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	<title>news from a well travelled geek &#187; politics</title>
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		<title>we still get to kill people</title>
		<link>http://sboss.com/2008/04/17/we-still-get-to-kill-people/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 11:41:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now the debate about executions has always come up and there is two very strong sides/arguments to the debate. Some people are really for it and some people are really against it. Very few end up in the middle. Well the Supreme Court has recently made comments on it. Kentucky is allowed to go back [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Now the debate about executions has always come up and there is two very strong sides/arguments to the debate.  Some people are really for it and some people are really against it.  Very few end up in the middle.  Well the <a href="http://www.supremecourtus.gov">Supreme Court</a> has recently made comments on it.<br />
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Kentucky is allowed to go back and start executing people again.  The <a href="http://digg.com/politics/Supreme_Court_Rules_7_2_To_Allow_Lethal_Injection_Executions">Supreme Court vote in favor of the executions</a>.  Now this will make some people mad.  For me I think it is a good thing.  Some people earn the right to be removed from the gene pool and from the planet.  I am not for killing (err executing) people to do so.  But sometimes when people commit crimes of a certain nature/level you just need to remove them from society permanently.  And putting them in prison for life is not the same thing.  They will just take their evilness and teach others.</p>
<p>Now here is the <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSN1128546220080413">article</a> about how the Supreme Court got involved with the issue in the first place.  <i>Why on earth would Child Rapist think they should live?</i>  They should know better.  I am surprised that the local other inmates didnt beat them to death.  I am not an expert on convicts but what little I know, they do not take kindly to child rapists.</p>
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		<title>about time someone sued the ganstas and thugs</title>
		<link>http://sboss.com/2008/04/11/about-time-someone-sued-the-ganstas-and-thugs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 11:59:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the issues with American society today is that our youth love the &#8220;gansta&#8221; image since it is sooo cool. One person has decided to sue rappers/record labels about it Here is the article about how some kid is suing 50-cent and others about a beat down he got. Did he deserve it or [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>One of the issues with American society today is that our youth love the &#8220;gansta&#8221; image since it is <i>sooo cool</i>.  One person has decided to sue rappers/record labels about it<br />
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Here is the <a href="http://uk.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idUKN0919064520080409?rpc=64">article</a> about how some kid is suing <a href="http://www.50cent.com/">50-cent</a> and others about a beat down he got.  Did he deserve it or not?  who knows.  But I am tired of our youth idolizing the gansta/thug life thinking that they is the way to go.  Instead of being good honest citizens.</p>
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		<title>RIAA updates</title>
		<link>http://sboss.com/2008/02/23/riaa-updates/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Feb 2008 04:47:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sboss</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the groups I hate (and I dont use that term lightly) is the RIAA. They are just some blood sucking vampires. Here is some misc updates on them.. 1) RIAA Export Witness is an idiot (my words not theirs). RIAA&#8217;s export on P2P is deemed &#8220;borderline incompetent&#8221;. Which is a big blow to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>One of the groups I hate (and I dont use that term lightly) is the <a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&amp;ct=res&amp;cd=1&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.riaa.com%2F&amp;ei=dJfAR-jaNqboygTihZ2qDg&amp;usg=AFQjCNF2DXsgT3tkAwhHMxKQsgcDqMl0Yg&amp;sig2=9nReIdXJcLYyYkNZbxSZ1Q">RIAA</a>.  They are just some blood sucking vampires.  Here is some misc updates on them..</p>
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1) <a href="http://torrentfreak.com/riaa-expert-witness-is-borderline-incompetent-080221/">RIAA Export Witness is an idiot</a> (my words not theirs).  RIAA&#8217;s export on P2P is deemed &#8220;borderline incompetent&#8221;.  Which is a big blow to the expert witness testimony.</p>
<p>2) <a href="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080203-mediasentry-role-in-riaa-lawsuit-comes-under-scrutiny.html">MediaSentry&#8217;s rols in RIAA lawsuit</a> is getting investigated.  <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaSentry">MediaSentry</a> has been acting like a Private Investigator (PI) without a license.  Oops.  You really should look at the laws before doing work in a given space.</p>
<p>3) <a href="http://www-tech.mit.edu/V127/N64/riaa.html">MIT student to fight RIAA</a>.  Yeah!  fight those bastards!  They go after college students since they are broke and scared of the death they are amassing from school, so they are more likely to settle out of court.</p>
<p>4) here is an <a href="http://www.cnet.com/8301-13506_1-9850568-17.html?tag=more">interview with the misguided RIAA</a>.  They are really misguided.</p>
