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The Sun appears to have got the shock news from blinkbox.com, which suggested that the $1bn box office barrier acts as a trigger for movie-based sprogbranding. A spokesman offered: “Past the $100m barrier, the chances of a film’s star lending their name to a child increase.”

As the gene pool slowly degenerates….

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This ornate weapon of antiqued cast metal and high carbon stainless steel could pass for either sidearm or spaceship.

I defy any human being to carry this more than 30 seconds without cutting himself. More of an AlGore knife than a Bowie knife.

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Wear YOUR Team Colors on the Vest!

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Experts at Mumbai’s National Institute of Immunohaematology believe Pashtuns could be one of the ten “Lost Tribes of Israel”.

Or maybe not.

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You know it had to happen.

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It’s hard out there for a pipe.

Of course.

Heather had two mommies, and they’re both bitches.

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A devout Rockland County couple is suing the New York Archdiocese for barring their daughter from attending a Catholic preschool because she hasn’t been fully vaccinated.

The couple, who filed the suit anonymously, charges they’re being subjected to religious discrimination and are seeking a court order allowing their 4-year-old to attend the St. Margaret School in Pearl River after the archdiocese turned down their request for a religious exemption.

I was under the impression that ‘religious discrimination’ was sort of the whole point behind having Catholic schools. Shows how much I know.

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The school has to pay, of course.

Oh, Lordy. Probably not safe for work.

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Smart, responsive and elegant, the Copenhagen Wheel is a new emblem
for urban mobility. It transforms ordinary bicycles quickly into hybrid e-bikes that also
function as mobile sensing units. The Copenhagen Wheel allows you to capture
the energy dissipated while cycling and braking and save it for when you need
a bit of a boost. It also maps pollution levels, traffic congestion,
and road conditions in real-time.

Soon to be an entry in the Stuff White People Like web site, I suspect.

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What goes around, comes around.

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Must be pretty bad when the entire team defects.

I want one of these hats.

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Hey, guys, appreciate the lift and the hunting ban.

Miss Arkless said: “He was so casual. He left under the ticket barrier and toward the bus station exit. Maybe he was trying to catch the last bus home.

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The Royal Navy is regularly allowing Somalian pirates to go free because of the risk they would claim asylum if prosecuted in Europe.

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Such people should not be encouraged to reproduce.

Darwin Award candidate.

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Many people talk about living in the past, but I guess the French have found a way to do it.

I strongly suspect that there are some legal advantages, as well, but I’m a cynical old coot.

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The married British ambassador in Yemen, where adultery is punishable with death by stoning, has moved his pregnant mistress into the official residence after his wife of 23 years returned home.

Tyler Cowen has too much time on his hands.

If you type in “is it wrong to” the first suggestion is “is it wrong to sleep with your cousin.”  Number two is (yes, I tested it in Google): “Is it wrong to sleep with your step dad after your mom dies.”  If you type in “is it unethical to,” the first suggestion is “is it ethical to sell customer information.”  Next comes a question about animal experimentation.

Being an academic economist appears to be an untaxing and leisurely career.

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Some people just have too much time on their hands.

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The security chief for Missouri-based Joyce Meyer Ministries has been charged with the murder of his wife and family, and lawyers pursuing a wrongful-death case now say they want to include the financially successful ministry as a defendant.

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A former FDA chief sounds the alarm about dangerously delicious food.

David Kessler is the Joycelyn Elders of the food and drug business.

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1. Thank God you don’t live in Britain.
2. Without eternal vigilance, it could happen here. Probably in California.

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A gang made off with 80 kilograms of flour after police set up a drugs sting but went home before their targets arrived.

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One would have thought that the laws against counterfeiting would be sufficient. But I guess bureaucrats have to follow the manual however laughable the result.

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Admit it – it’s the perfect name.

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Sometimes the old ways are best.

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Dude, just get the flu shot, cost you $10.

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We live in amazing times.

Steve Sailer is on the case.

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These are, indeed, the Last Times.

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And give up any thought of ever holding a security clearance or running for public office in a Red State.

It does, however, fit on your resume if you want to be a teacher, community organizer, or Rainbow Coalition race pimp.

There is balance in all things.

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We introduce a basic model for zombie infection, determine equilibria and their stability, and illustrate the outcome with numerical solutions. We then refine the model to introduce a latent period of zombification, whereby humans are infected, but not infectious, before becoming undead. We then modify the model to include the effects of possible quarantine or a cure. Finally, we examine the impact of regular, impulsive reductions in the number of zombies and derive conditions under which eradication can occur.

Hey — tenure doesn’t grow on trees, you know.

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We all know what a disaster a sunburned penguin would be. The PETA people would have a cow, not that there’s anything wrong with that.

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No animals were harmed in the making of this phone.

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You knew it was coming.

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You knew it had to happen.

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Living proof that some people have too much time on their hands.

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I wonder whether he yelled “Fire!” in a Tommy Smothers voice?

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The difference between reality and fiction is that fiction has to be pausible.

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A car salesman used his kung fu expertise to kill his partner, an executive with Mercedes, after she announced she was leaving him for her married boss.

Soon to be a major motion picture.

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Ah, those collection societies just never learn, do they? We’ve discussed in the past how ASCAP once threatened the Girl Scouts for singing songs around the campfire, but in the past few years it’s been ASCAP’s counterpart in the UK that’s been in the news the most for things like threatening small business owners after calling them on the phone and saying they hear music in the background or threatening a stable owner for playing the radio to her horses. I guess ASCAP was feeling a bit left out. Its latest move is to claim that legally purchased ringtones on mobiles phones, playing in public places, represents a public performance for which it is owed royalties. Songwriters and music publishers already are paid royalties on ringtone purchases, but ASCAP is claiming that buying the file is entirely different than “the performance” (i.e., the phone ringing).

Gee, what does that sound like? Perhaps like the whining about the voice features in the new Kindle?