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- On the evening of the day after the 2000th death gather at Vets Bldg in SF; other sites within 50 miles of Bay Area at AFSC link below http://www. afsc. org/2000/find_results. |
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- If You're a Christian, Muslim or Jew - You are Wrong - A rant over at the Huffington Post.And let's be clear about this, it IS a rant, and a beaut at that. But it's a sentiment that's run through the head of everyone who isn't a member of the three mentioned groups. No one in the mainstream media says things like this, I wonder why? The post is made. |
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- Double Plus Ungood --so there's this soldier in Iraq with a blog, All The King's Horses. He usually complains a little, tells readers about what he does, talks about the stop-loss thing that's keeping him in Iraq, etc. So, the Operation Truth site posts something by him, and the next thing you know, the blog is dead, and an unwilling public apology and retraction and statement of support for Bush and his leadership is posted. ... it breaks my heart to say that this will be my last post on this blog. |
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- Photo gallery of European storm drains. Giant, intimidating & beautiful, 148 photos in all. |
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- The 'missing masterpieces' (of literature). |
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Hooyah (Oct 23 2005 23:30 GMT) - Hooyah! "I imagine being a government contract killer who has taken an active role in an illegal and immoral invasion and occupation must be somewhat stressful. The poor - dears. My heart is struggling real hard to bleed here." Lots of folks agree with that apparently. |
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- As Brazil Votes to Ban Guns, NRA Joins the Fight. Today an estimated 122 million Brazilians will vote in a national referendum on whether to ban the sale of guns and ammunition to private citizens. |
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- The Barrison Sisters, a vaudeville act of double entendres, would raise their puffy dresses to their knees and ask the audience, ?Would you like to see my pussy?? They would reveal a kitten positioned in a pouch in their underwear. Here is a script from one of their performances. Lona Barrison, the group? |
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16 hours (Oct 23 2005 23:30 GMT) - Where'd the remaining 27% go. Researchers in Germany have finished a survey that tells them how people spend their time. With an average life-span of 78 years most time is spent sleeping with the least time spent making new people. Number crunching this research [direct image link] reveals: 5. |
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- Erection Photographs. What it says. "This site contains research information on penile erections. It also contains photos of erect penises. |
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- How Babies are Made in Germany. A book for children. (Possibly NSFW.) |
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- Office of Special Counsel Patrick J. Fitzgerald's webpage. Via Billmon |
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- Why Your Wife Won't Have Sex with You. That quack Dr. Phil says that while sex is only 10% of a marriage, it's 90% when you're not getting it. Or words to that effect. There's some truth to that. |
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- Not your Mother's pumpkins - A repost via xmutex, but who wouldn't want to carve conjoined twin or a radioactive pumpkin? I did the puking pumpkin last year and it was a hit with the kids. |
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- "This book isn't as good as Harry Potter in MY opinion, and no one can refute me. Tastes are relative!" A review of Orwell's 1984 on Amazon, from a list compiled by Matthew Baldwin at The Morning News with a selection of the funniest one-star reviews of books from Time's list of the 100 best novels. |
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- James Ussher, Archbishop of Armagh, calculated that on this day in 4004 BC the Universe was created by God. His magnum opus, Annals of the World, has recently been republished. An overview of Ussher's methodology and an account of the man by Larry Pierce, who prepared the new edition with his wife Marion. Bishop Ussher also figured in the Scopes Monkey Trial. Some people dispute Ussher's adherence to what the Bible says. |
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- The Use of Computers in Movies. High-tech computers, such as those used by NASA, the CIA, or some such governmental institution, will have easy to understand graphical interfaces. Those that don't, have incredibly powerful text-based command shells that can correctly understand and execute commands typed in plain English. |
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- BWI -Blogging While Intoxicated ... a little less dangerous than DWI, for the most part ... Can you discern a DWI rant from a sober one? What makes many famous writers alcholics? ... |
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- Taiwan ignores drug patent - To save its people from a dangerous flu, Taiwan is synthesizing a vaccine without permission. This bears a striking resemblance to a classic moral dilemma of Kohlberg's stages of moral development. Kohlberg's theory is not without criticism, including gender bias, Western-centric thinking, and external validity. Simply knowing a person's decision doesn't tell you about their stage of development; you have to know the reasoning behind it, which is hard to come by in real world situations. |
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- The *Original* King Kong Model is Animated One Last Time (large Quicktime video). |
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- Nova Science Now recently ran a segment on lightning (quicktime, real, and windows video here). I figured that subject was over and done with shortly after Franklin flew a kite, but it turns out we don't really know exactly what causes a bolt to start. The coolest part of the segment was these researchers in Florida. Scientists know how hard it was to observe, monitor, and even find lightning bolts, so these guys built their own rig. High-powered model rockets attached to a couple thousand feet of wire, which is grounded to larger metal structures on the ground. |
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- Streaming Japan. Taka Yamada's Brovision.com is a beautiful and voluminious personal video diary of Japanese life and culture. Talk with a geisha, climb to the top of Mt. Fuji, or float a paper lantern down the river. |
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- Halloween Hangman (via my dad) |
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- The Sunday Telegraph reports that a secret survey commissioned by the British Ministry of Defence shows that up to 65 per cent of Iraqi citizens support attacks and fewer than one per cent think Allied military involvement is helping to improve security in their country. |
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- When science meets art. Science writer Simon Singh was annoyed with the lyrics to British singer Katie Melua's latest single. He rewrote them to be scientifically accurate, and she sings the unfortunate result (RealAudio file). |
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- Beyond Discovery - illustrations of the path from research to human benefit |
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- Im Laufe des Sonntags bekamen die Entwickler einen von bekannten Problemen befreiten 10.4.3 Build 8F45 vorgesetzt. Entsprechend könnte das in seiner Combo-Spielart rund 100MB schwere Update schon in den kommenden Tagen von Apple zum Download freigegeben werden.... |
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- Dishwashers from Siemens, Zanussi, Maytag, Whirlpool, Hotpoint in Compare prices and buy dishwashers from UK shops - select from brands like Bosch, Hotpoint, AEG and more. |
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- Garden bridges could be just what you need to turn those mediocre garden areas into something quite splendid.A Beginners Guide To Garden Bridges |
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