- Sep 6, 2001
- 28,010
- 99
- 48
[font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif][size=+1] Internet censored, America just rolls over and farts [/size][/font]
[font=Verdana,Arial.Helvetica,sans-serif][size=-1]Boing Boing | Submitted by: Rotten Staff[/size][/font]
[font=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif] "Amended Section 2257 recordkeeping regulations go into effect at midnight tonight. The federal law requires website owners to keep records documenting, among other things, that every performer portrayed in a visual depiction of actual sexually explicit conduct is over the age of 18. In anticipation, porn sites and others that include adult content are preparing to make their sites compliant -- or taking them offline. Today, several sites in the Rotten.com family are going dark for that reason, including ratemyboner.com (like amihotornot for amateur snapshots of a particular male anatomical part in a particular state) and gapingmaw.com (which you could call an industrial-strength grossout blog). Section 2257 is ostensibly aimed at preventing the exploitation of minors in pornography. However, some free speech advocates argue it provides the conservative Bush administration with the power to silence other websites deemed offensive." [The regulations were promulgated by Alberto Gonzales, US Attorney General appointed by George Bush. If you voted for Bush, this is your fault. If you think this country is free, you are sadly mistaken. No nation has freedom when it is run by religious zealots.]
[/font][font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif][size=+1] Congress jerks off, spurts out flagburning amendment [/size][/font]
[font=Verdana,Arial.Helvetica,sans-serif][size=-1]CNN | Submitted by: SHADE 45 MOTHERFUCKER[/size][/font]
[font=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif] "The House on Wednesday approved a constitutional amendment that would give Congress the power to ban desecration of the American flag, a measure that for the first time stands a chance of passing the Senate as well. By a 286-130 vote -- eight more than needed -- House members approved the amendment after a debate over whether such a ban would uphold or run afoul of the Constitution's free-speech protections." [With picture of what a burning flag looks like.]
[/font][font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif][size=+1] And so it begins: Feds raid San Francisco pot clubs [/size][/font]
[font=Verdana,Arial.Helvetica,sans-serif][size=-1]San Francisco Chronicle | Submitted by: Uncle Ben[/size][/font]
[font=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif] "Federal agents raided three San Francisco medical marijuana dispensaries today as part of a broader investigation into money laundering and Asian organized crime, authorities said. The operation targeted two cannabis clubs on Ocean Avenue and another on Judah Street, and came just two weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court in a crushing blow to the medical marijuana movement ruled that the federal government had the authority to prosecute people whose actions are legal under state law. Law enforcement sources said the clubs were not targeted for drug operationsut say they were allegedly being used as fronts for money-laundering operations."[/font]
[font=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]
Gone also is your safety.
[/font][font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif][size=+1] Survey says we're all fucked [/size][/font]
[font=Verdana,Arial.Helvetica,sans-serif][size=-1]CNN | Submitted by: BARBELlTH[/size][/font]
[font=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif] "The chance of an attack with a weapon of mass destruction somewhere in the world in the next 10 years runs as high as 70 percent, arms experts have predicted in a U.S. survey." ... "The most likely scenario for a nuclear attack would be for terrorists to use a weapon they made themselves with material acquired on the black market, the survey said." ... "Weapons of mass destruction (WMD) are designed to kill large number of people, using either nuclear, biological, chemical or radiological means."
[/font][font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif][size=+1] Oops: U.S. spyplane crashes in SW Asia [/size][/font]
[font=Verdana,Arial.Helvetica,sans-serif][size=-1]BBC | Submitted by: Jonny Plasma[/size][/font]
[font=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif] "A US Air Force U-2 spy plane has crashed in south-west Asia killing the pilot, the US military has said. The crash occurred at 2330 GMT on Tuesday, when the pilot was returning to base after completing a mission in support of US forces in Afghanistan. A military spokesman said the location of the crash would not be released because of host nation sensitivities. The U-2 is a high-altitude surveillance aircraft first developed in the Cold War and manned by a single pilot."
