links for 2010-04-29 [one of 2 posts, thank you delicious for screwing up today]

• CARTOONS VS. RELIGION: The Simpsons support South Park writers in Mohammed censorship row
  Bart wrote “South Park – We’d stand beside you if we weren’t so scared” on the chalkboard in one of the latest Simpsons episodes. After having South Park talk about Simpsons AND Family Guy, it’s nice to see a FOX cartoon giving a shoutout back to Comedy Central! Go cartoons! Fuck all religion!
  (tags: politics media video TV shows cartoons FOX Simpsons TheSimpsons ComedyCentral SouthPark religion Muslims Islam Mohammed censorship BartSimpsons chalkboard chalkboards TreyParker MattStone TheoVanGogh AbuTalhah Telegraph news articles)
• CORPORATIONS: Sony Sued Over PS3 ‘Other OS’ Removal
  GOOD! Sony, Apple, and other companies are leading the charge in a new kind of legal wrangling: “We tell you what you can do with your property after you buy it.” It’s a techno-legal wrangle to get past the first sale doctrine and other legal protections. It is not deserved. This firmware update takes away functionality that people paid for. I still will not buy a PS3 [or XBOX360] due to the amount of freedom you are supposed to voluntarily give away for the privilege of paying them to own their product. Let’s see Sony fry on this one.
  (tags: politics corporations technology games VideoGames consoles PlayStation Playstation3 PS2 Sony lawsuits classActionLawsuits firmwareUpdates TechnologyWar Slashdot news articles)
• APPLE: Steve Jobs Publishes Some ‘Thoughts On Flash’
  … Foot, insert into mouth.
  (tags: software hardware Apple Flash SteveJobs Slashdot news articles)
• OBAMA ADMINISTRAITION: ‘US seeks deal’ in Guantanamo case of 15you kid imprisoned for 8 yrs, interrogated 142 times
  Remember when Obama promised Guantanamo closed in a year…. a year and a half ago?

  Interrogated 142 times starting at age 15, I’d admit to throwing a grenade too. If he actually did it, his own testimony is invalid due to torture. Way to go, guys.

  International law treats child soldiers as victims.

  I don’t really care if this guy IS guilty: He wouldn’t have killed that American soldiers if we hadn’t invaded the wrong country in the first place: 99% of Afghanistan has nothing to do with 911. It was mostly Saudis who caused 911. The Taliban just let Al Queda set up camp there. But Al-Queda is gone from Afghanistan now — less than 100 there according to the Obama Administration. So why are we sending more troops again?

  (tags: politics ObamaAdministration Guantanamo PrisonersOfWar EnemyCombatants Children childsoldiers interrogations Canada OmarKhadr pleaBargains Al-Jazeera news articles WarInAfghanistan Afghanistan torture interrogrations beatings)
• CARTOONS: Aqua Teen Hunger Force reaches 100 episodes — Meatwad’s press release
  Yay! 100 eps is a good milestone! If only every great AdultSwim show would last this long!
  (tags: media video TV shows Cartoons CartoonNetwork AdultSwim AquaTeenHungerForce 100 episodes 100th episode Meatwad Variety pressReleases news articles)
• COMEDY: The 5 Most Statistically Full of Shit National Stereotypes | Cracked.com
  More goodness!
  (tags: comedy lists Cracked stereotypes France French Russia Russians UK Brits Polish poles Teeth IQ intelligence alcohol Japan Japanese penises)
• COMEDY: 6 Things Men Do To Get Laid That Science Says Turn Women Off | Cracked.com
  <3 Cracked!
  (tags: comedy lists Cracked sex men women laid science psychology dating dancing)
• IMMIGRATION: Prince William County’s Rule Of Law Resolution
  As much as I don’t like the sound of Arizona’s new immigration law — this is the county I grew up in, and a similar but not identical law gave measurable results in drastically decreasing crime and saving money.

  Interesting to me was that they saved at least $6M in ESL teaching. Want to come to our country? English is a requirement. But you gotta learn it on YOUR dollar, not ours.

  This link was used against me in an argument, but it’s a good link.

  (tags: politics immigration statistics schools PrinceWilliamCounty Woodbridge Manassass Virginia HelpSaveManassass)
• Delicious fucked up today. Made 2 posts, neither identical. Great. Manually fixed it finally.