<p>5) Here is another bonehead manuever by RIAA.  Make a training video for the DA&#8217;s offices and not expect the world to see it.  Here is <a href="http://digg.com/tech_news/Leaked_RIAA_Vid%3A_Find_Pirates%2C_Find_Crack-Dealing_Terrorists">link one</a> and <a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/02/20/2317202&amp;from=rss">link two</a> about the video.  I have only watched a few minutes of the whole video since I started to cry I was laughing at how stupid it was.  You know that all drug dealers are also music pirates and it is very easy to bust them on music piracy and then add on the related drug charges to it.  Yeah all these pirates are drug dealers. <strong> NOT!</strong> but what can you do?</p>
<p>6) <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/02/07/197201&amp;from=rss">RIAA wants all citizens to run copyright filters on their PCs</a> so they can block piracy at the individual computer level.  Hmm nope.. not going to do it.</p>
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		<title>Norwegian Police give MPAA the finger&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://sboss.com/2008/02/21/norwegian-police-give-mpaa-the-finger/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2008 21:42:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ok maybe not the finger but close enough.. Norwegian Police tell MPAA they are not going after file sharers since they dont have the man power to waste on it. Rock on! more police units need to do the same thing. Now if we can get the RIAA to get similar blows life would be [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ok maybe not the finger but close enough..<br />
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<a href="http://torrentfreak.com/norwegian-police-deal-massive-blow-to-mpaa-lawyer-080220/">Norwegian Police tell MPAA they are not going after file sharers</a> since they dont have the man power to waste on it.  Rock on!  more police units need to do the same thing.  Now if we can get the RIAA to get similar blows life would be better.. Not good but better.</p>
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		<title>they are all crooked</title>
		<link>http://sboss.com/2007/10/31/they-are-all-crooked/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2007 17:36:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ralph Nader sues the DNC since it is rigging the election&#8230; duh! WASHINGTON (AP) - Consumer advocate and 2004 independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader sued the Democratic Party on Tuesday, contending officials conspired to keep him from taking votes away from nominee John Kerry.Nader's lawsuit, filed in District of Columbia Superior Court, also named as [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ralph Nader sues the DNC since it is rigging the election&#8230; duh!<br />
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<pre>WASHINGTON (AP) - Consumer advocate and 2004 independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader sued the Democratic Party on Tuesday, contending officials conspired to keep him from taking votes away from nominee John Kerry.Nader's lawsuit, filed in District of Columbia Superior Court, also named as co-defendants Kerry's campaign, the Service Employees International Union and several so-called 527 organizations such as America Coming Together, which were created to promote voter turnout on behalf of the Democratic ticket.The lawsuit also alleges that the Democratic National Committee conspired to force Nader off the ballot in several states."The Democratic Party is going after anyone who presents a credible challenge to their monopoly over their perceived voters," Nader said in a statement. "This lawsuit was filed to help advance a free and open electoral process for all candidates and voters. Candidate rights and voter rights nourish each other for more voices, choices, and a more open and competitive democracy."Among other things, the lawsuit alleges that the DNC tried to bankrupt Nader's campaign by suing to keep him off the ballot in 18 states. It also suggests the DNC sent Kerry supporters to crash a Nader petition drive in Portland, Ore., in June 2004, preventing him from collecting enough signatures to get on the ballot.The lawsuit seeks "compensatory damages, punitive damages and injunctive relief to enjoin the defendants from ongoing and future violations of the law." It was not clear how much money Nader is seeking; his attorney, Bruce Afran, did not immediately return a telephone call seeking comment.A DNC spokesman also did not immediately return a telephone call for comment. </pre>
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		<title>RIAA won their first case.. this sucks!</title>
		<link>http://sboss.com/2007/10/06/riaa-won-their-first-case-this-sucks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Oct 2007 17:50:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[the RIAA won their first case for fileshare&#8230; what crap! There is a ton of articles out there discussing this case. This one discusses why the RIAA won. This one discusses the case. This one discusses it from a more technical side. This one talks about the defendants attack on the RIAA. This one talks [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>the <a href="http://www.riaa.com/">RIAA</a> won their first case for fileshare&#8230; what crap!</p>
