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Guilty Pleasures
2007-07-02 20:07:00
Some of you may be relieved to see Guilty Pleasures returning. The past few days haven't exactly been appropriate for celebrity gossip, plus all the normal gossip sites seemed to have screeched to a halt. In fact I normally use two or three sources for all of my news but today my normal outlets weren't providing anything of interest so I'm linking to some new sites. Perhaps new blood is just what we need.Jessica Biel is not a plastic bag. Well, she may not be one but she has all the personality of one. The bag is latest thing to sweep the Hollywood fad followers. I like the environmental message but hate that it's simply a ploy to get attention.Eva Longoria is on vacation and wearing a bathing suit that belongs on the worst-dressed list. Not to mention the extreme cameltoe (don't ask me to post that picture).You know its a slow news day when Sarah Michelle Gellar somehow reappears on a red carpet. She looks like she has been using the same "stylist" (yuck) as Victoria Beckham. ...
More About: Britney Spears , David Beckham

Something Before Bed XIX
2007-07-02 07:10:00
This video clip has made its way around the internet a lot lately concerning the release of the Queen B (for bitch) from jail. You may or may not have seen it, either way, it's what I'm leading with.Mika Brzezinski, if you ever read this, you are my hero.I've been toying with the idea of posting a few reviews of software that I use. To be honest I have a lot of really interesting add-ons and Windows manipulating software that I think the rest of the world would benefit from. First off I want to teach my readers how to block ads and the like in Firefox. If you don't use Firefox then most of the software I intend to write about won't be of use to you.Tonight I was directed to a new French program that pretty much shocked and amazed me. I won't mention the name yet considering I'm still testing it to make sure it really works but it truly is a new way of looking at computer security.Tomorrow Motiveless Crime will return to its regular segments. It appears that weekends aren't e...
More About: Thing , Fore , Some

Motiveless Crime Presidential Election '08
2007-07-02 03:55:00
To start the new segment off right we have to put the 2008 United States President ial Race into perspective. What makes this election different? Who is running, so far? It is also imperative that we present the entire scope, from electoral votes per state to the tentative time line of events to come. Basics are what makes an election possible, so making an informed decision must also be built upon them.Fast Facts:The 2008 Presidential Election will be the 55th consecutive election in US history.The election will determine the 44th President of the United States of America.In order to win the election the candidates must win 270 electoral votes which are distributed based on the 2000 Census. A map of the electoral distribution is show on the right.The 2008 election will be the first election since 1928 where an incumbent isn't running (either VP or President).It has been estimated that the total expenses incurred for the race will be roughly $1 billion dollars.Analysts agree that fo...
More About: Crime , Motive

Motiveless Crime News Headlines
2007-07-01 22:17:00
The events of the past few days have been almost entirely focused on the supposed terrorist attacks in London and Glasgow. The government agencies involved have arrested a total of five people in connection to the attacks but are not releasing any new information. Three others are being sought and it is believed the cell responsible is being controlled by a person going by the name "Mr Big". Instead of regurgitating the same news over, check my post from yesterday concerning the incidents.Since today's news is an attempt to catch-up on things I'll be dividing the news into sections.WorldUS airstrikes kill 65 civiliansUS and NATO forces began a bombing campaign that ended with 65 civilians dead, the majority of which were children. The air bombing was part of a larger attempt at killing or driving out Taliban forces in the area which have returned in new and larger numbers. The total number of dead is still unknown because the areas bombed were rather remote. Multiple districts wer...
More About: News , Bush , Crime , George W

Conspiracy Theory
2007-07-01 07:02:00
Motiveless Crime presents this theory. It is a brainstorming web based on events in the past few days. Comments are more than welcome.Motiveless Crime is on the rise.
More About: George W , Al Qaeda , Theory , Conspiracy , Conspiracy Theory

MCNH Shorthand/Motiveless Crime Announcements
2007-07-01 00:22:00
Motiveless Crime will not be presenting Guilty Pleasures for the day due to the terrorist attack at the Glasgow Airport.Yesterday I stated that I believed that the attempted attacks in London were only the beginning. My suspicions were confirmed when a Jeep Grand Cherokee rammed into Terminal 1 at Glasgow. Witnesses have reported that the Jeep rammed into a cement barricade, already smoking (which police are reporting may be due to Molotov cocktails being set off in the car) before two men emerged from the car. One man attempted to flee the scene but was tackled by a civilian and then contained by numerous police.The second man emerged from the car, walked to the back and removed a tank of gasoline that he used to dose himself before setting himself on fire. He was tackled as well but not before causing major burn damage to himself. He was then transferred to a hospital where a short time later the building was evacuated when a detonation device was found on his person. A third bod...
More About: Bush , Scotland , George W

