Monthly Archives: July 2007

Rudy Giuliani asked about AIDS, responds with “9/11!”

By probabilityZero | July 23, 2007

Well, not literally, but he did manage to completely dodge the question by randomly bringing up homeland security and being mayor during a terrorist attack.
While Rudy Giuliani was in Iowa on Thursday, he was asked about federal support for HIV medications, starting his answer with:
I don’t want to promise you the federal government will take [...]

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Using broken slot machine is against the law?

By probabilityZero | July 20, 2007

Confusing title I know, but it’s a weird case. According to Yahoo! News, a machine at Caesars Indiana casino was crediting players with $10 for every $1 inserted because it wasn’t properly designed for U.S. currency. When a player finally informed Caesars, it was out almost $500,000 (small change for a casino). Now,  prosecutors are [...]

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Data on Americans mined for terror risk

By probabilityZero | July 11, 2007

The FBI is gathering and sorting information about Americans to help search for potential terrorists according to a government report obtained Tuesday.
In addition, the report disclosed government plans to build a new database to assess the risk posed by people identified as potential or suspected terrorists.
Remember, this is the country where a you can be [...]

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Creationist Periodic Table

By probabilityZero | July 6, 2007
Posted in Atheism, Other | 4 Comments

Sicko

By probabilityZero | July 5, 2007

I had to take the streaming video down, but you can download Sicko easily with bit torrent.

Posted in Current events, Videos | 6 Comments

Bush commutes Libby’s prison sentence

By probabilityZero | July 3, 2007

In the latest example of how the members of the executive branch of the United States consider themselves to be above the law, President Bush has commuted Scooter Libby’s 30 month prison sentence. While it isn’t quite a full pardon (yet, he’ll most likely be pardoned before Bush leaves office), it’s still a slap in [...]

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