Archive for July 2nd, 2006
static bling
Leonardo Dicaprio just finished up his latest movie, The Blood Diamond, about a smuggler who gets caught up with a diamond syndicate in Africa. The movie aims to shed light on the way the diamond industry funds civil wars in Africa and leads to the slaughter of thousands of men, women, and children.
But wait! The [...]
you loot, we prosecute
The U.S. justice system is hard at work again, putting real criminals behind bars. Three people convicted of looting during Hurricane Katrina were sentenced to 15 years in prison.
Fifteen years? That’s it? I can see if they were taking candy bars, but they were taking liquor, beer, and wine! According to our court system, [...]
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