January 2012
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It’s well known that America’s dependence on foreign oil forces us to partner with some pretty unsavory regimes. Take, for instance, the country that provides by far the largest share of our petroleum imports. Its regime, in thrall to big oil interests, has grown increasingly bellicose, labeling environmental activists “radicals” and “terrorists” and is considering a crackdown on nonprofits...
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Watchsix-legged, hermaphoditic lamb comin’ right up!
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January 20th, 1992. A Good Day.
It seems someone has done the leg work and determined that January 20th, 1992 was A Good Day.
I FOUND ICE CUBES ‘GOOD DAY’
CLUE 1: “went to short dogs house, they was watching Yo MTV RAPS” Yo MTV RAPS first aired on Aug 6th 1988
CLUE 2: Ice Cubes single “today was a good day” released on Feb 23 1993
CLUE 3: ”The Lakers beat the Super Sonics”
Dates between Yo MTV Raps air date AUGUST 6 1988...
PSA: if you're mentally ill don't get arrested New...
The story of Stephen Slevin’s detainment in NM without a trial and subsequent 22-month nightmare in solitary confinement for a DWI charge is straight out of Cormac McCarthy’s Border Trilogy… and that’s a really, really bad thing to be compared to.
It wouldn’t be until months later that Slevin’s sister, whose name and location [attorney Matt] Coyte did not...
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“Watch your thoughts for they become words. Watch your words for they become...”
– Margaret Thatcher (of all people). Believe it.
“This economy needs tools to recover and there’s no bigger tool than me.”
– Mitt Romney… well said.
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In defense of wheat gluten
Brian Palmer makes a pretty solid case for wheat gluten.
What’s bizarre is that there’s a much better meat substitute out there: gluten, the protein left over when you wash the starch and bran out of wheat. I know what you’re thinking, “Gluten, gluten … isn’t that the stuff that’s killing innocent celiac-afflicted children, ruining our digestion, and single-handedly destroying America?”...
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This is way to bizarre not to post
Today’s dose of the absurd… OK, stay with me here… Gordon Ramsey’s dwarf p0rn doppleganger has been found dead in a badger’s den? Wait. What?
Dwarf porn star Percy Foster who was also Gordon Ramsay’s double has been found dead in the most bizarre of circumstances, according to UK tabloids The Sunday Sport & RadarOnline.com
Percy Foster’s 107...
Patriots for Self-Deportation
http://selfdeport.org/
Comments section FTW!
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All she wants is a god damn ride on my motorcycle
Mike DeStefano was still on the rise as a comedian when he died of a heart attack at 44. He was one of the finalists on NBC’s “Last Comic Standing” and definitely stood out from the pack. He wasn’t always the funniest, but there was something direct and heartfelt about him that made you root for him, and you could feel the weight of his personal story, always. He grew up tough in the Bronx. Had...
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Long Bets →
The purpose of Long Bets is to improve long–term thinking. Long Bets is a public arena for enjoyably competitive predictions, of interest to society, with philanthropic money at stake. The Long Now Foundation furnishes the continuity to see even the longest bets through to public resolution. This website provides a forum for discussion about what may be...
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Hilarious citizen complaint of the day
A vigilant South End resident reports a crime of the font kind…
The new street signs using the Clearview font are an improvement, but this sign is incorrect. The capital A is out of proportion to the lower case letters, and it is visually jarring. The signs with all capital letters, such as at the corner of Tremont and Hanson Streets, are correctly printed and look much better. The city...
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An Optimistic History of the Next 40 Years
It’s 2012, which means you’ll be hearing more than your fair share of apocalyptic and gloomy scenarios soon. To help counteract the tide of misery, Tau Zero Foundation founder Marc Millis writes an optimistic future history of the next four decades.
“If we have learned one thing from the history of invention and discovery, it is that, in the long run – and often in the short...
Just for the record. The Fujiya & Miyagi show was fantastic.
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WatchThis show, Inside Nature’s Giants, is amazing. A beached sperm whale is used as an opportunity to better unterstand them. Incredible.
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the book that inspired The Princess Bride (i.e....
… yeah, I might have to pick this one up after reading this story about it… currently I’m reading PG Wodehouse’s Leave It To Psmith—a silly (in the good, droll British way) book—and maybe i’ll re-read Hitchhiker’s Guide while I’m at it and make it a trifecta. It’s nice to know that Goldman was American and that the British don’t...
