Britain’s spy service seeking to hire gays
“After shunning them for decades over worries of blackmail, MI5 is now asking gay and lesbian people to consider a career as a spy, promising the chance to fight terrorists, protect their country — and earn a decent salary, plus benefits.”
Sexual acts between two adult males, with no other people present, were made legal in England and Wales in 1967.
Crime-ridden Arkansas town expands 24-hour curfew
“As far as I’m concerned, at 3 o’clock in the morning, nobody has any business being on the street, except the law,” Councilman Eugene “Red” Johnson said. “Anyone out at 3 o’clock shouldn’t be out on the street, unless you’re going to the hospital.”
[via:mummila]
How the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games got their logo
EDIT: The GIF animation doesn’t seem to work in my copy of Internet Explorer 7.
Original non-animated cartoon found on VC’s blog last September.
The cover of the supposedly offensive book, 'Uncle Bobby's Wedding' by Sarah S. Brannen.
[via:Kottke]
Russian government to regulate Emo and Goth culture?
“Last month the State Duma held a hearing on “Government Strategy in the Sphere of Spiritual and Ethical Education”, a piece of legislation aimed at curbing “dangerous teen trends”. There, without a clue in the world, social conservatives lumped “emos” together with skinheads, pushing for heavy regulation of emo websites and the banning of emo and goth fashion from schools and government buildings.”
Beijing 2008 Amnesty International ad
Amnesty International ad: Beijing 2008 - Stop China's World Record of Executions
Full size and more info on Ads of the World.
MEPs back ‘Soviet Internet’ plan
These pigfuckers really don’t want anything like a free Internet. More info by The Foundation for a Free Internet Infrastructure (FFII): 1, 2.
[via:Mummila]