My Way - Sports News: "Spain could lose both its Formula One races following the racist taunting of driver Lewis Hamilton by spectators.
The sport's ruling body said Monday the abuse aimed at F1's first black driver during weekend testing at the Barcelona circuit might result in sanctions. Punishment could lead to the removal of two races from the Grand Prix calendar - the Spanish Grand Prix on April 27 in Barcelona and the European GP on Aug. 24 at Valencia.
FIA, the governing organization, said it will write to Spanish authorities to learn what happened before making a decision.
'Formula One is a global, multicultural sport,' FIA said. 'It does not have scenes like this in its history and doesn't want to see scenes like this.'"
Monday, February 04, 2008
No fart zone?
(Camden) Middle school issues ban on intentional flatulence - Community - VillageSoup: "'Strange, but true, thanks to a bunch of 8th grade boys, intentional farting has been banned from CRMS,'"
Judge orders jail time for wetlands damage
Judge orders jail time for wetlands damage: "SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. -- A judge in Chippewa County has ordered two men to serve five days in jail for driving off-road vehicles through sensitive wetlands on Drummond Island.
The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality says Michael Edward Coon and Michael Donald Lucchesi pleaded guilty to violating the state's wetland protection law.
They destroyed vegetation and disturbed habitat of nesting ospreys and other wildlife.
In addition to the jail time, District Judge Michael MacDonald ordered them to fix the damage and pay $2,655 in fines and court costs."
The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality says Michael Edward Coon and Michael Donald Lucchesi pleaded guilty to violating the state's wetland protection law.
They destroyed vegetation and disturbed habitat of nesting ospreys and other wildlife.
In addition to the jail time, District Judge Michael MacDonald ordered them to fix the damage and pay $2,655 in fines and court costs."
The Volokh Conspiracy - -
The Volokh Conspiracy - -: "Large numbers of people also believe that John F. Kennedy's assassination was the result of a wideranging conspiracy in the government, that the AIDS virus was secretly produced in a government laboratory for the purpose of infecting blacks, and that the government is covering up evidence of alien visitation of Earth."
Sunday, February 03, 2008
Power Line: Forcing Young People Into the System
Power Line: Forcing Young People Into the System: "Pizza Hut learned this a few years ago when it pioneered a program that made health insurance available to its part-time workers at remarkably advantageous rates. To the company's surprise, few of its part-time employees--fewer than ten percent, as I recall--signed up for the plan. Even at subsidized rates, the vast majority of young, single employees had no interest in spending money on health insurance.
Thus, the crocodile tears that are shed over 'the uninsured' are by no means entirely genuine. One of the basic purposes of just about anyone's 'health care plan' is to find a way to force those millions of young, single people to pay for the health care required by their elders."
Thus, the crocodile tears that are shed over 'the uninsured' are by no means entirely genuine. One of the basic purposes of just about anyone's 'health care plan' is to find a way to force those millions of young, single people to pay for the health care required by their elders."
Poisoning the economy::By Roy Innis
Townhall.com::Poisoning the economy::By Roy Innis: "Worse, every ounce of “stimulus” is offset by a pound of new government arsenic."
Norton Shores student dies in skiing accident - Muskegon Chronicle - MLive.com
Norton Shores student dies in skiing accident - Muskegon Chronicle - MLive.com: "A Michigan Technological University student has died in a skiing accident at Mont Ripley.
The Houghton school says 18-year-old Robert W. Smith of Norton Shores was skiing Friday night when he apparently lost control and hit a tree. The school says he was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Smith, an experienced skier, was a mechanical engineering major and 2007 graduate of Mona Shores High School."
The Houghton school says 18-year-old Robert W. Smith of Norton Shores was skiing Friday night when he apparently lost control and hit a tree. The school says he was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Smith, an experienced skier, was a mechanical engineering major and 2007 graduate of Mona Shores High School."
The Denver Post - Shrediquette: Skiing manners
The Denver Post - Shrediquette: Skiing manners: "Amie Johnson said the buzz among her snowboarding friends at the recent X Games in Snowmass was all about how annoying skiers are.
'They were all saying skiers are taking up the whole slope, carving big turns all the way across. They create traffic jams for the 'boarders,' Johnson said. 'The 'boarders spray them with snow on purpose.'"
'They were all saying skiers are taking up the whole slope, carving big turns all the way across. They create traffic jams for the 'boarders,' Johnson said. 'The 'boarders spray them with snow on purpose.'"
Tax changes 'to drive out foreign super-rich' - Telegraph
Tax changes 'to drive out foreign super-rich' - Telegraph: "More than half of Britain's wealthiest people plan to leave or scale back their UK investments after a tax clampdown on 'non-domiciled' foreigners, a survey has found."
Report busts the myths on cancer risks - National - smh.com.au
Report busts the myths on cancer risks - National - smh.com.au: "BREAST implants, deodorant and coffee are extremely unlikely to cause cancer, says a new risk report designed to allay panic that everything can be carcinogenic"
Ted Nugent: Stimulus plan? Let's try economic freedom
Ted Nugent: Stimulus plan? Let's try economic freedom: "I'm incensed at the Bush/Pelosi $150 billion economic stimulus package.
You should be, too."
You should be, too."
Amazon research raises tough questions - 02/03/2008 - MiamiHerald.com
Amazon research raises tough questions - 02/03/2008 - MiamiHerald.com: "showed researcher Tota how greenhouse gases emitted by decaying organic material on the forest floor don't rise straight into the atmosphere, as scientists had supposed"
Clinton health plan may mean tapping pay - Yahoo! News
Clinton health plan may mean tapping pay - Yahoo! News: "Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton said Sunday she might be willing to garnish the wages of workers who refuse to buy health insurance to achieve coverage for all Americans"
Supervisor should resign for hiding hire's loan - mlive.com
Supervisor should resign for hiding hire's loan - mlive.com: "We're not out to drum up business for Muskegon's water system, which doesn't need our help in that regard"
Death Photo of War Reporter Pyle Found
Death Photo of War Reporter Pyle Found: "The figure in the photograph is clad in Army fatigues, boots and helmet, lying on his back in peaceful repose, folded hands holding a military cap. Except for a thin trickle of blood from the corner of his mouth, he could be asleep.
But he is not asleep; he is dead. And this is not just another fallen GI; it is Ernie Pyle, the most celebrated war correspondent of World War II."
But he is not asleep; he is dead. And this is not just another fallen GI; it is Ernie Pyle, the most celebrated war correspondent of World War II."
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