February 2011 Archive

netflix
Update: Netflix to Subtitle 80% of Streaming Videos by Year’s End
Two months ago, guest blogger Matt Rafat of Got Shares? asked if Netflix was ignoring the hearing impaired. While Rafat loved the innovative company's wide selection of available titles and ...
Quack.
‘Douche du Jour’: N.Y. Cancer Quack who Robbed & Raped Patients Held on $33 Million Bond
[caption id="attachment_6058" align="alignright" width="150" caption="Quack."][/caption] Michail Sorodsky, a 63-year-old cancer "healer" who bilked his patients out of large sums of money and sexually assaulted some of them while they were sedated, ...
Ted Kennedy Rented Whole Whorehouse in Chile
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) file on Tedd Kennedy states that the late US Senator made arrangements to rent an entire bordello in Santiago, Chile when he visited the ...
Gaddafi: “All My People Love Me”
Longtime Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi is in need of a serious reality check. Or a one-way ticket out of the country he's ruled since Richard Nixon occupied the White House. ...
oman on globe
Deadly Middle East Protests Spread to Oman
Angry protesters took to the streets in the Omani city of Sohar, where at least one person was killed during three days of demonstrations in the oil-rich sultanate of 2.9 ...
Wisconsin+Solidarity
Police Join 100,000-Strong Protest in Wisconsin; Thousands Across America Rally in Support of Union Workers
Despite typically wintery Wisconsin conditions, more than 100,000 people rallied in Madison's Capitol Square for Saturday's "Rally for Worker's Rights," a protest against Republican Governor Scott Walker's budget repair bill ...
Blunt Words from U.S. Defense Secretary Gates on American Invasions
  [caption id="attachment_6013" align="alignleft" width="180" caption="Gates at West Point in 2009. (Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)"][/caption] US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates had some unusually blunt words of warning for the West Point ...
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Brazilian Judge Blocks Amazon Dam Construction
Citing environmental concerns and unmet environmental requirements, Brazilian federal judge Ronaldo Desterro has blocked construction of the Belo Monte Dam, a centerpiece of new President Dilma Rousseff's energy plan. According ...
‘Douche du Jour’: Dior’s Galliano Suspended over Anti-Semitic Tirade
'Douche du Dior' would be a more fitting title for this column today... International fashion design icon John Galliano, he of Dior fame, has been suspended from the legendary fashion house ...
Screwing sick children.
Illinois Blue Cross to Pay $25 Million for Denying Sick Children Insurance
Blue Cross Blue Shield Illinois, the state's largest health insurance company, must pay $25 million to settle allegations that the company denied insurance coverage to sick children who needed nursing ...

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