Pirate Bay Founders Get Jail Time
Apr 17, 2009 While not to be confused with piracy on the high seas, a Swedish court has ordered that the four founders of The Pirate Bay, the most renowned file-sharing Web site on the Internet, should be jailed for one year after being found guilty of breaking copyright law. All this for a site that provides user-submitted links to media, not storage of the media itself.A Tale of Two Nobel Nations
Dec 10, 2008 While the Nobel prizes recognize lifetime achievements in medicine, chemistry, physics, literature, economics and peace, and Sweden is a paragon among progressive, social democracies, there is another side to Sweden and the Nobels that warrants a closer look.Biden to Florida Reporter: ‘Are You Joking?’
Oct 26, 2008 During an interview with Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden, Orlando's WFTV news anchor Barbara West came right out with some familiar-sounding questions: Is Barack Obama ashamed of his close ties to ACORN? Isn't Barack Obama kind of just like Karl Marx? Where could West have gotten these ideas?
Vive Le Clézio!
Oct 10, 2008 French novelist Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio was named this year's winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature on Thursday. Le Clézio, whom the Swedish Academy fancifully described as an "author of new departures, poetic adventure and sensual ecstasy, explorer of a humanity beyond and below the reigning civilisation," has written more than 20 novels since the early age of 23.
70-Year-Olds Still Get It On, Reports Says
Jul 9, 2008 An ongoing Swedish study has shown that 70-year-olds are more likely now to have sex -- and women to have orgasms -- than in any decade since the 1970s. Sixty-eight percent of married men and 56% of married women reported having sex after turning 70, an increase of about 15% in both cases.
Oil Junkie
Jun 16, 2008
