Topic: SPORT - on May 22, 2009 at 9:52:00 AM CEST
Extreme Rock Balancing
A collection of amazing extreme rock balancing on Flickr which looks almost unbelievable. Not everyone has the steady hands, talent or patience to build such fragile and intricate rock structures.
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Topic: FUN - on May 22, 2009 at 9:49:00 AM CEST
Comedy Thrives in Times of Despair - INTERVIEW WITH MONTY PYTHON'S MICHAEL PALIN
Michael Palin says the financial crisis is a boon for comics. A veteran of Monty Python, the comedian and author talks to SPIEGEL about humor in times of crisis, why it's hard to tell al-Qaida jokes and the perils of political correctness.
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Topic: DRUGS - on May 22, 2009 at 9:45:00 AM CEST
The Olympic Joint
All hail – or inhale – the 2010 Olympic Torch. Or, as it’s jokingly known around Vancouver, the Olympic Toke. Composed of stainless steel, aluminum and sheet moulding, the torch was designed to evoke snow, ice, skiing and skating, but to many, the metre-long white torch looks suspiciously like a marijuana joint, especially when lit. The observation has become so common in this city that it’s hard to know who was the first to say, “Hey, doesn’t that look like…” But the torch’s resemblance to British Columbia’s biggest cash crop was evident right away to Jodie Emery, editor of Cannabis Culture magazine. “A lot of people come to Vancouver because it’s marijuana-friendly, so I think people who already enjoy a joint themselves will feel a little more kinship to the Olympics,” said Emery, who ran as a Green party candidate in the provincial election this month.”
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Topic: DRUGS - on May 22, 2009 at 9:41:00 AM CEST
Moonshine to Mexican marijuana: Family gets busted
The Dodge Neon sped down Interstate 40 in eastern Oklahoma, its occupants heading to Phoenix, Arizona, to buy a load of dope. It was May 2005. The couple brought along methamphetamine, cocaine and marijuana to help pass the time on the long journey.
At that moment, Detective Rob Rumble had no clue that the traffic stop he was about to make would launch a years-long drug investigation stretching more than 2,000 miles, from the remote mountains of northwest Georgia all the way down to Mexico.
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Topic: DRUGS - on May 22, 2009 at 9:35:00 AM CEST
Board Game Based on Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson
J.R. Baldwin created a board game loosely based on the novel “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas” by Hunter S. Thompson.
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Topic: COPYRIGHT - on May 22, 2009 at 9:33:00 AM CEST
Judge Reviewing Pirate Bay Trial Bias Is Removed for Bias
The judge assigned to review whether the trial judge in the Pirate Bay trial was biased has now been removed — for bias, of course.
The convoluted web of potential scandal further complicates the April 17 copyright infrigment convictions of the four founders of The Pirate Bay, the world’s most notorious BitTorrent tracker.
Judge Ulrika Ihrfelt was assigned to investigate whether the four should be granted a retrial based on revelations that the original trial judge is a member of industry copyright-protection groups. But Ihrfelt was removed from the case Wednesday amid allegations that she was a member of the same organizations, a Swedish newspaper reports.
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