Reflections From A Rotting Nation

Let the War on Bed Bugs Commence

RottingNation — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:17:46 +0000

Send Out the Troops The United States House of Representatives is currently considering the bill H.R. 6068 titled The Don’t Let the Bed Bugs Bite Act of 2008. Thats right, no issue is too small for the United States government!

Hypocritical US Government Holds Medical Marijuana Patent

RottingNation — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 19:42:10 +0000

digitaljournal.com On the one hand, United States federal government officials have consistently denied that marijuana has any medical benefits. On the other, the government actually holds patents for the medical use of the plant. Just check out US Patent 6630507 titled “Cannabinoids as antioxidants and neuroprotectants” which is assigned to The United States of America, as represented by the [...]

Giraffes and Ninjas

RottingNation — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 01:52:09 +0000

A giraffe celebrates Independence Day the right way and A school thwarts an eminent ninja attack

Pittsburgh Penguins Mix Things Up

RottingNation — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:11:59 +0000

The bad: Ryan Malone and Gary Roberts head to Tampa Bay. Ruutu moves to Ottawa. Hossa and Conklin Desert to Detroit. The good: The Pens pick up Miroslav Satan and Ruslan Fedotenko, while re-signing Orpik, Malkin and Fleury among others. Overall, bringing in Satan and Fedotenko to replace Hossa was a good move. They should really be able to [...]

UK Wants to Regulate Salt Shakers

RottingNation — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 11:52:05 +0000

digitaljournal.com: At least six borough councils in the United Kingdom have taken part in an effort to lower the sodium intake of their constituents by reducing the number of holes in salt shakers from the traditional 17 to 5. There must not be anything wrong with the roads or public buildings in these areas that the money [...]

Bob Barr Puts Out Seven Minute Attack Ad

RottingNation — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 20:16:59 +0000

Bob Barr’s campaign has recently released a campaign ad for his presidential bid: Watching the whole video reveals that Barr is nothing more than a typical politician. Take, for instance, the fact that he uses more than half of this seven minute opportunity to attack his opponents. The rest of the [...]

Private City Kicks Out Google Street View

RottingNation — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:14:33 +0000

digitaljournal.com: The private city of North Oaks, Minnesota — home to more than 4,500 people — has demanded that Google remove all images of their community from the company’s Street View feature.