LONDON (Reuters) – A British couple who headed out to sea in a dinghy for an amorous liaison sparked a major rescue operation when their cries of passion were mistaken for someone in trouble, British police said Tuesday. A passer-by raised the alarm after hearing strange noises coming from the waters near a beach in…
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Boing Boing: Shanghai Suicide
Boing Boing: A Directory of Wonderful Things Fourteen ways to die in Shanghai English translation of a controversial, internet-propagated map that lists places and methods for bumping yourself off in Shanghai. # Huichunji pharmacy sells sleeping pills. # Suzhou Creek is uncovered. # The #57 bus goes directly to the zoo. You can jump into…
The Perils of China's Growth to the Chinese
STUFF : WORLD NEWS – STORY : New Zealand’s leading news and information website China facing epidemic of suicide, depression 26 July 2005 BEIJING: Suicide is the number one cause of death among people aged 20 to 35 in China, where an estimated quarter of a million people a year – or 685 a day…
NASA sends shuttle back into space after long pause – Yahoo! News
NASA sends shuttle back into space after long pause – Yahoo! News APE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) – NASA successfully launched space shuttle Discovery on Tuesday after a 2-1/2 year struggle to rebuild the shuttle program following the fatal Columbia accident. The shuttle, carrying seven crew members, soared into slightly hazy skies, leaving behind a trail…
eBay: Sponsor the Fukn podcast at www.fukn.us …Advertise!!!
Here it is, your chance to sponsor the fukn podcast! Better get over to ebay and bid! eBay: Sponsor the Fukn podcast at www.fukn.us …Advertise!!! (item 5601241809 end time Aug-01-05 22:23:48 PDT)
Spoof of Bush Wins Faux Faulkner Contest
ACKSON, Miss. – A scathing parody that likens President Bush to the “idiot” in William Faulkner’s novel “The Sound and the Fury” has won this year’s Faulkner write-alike contest — and touched off a literary spat. Organizers of the Faux Faulkner competition are accusing Hemispheres, the United Airlines magazine that has sponsored the contest for…
Library leader questions Patriot Act -Kafka-esque
Books by Kafka, Orwell, Camus, etc… WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The president of the American Library Association has one word for the USA Patriot Act’s so-called library clause — “Kafkaesque.” “It’s very reminiscent of the ’50s and the ‘red scare’ where people showed up at libraries trying to find which political books professors had read, because…
A Window into Early Epidemiology
Times Argus: Vermont News & Information A window on early 19th-century medical care July 24, 2005 By Mark Bushnell Joseph Gallup was looking for answers. As a prominent Vermont doctor during the early 19th century, Gallup had witnessed wave after wave of diseases sweep across the state, killing hundreds and some times thousands of Vermonters…
The Observer | Comment | Ruaridh Nicoll: Clowns and coppers
The Observer | Comment | Ruaridh Nicoll: Clowns and coppers There were some surprising faces among last week’s anarchist army. On Edinburgh’s Princes Street, an ancient lady with a white bun tied tight on top of her skull was weaving in and out of the Black Blocers and crusty Clowns, bowing and bobbing like a…
UK's Nasa hacker breaks his silence – Security Strategy – Breaking Business and Technology News at silicon.com
UK’s Nasa hacker breaks his silence – Security Strategy – Breaking Business and Technology News at silicon.com UK’s Nasa hacker breaks his silence ‘There’s an extra-terrestrial conspiracy going on’ Add Comment Printer Friendly Email Story By Jo Best Published: Monday 11 July 2005 The British man thought to have hacked into 53 US government agencies’…