Poor Mojo's News Show Podcast No. 47 (64 Kbps .mp3 8:08 3.7 Mb)
A daily roundup of things that seemed important.
Customer Service means never having to say you're sorry
IT’S POOR MOJO’S NEWS SHOW! FOR FRIDAY, FEBRUARY NINTH, TWO THOUSAND AND SEVEN
A DAILY ROUNDUP OF THINGS THAT SEEMED IMPORTANT .
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2007/02/07/passport_rule_change_in_us_keeps_iraqis_out/
IRAQIS WHO FIGURE THAT MAYBE THE UNITED STATES WILL TAKE THEM IN NOW THAT WE'VE REDUCED THEIR COUNTRY TO 13TH CENTURY CONDITIONS WOULD BE SADLY MISTAKEN. BOSTON DOT COM HAS A STORY ABOUT THE RULE THAT ALL PASSPORTS USED TO ENTER THE UNITED STATES HAD TO BE MACHINE READABLE BY JANUARY EIGHTH. PROBLEM BEING, THE ONLY PLACE AN IRAQI CAN GET ONE IS IN BAGHDAD - IT MAY BE YEARS BEFORE THEIR EMBASSIES GET THE EQUIPMENT TO MAKE THEM. THE ARTICLE QUOTES Samir Sumaida'ie, Iraq's ambassador to the United States: it would be an extreme hardship for most Iraqis abroad to make such a trip.
http://gaygamer.net/2007/02/cheating_scandal_rocks_eve_onl_1.html
MOJO GIVES US THE LOWDOWN ON A CHEATING SCANDAL HITTING THE M-M-O-R-P-G WORLD...In a nutshell: employees and GMs for EVE Online also play the game. They have been caught giving their guilds/friends free equipment and cash in-game. This uttery ruins the economy and is about as unfair as possible. It's the equivalent of playing Monopoly against someone and having the banker give them all the money and properties before the game even starts. SADLY, THE GAY GAMER DOT NET ARTICLE POINTS OUT THAT THE COMPANY BEHIND EVE ONLINE, CCP, FOCUES ON WHICH PLAYERS MAY HAVE RECEIVED HELP IN THE DISTANT PAST, RATHER THAN WHICH OF ITS CURRENT EMPLOYEES ARE CHEATERS.
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http://news.com.com/GOP%20revives%20ISP-tracking%20legislation/2100-1028_3-6156948.html?tag=nefd.top
WHAT'S THE MOST AWFUL AND INTRUSIVE THING YOU CAN IMAGINE? HOW ABOUT YOUR INERNET SERVICE PROVIDER BEING FORCED TO RECORD EVERY THING YOU EVER DO ONLINE, FOREVER, AND SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH LAW ENFORCMENT ON AN ONGOING BASIS? PORTAL OF EVIL COVERED EFFORTS BY REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS TO REVIVE THIS BAD IDEA. EMPLOYEES OF ISPS FAILING TO FOLLOW THE BILL'S DATA RETENTION RULES WOULD FACE A YEAR IN PRISON.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6337275.stm
STEVE JOBS, LEGENDARY FOUNDER OF APPLE COMPUTER AND A DRIVING FORCE BEHIND THE SUCCESS OF THE I-POD HAS ASKED THE MUSIC INDUSTRY TO ABANDON DIGITIAL RIGHTS MANAGEMENT SCHEMES WHICH PREVENT SONG FILES BEING COPIED AND SHARED. FROM THE BBC NEWS ARTICLE: Copyright protection had failed to tackle piracy, JOBS argued.
The firm behind the iPod has been under pressure to make its iTunes music store compatible with other music players. ONE COULD ASSUME THIS WOULD BE EASIER IF APPLE DIDN'T HAVE TO USE A PROPRIETARY DRM PROGRAM.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/TV/02/08/obit.smith/
ANNA NICOLE SMITH -- MODEL, WIFE, ADDICT, PLAINTIFF, TV STAR, MOTHER, THIN WOMAN, FAT WOMAN, SPOKESPERSON, STRIPPER -- HAS DIED AGED 39, ACCORDING TO C-N-N. POOR MOJO'S NEWSWIRE CONTRIBUTOR BRETT SAYS: Anna Nicole smith, despite her fame, money, and apparent success led what can only be considered a AWFUL life. She and everyone she knew would have been better off if she had punched Hugh Hefner in the face, used her money from Stripping to put herself through school, gotten a degree in nutritional science, settled down and raised a family. Instead, she was eaten alive by the voracious maw of American Celebrity Culture. Beware.
