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2008
OCLC and the Great Library Scandal | booktwo.org
by karlcow
Plutôt que de se battre sur le code source libre, les données *publiques* livres placées dans des silos, c'est plus dommageable.Why are our publicly funded libraries locked into a monopolistic relationship with a clearly greedy data supplier? Why are they paying thousands of pounds to access their own data? Why are the public, whose money is paying for this, locked out of the system?
French rally behind rogue trader as fraud scandal spreads | The Observer
by ravi
For Isabelle Mercier, 44, queuing outside a Société Générale branch in Paris, the 'rich and the powerful' always find someone to blame: 'Anyone who is a threat to them is eliminated one way or another.' Mohammed Benali, a market trader at the nearby Marché d'Aligre, agreed. 'It is time the bosses and the rich were taken down a peg,' he said.
BBC | Rogue trader scandal broadens out
by ravi
Analysts are trying to assess whether the trader's actions contributed to the stock market turmoil and the Fed decision to cut interest rates.
Recycling scandal hits Japan | Business | guardian.co.uk
by karlcow
Shinoda said he would not resign over the scandal but apologised for misleading consumers. The fabrication, he said, had "betrayed public trust and we apologise to our clients and customers". Nippon Paper's president, Masatomo Nakamura, said he would resign to take responsibility for the scandal.
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2007
Scandal Widens Over False Academic Credentials(The Korea Times)
by karlcow
Also, it is highly likely that the current slew of revelations would not have been possible without the ease with which personal information can be retrieved over the internet. An artist, or a celebrity's personal information, including his or her educational background, is only one click away from being obtained, and with the mob mentality of trying to find out the next liar the task becomes too easy.
Divxplanet.com :: Lost, Prison Break, Heroes, 24 Türkçe DivX Altyazı
by dpzagor
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Fannie Mae must pay a fine of $400 million
by kromakirk
Report blames executives, board in accounting scandal Fannie Mae's federal regulator said yesterday that the company's executives and board of directors were to blame for the accounting scandal that rocked the big mortgage company and said th...
2006
Halaka Scandal - Pinay Scandals Philippines
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Lijit
by cyberien
& 7 others
Lijit Networks is developing a better way to search for information
In real-life, people seek out advice from friends, co-workers, family, professionals, etc. Content is vetted though these social connections reducing the number of possibilities, and filtering for local relevance. This filtering is complex and it evolves through our entire lives. It is shaped by the experiences we have, the people we know, and the path that we take in life.
What if searching on web worked the way it did in real-life?
What if, you could search a person?
A single search for ‘television’ through that person’s eyes could returns blog posts the person had authored as well as bookmarks they made of TV related content.
What if, you could search a group of people, through a person?
A single search for “childcare” would return a friend’s Blog post on childcare, bookmarks your friend and her friends made about local childcare providers and an online article from the local newspaper on a childcare scandal in your town….
What if, you could search a group of people and their connections, through a person?
A single search for “dentist Boulder Colorado” would return bookmarks to the four dentists your friends use, the official site of an oral surgeon that your father knows from school, and articles from online journals that that the oral surgeon read last week..
Lijit is working on a revolutionary way to refine the search experience. Using the power of people, connections and information we can significantly enhance the way people search and discover information on the Internet.
Conservatives Weigh In On Foley Scandal And Embarrass Human Race
by GorillaSushi
In response to the Mark Foley scandal, the conservative side of the media seems to be twisting things into an anti-gay issue. I don't know why I'm so suprised that conservatives would turn so quickly on their own just to promote their own agenda...
Who knew Mark Foley was a closeted Democrat?
by jasontromm
At least liberals are finally exhibiting a moral compass about something. I am sure that they'd be equally outraged if Rep. Mark Foley were a Democrat.
The object lesson of Foley's inappropriate e-mails to male pages is that when a Republican congressman is caught in a sex scandal, he immediately resigns and crawls off into a hole in abject embarrassment. Democrats get snippy.