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There is a ton of articles out there discussing this case.  This <a href="http://www.news.com/8301-13578_3-9791764-38.html">one discusses</a> why the RIAA won.  This <a href="http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2007/10/riaa-jury-finds.html">one discusses</a> the case.  This <a href="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20071004-verdict-is-in.html">one discusses</a> it from a more technical side.  This <a href="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20071004-verdict-is-in.html">one talks</a> about the defendants attack on the RIAA.  This <a href="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20071004-verdict-is-in.html">one talks</a> about how the judge bars the president from testifying.  And here is <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/">abc&#8217;s</a> <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=3694473&amp;page=1">response/article</a>.</p>
<p>EDIT: added&#8217; abc&#8217;s article.</p>
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		<title>Ron Paul</title>
		<link>http://sboss.com/2007/10/03/ron-paul/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2007 13:21:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ron Paul has been all over the news lately. Ron Paul is taking a large sum of money in.&#160; There is also notes about how is being left off straw polls&#160;now.&#160; If you go directly to the straw polls site, you can see for yourself (2007-09-16 is the last date that RP is on the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.ronpaul2008.com/">Ron Paul</a> has been all over the news lately.<br />
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Ron Paul is taking a <a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2007/10/01/ron-pauls-fund-raising-takes-off/?mod=hpp_us_blogs">large sum of money</a> in.&nbsp; There is also notes about how is being <a href="http://laist.com/2007/10/01/pajamas_media_deletes_ron_paul.php">left off straw polls</a>&nbsp;now.&nbsp; If you go directly to the <a href="http://pajamasmedia.com/strawpoll2008/results.php?precinctid=d7b93ad39dd2b3ab00924ee074aabdd3a  ">straw polls site</a>, you can see for yourself (2007-09-16 is the last date that RP is on the charts).</p>
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		<title>sex and the internet</title>
		<link>http://sboss.com/2007/09/25/sex-and-the-internet/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2007 18:10:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[sex sells.&#160; period.&#160; And with sites like YouTube and MetaCafe that allows anyone to share videos with the world.&#160; wow! Here is one of my favorite political ads&#160;&#38; part two.&#160; Another video by the same girl about a miracle diet (joke).&#160; Another one (by a different person) about tyeing a tie.&#160; Those all were from [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>sex sells.&nbsp; period.&nbsp; And with sites like <a href="http://www.youtube.com">YouTube </a>and <a href="http://www.metacafe.com">MetaCafe </a>that allows anyone to share videos with the world.&nbsp; wow!<br />
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Here is one of my favorite <a href="http://www.metacafe.com/watch/827544/ron_paul_girl/">political ads</a>&nbsp;&amp; <a href="http://www.metacafe.com/watch/839790/ron_paul_girl_worker_bee/">part two</a>.&nbsp; Another video by the same girl about a <a href="http://www.metacafe.com/watch/833113/miracle_beer_diet/">miracle diet</a> (joke).&nbsp; Another one (by a different person) about <a href="http://www.metacafe.com/watch/824854/sexytie_com_how_to_tie_a_tie_the_full_windsor_knot/">tyeing a tie</a>.&nbsp; Those all were from MetaCafe since I happened to have that site open.&nbsp; YouTube is even worse with stuff on it.&nbsp; Anyone with a video camera, camera phone, webcam, etc can put video up on the net.</p>
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		<title>there are some interesting bills before congress.</title>
		<link>http://sboss.com/2007/09/19/there-are-some-interesting-bills-before-congress/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2007 20:44:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been looking around and OpenCongress has some interesting news. oc_host_url = "http://www.opencongress.org/"; oc_bill_id = "110-s185"; oc_frame_height = "206"; oc_bgcolor = "ffffff"; oc_textcolor = "0000ff"; oc_bordercolor = "999999"; oc_host_url = "http://www.opencongress.org/"; oc_bill_id = "110-h25"; oc_frame_height = "192"; oc_bgcolor = "ffffff"; oc_textcolor = "0000ff"; oc_bordercolor = "999999"; oc_host_url = "http://www.opencongress.org/"; oc_bill_id = "110-h1022"; oc_frame_height = [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have been looking around and <a href="http://www.opencongress.org/">OpenCongress </a>has some interesting news.<br />
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		<title>Scientology Faces Criminal Charges</title>
		<link>http://sboss.com/2007/09/05/scientology-faces-criminal-charges/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Sep 2007 12:18:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WOW!&#160; talk about a shocker!! This article talks about how scientology faces criminal charges in Belgium.&#160; They are not the only European country to not give the cult a religion status.&#160; Germany has labeled them a commercial enterprise that goes after weak individuals.&#160; I hope they loose big time in Belgium.&#160; The more places they [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>WOW!&nbsp; talk about a shocker!!<br />
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This <a href="http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gDbHIiu78StkRGSY4VEMRVqtlfXA">article</a> talks about how scientology faces criminal charges in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgium">Belgium</a>.&nbsp; They are not the only European country to not give the cult a religion status.&nbsp; Germany has labeled them a commercial enterprise that goes after weak individuals.&nbsp; I hope they loose big time in Belgium.&nbsp; The more places they lose the better.</p>
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