Mr. Simpson goes to Prison!!

News: 61 year old, former NFL Idol and Hall Of Famer O.J. Simpson has been found guilty of all 12 charges against him in the Robbery and Kidnapping case.

The oddest thing? It verdict was handed to the judge, exactly 13 years after he was found not guilty in the murder trial of his ex-wife. In this trial, one of the most famous trials in American history the now classic "If the glove doesn't fit, you must acquit." quote by O.J.'s lawyer seemed to change the juries mind when it came to if he had killed his now ex-wife or not.

Not so lucky this time.

When the verdict is handed out and the amount of time O.J. could spend in prison is decided on December 5th, it could end up that O.J. would spend life in prison. Until then...we just wait.
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The Perspective: Haha. It took long enough. To me this just goes to further prove that crime does and people get whats coming to them.

I think that 13 years ago, O.J. did kill his now ex-wife. To many things point that he did do it.(that book, "If I Did It" I mean come on...) As mentioned above he had the BEST lawyer that money can be...but to bad he wasn't there to save him this time.

All I can say is...you deserve it you murdering bastard. Enjoy prison I hope you rot.
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News/Perspective: Israel Accuses North Korea For Selling Weapons On The Black Market

Israel today at the IAEA meeting in Vienna, Austria during the 145 nation talks accused North Korea of selling small conventional weapons and nuclear secrets to at least six(6) middle eastern nations.

To Israel it believes that this could cause huge setbacks in the six party talks on agreements to give North Korea aid in return that they stop creating and now rebuilding their nuclear reactors.
In Vienna Russia(wow) China, Japan and of course South Korea and the United States urged North Korea to hold true to its word and stop rebuilding the reactors.

While Israel never mentioned the names of the six or so nations that North Korea sold weapons and secrets to it seemed that they were talking about Iran and Syria.
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The Perspective: This is news? I don't think so. Of course Kim Jong Ill would sell weapons to middle eastern nations. Why wouldn't he? Remember he hates America.

Nuclear secrets? Possible, but I'd say that, that might be a bit much on the side of Israel. Although, they do have the best intelligence organization in the world.(sorry boys and girls its not the CIA or NSA)

And in closing..who are those 6 or so nations?

Iran
Syria
Lebanon
Turkey
Egypt
Yemen

U.S Arms Deals and Why Reporters Go To College...

The Bush administration has announced plans to sell billions of dollars in arms to Taiwan, a decision certain to anger Taiwan's rival China.

The package includes Apache helicopters and Patriot III anti-missile missiles.

The announcement came Friday in a notification to Congress.

Beijing claims Taiwan as its own territory and has threatened to invade should the self-governing island ever formalize its de facto independence.

Taiwan relies on U.S. weapons to keep pace with China's massive arms buildup across the Taiwan Strait. U.S. arms sales to Taiwan are a crucial matter because any dispute between China and Taiwan could ensnare the United States.

Washington is Taiwan's most important ally and largest arms supplier.

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The Perspective: Good move. While this isn't the first time that Washington has sold weapons to Taiwan and more than likely it won't be the last, this is the most important sale. Why? Simple.

The Patriot Missile System is the same system that we use to operate our Ballistic Missile Defense Shield. If adapted correctly(it likely will be) this will allow Taiwan to be safe from any Missile threat that China sends its way. See? Bush isn't all bad. ha ha.
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This Is Why Reporters Go To College (From FOX News.com)

Usually when stocks fall because of "rumors," the source is unclear, some kind of inter-trader chatter that causes enough heads to turn to cause shares in a name to bounce around. At least in this case, there's a paper trail.

Shares of Apple Inc., which opened marginally higher Friday, briefly dipped on a CNN iReport that Apple CEO Steve Jobs had suffered a heart attack and had been rushed to a hospital.

It's hard to overstate the lack of credibility this report has, but that doesn't stop short-term trading types.

The story was posted by a user named "johntw," and may have had an impact on the shares, which dropped sharply, to $94.65, before recovering.

An Apple spokeswoman said this report was untrue.

Were this to have appeared on a random stock messaging board somewhere, it would likely have had little impact, but CNN has put its weight behind this iReport endeavor, saying on its website that "we've launched an independent world where you, the iReport.com community, tell the stories we're not used to seeing. And the most compelling, important, and urgent ones may get seen on CNN."

They do say, however, that "the views and content on this site are solely those of the iReport.com contributors. CNN makes no guarantees about the content or the coverage on iReport.com!"

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The Perspective: The Johntw that posted this IReport on CNN.com can go fuck himself!! Being a Apple Stock Shareholder when I heard this happened I fucking flipped. I instantly called Apple Inc. out in California and wanted to know if what I had heard was true.

It wasn't, Thank God. If this had happened I'd be fucked. But I'm no the story...

CNN needs to check this IReport fuckers better. There is a reason why people go to College to do this job. And one of the most important things in journalism is TRUTH. If you fuck up, your fired.