[/font][font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif][size=+1] Nuke plant loses fuel rods, gets handslap [/size][/font]
[font=Verdana,Arial.Helvetica,sans-serif][size=-1]Wired News | Submitted by: Kaiser Wilhelm[/size][/font]
[font=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif] "A Vermont nuclear plant violated safety rules when it lost track of two rods of highly radioactive spent fuel, but the facility will not be fined, federal regulators said Wednesday. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission determined that records at the Vermont Yankee plant listed an inaccurate description of where the fuel had been stored since 1980, and previous inventories had not discovered the problem. The pieces were eventually found in the plant's spent-fuel pool, where they posed no danger. If the rods had somehow been placed outside the spent-fuel pool, regulators were concerned that they could have been mixed with other radioactive components and mistakenly shipped to a burial site for low-level nuclear waste."[/font][font=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif] [/font]
[font=Verdana,Arial.Helvetica,sans-serif][size=-1]Boing Boing | Submitted by: Rotten Staff[/size][/font]
[font=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif] "Amended Section 2257 recordkeeping regulations go into effect at midnight tonight. The federal law requires website owners to keep records documenting, among other things, that every performer portrayed in a visual depiction of actual sexually explicit conduct is over the age of 18. In anticipation, porn sites and others that include adult content are preparing to make their sites compliant -- or taking them offline. Today, several sites in the Rotten.com family are going dark for that reason, including ratemyboner.com (like amihotornot for amateur snapshots of a particular male anatomical part in a particular state) and gapingmaw.com (which you could call an industrial-strength grossout blog). Section 2257 is ostensibly aimed at preventing the exploitation of minors in pornography. However, some free speech advocates argue it provides the conservative Bush administration with the power to silence other websites deemed offensive." [The regulations were promulgated by Alberto Gonzales, US Attorney General appointed by George Bush. If you voted for Bush, this is your fault. If you think this country is free, you are sadly mistaken. No nation has freedom when it is run by religious zealots.]
[/font][font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif][size=+1] Congress jerks off, spurts out flagburning amendment [/size][/font]
[font=Verdana,Arial.Helvetica,sans-serif][size=-1]CNN | Submitted by: SHADE 45 MOTHERFUCKER[/size][/font]
[font=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif] "The House on Wednesday approved a constitutional amendment that would give Congress the power to ban desecration of the American flag, a measure that for the first time stands a chance of passing the Senate as well. By a 286-130 vote -- eight more than needed -- House members approved the amendment after a debate over whether such a ban would uphold or run afoul of the Constitution's free-speech protections." [With picture of what a burning flag looks like.]
[/font][font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif][size=+1] And so it begins: Feds raid San Francisco pot clubs [/size][/font]
[font=Verdana,Arial.Helvetica,sans-serif][size=-1]San Francisco Chronicle | Submitted by: Uncle Ben[/size][/font]
[font=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif] "Federal agents raided three San Francisco medical marijuana dispensaries today as part of a broader investigation into money laundering and Asian organized crime, authorities said. The operation targeted two cannabis clubs on Ocean Avenue and another on Judah Street, and came just two weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court in a crushing blow to the medical marijuana movement ruled that the federal government had the authority to prosecute people whose actions are legal under state law. Law enforcement sources said the clubs were not targeted for drug operationsut say they were allegedly being used as fronts for money-laundering operations."[/font]
[font=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]
Gone also is your safety.
[/font][font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif][size=+1] Survey says we're all fucked [/size][/font]
[font=Verdana,Arial.Helvetica,sans-serif][size=-1]CNN | Submitted by: BARBELlTH[/size][/font]
[font=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif] "The chance of an attack with a weapon of mass destruction somewhere in the world in the next 10 years runs as high as 70 percent, arms experts have predicted in a U.S. survey." ... "The most likely scenario for a nuclear attack would be for terrorists to use a weapon they made themselves with material acquired on the black market, the survey said." ... "Weapons of mass destruction (WMD) are designed to kill large number of people, using either nuclear, biological, chemical or radiological means."
[/font][font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif][size=+1] Oops: U.S. spyplane crashes in SW Asia [/size][/font]
[font=Verdana,Arial.Helvetica,sans-serif][size=-1]BBC | Submitted by: Jonny Plasma[/size][/font]
[font=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif] "A US Air Force U-2 spy plane has crashed in south-west Asia killing the pilot, the US military has said. The crash occurred at 2330 GMT on Tuesday, when the pilot was returning to base after completing a mission in support of US forces in Afghanistan. A military spokesman said the location of the crash would not be released because of host nation sensitivities. The U-2 is a high-altitude surveillance aircraft first developed in the Cold War and manned by a single pilot."
[/font][font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif][size=+1] Nuke plant loses fuel rods, gets handslap [/size][/font]
[font=Verdana,Arial.Helvetica,sans-serif][size=-1]Wired News | Submitted by: Kaiser Wilhelm[/size][/font]
[font=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif] "A Vermont nuclear plant violated safety rules when it lost track of two rods of highly radioactive spent fuel, but the facility will not be fined, federal regulators said Wednesday. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission determined that records at the Vermont Yankee plant listed an inaccurate description of where the fuel had been stored since 1980, and previous inventories had not discovered the problem. The pieces were eventually found in the plant's spent-fuel pool, where they posed no danger. If the rods had somehow been placed outside the spent-fuel pool, regulators were concerned that they could have been mixed with other radioactive components and mistakenly shipped to a burial site for low-level nuclear waste."[/font][font=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif] [/font]
. I want out of this god damn shit hole of a country. Some day when my band makes it, im going to Scandinavia to live with the Vikings.