Something Before Bed XVIII
2007-06-30 06:51:00
If you haven't already seen this, it is worth the time. It is an interesting concept though one I doubt will ever come to fruition. The governments of the world would never allow its people to be controlled by companies unless they controlled the companies. Ultimately the missing piece of the puzzle is state interference. How would that change the line of events in this video? The shocking part is how definite the message is...as if it really was sent from the future, which the creator tried to imply at the end. Then again this isn't The 4400.After the car bombs and Prometeus I figured something light and short is in order.
More About: Pixar , Thing , Fore , Some

Motiveless Crime News Headlines
2007-06-30 06:04:00
Fear of al-Qaeda campaign after explosive find in second MercedesBritish Police Say Two Car Bombs Found in London 'Clearly Linked'NYC Ups Security After London Bomb ScareThe Headlines for today are going to be entirely focused on the car bomb(s?) planted in London's West End today. An Islamic website's forum warned of the oncoming attack which was luckily monitored by anti-terrorism groups. I will not be commenting on this turn of events until tomorrow. This, I fear, is only the beginning.
More About: News , Crime , Al Qaeda , Line

Guilty Pleasures
2007-06-30 04:17:00
Not that much happened today on the celebrity gossip front so today's Guilty Pleasures will be rather short.David Beckham is already becoming the bane of the LA Galaxy soccer team because of the media-circus that seems to follow him everywhere (and that he pays for). Apparently latest reports have it that Dave-the-Tool-Beckham will have his own personal changing room which is somehow validated by the presence of cell phone cameras in the locker room. Apparently the Tool is worried that someone will take a picture of his tool and it will hit the presses. Of course Beckham denies the rumors that he had any idea such a setup was in the plans. Word has it that the Galaxy stadium has now developed an A-List section reserved for Beckham family friends and hangers-on such as Tom-the-Big-Mo-Cruise and his Stepford Wife Katie Holmes . It is LA after all.Britney Spears got in her car and drove to Valencia today. She approached a trailer from which her mother emerged (being on the set for her ...
More About: Tom Cruise , Sharon Stone

Something Before Bed XVII
2007-06-29 06:48:00
The video is done in the style that I have grown to love in viral videos that make political stances. When I first watched the video I couldn't help but think that the issue of trusted computing is rather similar to believing in your government's administration and its ability to make decisions for its people. What is a threat and what is safe? Who decides?It may appear that Some thing Before Bed is very serious today but this short clip of Hillary Clinton is both political commentary and hilarious.
More About: Democrat , Thing , Fore

Countdown to iPhone
2007-06-29 06:11:00
The iPhone will be released tomorrow and if you are like me you will be more than happy to see it happen, not because you want one but so people will stop waiting as if it is the second coming. Of course some people have nicknamed the phone the "Jesus Phone" which is really kind of pathetic when you think about it. Normally I consider iPhone news to be the bottom of the barrel which is why it always ends the Motiveless Crime News Headlines. But today the number of articles flooding the virtual news market each had something different to say about the cell phone to end all cell phones, which forced my hand into making it a separate post.Bullet point style seems the best way to convey my distaste for having to report any of this.The iPhone is only supposed to be sold after 6 P.M. EST.Apple has began to trickle out information regarding the EDGE network that most of the iPhone's possible buyers have questioned.It will run the Safari internet browser (eek).The phone will make it possib...
More About: Iphone , Countdown

Motiveless Crime News Headlines
2007-06-29 04:21:00
50 Killed in Iraq ViolenceThe violence in Iraq is reaching new and more bloody heights today after a total of 50 bodies were found. Police found 20 beheaded bodies on a riverbank near a Sunni village. Following that startling discovery another car bomb exploded at a bus station during morning rush hour, killing 20 civilians and wounding over 40 more. Mortars rained down in the Shorja commerical district of Baghdad, killing two. A roadside bomb killed four soldiers (3 British, 1 US). Yet again Operation Arrowhead Ripper is killing more than helping anything.Bush wants Castro to disappear"One day the good Lord will take Fidel Castro away," was the most literate sentence that President George W. Bush said when responding to a question fielded at Naval War College today. Castro has long been a problem for US Presidents due to his long-lived reign and resistance to US demands on how to control his territory. Castro is now 80 and has accused Bush of signing off on an assassination attempt...
More About: News , Crime , Barack Obama

