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So the Olympic are almost over and in the beginning it was being called the worst Olympics ever, but was it the worst ever. After the horrific crash during the luge practice runs, it seems that many have seem to changed their views on the Olympics in Vancouver. The Canadians came with a plan and it has been executed flawlessly so far and all that’s is left is to close things off with a bang.

Canada’s event is going so well that they ran out of condoms at the Winter Village. The medals are being awarded and “proper” celebrations are underway. According to the health officials they have already provided 100 thousand to the 7,000 Olympians. Health officials have ordered “emergency” supplies for refilling their supplies.

According to the records, the Vancouver Olympic medals are among the heaviest in the history of the Olympics. The medals are all of different weights, but the heaviest comes in at just over 20.3 ounces. The medals weight probably less than the weight of all the condoms provided.

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Apparently Canada isn’t just happy by having the most gold medals during the events, but they also want to earn the Gold in the Bed Vault, Pillow Pull, and the Sheet Shuffle.

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Since the RIAA & MPAA have been declaring war on any file sharing individual and country, they have been successful in scaring U.S. citizens and closing down torrent sites like Napster and Mininova, making them go to a legal and legit peer to peer operation.

Now the RIAA has turned its attention to Canada. Copyright Industries have decided that it’s now time to mettle into Canada’s business, but they want the U.S. government’s help. They are using the government’s annual “Special 301” process to demand that Canada change its laws. They have asked that Canada, Russia, and China be put on a high level “priority watch list”.

They are wanting the US government to tell Canada changes it’s laws and the MPAA, RIAA, ESA, and NMPA demand action.

I wonder if the attack aimed at Canada is due to the countries lack of anticircumvention laws on DRM’s or if its due to the ruling back in 2004 by Judge Konrad von Finckenstein stating that, “the downloading of a song for a person’s private use does not constitute infringement.”

They had the decision overturned in an appeal case of course, and then pointed out that 4 out of the top 10 BitTorrent sites are hosted in Canada. Canadian Copyright Lawyer Howard Knopf pointed out that the copyright law in Canada is tougher than the US with more limited fair use and private copying levys.

These Copyright groups don’t care about a fair system or a balanced system. They want what they consider right to be accepted by everyone around the world. No exceptions.

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Canada Can File Share

Blame Canada

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So this Week has been wonderful so far. All the major sites (minus Digg) have done something for April Fools Day. Youtube decided that it would celebrate by flipping everything upside down. Google created a fake auto-complete program for Gmail. Even Reddit got into the action by making their website look just like Digg. Maybe the best site was done by Switzerland, who decided that they would play off the Australia’s Dream Job.

Now onto today’s stories. Luckily, I get to share some stories that aren’t Florida bound. It was difficult, but Florida really tried to squeeze in again with a few attempts. As always the links to the full story are at the bottom.

Calling Shotgun on the Wheelchair

Welcome to the Good Samaritan Christensen Village located in beautiful British Columbia, Canada. This retirement facility is where a wheelchair using woman is believed to have shot a facility manager Ken Perrier, who was attempting to evict the woman in her 40′s who ended up being shot by local police. Both Perrier and the unidentified woman were airlifted to the local hospital on Tuesday night and are listed to be in serious condition.

“It appears that a 40-year old-resident, a woman, had shot one of the employees that was at her door,” Corporal Peter Thiessen told reporters at the scene late Tuesday night. “There were four employees that were at the door that were in the process of evicting her. She ends up shooting one of them, departing, going out the front door on foot with a long-barreled weapon.”

After shooting Perrier, the woman attempted to commandeer a vehicle and thats when the officers arrived on the scene. Officers told her not to get into the vehicle, but police shot her after she failed to respond to commands. “There were indications she may have been in possession of a second weapon,” Cpl. Thiessen said.Police did recover a handgun and a shotgun from the scene.

An Army of One

Lets meet Christopher Chavez, 19, in Boone County. This new Army recruit was just a few short hours away from reporting for boot camp, but ended up in handcuffs instead. A drunken crime spree was the way he wanted to start his new army career.

Chavez was staying at a Airport Holiday Inn in Erlanger with some fellow recruits as they prepared for flying out for basic training. Chavez purportedly got in a fight with some other people on the 5th floor of the Hotel around 2 am. Chavez decided that it would be a good idea to grab a fire extinguisher off the wall, which in turn set off the fire alarm.

He then took the fire extinguisher with him to a Mobile Gas Station with the idea to get some more alcohol. Unfortunately, the Mobile was closed he decided that he would break in to get some beer. Police arrived on the scene, where Chavez was unsuccessful at breaking into the Mobile station. He went on to spit and curse at police officers as they attempted to handcuff the wannabe soldier. Police placed a spit mask on the retarded army of one, after they placed the cuffs on him.

Chavez was charged with alcohol intoxication and criminal mischief and was placed in the Boone County Jail.

Law Director Doesn’t follow the Law

Law Director Mark Provenza resigned on Tuesday after being sent back to jail for violating his probation. Now the city of Lorain is searching for a replacement to fill the vacant position. Provenza had just been released from serving 90 days for DUI, when he was to get his blood monitoring ankle bracelet. Prior to getting the new leg accessory, Provenza admitted that he had been drinking beer.

Mayor Tony Krasienko says that Provenza stepped down after city officials went to speak to him. He went onto state that if Provenza didn’t resign, that they would have no choice, but to pursue actions to get him removed.

In 2004, Provenza spent 5 days in the Bay Village jail for DUI. He was also convicted of DUI for hitting a fire hydrant in Lakewood. He also pleaded down a Parma Heights DUI to reckless operation. Then not to be out done, he pleaded no contest last year to DUI charges in Lakewood again. This time he rammed his wife’s minivan into the front porch of a home on Bunts Road.

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Shotgun Grannie – British Columbia

Soldiers spree before basic  – boone county

Law Director no Judge Dread

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