Music lovers in China have been banned from accessing and using Apple’s iTunes store because 46 Olympic athletes downloaded a Tibet protest album. The government is said to be behind the blocking of the site. Athletes from Beijing, North America and Europe used iTunes to download “Songs For Tibet” which was offered for free from the United States-based International Campaign for Tibet.

The album was produced by a band, The Art of Peace Foundation, and is about the rights of Tibetans. Artists on the album include Sting, Moby, Damien Rice plus others. It launched a few days before the opening ceremonies.

China is known for blocking “politically sensitive content” and Apple won’t explain but did acknowledge the block. Plenty of Chinese are offended by the album and are planning protests. What else could they possibly ban next?

I may have agreed with him if he said this stuff about A.D.D., but autism? That shit is no joke man. I wouldn’t have believed he said this shit if I didn’t hear it myself. Now you can hear it yourself too:

Lab coats aren’t typically synonymous with danger, but that may be beginning to change in Santa Cruz. A biomedical researcher and faculty member from UCSC was recently the victim of home invasion by animal rights activists who objected to her use of animal testing in cancer research. While the faculty member was not herself injured, her husband was struck with an “unknown object” and the event reportedly left her young children “terrified.” The masked bandits, believed to be students, are currently still at large.

The audacity of this activist zeal is partly admirable, but in this case the execution of doctrine must be questioned. Can violating the sanctity of a stranger’s home and inflicting torment upon its inhabitants be justified by the amalgamation of publicity and national notoriety? Regardless of how you might answer it is interesting to note that despite all this commotion the researcher will continue to research, and the activists will continue to “actively” dissent.

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In a hearty farewell to Kosovo, who declared its independence last Sunday and broke away from Serbia to “do it’s own thing,” those wacky Serbs decided they’re throwing one hell of a going away party. Thousands are flooding the streets, setting fires, totally going off at police stations, NATO facilities and most recently, the US Embassy in Belgrade. Sweet nuts! They even partied up at the Croatian Embassy AND a McDonalds!

Groups also broke into a McDonald’s restaurant and demolished the interior. A number of other shops were also ransacked and people were seen carrying off running shoes, track suits and other sporting goods from a department store.

Drunken Serb protesters in new track suits, that’s some solidarity. “Hey Kosovo, hate to see you go, but love to watch you leave…”