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Obama has vowed to close Guantanamo and reject the Military Commissions Act, the 2006 law underpinning the ongoing Guantanamo tribunals. But major hurdles stand in the way of doing so, even for a new P...
[ Closed ] on 2009-07-01 EDT,
Unanswered
On Nov 1, the Japan Ocean Policy Research Foundation yesterday decided to ask the U.N. Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf to recognize that a continental shelf spanning 740,000 square ki...
[ Closed ] on 2009-07-01 EDT,
Unanswered
A growing number of software patents cover abstract principles that are essential to software development. Consider, for instance, patent 5,175,857, which covers simple and stupid concepts. A group of...
[ Closed ] on 2008-12-31 EST,
2 Ziibos Answered
Would the Cdn government be lowering/refunding passport fees in 2008?
[ End Result ]
Fees would stay as is
The auditor general has just reported today that the Canadian government is over-charging people when they apply for their Canadian passports.
According to the law, the government can only charge i...
[ Scored ] on 2008-12-31 EST
Trans fat may make food taste better and last longer, but eating them significantly causes health issue. Found in many oils and margarines, trans fats extend the shelf life of products but have been li...
[ Closed ] on 2009-01-01 EST,
1 Ziibos Answered
Even China has gotten into the act by banning the production of plastic bags beginning June 1. The bag ban has already led to the country's largest plastic bag manufacturer closing its doors. Irish gov...
[ Closed ] on 2008-12-31 EST,
Unanswered
College presidents from about 100 of the nation's best-known universities, including Duke, Dartmouth and Ohio State, are calling on lawmakers to consider lowering the drinking age from 21 to 18, saying...
[ Closed ] on 2008-12-01 EST,
Unanswered
In May 2008, a $1 billion copyright infringement lawsuit challenging YouTube's ability to keep copyrighted material off its popular video-sharing site threatens how hundreds of millions of people excha...
[ Closed ] on 2009-01-01 EST,
Unanswered
Would other Cdn provinces pass laws to seize drunk drivers' cars?
[ Predicted ]
No one will follow Ontario
(45% chance)
The Ontario provincial government has just started enforcing a law amendment that would allow authorities to sell or give away a car owned by a driver that has been involved in drinking-driving at leas...
[ Closed ] on 2008-12-31 EST,
Unanswered
The South Korea parliament has just passed a law that requires convicted sex offenders to wear a tracking device. A convicted offender may be required to wear the device for up to 10 years.
This co...
[ Closed ] on 2008-12-31 EST,
Unanswered
This prediction is inspired by this article from CNet News:
http://news.cnet.c...
"In a status report filed with Federal antitrust regulators yesterday, Microsoft said it had done much to comply wi...
[ Scored ] on 2008-10-02 EDT
"According to Industry Minister Jim Prentice, Bill C-61 will bring Canada up to date with the rest of the digital world. Here's how the fed's proposed amendment to the Copyright Act of Canada will affe...
[ Scored ] on 2008-10-01 EDT
rBay, the world's largest online auctioneer, was an unsolicited suitor to quirky Craigslist in 2004. An unnamed former Craigslist shareholder sought out eBay and sealed a deal whose financial terms wer...
[ Scored ] on 2008-09-16 EDT
In two political showdowns Thursday, Democrats in the House refused to bow to presidential pressure to pass a broad surveillance law and voted to hold two Bush aides in contempt of Congress. President ...
[ Scored ] on 2008-07-10 EDT
Will laws against polygamy be ruled unconstitutional before the end of Q2?
[ End Result ]
No, law is consitutional
The topic may seem outrageous, but this is actually happening in Bountiful, B.C., Canada.
A Mormon community in the small town of Bountiful, B.C., has had members secretly practising polygamy. The ...
[ Scored ] on 2008-07-08 EDT