So, in my province, British Columbia, the Supreme Court has decided that it will sue Tobacco companies for 50 years of damage done to smokers by smoking. 50 years! The Supreme Court ruled that the Tobacco companies willfully sold a product that has both long term and short term effects that can cause many things, including death. Wow, that is a revelation, isn't it folks? THe Supreme Court ALSO said that it will sue on behalf of the patients that have been recieving medical care un...

As many of you have probably read by now, a admitted pirate in the vacinity of Houston, Texas, has been fined $1.1 million dollars from having over 5,100 counterfiet copies of Symantec's Norton products. Li Chen, owner of Microsource International, was also found to have sold over 9.9 million dollars in pirated software. The total restitution came to 1,005,000 million US, with Microsoft recieving $95,000 due to licensing agreements. This is certainly a reason to rally for software makers ...

First, let me say that, for once, I tend to dismiss a celebrity out of hand. I had read her statement and actually sat there with my mouth hanging open until a friend asked me what is wrong and I made them read the single most retarded statement I have read all year. It seems to me that the author, which until a few years ago have respected, seems to be dropping deeper and deeper into a cocoon of insanity. While the response to the disaster of Katrina may have some people scratching their ...

A co-worker picked up the latest Vanity Fair for the Star Wars article in it and brought it to work. After shifting through the same boring article that accompanied the first two movies in Vanity Fair around their time of release, I looked around and found something more disturbing. In the UK, a boy was arrested for attempting to kill another boy, a friend that he had on MSN. THe twist is that the boy that was supposed to be murdered planned it. "Mark" was a boy that got caught in the...

Taken from BBC News: US military pondered love not war The US military investigated building a "gay bomb", which would make enemy soldiers "sexually irresistible" to each other, government papers say. Other weapons that never saw the light of day include one to make soldiers obvious by their bad breath. The US defence department considered various non-lethal chemicals meant to disrupt enemy discipline and morale. The 1994 plans were for a six-year project costing $7.5m, b...

As many of you know, Michael Jackson is in the middle of what will be the biggest battle of his life. The 45 year old Jackson is once again in the butcher's block for child molestation. The case is being tried and as we speak, is in the middle of being judged. For those of you that don't know, another boy came forward with alledged child molestation charges against the 'king' of pop music and since then, the heat has been on. Police in Santa Barbara had raided the Neverland Ranch as p...

Being a Canadian, I am not so much excited about the election in the states that is coming up. Unfortunately, that has all changed thanks to one of my favorite shows, the Daily Show with John Stewart. IT appears to me that the election is becoming a fiasco, much like the 2000 one was. Now, I know you have all heard the Micheal Moore versions, and the irrelivent spinning from this administration, but have you ever thought that this whole election year might be decided by fear. Ahh, fear....

The current trend in almost any type of big business is to let go the employees and hire them back as contracting personal. Here in B.C., a bigger threat looms in our midst. The Liberal government wants to balance the budget, and they plan on doing it on the backs of the workers that are employed by them. Last year, thousands of jobs, many of them specialized, were cut from the workforce and offered for bid to private companies instead. The rational behind this is that if the government m...