Foley didn't claim he was the victim of a "witch hunt." He didn't whine that he was a put-upon "gay American." He didn't stay in Congress and haughtily rebuke his critics. He didn't run for re-election. He certainly didn't claim he was "saving the Constitution."
Hastert must resign
by jasontromm
Republicans on Capitol Hill are desperately hoping to divert us from the Mark Foley scandal with a new storyline: Dem dirty tricks. Why did these disgusting e-mails come out just a few weeks before a critical election? It is true the party of Bill Clinton, Gerry Studds and Barney Frank is not going to clean out the sexual cesspool, but frankly I don't care: I'm not responsible for what they do.
Rep. Dennis Hastert is a basically decent man who happens to head up a party that failed to investigate evidence that a GOP congressman (widely known among insiders to be gay) was seeking inappropriate contact with minor boys entrusted to his care. The Washington Times is right: He should resign his leadership post.
()() My question is what did the Democratic leadership know and when did they know it? Aren't they just as responsible? Maybe Nancy Pelosi should resign?
Sexual fascism and the Mark Foley scandal
by jasontromm
Apparently, Rep. Mark Foley is homosexual. And like many homosexual men, he likes young teen boys. We should pray for him that he gets a handle on this problem and refrains from harming any more kids.
Meanwhile, we need to wake up. The fact that this is typical behavior for homosexuals doesn't stop us from continuing to elevate such folks to positions where they gain access to our kids.
Baseball's Steroid Era
by elron
A great reference for the steroid era. Research on admitted, implicated, and obvious steroid users. The site contains definitions of all the drugs and information on every player named in the scandal.
This Means War
by jasontromm
A 46-year-old man is accused of assaulting his wife with a carrot, causing her to lose sight in one eye,"
It is a scandal that thanks to the carrot lobby, Americans--even the mentally ill, convicted criminals and stalkers--are able to buy these dangerous weapons without so much as a license or background check. We need carrot control! It's the only way to deal with crime at its roots.
OH-18: 04.10.06 CQPolitics.com - Like DeLay, Primary Could Be an Omen for Ney
by aflciopolitical
Rep. Bob Ney has denied wrongdoing in the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal and insists that he has no intention of resigning. But the federal investigation has taken its toll, all but ending the Ohio Republican’s political dominance in his sprawling, cons
OH-13: Ethics Emerges as Key Issue in Race to Succeed Brown
by aflciopolitical
A federal probe into the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal is ongoing, and ethics controversies are swirling around several members of Congress — including the once-mighty House Majority Leader Tom DeLay of Texas, who announced this week that he will soon
Base executive pay on minimum wage level
by aflciopolitical
The minimum wage has not nearly kept pace with the rate of inflation over the past 50 years. It has not increased over the past eight years. Escalation of executive compensation, however, has become a national scandal. I invite you to ponder the value to
Illinois Governor: Blagojevich (D) Struggling But Ahead
by aflciopolitical
February 25, 2006--With his administration freighted by scandal, Illinois Governor Rod R. Blagojevich (D), is a well-funded but controversial incumbent. He has yet to reach the 50% level of voter even the weakest Republican in the field. That's a sure sig
Countdown to the Next Figure Skating Judging Scandal
by misskitty4280
Welcome to the figure skating blog that tells the tough truths. "Deep Edge" is not a single individual, but rather a group of educated, knowledgeable, concerned spectators and enthusiasts of the sport.
Antony Loewenstein: Norman Finklestein vindicated
by mikepower
The latest scandal merely confirms Finkelstein's allegations against one of the world's leading Zionist organisations. Their primary interest is not the Holocaust victims themselves, rather obtaining financial reward and spending the money as they see fit
Bush has backward view of dissent
by mikepower
Did Bush deliberately deceive the American people to justify the war in Iraq? I don't know...and neither do you. But here's what we do know: The president doesn't think we should be asking in the first place. And that might be the biggest scandal of all.
