentionally misrepresented the market potential of the products they touted and continued to demand funding from Devon – an admittedly smaller company with less resources than IBM – even after the RICO Defendants secretly canceled at least one of the subject development projects,” the company alleges in the suit.
Submission + - Jew lawyer protests selling food to poor people (alternet.org) 1
An anonymous reader writes: Nestle SA will begin sailing a supermarket barge down two Amazon river tributaries tomorrow as it competes with Unilever to reach emerging-market customers cut off from branded goods.
The world’s largest food company will send a boat with 100-square meters (1,076 square feet) of supermarket space on a journey to 18 small cities and 800,000 potential consumers on the Para and Xingu rivers in Brazil, before starting the journey again. The vessel will carry 300 different goods including chocolate, yogurt, ice cream and juices.
Michele Simon, a public health lawyer and author of Appetite for Profit: How the Food Industry Undermines Our Health and How to Fight Back, calls this an "especially disgusting news item" about which "writing about it is the only way I know to release my outrage. My version of screaming from the rooftop."
The world’s largest food company will send a boat with 100-square meters (1,076 square feet) of supermarket space on a journey to 18 small cities and 800,000 potential consumers on the Para and Xingu rivers in Brazil, before starting the journey again. The vessel will carry 300 different goods including chocolate, yogurt, ice cream and juices.
Michele Simon, a public health lawyer and author of Appetite for Profit: How the Food Industry Undermines Our Health and How to Fight Back, calls this an "especially disgusting news item" about which "writing about it is the only way I know to release my outrage. My version of screaming from the rooftop."
Comment Re:I just glanced at the specs, but Sandforce? (Score 0) 159
How is this different/better than the sandforce controllers we already have?
Well, this one is kosher.
Comment Re:I want a fact check (Score 0) 476
Yes, damn them indeed!
It's called a tradeoff - you can have those things, but the cost is going to be your economic well-being. Life's a bitch, ain't it?
Comment Re:A bang or a whimper (Score 0) 206
It's sad to see it go. The show that helped so many of the musicians that geeks love make it big.
Is that an endorsement or an indictment?
Comment Re:Effective... (Score 0) 468
Since I refuse to be treated like a criminal just because I'm going from point A to point B, I simply refuse to fly.
Since these days you have to spend the whole day at the airport just to get on a plane, for a lot of destinations you'll probably get where you're going faster taking a train or driving anyway.
Submission + - Jewish settlers vandalize villagers' crops in West (peopledaily.com.cn)
An anonymous reader writes: Jewish settlers have set ablaze hundreds of olive trees and wheat crops on Saturday in a West Bank village, witnesses said.
Witnesses told Xinhua that scores of settlers from Yetshar settlement sat fire to large crop fields in Far'ta village, near Nablus City, while Israeli soldiers prevented Palestinian fire fighting workers from reaching the area.
Jewish settlers frequently attack the village and vandalize the crops and property of villagers, witnesses added.
Witnesses told Xinhua that scores of settlers from Yetshar settlement sat fire to large crop fields in Far'ta village, near Nablus City, while Israeli soldiers prevented Palestinian fire fighting workers from reaching the area.
Jewish settlers frequently attack the village and vandalize the crops and property of villagers, witnesses added.
Submission + - Israel attacks international humanitarian convoy (aljazeera.net) 23
chainLynx writes: Israeli forces attacked an international aid flotilla bringing much-needed supplies to the blockaded Palestinian territory of Gaza. Israeli commandos dropped from helicopters onto the ship and used live ammunition, killing at least 10 people and wounding others. The convoy has many noted participants, including Nobel Peace Prize laureate Mairead Maguire and former US Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney.
Submission + - Russia doubles price for launching US astronauts (yahoo.com) 4
Third Position writes: NASA on Tuesday signed a contract to pay $55.8 million per astronaut for six Americans to fly into space on Russian Soyuz capsules in 2013 and 2014. NASA needs to get rides on Russian rockets to the International Space Station because it plans to retire the space shuttle fleet later this year. NASA now pays half as much, about $26.3 million per astronaut, when it uses Russian ships.
Comment Re:Um..no (Score 0) 865
At least they're in distinguished company.
