This is just bizarre.
(via Dave)
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Slashdot reports that online gambling in the Unites States state of Washington is to become a Class C felony from June 7, that will put it on the same level as possessing child pornography, and can result in a 5 year prison stint and a $10,000 USD fine.
What is it with the States? This is nuts. Apparently spending your own money online gambling is as bad as kiddie porn? And Americans wonder why the rest of the world often scratches its head in disbelief!
I’m a firm believer in freedom of speech and association, but surely this pushes the boundaries, from China Daily:
Dutch pedophiles are launching a political party to push for a cut in the legal age for sexual relations to 12 from 16 and the legalization of child pornography and sex with animals, sparking widespread outrage.
The Charity, Freedom and Diversity (NVD) party said on its Web site it would be officially registered Wednesday, proclaiming: “We are going to shake The Hague awake!”….
The party wants private possession of child pornography to be allowed although it supports the ban on the trade of such materials. It also supports allowing pornography to be broadcast on daytime television, with only violent pornography limited to the late evening.
Toddlers should be given sex education and youths aged 16 and up should be allowed to appear in pornographic films and prostitute themselves. Sex with animals should be allowed although abuse of animals should remain illegal, the NVD said.
The party also said everybody should be allowed to go naked in public and promotes legalizing all soft and hard drugs and free train travel for all.
Sick stuff. The China Daily editors have a sense of humour though, the article includes two pictures of Michael Jackson visiting an orphange in Japan 🙂
Tags: Michael Jackson, pedophiles
Somebody at News.com.au has a very wicked sense of humour:
and then there is the photo and captions:
Let’s just hope they didn’t leave him alone with any of the little boy orphans.
Tags: Michael Jackson
We kid you not on this on: the picture is an x-ray of a injured mallard duck.
Writes the SF Chronicle:
As if crop circles weren’t proof enough that extraterrestrials are among us, an alien has now been found in the stomach of a duck.
That, at least, is the conclusion reached by workers at the International Bird Rescue Research Center in Cordelia (Solano County) when they viewed an X-ray image they took of a sick mallard.
Only in America 🙂
From City Rag:
Fran Drescher did not mince any words in talking about her interest in a pursuing a career in politics on the Howard Stern show this morning. Straight from Fran’s mouth, she’d like to become a Senator or Congresswoman for the state of New York.
Sad really. I suppose with that annoying voice people would be forced to listen to her, she’d certainly stand out from a crowd.
Tags: Fran Drescher
Yep, I’m finally got my holiday booked. I couldn’t get a passport in time (then get the Visa’s and what not) so it’s totally domestic travel for me.
As much as I plan to spend some time laying on a beach, I’ve decided to go a bit quirky as well. It’s been a while since I’ve travelled (building houses and working for yourself sort of limits the budget) so I’m doing the highlight’s of Australian TV Tour.
Starting next Sunday I’m in Row 4 at the Big Brother Eviction Special at Dreamworld on the Gold Coast. I’ve also got tickets to the Cocktail Party before hand, so expect some pictures of me with D grade celebrities as well (Tilly and Elise anyone?? 🙂 ).
I’ll be spending a few days on the Gold Coast, before I jet down to Sydney later in the week (my old home town) where I’ve applied (but not yet confirmed) tickets to The Chasers War on Everything on Thursday. Then back to WA Saturday.
If any bloggers out there want to catch up for a bite to eat, or say gday in Sydney in particular, drop me a line. I’m only there 4 days, but it would be nice to meet some bloggers while I’m there.
Extra: I should have added, I really wanted to be in the audience for The Glass House but they are in Melbourne that week, and it’s too cold to go to Melbourne this time of year 🙂
Anyone say insular??
Despite the wall-to-wall coverage of the damage from Hurricane Katrina, nearly one-third of young Americans recently polled couldn’t locate Louisiana on a map and nearly half were unable to identify Mississippi.
Americans between the ages of 18 and 24 fared even worse with foreign locations: six in 10 couldn’t find Iraq, according to a Roper poll conducted for National Geographic.
More here. Makes you wonder….doesn’t it.
Tags: americans
