Random links
- Swiss couple victim of marriage 'hate video' in Maldives
- "The local Minivan newspaper said the man conducting the ceremony was pretending to read traditional marriage vows off a piece of paper, but was instead holding an employment contract for employees at the hotel. 'Various types of insults about the woman and the man, their clothing and demeanour, are being spoken throughout in the form of a running commentary in a sports video.'" Just a suggestion: don't agree to vows in a language that you can't understand. It also makes me think of Roman Catholic practice pre-Vatican II.
- Entire police force in Los Ramones, Mexico quits after gunmen attack headquarters
- Take a look at the photo accompanying the story. In related news, in another town a college student became police chief after no one else was willing to apply.
- Deliberately uninformed, relentlessly so [a rant]
- Seth Godin's rant on reading vs. TV. A brief excerpt: "Many people in the United States purchase one or fewer books every year. Many of those people have seen every single episode of American Idol. There is clearly a correlation here. Access to knowledge, for the first time in history, is largely unimpeded for the middle class. Without effort or expense, it's possible to become informed if you choose. For less than your cable TV bill, you can buy and read an important book every week. Share the buying with six friends and it costs far less than coffee. Or you can watch TV."
- Arthritis Society gives texting a thumbs-down
- I wonder what they think of keyboards.
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Sarennah
Wed, 2010-10-27 22:12
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Police in Mexico definitely
Police in Mexico definitely don't have it easy. Good grief-- that station looks like it's swiss cheese! If that happened in Canada -what would we do differently than Mexico as a response? Bring in the army? It's just so different.