From British Columbia — source of our post Free Crack For Picking Up Garbage: An Idea Whose Time Has Come? — comes a similar idea … without the work part:
24 Hours Vancouver - News: Wine for drunks proposed:
Vancouver should explore a harm-reduction plan that could see red wine given to hard-core street alcoholics, says the […]

The Los Angeles Times revealed that entertainment industry figures have been subject to a secret listening program that extends back many years.
Operated clandestinely by powerful organizations, the monitoring has targeted the entertainment industy. Those ensnared include Democratic party donors such as actress Sharon Stone.
While proof of direct links to terrorist organizations remains elusive, unsuspecting victims […]

Battlecry is a Christian youth group:
… of hundreds of thousands of teenagers who, fueled by their Christian faith, are taking a stand against the pop-culture forces contributing to the unprecedented spread of STDs, drug and alcohol abuse, violence, and suicide among the teenage generation.
But what happens when these values come to ever-so-tolerant San Francisco? According […]

In a story that gets repeated over and over, a long-time criminal who had conditioned himself to fear the police, attempts to evade them during a simple traffic stop and ends up much worse for the decision. In this case, Ellis Leflore was being pulled over in southeastern Dallas County for a simple expired registration […]

It appears that some in the left are so upset about the war on terror being a Republican issue that instead of making the Dems strong on domestic defense, they would like the entire issue to go just away. What better way to do that than to say that 9/11 never really happened? However the […]

SF Bay Area Indymedia ‘reports’ on its “Police Brutality & Prisons” page that:
After nearly six weeks of incarceration Eric McDavid is still not receiving vegan food. Nearly two weeks ago a jail nutritionist recommended that he be given two vegan protein shakes a day. In order for Eric to get these shakes it has to […]

So the question is, if we tell you to not follow this link and that you will regret clicking on it, can you avoid the temptation to do so?
We will tell you that it goes to a video that you simply do not need to see in your life.
Trust us.
P.S. This particularly applies to […]

I learned a couple of things today.
1. The Internet never forgets.
2. Google and Yahoo had really ugly interfaces in 1998.

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Images compliments of Omar Chowdhury. He also has MSN and Excite but they were too ugly to reproduce here.
tags: google yahoo

This peace-loving loon with his ‘message of peace’
The Global Day of Action Rally, held in SF on March 18th, was aimed to target the war in Iraq and other American policies. However, as the website ZombieTime points out, anarchists, like the ones organizing the protest, aren’t very good at coordinating with other groups (coordination is […]

Some stories are perfect just the way they are. This is one such case:
Tori Spelling’s parents have stopped talking to her.
TV legend Aaron and his wife Candy have fallen out with the former ‘Beverly Hills 90210′ star after she mocked their “eBay room” - a room in their home dedicated to the internet auction site.
A […]

Fox News’ Roger Friedman reports that his sources doubt Isaac Hayes quit South Park or would suddenly turn against the show because they were poking fun at Scientology. This leads to speculation that it was one of Hayes’ Scientology handlers that made the move on his behalf.
Friends in Memphis tell me that Hayes did not […]

See for yourself (photo):

Of course the game was Bradley against Pittsburgh and everyone watching the game probably had the same thought but one wonders if somebody at CBS wasn’t having a chuckle when they created graphic. Of course, Independent Sources would have preferred if they dedicated two hours to this.
tags: ncaa final four brad pitt

A dozen suspected pirates in a small fishing boat opened fire on two U.S. Navy warships in the Indian Ocean. Not surprisingly they were all captured, wounded or killed.
No one on the Gonzalez, a guided missile destroyer, or the Cape St. George was hurt. The incident occurred in international waters, about 25 nautical miles off […]

With its economy stagnant and its huge Muslim integration problems still simmering, the French Parliament has decided to focus on the burning issue of whether or not iPods should be forced to open up to other music services. The French are debating whether to require iPods to be able to play music purchased from competing […]

LA Observed reprints an internal Los Angeles Times ‘help wanted’ memo that shows that some unexpected skills are required to cover 21st century sports:
Reporter–Sports
Sports has an opening for a general assignment reporter to work mainly with our enterprise, projects and investigative team.
This reporter, who must know and like sports, will generate stories that are above […]