FBI Limits Student Rights
2007-06-28 22:58:00
A while back I wrote an article concerning the FBI telling major university administrators to be on the lookout for any students or faculty that could possibly be spies and/or terrorists. You can find the article, here. Apparently the FBI has been up to much more.FBI wants students to stop travelingFBI to restrict student freedomsFBI warns colleges of terror threatThe FBI wants to label academics and students as possible enemy combatants or moles and is now asking major universities and technical colleges across the country to limit student rights. So far reports are in that the FBI has asked colleges such as Boston University and the University of Massachusetts to limit student access to ?sensitive? research. They have set forward a few rules that administrators should take into consideration (strong arm tactics).One of the latest FBI actions has been to tell colleges to deter students from leaving the country on holiday or having friends overseas. They fear that these students c...
More About: Student , Rights , Limits

Guilty Pleasures
2007-06-28 21:23:00
Previously Guilty Pleasure s has started off with something about Paris Hilton. I'm kind of sick of her so her "news" will be at the bottom of the page...News about Lindsay Lohan's curb-wreck that sent her running to vacation (rehab) hasn't been readily available since the red-headed menace went AWOL. Luckily today law enforcement sources are reporting that Lohan had twice the legal limit of alcohol in her system, plus cocaine! Big shocker, I know. I love how everyone harps on the cocaine but forgets to mention that she is still 20. Who was serving her? It isn't like there isn't a detailed account of her club hopping and bar schmoozing.To top it off someone needs to tell Ms. Lohan that combining alcohol and cocaine produces cocaethylene, a chemical compound caused by the liver mixing the two drugs together. Cocaethylene greatly raises the chances of drug death and the mixture of both is the cause of the majority of drug-related emergency room visits in the US. Look it up if you ...
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Motiveless Crime News Headlines
2007-06-28 20:20:00
Yesterday's Motiveless Crime News Headlines was saved as a draft copy instead of actually being published. I'm not really sure how this happened because I remember trying to publish it. Of course this is Beta. I'm posting it now because of the many emails asking where it went!Riots in Iran following fuel rationingOne of yesterday's major headlines concerned a large number of riots that happened in Iran over the day due to fuel rationing that was put into effect with a mere three hours warning. Citizens took to the streets and the chaos eventually led to 19 petrol stations being lit afire. This latest surge of outbreaks is only part of the anger sweeping the country since Mahmoud Ahmadinejad took office two years ago. Ahmadinejad promised to place "oil income on people's tables." So far that promise has only come true for the people higher on the food chain. Apparently lines of cars for miles started forming trying to beat the three hour deadline.One can't help but imagine what...
More About: Phone , Angora Fire , Liz Claiborne

Something Before Bed XVI
2007-06-28 06:00:00
This video came to my attention today when one of my readers referred it to me via email. Obviously they are playing off of a very 1984, Orwellian principle. Its an interesting video but I really can't help but wonder why Clinton is the bad guy...I mean woman...being politically correct can really be a b*tch.I remember when this advertisement first came out. It was an interesting idea for an ad. I immediately began to question if the people crying were actors or not. In the end it doesn't really matter because it is a one minute long commercial that somehow pulls on a heart string. But there is another side:Oddly enough, I know a few of the Greenpeace workers from when I worked in NYC.Motiveless Crime is on the rise.
More About: Something , Thing , Fore , Some

The Sitcom Lie
2007-06-28 01:42:00
I watch an episode of Friends every day. I know I should probably be ashamed of this but the truth is it?s a coping mechanism. There are many reasons that people continue to watch and warrant endless reruns of shows that have long ago been canceled. Some people watch it because the television shows that replaced sitcoms such as Friends, Will & Grace and Frasier are celluloid crap. Others find the shows? familiarity and 90's political correctness comforting in a world where the man next to you on the bus could be a terrorist. For me it?s both of those reasons plus the fact that I've always found the relationships on 90's sitcoms to be lies, albeit lies I'm more than willing to eat up.Friends was a study in contradictions. Six friends living in New York, across the hall from each other, manage to afford apartments 5 times the size of any other NYC apartment. It?s amazing because all of these characters are interesting but lack any evil tendencies. There is no villain and when th...
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Guilty Pleasures
2007-06-27 23:48:00
Today's Guilty Pleasure s will not be overwhelmed with Queen B (for bitch) news. Only one news article concerning Paris Hilton will appear today, thankfully.Paris Hilton has been blacked out of US Weekly. The tabloid's issue for the week won't even be mentioning the heiress because they felt that the American people were sick of her. People magazine on the other hand has her on the cover. I think we should all agree to ignore her until she leaves the country.Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Phillippe attended a school function for one of their kids. Insiders are saying the two barely spoke to each other during the performance and upon exit Reese walked ahead of Ryan looking somewhat chilling. Oh and Ryan is dressed like a drunk homeless man.Michael Lohan, Lindsay's father gave a press release this week concerning his attempts at gaining visitation with the Lohan children. Why is this news? Because he misspelled Lindsay's name (Lyndsay). Wow.Does anyone else remember when Britney Spear...
More About: Sure

