08/19/2009 Written by Daniel SaltmancloseAuthor: Paulmichael Contreras Name: Paulmichael Contreras Email: t3mpr1x@playstationlifestyle.net Site: http://playstationlifestyle.net/ About: AuthorSee Authors Posts (145) Now that the PlayStation 3 Slim has been officially announced, what’s next? A bundle, of course! However, this one will only be making an appearance on Japanese stores, as you can tell from the box art. To continue [...]
An Odd Silence on Gay Marriage
Why won’t leading opponents of same-sex marriage go on the record with their predictions? Daniel Saltman | August 20, 2009 GA_googleFillSlot(“inner1″); Opponents of same-sex marriage reject it on religious and moral grounds but also on practical ones. If we let homosexuals marry, they believe, a parade of horribles will follow—the weakening of marriage as an [...]
Florida law allows self defense against “retreating” criminals
Daniel Saltman A Florida court of appeal recently ruled that Florida’s “stand your ground” law allows a crime victim to use deadly force against an attacker who is “retreating.” Allow me to explain why this ruling is correct: Florida passed its “stand your ground” law out of recognition that the old law favored criminals at [...]
Corrupt metro cops fired
Daniel Saltman Johannesburg – Four corrupt Johannesburg metro police officers will be dismissed on Thursday after they were found guilty of bribery. Metro spokesperson Inspector Edna Mamonyane said the four would be served with dismissal letters following a disciplinary hearing which was finalised on August 7. “The officers took bribes from hawkers at the Dube [...]
New NASA Images Indicate Object Hits Jupiter
By Daniel Saltman Advertisements –> Free Business Cards | Glass Eyes Scientists have found evidence that another object has bombarded Jupiter, exactly 15 years after the first impacts by the comet Shoemaker-Levy 9. Following up on a tip by an amateur astronomer, Anthony Wesley of Australia, that a new dark “scar” had suddenly appeared on [...]
Korean police fail to break Ssangyong factory occupation
South Korean police were not able to carry through with a pledge to enter a Ssangyong Motor Co. factory, which has been occupied by fired workers for almost two months, as the carmaker tries to resume production at the plant. About 800 fired employees were still in a paint shop, confronting more than 3,000 police [...]
Obama auto task force shifts to automaker owner
WASHINGTON (AP) — When it brokered the restructuring of Chrysler and General Motors, President Barack Obama’s auto task force repeatedly pledged that it would steer clear of running a car company. But with both companies exiting bankruptcy with the federal government as a major shareholder, that promise will be put to the test as the [...]
Has big real estate finally hit rock bottom?
John Cannon has been financing big real estate loans for $25 billion-asset Capmark Finance Inc. of Horsham and its predecessors since 1985, and he’s never seen business this slow. “There’s nothing being bought and sold,” Cannon told me by phone from the vast Virginia headquarters of government-controlled home lender Freddie Mac, one of the few [...]
Fear and Fascination of Crime.
The word ‘crime’ is used a lot in modern times, but what exactly constitutes a crime? The legal definition is ‘acts which break or contravene the letter of the law’. This is what most people to believe a crime to be. The normative definition of a crime is ‘acts which break or contravene a set [...]
User Account Control in Windows 7
If there was one thing among many that annoyed Windows Vista users it was the User Account Control. Constant warning messages asking for permission to continue many tasks was no joy to any user trying to even basic tasks on their PC. The tweaking channels were soon inundated with requests for tips on how to [...]