Corruption is so rife in India its considered normal.
I once read a breakdown of Mrs Gandhi's received bribes as she gave out government contracts in a newspaper, it wasn't written as shocking, merely informative.
A policeman friend described the system of bribes allowed by each rank and how much the bribe was to reach that rank, it was like listening to 'The bribery instruction book'
I'm pretty sure the average Indian's attitude to this will be... so what?
I remember reading about a butler who stole 500k or so from his employers over the course of a year before they noticed. He was only a few years from retirement, and he spent it all on crack and prostitutes.
I'm no big fan of football, but the name 'Tottenham Hotspurs' is a part of the English culture, it would be like changing the name of the Tower of London Beefeater to Chickeneater over a menu change in the canteen.
I love stuff like this, 'Guess the guys intentions', is he bored? having a laugh? greedy beyond measure? or just plain bat-shit-crazy?
Every time I read TechDirt I wonder if I shouldn't take out a patent for 'System of Inhaling Air using muscles to pull a diaphragm below lungs' Then every one who breaths must give me money.
I was also wondering, does anyone hold copyright on the 3 primary colors?
All diplomats promote their country of residence, I worry about their motives for it sometimes, but I'm sure its part of their brief to sell home-nationality products.
Its no reason to cut Wikileaks off. Unless there is more to come about them, I'm still blaming the fascists.
The whole point of terrorism is to instil fear, Bin Laden didn't expect America to surrender or give in to his demands. Every time someone is searched its score one to terrorism.
I can see him now, sitting next to a swimming poll saying "Come on guys, pay up, the bet was I could get Americans to look up each others Assholes - and I did!"
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I have no news
These days I get my news from Mike and HYGINFY -
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006mkw3
On the post: Wikileaks Unveils Evidence Of Indian Parliamentary Bribery
Standard Indian Politics
I once read a breakdown of Mrs Gandhi's received bribes as she gave out government contracts in a newspaper, it wasn't written as shocking, merely informative.
A policeman friend described the system of bribes allowed by each rank and how much the bribe was to reach that rank, it was like listening to 'The bribery instruction book'
I'm pretty sure the average Indian's attitude to this will be... so what?
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On the post: Finally: Clear Ruling That Realizes That Just Buying Ads On Trademarked Keywords Is Not Infringing
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Anyone who cant watch the video can achieve a similar effect by rubbing sand into their eyes while simultaneously ramming fingers down their throat.
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Kudos old man, way to go!
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RE Ima Fish
I can clearly remember when cassettes were killing the music industry.
I remember when CD's were killing the music industry.
Now the internet is killing the music industry.
Seems odd their profits are increasing exponentially, I bet a lot of other industries wish they were being killed off as much.
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Every time I read TechDirt I wonder if I shouldn't take out a patent for 'System of Inhaling Air using muscles to pull a diaphragm below lungs' Then every one who breaths must give me money.
I was also wondering, does anyone hold copyright on the 3 primary colors?
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RE
On the post: Want To Know Why Visa & Mastercard Cut Off Wikileaks? Because Its Latest Leak Was About Them...
nothing wrong there
Its no reason to cut Wikileaks off. Unless there is more to come about them, I'm still blaming the fascists.
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Terrorists have already won.
I can see him now, sitting next to a swimming poll saying "Come on guys, pay up, the bet was I could get Americans to look up each others Assholes - and I did!"
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