Lawsuit alleges American automakers conspired to boost Canadian prices
Cars on an absolute basis are just cheaper in the United States and one has to wonder why. When you go and try to exercise that reasonably available efficient alternative, you’re stopped. Canadians can save a few thousand dollars by buying their cars on the American market but car manufactures won’t allow it.read more [...]
DIGG THIS!! - Hong Kong Fiber Optic Rates Prove Verizon’s FiOS is a Rip-Off
Verizon FiOS fiber optic web connection packages, which range from $40 per month for 5Mbps to 30Mbps for $180 (extra for TV and phone service!) - Hong Kong residents can now get a whopping 100Mbps fiber optic connection for a mere $48.50 a month. And that’s the entry-level package. How come the North American [...]
Evo Morales tells it like it is to Jon Stewart
“I personally know that there are presidents in countries who send troops abroad to save lives,” Morales added later in the program, “but there are also countries who send troops abroad to take away lives. If we compare these two things…certainly we’re going to the conclusion that these policies must change.”read more | digg story
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This is why gas is so expensive
In the Boston Tea Party, patriots dumped tea into the ocean rather than pay the taxes imposed by a distant king. On the NYMEX, they dumped 117M barrels that were scheduled to be delivered to the American people - BARRELS YOU ALREADY PAID FOR AT THE PUMP - in order to create a bogus shortage [...]
More Ubuntu Stuff
So in my last post I talked about Installing Ubuntu. That was easy. I never got around to installing the wireless device driver on my machine but only because I finally ran some Ethernet cable to my room. Fuck wireless. You can’t ruin my day anymore 802.1b! So my first [...]
Ubuntu and Wireless Drivers
My computer is old. I’ve been using the same computer for the past 7 years. I’ve managed to upgrade it here or there and it’s served me well. This is like that time that I had an Atari ST and all my friends had PC. Sad times I think [...]
Doctor: Concussions caused Benoit’s rage
Pro wrestler Chris Benoit suffered brain damage from his years in the ring that could help explain why he killed his wife, son and himself, a doctor who studied Benoit’s brain said Wednesday. The analysis by doctors affiliated with the Sports Legacy Institute suggests repeated concussions could have contributed to the killings.
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