Military Commisions Act of 2006

Filed under:Bill of Rights,War on Terror — posted by Q Ball on 10/5/2006 @ 10:40 pm

If you haven’t figured it out by now I am someone who likes to take in as much data as possible before I make a decision about anything. I love raw data. So here again is some more raw data:

Military Commisions Act of 2006

This bill would put “alien unlawful combatants” through military type trials. This bill is not as long as most, so it should be no problem to read and form your own conclusions. Always be wary of people who will mis-quote or take phrases out of context to further their own agenda.

Less Lucas

Filed under:General — posted by Q Ball on @ 9:26 pm

From Variety:
George Lucas has decided to put less emphasis on producing big budget movies, and instead focus on television series and smaller pictures. He recently gave $175 million to the USC films school to help shine the light on film schools in general and urge more of his peers to do the same.

Increasing Muslim Violence In France

Filed under:War on Terror — posted by Q Ball on @ 8:42 pm

Many of Paris’s muslims are becoming increasingly violent toward police.

“We are in a state of civil war, orchestrated by radical Islamists. This is not a question of urban violence any more, it is an intifada, with stones and Molotov cocktails. You no longer see two or three youths confronting police, you see whole tower blocks emptying into the streets to set their ‘comrades’ free when they are arrested.”

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Ensemble Studio and the XBox 360

Filed under:Gaming — posted by 3wire on @ 11:03 am

From: Dallas Morning News
“For about a decade, Ensemble has been making some of the best-selling battlefield simulation games for the PC. But its next big game will be built solely for Microsoft’s Xbox 360 game console, rather than the PC.”

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