Friday, May 30, 2008

Comedians working for world Peace

A Jewish comic, a Muslim comic and a Christian comic are touring together in a more personal effort to bring peace and happiness to the world.


Read more about in this New York Times story

Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Al Qaeda's use of internet to recruit

Attached via link is an article from today's New York Times about the use of the internet as a recruitment tool by a Belgian woman on behalf of Al Qaeda.

The rest of the story here

Monday, May 26, 2008

FoxNews and Obama

Not hard to figure out that FoxNews doesn't like Obama, but I never thought the dislike went this far.
Check out the statement and the reaction, actually the lack thereof, here

An editorial from one of FoxNew's favorite blogs here

Saturday, May 24, 2008

I didn't change the tag from the main page

drug dealers, hookers threaten wildlife refuges

Company leads fight against fixed sporting events

Ran across this link to a story about sports betting and the online world and the effort of Betfair in fighting corruption.

Read more about it by clicking this link

Fundraising efforts underway

The online poker community at pocketfives.com has come together to try to aid the family of prominent poker player Devin Porter. Devin uses the online name of TranquilChaos when playing poker. Porter's dad was recently diagnosed with a severe form of non-Hodgkins Lymphoma and is now undergoing treatement.

To read more and to donate, visit Devin's story about his dad

You can also donate in small amounts by visiting this thread

More info here

Idiots try to sell baby on Ebay

Two German idiots who were somehow able to conceive a child had the seven month child removed from their "home" after they listed the baby on Ebay for the sum of one Euro(apprx $1.57 USA)

Read more about these fools at CNN