FUCK IReport and Johntw FUCK YOU.
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Apple could shut down the iTunes Store, the world's biggest online music store, if a ruling expected Thursday forces the company to pay more to music makers for each downloaded track. (From FOX News.com)

The Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) in Washington, D.C., will decide whether to grant the request of American music publishers to increase "mechanical" royalty rates on songs bought from online music stores such as iTunes.

The National Music Publishers' Association, which represents the interests of music makers and songwriters in the U.S., wants rates to be increased 9 cents to 15 cents, which represents a 66 percent rise.

Apple has vehemently opposed the move. In a statement to the ruling body in 2006, the company threatened to shut down iTunes rather than raise the price of songs in order to afford the higher royalty rates.

"If [iTunes] was forced to absorb any increase in the ... royalty rate, the result would be to significantly increase the likelihood of the store operating at a financial loss — which is no alternative at all," iTunes vice president Eddy Cue said.

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The Perspective: Can it get any worse for me? First my wife has to go to LA this week and I get zero rest and worry myself sick about her. Second my sister comes to see me and I find out that shes addicted to Cocaine!!(Great right? ha ha)

Third we've got the fake Steve Jobs heart attack story on CNN, and now this. I guess Apple is back to their old ways. Close iTunes!! What the fuck!

This is getting out of control. Fucking stop filling your pockets with money and just let the people have what they want...greedy bastards.

You've Got To Be Fucking Kidding Me!!

From CNN.com

Imagine a sun-swept Texas afternoon in 2015. After the roar of a ceremonial flyover, a Texas Motor Speedway crowd of 200,000 rises to its feet in anticipation of NASCAR's signature moment.

Chevrolet may have a challenge in marketing its Chevrolet Volt -- an electric car -- to NASCAR fans.

The celeb du jour grabs the microphone and bellows, "Gentlemen, start your engines!"

As the fans join in a full-throated cheer, 43 of the world's best drivers reach down and press a button. What follows is unprecedented: pin-dropping silence, save for 43 small clicks.

This scenario isn't as unfathomable as it may seem. In fact, in a sport whose fans often wear their American pride on their sleeves along with the image of their favorite driver, it may offer a strongly pro-American vision of the future.

NASCAR, meet the Chevrolet Volt, which General Motors believes will become the first mass-produced plug-in electric car on American roads by late 2010. The latest symbol of GM's new mantra, "From gas-friendly to gas-free," the Volt was unveiled to the media last week at Texas Motor Speedway, in the heart of NASCAR country.

Electric cars, with their quiet engines, turning laps in silence every Sunday on the NASCAR circuit? It may be a tough sell.

"Fans would pack up their Budweiser and leave," said Mike Nichols, a Dallas resident and NASCAR fan.

Other racing enthusiasts were more welcoming.

"Just as long as it's fast as heck and it's good racing," said Jim Mero, a record-setting Corvette Driver and Chevy engineer, "everything will be OK."

At last week's media event, which was closed to the public, a silver Volt prototype sat mere feet from a fleet of GM's current models. Everything from Chevy's iconic ZR1 Corvette to its hydrogen fuel-cell version of the Equinox sport-utility vehicle was on display. The car that gave the media the biggest charge, however, was the Volt.

In a country saddled with spiking gas prices and increasing gas shortages, the Volt is seen by some as a potential savior. Engine-roaring, oil-dripping NASCAR, however, has historically resisted change. Only last year did NASCAR convert to unleaded fuel, and its cars still contain another relic of the past: a carburetor.

Chevrolet understands that marketing the Volt, which was announced in 2007, might be a balancing act between blue- and red-state America.

"We are attracting the 'green' crowd and the 'tech' crowd," explained Cristi Landy, the Volt's product marketing manager. "But this car has mass appeal to a broader audience."

GM hopes that NASCAR fans, who tend to be staunchly patriotic, will appreciate that electric cars will probably reduce America's reliance on foreign oil -- especially on oil from nations that might be hostile toward the United States.

"Yes, we get it, and with fervor," said John Frost, a 60-year old NASCAR fan from Davidsonville, Maryland. "We are for the elimination of U.S. dependency on foreign oil. We're no dummies."

Still, don't look for Chevrolet to necessarily trot out the American flag in the marketing plan.

"There is a fear that if we position this as a 'pro-American' car, it will upset some of the environmentally conscious crowd," explained Pete Lewis, who works in program operations at GM. "And we want it to be embraced by everyone."

The Volt is expected to travel 40 miles on a single charge from a wall socket before an engine kicks in to generate electrical power. GM also promises a top speed of about 100 mph and a zero-to-60 time of roughly 9 seconds, specs that won't impress NASCAR fans used to seeing race cars roaring past at 200 mph.

"NASCAR is a total body experience," Frost said. "The sound of 750 horsepower times 43 cars -- lots of gas guzzling, internal combustion, unbridled horsepower. There's nothing like it. No matter what they do, they can never replace the thunder that is NASCAR."