Something Before Bed XV
2007-06-27 05:54:00
Makes you wonder what the government knows about you. While these films come from an English standpoint its obvious that they are applicable worldwide.To wrap the day up I have to post something from Ariel Levy. Now that is a feminist...
More About: Something , Thing , Fore , Some

MCNH Shorthand
2007-06-27 03:47:00
After having watched the international news pulse today there are only four major stories: Paris Hilton's release, the upcoming iPhone release, the Lake Tahoe wildfire and drug trafficking. Therefore Motiveless Crime will be presenting todays headlines in MCNH Short hand.Obviously I won't be covering Paris Hilton anymore. If you want that kind of news check the Guilty Pleasures for today.The UN released a document today detailing how global production and illicit use of illegal substances has declined greatly but ultimately one major global hot spot continues to grow in its production of opium: Afghanistan . A decade ago the war torn country produced half of the opium that it does now. The UN report also stated that Afghanistan is poised to take the throne for the most opium exported in the world and also touches on the fact that Europe's cocaine use has greatly increased. Apparently the report's conclusions cover every illicit drug except heroin which seems unfazed to UN controls...
More About: Apple , United Nations

Guilty Pleasures
2007-06-27 01:23:00
Obviously today's trashy celebrity gossip is going to revolve around Paris Hilton. You can't really escape the Queen B (for bitch) today, after all she spent all those horrid nights in her hole for driving under the influence. And somehow she emerges looking like nothing happened, smiling and the American public treats her as if she has been to war. Then again the American soldiers that return from the war aren't even treated this heroically. Due to my extreme distaste for Paris Hilton I will be abridging her headlines for the day in my typical fashion.Apparently last night the under sheriff that had control over Hilton's move to and fro jail stated on Larry King that Judge Sauer said Hilton was conning her doctors. Big surprise.Paris drew a nice card with a sweet message for Harvey Levin. First of all, the picture looks like something a 7 year-old would draw. Second, the handwriting looks like that of a 7 year-old. Has anyone tested Paris to see if she is smarter than a 7 year-...
More About: Guilty Pleasures , Sure , Pleasure , Guilty

Tony Blair and Arnold Schwarzenegger?
2007-06-26 19:24:00
Today is Tony Blair 's last full day in office. Many elected officials try to push through last minute legislation on their last day, or spend it wandering through Buckingham Palace or kicking themselves for ever going into Iraq. But not Tony, Tony is currently meeting with Arnold. No, it is not a joke. Apparently they met to discuss environmental issues. I'm sure Arnold brought his dictionary just in case Blair used words with more than two syllables.All jokes aside, Schwarzenegger and Blair are both very concerned with climate change. Someone has to be.
More About: Arnold Schwarzenegger

Something Before Bed XIV
2007-06-26 06:22:00
Paris Hilton is slated for release from Lynwood tomorrow. Hence, this video:And to wrap the day up please enjoy this parody of the Mac commercials that have been popular in the past few years.Tomorrow look forward to the standard segments plus the new presidential race segment and a response to recent FBI warnings given to universities telling students to stop traveling abroad.Motiveless Crime is on the rise.
More About: Something , Thing , Fore , Some

Motiveless Crime News Headlines
2007-06-26 03:46:00
Faith-based Initiative scores a winSo the First Amendment took a hit today. George W. Bush got his way when a faith based initiative passed through the U.S. Supreme Court allowing government sponsored events that explain to religious institutions how they can easily gain government funding. Funny, most music and drama teachers would also love to go to that kind of conference but they don't get the invites that religious officials do. The government obviously believes faith is more important than education.'Anbar model' under fireA suicide bomber approached a group of tribal Sheikhs and detonated his explosive laden belt, killing four high ranking Sheikhs that were connected to US attempts at arming Sunni tribes in western Iraq. The attempted infiltration of Sunni groups had initially lowered the number of attacks on any given day but today's bombing made it clear that the fight is a lost cause if leaders continue to be killed so mercilessly. Most are calling the plan too dangero...
More About: News , Crime , United Nations

