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Online nowChellaAnn: ChellaAnn is a single woman from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.; Likes 2,182 pages, 59 videos, 60 photos • 212 fans • Received 38 reviews; Member since Jul 08, 2006

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Girls name, Talula Does The Hula, wont do, New Zealand judge rules: 3:02pm 1 review humor
http://www.cbc.ca/cp/Oddities/080724/K072402AU.html; From the page: "Registration officials blocked some names, including Fish and Chips, Yeah Detroit, Keenan Got Lucy and Sex Fruit, he said."

Nas Delivers Petition to Fox News, Says Network Is &8220;Scared&8221; : Roll…: 1:27pm 1 review music
http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2008/07/23/nas-delivers-petit...; Nas is pretty cool ... he's setting a great example for other musicians. And he did a nice job on Colbert last night too. kudos

icross canada & Comfort Doll Project: 12:46pm 1 review humanitarianism
http://comfortdollproject06.wordpress.com/tag/icross-canada/; if you can knit, and you want to help

Massive oil spill closes Mississippi - UPI.com: 12:39pm 1 review environment
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/07/24/Massive_oil_spill_closes_Mississippi/U...; Sen. John McCain was scheduled to speak in New Orleans today about offshore drilling ... he has canceled his plans in light of today's massive oil spill there.

Settler holds knife to IDF soldiers throat in West Bank riot - Haaret…: 12:23pm 1 review israel
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1005198.html; terrorism in the West Bank .... performed by settlers. Here however the acts are called "disturbances" and the word "terrorism" doesn't appear anywhere in the article. But ... I thought that in Israel, crime = terrorism. Well well. Never has it been more obvious that it's only "terorrism" when Arabs do it. The racism is apparently ingrained very deeply there, and enshrined in law.

Chinglish! Hilarious examples of signs lost in translation | Mail Online: 12:03pm 1 review china
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-497544/Chinglish-Hilarious-examples-s...; "I like your smile, but unlike you put your shoes on my face."

BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Beijing clamps down on spitting: 11:56am 1 review asia
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4762436.stm; From the page: "Hundreds of uniformed 'mucus monitors' will patrol the streets handing out free spitting bags."

Cyber-nationalism | The brave new world of e-hatred | Economist.com: 11:43am 1 review internet
http://www.economist.com/world/international/displayStory.cfm?source=hptextfe...; From the page: "it has never been easier to propagate hatred and lies". This article argues the negative view of the internet as a social organizing tool, claiming that it fuels hatred.

I have a different take on it. The ease of communication makes the internet very tempting to use, leaving a permanent quasi-public written record of the activities of these people. The author himself has tons of information about their public activities - because of the internet. If the haters were still simply using the library and meeting only in person, we'd have no idea what they're up to. I think this way is better. Hatred won't go away until it is first dragged out into the open for all to see. The internet enables this moral scrutiny to happen. It's a good thing.

BBC NEWS | Europe | Libya halts Swiss oil shipments: 11:29am 1 review africa
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7523537.stm; If I was the generalizing type, I would say by now that it seems pretty clear - Africans are not fans of justice. Dude here is alleged to have committed a crime, but "Royals" are always above the law, no matter what they do. Logic doesn't enter into it at all. When you add up Kenya's post-election violence, Zimbabwe's corruption, Sudan/Darfur's staged protests over international justice for genocide, and now this .... overall, it's extremely unimpressive. Will the continent of Africa join the new millenium, or will they stay down in the dark ages all by themselves?