In the end, selling a gearless Volt to NASCAR gearheads may come down to one basic question: Is the car fun?

"If you sit behind the wheel," said GM fuel-cell expert Mark Vann, "it's pretty cool."

"We feel that this is a superior solution versus what other competitors have done with hybrids. This car [offers] an electric performance," added Landy, conveying both the literal and metaphorical meanings of the word. "It will give you great off-the-line torque and a lot of low-end torque. It really. . .will be exciting to drive."

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The Perspective:

Wow, just so fucking stupid and unlikely why in the hell would anyone sit down and waste their time and a companies money to write this shit.

Being a NASCAR fan I enjoy the roar of the 850 Horsepower engines and speeds near and above 200 mph. If you look at the stats on these electric cars you'll see that these speeds will NEVER be reached. It it simply impossible.

Its a waste. If NASCAR would change to any fuel it'd be hydrogen. Why? Because it CAN achieve these levels of speed and power. Not to mention it makes fucking noise!!

Could you imagine how boring a race at Talladega would be without the roar, smell and taste of fuel and rubber in the air? FUCK NO.

FUCK this idea...

If it happens I'm officially done with NASCAR.

Iranian Weapons of Mass Destruction...stolen?

As Somali pirates brazenly maintain their standoff with American warships off the coast of Africa, the cargo aboard one Iranian ship they commandeered is raising concerns that it may contain materials that can be used for chemical or biological weapons.
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The Perspective:

Crazy right? Not so much. If you've paid attention to the small print during the international news channels like CNN and FOX news you'd know that ships were being hijacked by pirates on the African coast.

First it was a Russian military cargo ship carrying conventional weapons that were headed to Syria. These weapons ranged from APC's to AK-47s and AK-101s. But no type of chemical or biological weapons.

They ransacked the ship and searched the containers. But in the days following the hijacking, a number of them fell ill and died, suffering skin burns and hair loss, according to reports.

The pirates were sickened because of their contact with the seized cargo, according to Hassan Osman, the Somali minister of Minerals and Oil, who met with the pirates to facilitate negotiations.

"That ship is unusual," Osman told the Long War Journal, an online news source that covers the War on Terror. "It is not carrying a normal shipment."

The pirates reportedly were in talks to sell the ship back to Iran, but the deal fell through when the pirates were poisoned by the cargo, according to Andrew Mwangura, director of the Kenya-based East African Seafarers' Assistance Program.

"Yes, some of them have died," he told the Long War Journal. "Our sources say [the ship] contains chemicals, dangerous chemicals.

So what in the fuck have the Iranian people got on this damn ship? Well if you know anything about chemicals it could be any number of things. But remember this is Iran...

Keep an eye out. Read some news...check on Iran. You never know what the hell they might do.

Economic Hell In America

The Perspective: Short Today

And it continues. I really had hoped that Congress would prove me wrong. But it seems that they still...can't fucking work together. Come on people. THIS IS IMPORTANT SHIT!! The DOW is down over 600 points today!!

This isn't some fucking unimportant motion. This is the possible future of the American Economy. Being a person with multiple stock options, and multiple interests and investments in the stock market, I'm hurting from this.

I sold some stock today. I needed the money. Times are tough. And unless this bill gets passed, times won't get any better. Lets all again...just pray Congress pulls their head out of their asses and WORKS TOGETHER to get this damn bill passed.

Folks...we're in for one hell of a show.

The 700 Billion Dollar Bill Released

• The $700 billion would be disbursed in stages, with $250 billion made available immediately for the Treasury's use.
• Curbs will be placed on the compensation of executives at companies that sell mortgage assets to Treasury. Among them, companies that participate will not be allowed to offer golden parachutes to executives; they will not be able to deduct the salary they pay to executives above $500,000.
• An oversight board will be created. The board will include the Federal Reserve chairman, the Securities and Exchange Commission chairman, the Federal Home Finance Agency director and the Housing and Urban Development secretary.
• Allow for the Treasury to receive the option to take ownership stakes in participating companies under certain circumstances.
• Treasury may establish an insurance program - with risk-based premiums paid by the industry - to guarantee companies' troubled assets, including mortgage-backed securities, purchased before March 18, 2008.

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The Perspective:

Wow, simply wow. I'll say right now that I'm very, very impressed with the way Congress worked together to get this bill right. But is it right?

Not entirely. The nation is still using OUR taxpayer dollars to buyout, these greedy fucking companies. But at least the money (700 Billion) will be released in stages, making sure that this bailout plan is working.

We've got the 'golden parachutes' taken care of.(big issues for me) The executives will still be paid, but no fucking way will they be paid 22 million dollars.(as was wanted to being with)

So my fellow Americans. Now all we do is wait till tomorrow, and lets see if they pass this big fucker. If they do. Great, but only if it works. If it doesn't work.(I hope it does...we all hope it does) We are royally fucked. Prepare yourselves...for the worst.