Religion never sounded this good – Worshipers watching a Vatican festival on TV ended up hearing the soundtrack of a porn channel instead. Apparently a mistake at a satellite TV company in Luxembourg meant that viewers across Italy, Spain and Latin America heard passionate moans and grunts while watching 20 cardinals saying mass, praying and singing hymns. And viewers of Babes Illustrated and Stacey the Hunt got a taste of holy incantations from The Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross.
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It’s insane that this can happen… Philip Workman will probably be put to death. Will it be in the interest of justice or politics is the question. This
article outlines some of the issues surrounding this controversial case in Tennessee. Here’s a bit of a summary (though you should read the article for a closer-to-full understanding): Workman has spent 17 years on death row for the shooting death of Memphis police officer Ronald Oliver during a robbery Workman admits he committed. The defense team has long held to a theory that friendly fire killed Oliver, that in the tussle and confusion that night, a fellow officer’s gun went off, firing the fatal shot. Evidence recently discovered by the defense team seems to support that, or at least inject a bit of reasonable doubt into the case – A key witness in the original trial has admitted to having purjured himself because of bullying by members of the Memphis Police Department. – An x-ray that suggests that the bullet that killed Oliver was very likely not a .45, the kind of ammunition Workman’s gun used, but more likely a .38 – the kind of ammunition two other officers on the scene carried in their firearms. – Seven of the original eight jurors who condemned Workman now say they doubt he shot oliver. – Even Paula Dodillet, Oliver’s daughter, has attracted national attention for joining those jurors in their pleas for granting Workman clemency. Recently, a 14-member panel of judges in the 6th circuit court of appeals split their votes — directly down party lines – Seven nominated by Democratic presidents voted to rehear his case; seven Republican nominated judges voted to lift his stay. According to law, the tie vote means the 6th Circuit must allow a subordinate court’s denial of appeal to stand. Although seven federal judges believe Workman’s conviction is full of holes, and in spite of mounting evidence against his guilt, Workman’s stay has been lifted. After 17 years on death row, he is likely to be the second prisoner lethally injected in Tennessee since 1960.
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client-o-matic – Get to know the odd strange and dangerous animal that is… THE CLIENT (spotted on metafilter)
O Canada, eh? The Washington Post is running a story about the future of Canada – if there is a future for Canada. This article has generated some great discussion on metafilter. Personally, I’ve got a bit of a problem with an American newspaper reporting on what most Canadians think and feel. I also resent the implication that Canada will just stop mattering in the next 20 years. The idea here is that Canadian culture is already so much like American culture, eventually we will just blend right in. As mzanatta put it on Metafilter, “…the author is right in saying that Canadians and Americans are quite similar. From the perspective of language, the products we buy, the sports we watch, and our intertwined economies, he is correct.” I think a valid argument could be made that Canadians know the difference between these unimportant similarities and National Identity. “…However, when you examine the subtleties between the cultures, we are quite different.” How true, and isn’t this where it really matters? Canadians know what it is to be Canadian – It’s only our pundits who have this “obsession with defining the intricate nature of Canada.”
You must see this (thanks /usr/bin/girl)