Just one? You could get all of his gear but an acoustic guitar with that commodity. Humble bastard.

Egyptian court sentences four year old to life imprisonment for murder

Apparently he was one year old at the time of the offences.

??? No words.

And no right to appeal. Absolute insanity.

I don't think that's any more absurd than America incarcerating millions (millions??? I don't really know) for marijuana.

It's definitely a lot more absurd.

Yep.

Not to mention increasingly infrequent in the US as more and more states legalize.

In Islamic countries, sure

In both cases human life is being wasted and people are being punished for no valid reason. In both cases, they're just going by the book and following the law.

I don't think being an adult and knowing about a law makes being punished for doing something good (distributing marijuana) less absurd.

In some states a few pounds of weed gets you the same time as murder.

German mayor accidently shares pornography viewing habits on Facebook

Whoops.

Poor guy.:(

Nice little spin at the end there.

Yeah, nice try. I was doing research and my connection was so poor I didn't see anything anyway. :rofl:

I meant to share this a few days ago when it was live. Here's your "government inaction." Don't miss the wide shot of the nearly-empty room when they announce that they've botched the entire caucus.
This is preposterous.

It was all a big error, the kid just has a similar name to someone else, he isn't going to spend life in prison lol

Harvard abolishes 'master' in titles in slavery row - BBC News

"Protesters have argued that whatever its original derivation, the word now has connotations of slavery."

This sums it all up to be honest. That line could just as easily read:

"Protesters have argued that anything that hurts their delicate little feelings should be banned outright, and will continue to ignore common sense and logic until then."

Absolutely ridiculous.

Now I know how Gary Glitter fans feel.

lol. So do they want to change what graduate degrees are called as well?

Um excuse me? Degrees? As in it takes a certain number of degrees to make it warm enough to make my pale white skin red? As in redskins? As in the WASHINGTON Redskins?

I never took you to be such a racist asshole, Janz.

She's a liar and her music sucks. Total publicity stunt.

I'm an 'assume innocence' kinda guy. There's enough examples of false claims to lead people to air on the side of caution, especially without any evidence proving guilt. Pointing out his whiteness (as opposed to Thomas Sayers Ellis, who she also accused of sexual harrassment) was kinda alarming too. Hints at an ideological undertone.

I certainly hope for innocence, but since I don't have any evidence for either side really, I can't say I'm assuming either way.

Dig this Trash...

http://i.imgur.com/7wptGjU.jpg

Good riddance. As much I love punk, the 70's, Ramones, and the stereotypical clothing style/attitude are all dark spots for me. I can handle a patch-ridden vest and combat boots but the whole street punk look is just... ew why. Anti fashion is still fashion. If you saw me in the street you probably couldn't pick me out from anyone else.

Yeah, the whole idea of punk seems to be against what punk became. As far as I'm concerned, and as much as I like plenty of punk bands, post-punk is what punk really became. Becoming something truly different and not falling into the traps of preconceived notions of what a band should sound like are what post-punk was all about and what punk was NOT about after the first wave or two.

All punk post 70's was more punk in every way. Hardcore, post-hardcore, skate punk, whatever. The key to punk is to not take yourself too seriously and have fun producing music. Bands like Ramones and Sex Pistols just didn't think outside of the Maximum Rock n Roll mindset. It's self parody is what it is.

Granted, Clash and Buzzcocks are great.

Depends on what your definition of "punk" I suppose. I guess I see it in the more art rock sense of the word, where the post-1st-wave London/1st-wave CBGBs bands, were wannabes, carried along on some contrived idea of what a "punk band" should be, rather than what "punk" was.

After the late-seventies, punk and hardcore just became what the post-punk and alternative bands who had any talent started out as, before going on to bigger and better things. Plenty of good hardcore in the eighties, I guess (even though I'm not a big 80s hardcore fan TBH), but in the end it was just a springboard.

Final consensus: nothing isn't punk.

Brit awards to be less white next year, pledges chairman | Music | The Guardian

How do they know the Brits will be less white next year when the music hasn't even been released yet? :rolleyes:

I have seen over the past week or so people (respected journalists and credible artists) claiming Grime artists should have been included.
None of the lazy fuckers even released an album.

This is all very pathetic.

Kid Rock Subpoenaed To Produce Glass Dildo As Evidence In Insane Clown Posse Lawsuit - Stereogum

Kid Rock Responds To Dildo Subpoena In Insane Clown Posse Lawsuit - Stereogum

If you only have one minority in the whole thing, you're accused of tokenism and racism, so what do you do? You artificially implement more of them into the program. What's the word for that again?

People getting mad at the award ceremonies confuse the issue with industry standards, differences in marketing, casting, and overall trends of what the public goes nuts for.

Oh well all good things must come to an end. Most punk rock stars are pushing into their 60's at this point (Ie John Lydon, Jello Biafra, Glenn Danzig) ect.

I'm not even sure that music is a popular outlet for teens anymore, seems like rock and hip hop stars have been surpassed by video games.

I would agree. Though, speaking as a teen, there's still plenty within my age group rocking out to and being spoken to by modern punk rock. It's still an underground music form, just as it was in the 80's, but the internet makes it easier to access. You can't sum up the whole generation by the majority, because outliers exist everywhere. I'd say that as long as teenagers and young adults exist, punk and it's ethos will resonate. Society's mold can't fit to everyone.

Probably all seen it now but anyway.

Maria Sharapova failed drugs test at Australian Open - BBC Sport

A massive blow to women's sport tbh. Olympic year as well.

I saw a lot of Serena fans on Twitter lolling about Sharapova doping and still not being able to beat Serena, obviously not working out why that might be.

Serena fans are LOLing a doper? That's precious.

http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/...1_3436673b.jpg

I think we just found our actress if they ever make a She-Hulk movie.