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9th March 2010
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As, indeed, you might expect.
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5th March 2010
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Sometimes the old ways are best.
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3rd March 2010
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A California city forces an old woman out of her home, knocks it down, and then demands that she pay $20,000 to cover the cost of demolishing the house, storing her belongings, and putting her up in a hotel.
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2nd March 2010
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Imagine the ignominy.
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1st March 2010
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Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
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28th February 2010
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What is that old phrase? “Academic politics are so vicious because the stakes are so small”?
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25th February 2010
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Some people just have too much time on their hands. This is on a par with seeing Jesus in your morning toast.
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13th February 2010
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Where the analogy breaks down is that the ‘Palestinians’, unlike the Na’vi, don’t have anything that any sane person would want.
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13th February 2010
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According to Mr Creme, in 1977 Maitreya descended from the Himalayan redoubt where he had been living with a community of ascended Masters, who are watching over mankind with a concerned eye. Since then, he has been moving largely unnoticed among us, waiting to usher in a new age of peace, wisdom and understanding.
Mr Creme had been told this by one of the community of Masters, with whom he has been in telepathic communication since 1959. This is the good news. The bad news is that the new World Teacher may not be, as many seem to believe, an English-born academic named Raj Patel, who for the last two weeks has found himself in the rather unusual position of having to deny that he is the Messiah.
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13th February 2010
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Those coins are now worth big pesos.
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4th February 2010
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27th January 2010
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22nd January 2010
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Well, really. What’s the use of being a psychotic dictator if you can’t have a secret military hideout inside a mountain? (Don’t these people every read comic books? Call themselves journalists….)
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22nd January 2010
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I don’t even have to say anything, do I?
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19th January 2010
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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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16th January 2010
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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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13th January 2010
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Wear YOUR Team Colors on the Vest!
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11th January 2010
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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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9th January 2010
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You know it had to happen.
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9th January 2010
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It’s hard out there for a pipe.
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30th December 2009
Of course.
Heather had two mommies, and they’re both bitches.
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30th December 2009
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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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30th December 2009
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The school has to pay, of course.
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28th December 2009
Oh, Lordy. Probably not safe for work.
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27th December 2009
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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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16th December 2009
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What goes around, comes around.
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15th December 2009
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Must be pretty bad when the entire team defects.
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8th December 2009
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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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29th November 2009
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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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28th November 2009
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Such people should not be encouraged to reproduce.
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25th November 2009
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16th November 2009
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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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16th November 2009
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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.
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11th November 2009
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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10th November 2009
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Some people just have too much time on their hands.
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9th November 2009
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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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7th November 2009
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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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6th November 2009
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- Thank God you don’t live in Britain.
- Without eternal vigilance, it could happen here. Probably in California.
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5th November 2009
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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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5th November 2009
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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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5th November 2009
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Admit it – it’s the perfect name.
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4th November 2009
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Sometimes the old ways are best.
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6th October 2009
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Dude, just get the flu shot, cost you $10.
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6th October 2009
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29th September 2009
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15th September 2009
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14th September 2009
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We live in amazing times.
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7th September 2009
Steve Sailer is on the case.
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