Del.icio.us Roundup, June 2007

Date: June 29, 2007

6 Billion Others - “In 2008 you will be able to listen to the thousands of testimonies which have been collected, and add your own testimony to the site.”
A Nebraska judge bans the word rape from his courtroom. - “[Judge] Cheuvront granted a motion…barring the use of the words rape, sexual assault, victim, assailant, and sexual assault kit from the trial of Pamir Safi—accused of raping Tory Bowen in October 2004.” Somebody in America please use your right to own a gun and take this guy out. He’s destroying rights.
Amazon river ‘longer than Nile’ - “…the Amazon at 6,800km (4,250 miles) compared to the Nile’s 6,695km.” My schooling is quickly becoming obsolete.
Blogger removed from NCAA baseball game for blogging - “…blogger from the Courier-Journal of Louisville, Ky., was expelled from a college playoff game for live-blogging.”
Cane toads cannibalise their young - “Cane toads wiggle their toes to lure their young, then eat them up in an act of cannibalism…” Only in Australia, mate.
Comhaltas Melbourne - Melbourne-based Celtic music club. “Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann was founded by musicians in 1951 to promote Irish traditional music…”
Does Virtual Reality Need a Sheriff? - “Earlier this year, one animated character in Second Life, a popular online fantasy world, allegedly raped another character….police in Belgium, according to newspapers there, opened an investigation into whether a crime had been committed.”
Dolphins have different ‘accents’ - “Dolphins living off the coast of Wales whistle, bark and groan in a different dialect from dolphins off the western coast of Ireland, scientists have discovered.”
Fruit could make ‘powerful fuel’ - “Sugar found in fruit…can be converted into…fuel for cars….a British report…says all types of waste products, including plastic bags, can be used to make biodiesel fuel.”
Late risers unite in Denmark - “‘We’re calling,’ the society proclaims in its manifesto, ‘for an uprising against the tyranny of early rising.’” Woohoo, go Denmark!
Lawsuits hit a Romney money man - “133 plaintiffs have alleged that Robert Lichfield, co-chairman of Romney’s Utah finance committee, owned or operated residential boarding schools for troubled teenagers where students were ’subjected to physical abuse, emotional abuse and sexual abuse.”
Let’s Watch a Girl Get Beaten to Death. - “…as the girl was on the ground trying to get up, her face nothing but red, the few in the group of more than twenty men who were not busy kicking her and hurling stones at her were filming the event with their camera-phones.”
Lobbying Spending Database - “In addition to campaign contributions to elected officials and candidates, companies, labor unions, and other organizations spend billions of dollars each year to lobby Congress and federal agencies.” Top lobbying group? Pharmaceuticals, of course! Pop those pills, America.
Message from the First Dog in Space - “‘Laika’, a stray dog who was the first astronaut of the planet Earth, died of fright just after take-off.” The things we will do for science.
Money Raised/Spent in the 2008 Presidential Election - “After just three months of fundraising, the candidates for president in 2008 have already raised more than $150 million.” The numbers in this are absolutely insane.
Murdoch Reaches Out for Even More - “From his beginnings as a proprietor of a single Australian newspaper, Mr. Murdoch now commands a news, entertainment and Internet enterprise whose $68 billion value slightly exceeds that of the Walt Disney Company.”
NYC Artist Accepts Deal After Topless Stroll - “A Manhattan artist arrested by police when she went on a topless stroll two years ago has accepted a $29,000 settlement from the city…”
OpenCongress - “OpenCongress brings together official government data with news and blog coverage to give you the real story behind each bill.”
Rethinking Ron Paul’s Answer - “Right or wrong, American foreign policy in the Middle East has been a motivation for al Qaeda action and a motivation for al Qaeda recruitment. Given that, isn’t it legitimate for us to think about whether we’re doing the right thing…”
Ron Paul: How a Fringe Politician Took Over the Web - “The Ron Paul internet boom has born everything from Belgians for Ron Paul to a reggae music video promoting Paul’s views on monetary policy and habeas corpus.”
São Paulo: The City That Said No To Advertising - “Fed up with the ‘visual pollution’ caused by the city’s 8,000 billboard sites…Kassab [banned] all outdoor advertising. The skyscraper-sized hoardings that lined the city’s streets would be wiped away at a stroke.”
Screen time tickets - Tickets for children that allot computer time. Great idea for parents and teachers.
Take one picture of yourself every day - “This site allows you to take one picture of yourself every day and share it with your family, friends or the whole world.”
Top 15 Google Street View Sightings - “Google’s Street View feature for Google Maps, which enables users to see certain parts of several big US cities through panoramic images, has caused a new trend: StreetSpotting (we just invented that).”
Top Industries Supporting Hillary Clinton - A look at where Hillary Clinton gets her funding. Is it any surprise that she’s been in bed with lawyers?
Watch the watch - “How easy is it to swipe someone’s watch from their wrist?”
What Dad didn’t tell you about the birds and bees. - “It’s called parthenogenesis—literally, virgin birth. We’re finding more and more animals that can reproduce this way, and we’re learning how to engineer it in others.”
Why Men Shouldn’t Babysit - A series of funny pictures, showing the sometimes humorous methods of men regarding their children.
World’s First Air-Powered Car - “India’s largest automaker is set to start producing the world’s first commercial air-powered vehicle.”

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