Gretna officials see gaming as road to self-sufficiency
GRETNA #x2014; Let the Attorney General say its not legal. Let the churches say its not moral. Let the cynics sneer at barrel racing. But dont say the effort to bring a pari-mutuel facility and slot machines to Gadsden County is some fly-by-night scheme foisted on the rural community of Gretna. Because its a carefully [...]
Are cops the boss of the Cross?
SHOULD Sydney police be in the business of deciding who runs a strip club in Kings Cross? The liquor regulator thinks not. The Casino, Liquor and Gaming Control Authority has slapped down a bid by the NSW government to grant local police officers veto power over the appointment of managers at the trouble-prone World Famous [...]
The gaming hilarity of Red Vs Blue
Ill always be grateful a friend of mine turned me on to Red Vs Blue way back when, because it was a concept that was totally up my alley. ??Improvising funny dialogue over a video game seemed like a great concept to me, as many of us add our own comedy commentary to games anyways, [...]
This time, Gingrich’s media critique falls flat
By Michael A. Memoli January 26, 2012, 6:41 pm
Tweeters, Media Protest Twitter’s New Censorship Rules
Update 2:35 pm PT: Twitter has responded to the outcry surrounding its new policy of withholding content, posting on its blog that the policy will actually promote free speech rather than inhibit it. Twitter will not filter posts before or as they go up. Instead, it will be reactive, taking down posts that a certain [...]
Family pets stabbed to death, BC man faces 9 cruelty charges
RICHMOND, BC A former Richmond, BC man now believed living in Saskatchewan has been charged with nine counts of animal cruelty in what a SPCA officials are calling one of the most disturbing cases they’ve encountered in recent memory in BC Kendall Goheen is accused of stabbing and killing three pets he co-owned with his [...]
Mobile-Advertising Company Millennial Media Files for $75 Million IPO
Millennial Media Inc., the second- largest mobile-advertising company in the US, filed for a $75 million initial public offering. The Baltimore-based company hired Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Barclays Plc to manage the IPO, according to a regulatory filing yesterday. Millennial didn’t specify the number or price of shares it will offer in [...]