Just when you were getting tired of those OLD seven deadly sins, there are seven new ones fresh from the Vatican to better define your path to damnation. Vatican Lists Seven Social Sins, Including Drug Abuse The seven social sins are: 1. “Bioethical’ violations such as birth control 2. “Morally dubious” experiments such as stem […]

This handy chart linked through Warren Ellis’ blog shows where you can smoke in the United States. Curiously, Vermont is the only state that allows you to smoke at the workplace when everywhere else is banned. In every place I have lived, I believe smoking was banned in the workplace before anywhere else. Or maybe […]

Why such a huge percentage of the North American mass killings happen at educational institutions is something that desperately needs to be figured out. I doubt the answer will be quick, or simple, or even satisfying, but until we get a better handle on why this crazy shit happens, we will have to keep reading […]

Canadian Industry Minister Jim Prentice is still trying to import American-style copyright law similar to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. The massive failings of the DMCA have been reported widely, and it seems pretty clear that any similar legislation does not benefit anyone outside of the recording and movie industries. Michael Geist has written a […]

Real life superheroes were featured in an article on City Line. This is a good read, and I’m going to have to check out the real superhero web community. Superheroes in Real Life – By Ward Rubrecht “BY MOST OBSERVERS’ RECKONING, between 150 and 200 real-life superheroes, or “Reals” as some call themselves, operate in […]

www.warrenellis.com: Three Laws of Robotics #2: “Robots couldn’t really give a fuck if you live or die. Seriously. I mean, what are you thinking? “Ooh, I must protect the bag of meat at all costs because I couldn’t possibly plug in the charger all on my own.” Shut the fuck up.” If those new robots […]

An article posted on the Motley Fool investment blog got me thinking. Since the only thing the RIAA seems to care about is money and the bottom line, it will probably be investors who ultimately force them to turn away from this ridiculous cycle of law suites and intimidation against customers. The gust of the […]

Patrick Smith is a commercial airline pilot that contributes to the Jet Lagged blog at the NY Times. In his post, he hits on a lot of sore points for airline travelers. The liquid-ban has been a focal point for a lot of criticism, and Smith brings up some good points. The NY Times: Airport […]

The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has once again proven their anti-consumer agenda which seeks to disempower consumers as much as possible in their personal use of recorded music. No longer does it suffice the RIAA to refuse new technology and instead use draconian copyright legislation to beat down emerging trends in the industry, […]

Hot off the heels of his latest media adventure (See BBD article here), R. Kelly is back at it again. It seems the singer finally managed to show up in a Chicago court this week, narrowly missing his bond being revoked after failing to make a previous appearance, reports the The Chicago tribune. In defense […]