Random Linkage 2009-Jan-08 AM
- Chinese company chairwoman pleads guilty to intentional melamine contamination of dairy products - could face death or life-imprisonment
Another 17 people involved in producing, selling, buying and adding melamine in raw milk have gone on trial in the last week.
At least six children have died and more than 290,000 made ill from the contaminated milk, battering already dented faith in China-made products and prompting massive recalls around the world.
- Thirteen of the most memorable movie psychopaths
Annie is a crazed fan of author Paul Sheldon, but her obsession is not that of a normal person. Whether her intentions of keeping Paul a prisoner in her home are to keep him as some sort of trophy pet or to expedite the creation of his next novel, Annie is a horrifying, demented woman. I’ve said it before - I adore the “hobbling” scene in this movie. It’s not so much for the hobbling process itself, but for Annie’s cold, calm demeanor when she slugs Paul’s ankles with a sledgehammer. - Scientists who disagree with Al Gore’s global warming claims
- NASA reports 2003 Columbia crew had no chance for surviving explosion, outlines 30 steps to improve future space-travel safety (via TGDaily)
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