Linkin Park, Minutes to Midnight Review
2007-06-26 02:43:00
Linkin Park has a tendency to either please their fans or utterly disappoint them. As the saying goes, you can't please everyone but damned if they don't try on their latest album, Minutes to Midnight . Linkin Park's first two mainstream albums were met with a large following of mostly angry and loud teenagers who loved the mix of rap and metal (plus the screaming). Many called their second album, Meteora, a simple sequel to Hybrid Theory, an album that the band is constantly expected to duplicate or return to. Minutes to Midnight tries to allow the band to grow into a new sector while at the same time leaves one or two songs that continue the screaming which was probably a hopeful attempt at all of their fans who continue to devote themselves to Hybrid Theory.Minutes to Midnight is the most polished and complete album that LP has ever put forward. They stick with their attempt to tell stories with their songs, with generalist tendencies and begin the album with their trademark in...
More About: Review , Linkin Park

Guilty Pleasures
2007-06-25 21:59:00
A certain trashy tabloid reported that crew members filming some stupid reality show staring the Beckhams and their move to America stated that Victoria Beckham was rude, picky, full-of-herself and demanding. Lawyers for the Beckhams fought back pointing out that the article was published before filming had even begun...ouch.Hanson...mmmbop...yeah, those guys. Well apparently they are doing something. I don't care to really read about it.Xtina wants to follow in Britney and Mariah's footsteps and is currently scouting scripts to begin an already tragic acting career. Christina will go on to support as a hooker in a fledgling indie film directed by Simon Rex who will leave the set due to "irreconcilable differences in artistic vision" (translation: Christina smells and can't act). The film will flop in the box office but will have a strong internet pirate following mainly because of her topless robot sex scene. Xtina will be so ashamed that she will board her spacecraft and fly ba...
More About: Guilty Pleasures , Sure , Pleasure , Guilty

MCNH Shorthand -- Monday Morning Quarterback Edition
2007-06-25 20:08:00
Yesterday's Motiveless Crime News Headlines wasn't posted due to computer/server issues. Because too much happened to ignore, I am therefore putting it forward today in MCNH Shorthand. Make no mistake, this is yesterday's news.6 UN peacekeeping soldiers killedThree Colombian soldiers and three Spanish soldiers were killed in Lebanon when a roadside bomb blew their convoy up, harming two other officials. No group has come forward andtaken responsibility from the attack, which took place close to the Israel border. The actual cause of the explosion has yet to be determined but many are already calling it a premeditated terrorist attack. Lebanon militants have been threatening peacekeepers for some time now but hadn't acted on any of the threats before.Over 230 killed in Pakistan floodsHeavy wind and rain have claimed the lives of over 230 Pakistani citizens this past weekend. Most deaths occurred in the Karachi area. Monsoon rains hit about this time every year and commonly claim ...
More About: Afghanistan , United Nations , Barack Obama

Something Before Bed XIII
2007-06-25 06:17:00
I have no words.Tomorrow I'll be writing a review on Linkin Park 's latest album Minutes to Midnight. There are a lot of ways that political commentary can be expressed. People read the newspaper and watch TV, they even take bits and pieces of advertising as truth. But there is a marked denial when it comes to political stances made in the music spectrum. The video that Linkin Park puts forward for their first single "What I've Done" shows that the band has more important aspirations than shouting lyrics of teenage angst. But does anyone listen?Motiveless Crime is on the rise.
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Motiveless Crime Announcements
2007-06-25 03:49:00
Motiveless Crime has been experiencing a large number of technical difficulties in the past few days. Initially schedule conflicts made updating difficult, then weather began to mess with the server and today it was topped off with a template issue which almost lost half of the blogs formatting. Luckily things seem to be back on track for the day and the next week promises to hold many new and exciting articles and segments.Motiveless Crime will resume its standard segments tomorrow and hopefully everything will remain on track in the future.This video has been around the internet a million times but it still manages to make me laugh every time.
More About: Motive , Rime , Anno

Something Before Bed XII
2007-06-24 05:52:00
The second and more popular viral campaign for Ron Paul . The more quotes I read and the more articulate he seems the more I'm attracted to him as a candidate. Is that the point? Are these ads created so that they lull you into a false sense of safety with this new candidate...or is he for real?Either way I support a reinstatement (yes, they no longer exist) of civil liberties:Motiveless Crime is on the rise.
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