Cat “Must Attend” Jury Duty

Posted by GrefTek in In the News at 6:07 pm on Monday, January 17, 2011

This news item made my day. Apparently Sal the Cat must appear in court on march the 23rd for jury duty. The owners of the cat, Anna and Guy Esposito, received a summons for their feline companion. Apparently, due to a clerical error the cat, listed as a pet in the last census, was mistakenly registered as a human.

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I hope psychiatry is covered too

Posted by GrefTek in In the News at 12:52 am on Saturday, March 27, 2010

Of all the news I caught up with this week the most bizarre and sinister news must be coming from the States. This week Obama’s healthcare bill was passed through congress. A major achievement on its own, considering the stiff opposition which it faced. After that, all hell broke lose.

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Democracy – The Right to Oppress?

Posted by GrefTek in In the News at 9:00 am on Monday, November 30, 2009

_46821556_008306689-1[1]Switzerland recently passed a law, which disallows the building minarets. This law was then backed up by a referendum where more than 57 percent of the voters backed that law.

Read the full article from the BBC here.

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Liver let Die

Posted by GrefTek in In the News at 6:06 pm on Tuesday, July 21, 2009

153423181The following story was the source of quite some debate on the workfloor. 22-year old Gary Reinbach died from case of liver cirrhosis after he had been refused a liver transplant. The regulations say that a person must prove he can remain sober for 6 months to be eligible for a transplant. The story can be read here.

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Attempt on the Dutch royal family

Posted by GrefTek in In the News at 9:31 am on Friday, May 1, 2009

dutch-420-420x01Yesterday some yahoo made an attempt on the lives of the Dutch royal family during the queen’s birthday celebration ceremony by trying to ram his car into the coach in which they were driving. To get there the man litterally plowed through the fence and the spectators, resulting ultimately in 5 deaths and 12 injured before crashing into a national monument.

Seeing as this news has gone all over the world by now I thought it is worth commenting on.

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