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Sisyphus Shrugged
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lordy. (Oct 24 2004 17:59 GMT) - Apparently he couldn't get them to move Florida far enough offshore to justify using a jet.also at digby's place: "We will fight the noun in the dictionaries and thesauri, in the websites and books, in the encyclopediae and in the card catalogs. We will defend ourselves from the concept, and however many other peoples' children have to die, we will never surrender." Yummy doubleplusungoodness! |
TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home
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A typo that won't make the New Yorker (Oct 24 2004 17:56 GMT) - The ever-tasteful New Yorker Magazine magazine has spotted many amusing typos in mere newspapers. But here is one that you presumably won't see there: BEIJING, Oct. 24 (Xinhuanet) -- New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer's office now shits their attention to the music industry, particularly its practices for influencing what songs are heard on the public airwaves.This gem--corrected by now? |
Boston Common
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Tim McCarver on foreign relations (Oct 24 2004 17:55 GMT) - "I would imagine Sweden would have a very short baseball season, what with the weather up there." MRhe quotes and comments on another McCarver observation: "I think even Tim Wakefield would say that Tim Wakefield got to Tim Wakefield tonight."Tim... |
Traffic: Stationary in motion
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Shoot, saves and upload? (Oct 24 2004 17:54 GMT) - The only possible advantage of living in a small country was rudely removed from list when the rest of the world board the same bus and simply refuse/ignore your tiny request to alight, for the next four stops. Not like anyone even visit this site. However in case you are, could ... |
IBLNEWS.COM, EL DIARIO ONLINE EN ESPAÑOL
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Las corridas de toros llegan a China (Oct 24 2004 17:54 GMT) - Los matadores Guillermo Albán, José Ignacio Ramos e Iván García, ecuatoriano el primero y españoles los dos últimos, protagonizaron ayer la primera corrida de toros que se celebrará en China. Saltaron al ruedo con música de pasodoble tocada por una banda china, lidiaron tres toros mexicanos y fueron vitoreados por aficionados tocando pequeños gongs. |
Meerkat: An Open Wire Service
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Yahoo Shuts Down Their PayPal Competitor (Oct 24 2004 17:54 GMT) - LostCluster writes "MSNBC and ZDnet are both reporting that Yahoo and HSBC have announced a shutdown plan for their PayDirect service which was their rival to PayPal. Since CitiBank abandoned their c2it service last year, PayPal now seems to be a monopoly by default." There are other players in this field, though, like bidpay and worldpay. |
WiccanWeb.ca
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Wicca moves into the mainstream (Oct 24 2004 17:53 GMT) - Wiccans are smashing stereotypes as their movement matures. Throughout the country Wiccans are organizing congregations and youth groups, training clergy, pursuing charity work, sharing pagan parentin... |
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