Craziness from the LinkFrenzy

[Telarus]

DrJon runs a seperate LJ account called Linkfrenzy to collect and pass on interesting links/paper/news articles/etc.

Here's a few from his last roundup:

Final arguments in trial against 12-year-old girl mistaken for hooker
http://www.boingboing.net/2009/02/09/final-arguments-in-t.html
The Houston Press reports that final arguments are being held in the criminal assault trial against Dymond Milburn who was 12 years old when four Galveston police officers (David Roark, Justin Popovich, Sean Stewart, and Sgt. Gilbert Gomez) allegedly beat her up with a flashlight and threatened to shoot her puppy, while she was in her yard attending to tripped circuit breaker.

(We're the Police: Prepare to be served and protected.--DrJon)

Jail for photographing police?
http://www.bjp-online.com/public/showPage.html?page=836675
The relationship between photographers and police could worsen next month when new laws are introduced that allow for the arrest - and imprisonment - of anyone who takes pictures of officers 'likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism'... 'Who is to say that police officers won't abuse these powers,' asks freelance photographer Justin Tallis, who was threatened by an officer last week.

Staring into the abyss
http://www.metafilter.com/79012/Staring-into-the-abyss
...Rep. Paul Kanjorski of Pennsylvania, chair of the Capital Markets Subcommittee, discusses a "tremendous draw-down of money market accounts in the United States, to the tune of $550 billion dollars" that occurred in the matter of an hour or two in September 2008... "It would have been the end of our political system and our economic systems as we know it."

Eight people arrested in connection to Phelps bong picture
http://www.ajc.com/sports/content/sports/stories/2009/02/10/michael_phelps_picture.html
The Richland County Sheriff?s Department arrested seven of the suspects for possession of marijuana and the eighth for dealing, according to the station. One arrest included the suspected owner of the bong--who was allegedly trying to sell the pipe on eBay for $100,000.

(Fuckers... -Telarus)

Study clears cannabis of schizophrenia rap
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/06/cannabis_psychosis_study/
No greater risk than general non-tokers

(Reading this now. -Telarus)

Hippies, Mind Control and the death of Jimi Hendrix
http://tinyurl.com/d226hc
The "peaceful revolution" of the flower children could not work because it was, as we know now, nothing more than a giant lab experiment...

(Warning.. very interesting article that's been GoogleTranslated ,so some of the syntax is waaaay off. -Telarus)

Entangled particles face sudden death
http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2009/02/02/2478343.htm
Teleportation and quantum encryption could be a more distant reality with the discovery that entanglement can unexpectedly disappear.

Oldest Animal Fossils Discovered
http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/02/earliestanimal.html
Oman. SedimentFossil traces found in an oil field on the Arabian Peninsula are the oldest evidence yet of animals, pushing back the known origins of higher life to more than 635 million years ago...

Is this the largest invasive species in the world? Hippos in Colombia
http://www.wildlifeextra.com/go/news/colombia-hippos.html
The original four founded a herd that now numbers 19, and no one knows what to do with them. They are becoming a pest as they roam the local countryside at night looking for food - One was recently shot by a local farmer some 3 miles away. The hacienda is not securely fenced and the park management does not have the funds to erect a suitable fence, or to feed the animals...

(This may be good for the Weirdness Intermittens Issue. -Telarus)

Trench coats for men: how to wear them
http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/fashion/article5653872.ece
The classic trench is a coat for heroes, from Humphrey Bogart to David Tennant. And there are plenty of cool options...

Student uses technology to find stolen Xbox
http://tinyurl.com/68ha8u
A Missouri State student was able to recover his stolen Xbox 360 by use of the console's wireless technology, the student said. The console unit's wireless controller was still registered to the specific console, allowing the stolen merchandise to be tracked down.

Cue the Ewoks: Star Wars Hits the Stage
http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b74477_Cue_the_Ewoks_Star_Wars_Hits_the_Stage.html
A long time from now, in a galaxy far, far away...the Star Wars money machine will still be cranking. Not content with seven feature films or myriad TV spinoffs ranging from the current Clone Wars cartoon series to the dreaded Star Wars Holiday Special, the Jedi masterminds are readying a stage show. George Lucas has signed off on Star Wars: A Musical Journey, a two-hour live musical event featuring a Stormtrooper kick line and singing Wookiees John Williams' Oscar-winning score...

Surprising stories behind 20 Muppet characters
http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/wayoflife/02/10/mf.muppet.favorites.stories/index.html
Like a lot of people, I grew up on Sesame Street and the Muppets. But did you ever stop to wonder where they came from?

and "ELMO'S AN ARM!"
http://www.warrenellis.com/?p=5583
I was on Sesame Street as a child. No one told me beforehand that puppets weren't real...