I wanted to report this earlier, but some health issues at home got in the way of a timelier post. Last week, I wrote about billionaire Alki David’s plans to live-stream the assisted suicide/euthanasia of a Russian cancer patient. Well, there was a broadcast. But it was an elaborate hoax. The story is at TechExclusive.net: … Continue reading Update: “Live-Streamed” Assisted Suicide A Hoax
This first got my attention earlier this week, when a single news item from Shockya.com showed up in my news feed, titled Assisted Suicide Will Be Broadcast Live on BattleCam: Billionaire Alki David has paid the family of terminal brain cancer patient Nikolai Ivanisovich for the rights to stream his assisted suicide on BattleCam. The … Continue reading Breaking News: Billionaire Buys the Rights to Livestream Assisted Suicide of Cancer Patient
Diane Coleman Transitioning to New Role as CEO of Not Dead Yet in August Most readers of this blog and anyone else who is familiar with NDY knows that Diane Coleman is the founder and President of the group. On August 1, 2011, Diane Coleman will transition to a new role as the full time … Continue reading GREAT NEWS: Diane Coleman Transitioning to New Role as CEO of Not Dead Yet in August
Roger Ebert surprised me. He tweeted this post. As a result, there were well over one thousand more visits here than is the norm on that day. The visitor rate is still running high, although not that high. Thankfully, there are far fewer comments from the group coming by way of Roger Ebert’s tweet than … Continue reading Answering Some of Roger Ebert’s (and Kevorkian’s) Fans
After having pissed off just about every active alcoholic – and people who love them – Roger Ebert came out today with a blog essay that I’m sure he thought would be a crowd pleaser. Today’s blog essay is titled “Now I lay me down to sleep.” The short version goes like this – Robert … Continue reading Apparently Roger Ebert Thinks Docudramas are Factual – A Response to “Now I lay me down to sleep”
