News and other tidbits that Chad Cloman finds interesting enough to share
A new study finds that those horrible, terrible, evil Western societies are to blame for 15 percent of China’s CO2 emissions. Never mind that China might have some responsibility in the matter.
Link: http://www.guardian.co.uk/…
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Update: It gets even better.
Here’s a direct quote from Mayor Frank Melton of Jackson, MS: “I certainly respect the Constitution, but we have some issues that are much bigger than the Constitution.” He’s referring to an executive order banning saggy pants. No, really.
Link: http://www.clarionledger.com/…
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So you got drunk and beat up your wife. What’s your next step? Treatment? Alcoholics Anonymous? Nope—you sue the airline that served the alcohol.
Link: http://www.news.com.au/…
The 2008 Darwin Awards are out, and the winner is the balloon priest. I don’t agree with this one—it seems more like a tragedy than a case of stupidity.
Link: http://www.darwinawards.com/…
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So you just finished up a 14-month gambling spree and lost $26 million in the process. What’s your next step? Sue the casino, of course!
Link: http://www.reuters.com/…
Church tax? Politicians specifying who can attend mass? Thank God for the Bill of Rights.
Link: http://www.reuters.com/…
Here’s a way to get a two-for-one deal on airline seats. It appears that Canada officially considers obesity to be a disability.
Thanks to Josh for this topic.
Link: http://www.reuters.com/…
Microsoft has implemented a benign form of nagware for pirated versions of Windows. What I find ridiculous, however, is that the people using illegal copies are upset about this. They should just be glad Microsoft isn’t wiping their hard drives instead.
Link: http://arstechnica.com/…
This woman waited in a hospital emergency room, with a broken leg, for 19 hours before giving up and going home. But while the hospital couldn’t tend to her leg, their billing system was working perfectly.
Link: http://www.chron.com/…
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The 2008 Ig Nobel awards have been announced.
Link: http://arstechnica.com/…
A Japanese couple went to India and hired a surrogate mother to carry their test-tube baby. But they got divorced before the baby was born. Now neither the surrogate nor the biological mother wants the baby, and the father cannot legally adopt his daughter.
Apple has a store that sells applications for the iPhone. Anyone can submit an app, and once it’s officially approved, the app is posted to the store and can be purchased. A German man named Armin Heinrich created an app that displays a red gem [video]. He called it “I Am Rich” and put a $999.99 price tag on it. The description was very clear that this app essentially did nothing. Surprisingly, eight people purchased it, although two of them later asked for refunds. Apple has since pulled the app from the store.
Link: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/…
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