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http://www.growdetroit.com/blog/?p=501
Boozy actor Daniel Baldwin was arrested yesterday in Detroit on a California warrant for grand theft auto -- even though the car's owner says Baldwin didn't steal his car, SAYS POOR MOJO EDITOR DAVE-O IN HIS GROW DETROIT DOT COM BLOGGING GIG. THE FRIEND SAYS HIS GIRLFRIEND JUMPED THE GUN AND CALLED THE COPS WHEN THE CAR TURNED UP MISSING. THE DETROIT FREE PRESS QUOTED BALDWIN AS SAYING: the accusation "is erroneous and a mistake. ... It isn't true. ... I'm sober today, and I'm working real hard on my career and becoming a productive member of society."
DAVE-O'S COMMENTARY CONTINUES: Baldwin has been in the D working on a low-budget horror film, Little Red Devil, with Milford-based film company Skeleton Factory. He's reported to be playing the title role -- which would seem to indicate that the 6'2" Baldwin is playing Detroit's own nain rouge, a mythical red dwarf who haunts the city and appears directly before terrible events (such as the 1805 fire, or the surrender of the city during the War of 1812.)
This constitutes "becoming a productive member of society"?
http://www.thenewatlantis.com/archive/15/zubrin.htm
POOR MOJO'S NEWSWIRE CONTRIBUTOR BRETT CAUGHT AN ARTICLE BY ROBERT ZUBRIN ABOUT THE HYDROGEN HOAX. HE SAYS: Hydrogen is a alternative fuel pipe dream. Developing it is a fool's errand, and anyone who tells you otherwise should be carefully vetted before giving them any credibility. The billions of dollors we give to the auto companies to develop it could be better used in almost any capacity than hydrogen research. THE ARTICLE DETAILS the problems with aN engery policy centered around Hydrogen, including fatal flaws in supply, production, distribution, and use in vehicles. ZUBRIN SEEMS TO CHECK OUT, BRETT'S TRACED HIS ACADEMIC CAREER AND IT SEEMS LEGIT. READ the entire article AT POORMOJO.ORG FORWARD SLASH P-M-J-A NEWS.
http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn11140&feedId=online-news_rss20
Orlistat, a new drug from Glaxo/Smith/Klein, IS THE FIRST OVER THE COUNTER WEIGHT LOSS PILL APPROVED BY THE FDA. IT PREVENTS THE BODY FROM ABOSRBING THE FAT ONE EATS, ACCORDING TO NEW SCIENTIST DOT COM. HOWEVER, THERE IS A DOWNSIDE TO THE Fat-fighting, pants-shitting drug: The undigested fat is eliminated through bowel movements, which can cause side effects such as gas, diarrhoea and an oily discharge.
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OTHER STORIES WE COVERED TODAY AT POOR MOJO'S NEWSWIRE:
Is there anything sadder than seeing the promise of a budding romantic relationship crushed by the cruel hand of a jaded interloper?
Jon Stewart vs. Ralph Nader
Jack Lessenberry is not pissed at Jennie Granholm, but does despair for his state
Time lapse video game photography
Action games can improve your sight, re-wire your brain
The Metal Theft Epidemic - In some parts of America it alrteady is the post-apocalypse.
A Warcraft Pardoner's Tale
When does Warren Ellis find time to find this shit?
Russia, U.S. stockpiling intercontinental missiles
I. Lewis Scooter Libby is a lying sack of shit
The Moon-wars of Saturn
Dekotora: the amazingly decorated big-rigs of Japan
C-SPAN Prank Calls
More afraid of gays than terrorists
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Colbert's word of the day: Silence
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ON BEHALF OF LONGO, BRETT, JIM, DAVE-O, FRITZ, THE GIANT SQUID AND MOJO, THIS HAS BEEN POOR MOJO'S NEWS SHOW, I'M ALAN BENARD.
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