by Ian Punnett
WASHINGTON – The head of the FCC plans to propose new rules that would prohibit Internet service providers from interfering with the free flow of information and certain applications over their networks, according to reports published Saturday.
The proposals would uphold a pledge Barack Obama made during the presidential campaign to support Internet neutrality and would bar companies like Verizon, Comcast or ATT&T, from slowing or blocking certain services or content flowing through their vast networks.
The rules would apply to all ISPs, including wireless service providers.
In the end, the war might not be over but it’s nice to win the opening battle. Net neutrality is good business for this country and brings peace to the world. Someday, some totalitarian government like China might attempt to control the flow of information on the internet like other governments have attempted to control the flow of oil or water. Someday, internet wars could be fought on actual battle fields, not just digital ones. Net neutrality in this country is necessary to maintaining the moral high ground around the world . . . that is, as moral a position as possible with all the hatred, porn, paranoia and human nature in general that pushes through the internet everyday.
Human nature is an amazing thing to behold, isn’t it? Did you see the story out of Panama that is the latest example of our age old instinct, “if you don’t understand something, kill it.”
A mystery creature in Panama was beaten to death by teens on Saturday. Four teens came upon a mystery creature in Panama while they were walking on near a cave in the city of Cerro Azul. The four teens were terrified of the mystery creature, which has subsequently been named the "Panama Monster."
The teens subsequently killed the mystery creature in Panama and threw it in to a pool. Once the teens were done, the mystery creature was found dead. The teens returned later on to snap a picture of this strange mystery creature in Panama.
While you may think that killing the mystery creature in Panama was inappropriate, you really need to take a look at the link below. The animal has a swollen belly, leather-like skin, stubby facial features, and weird hook-like claws. (AssociatedContent.com)
I can’t quite tell what it was, can you?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MBi_bzuz1I
I cannot tell how big it was but I’ve heard about sea turtles that have lost their shells that look something like this. Or some poor soul that’s just been murdered. Or its an alien. Or the catch-all these days: a chupacabra. Or a hoax.
All we know for sure is that it’s weird, scary looking and it’s dead.
As opposed to weird, scary-looking and alive.
SPOKANE, Wash. (Sept. 19) - Two days after an insane killer escaped from a field trip organized by his mental hospital, the union that represents mental hospital workers said it had become concerned about the type of patients allowed to participate in such outings.
Police continued to search Saturday for 47-year-old Phillip Arnold Paul, who walked away from the Spokane County Fair during an outing Thursday with 30 other Eastern State Hospital patients.
Paul had been committed after he was acquitted by reason of insanity in the 1987 slaying of an elderly woman, whose body he soaked in gasoline to throw off search dogs. Paul buried the woman's remains in her flower garden.
Patients must be cleared by a treatment team before they can go on trips to stores, parks, and other sites, said Dr. Rob Henry, director of forensic services at Eastern State. They wear street clothing and staff members are required to keep each patient within eyesight at all times.
But Paul's inclusion in Thursday's field trip to the fair drew sharp criticism from Gov. Chris Gregoire and the union that represents Eastern State Hospital workers. (AP)
As you might imagine, I think compassion is a beautiful thing but I don’t think compassion should include state fair trips for the criminally insane. Call me cold-blooded.
Interesting that an escaped, insane killer should be in the news as we approach October, traditionally the start of the scary movie season, as that is the premise of about half of all R-rated Halloween-themed movies.
Of course, another large portion of scary movies is premised on the existence of ghosts and popular talk show host and admitted Coastie, Matt Allen of “The Matt Allen Show” on WPRO 630 AM and 99-seven FM in Providence, Rhode Island, sent me a great ghost photo of a little girl, who shall remain nameless, who appears to be watched over by the spirit of her departed grandmother.
Real or not real? Matt tells me that he has spoken personally with experts on photo shop who have said that whatever it was, it was not likely photo-shopped.
Anyway, it would be nice to think that it was grandma. We should all be as lucky as this little girl.
Finally, if getting lucky has been an issue for you . . . here’s the latest on nano-technology:
An innovative drug-delivery system - nanoparticles encapsulating nitric oxide or prescription drugs - shows promise for topical treatment of erectile dysfunction (ED), according to a new study by scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University.
The new system, tested successfully on a small number of animals, could potentially prevent side effects associated with oral ED medications, if study results can be replicated in humans. That could mean safer and more effective ED therapy for millions of men with heart disease and other health problems affecting erectile function. The study is published today in the online edition of the Journal of Sexual Medicine. (Physorg.com)
So, we know have officially 20 ways for men to treat erectile dysfunction and still no cure for cancer, MS, etc, and finally now in cream form.
What’s next? A cure for MRSA? Nope, a treatment for ED that comes in spray form.
One tip for the marketers of this product, however, I would avoid using the word “nano” anywhere around the product.
Somebody with ED might be sensitive about that, if you know what I mean . . .