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Art Made of Fat

3rd June 2008

Read it.

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Race & Class in Ethical Consumption & Sustainability Movements

3rd June 2008

Read it.

The site is Vegans of Color.

So the semester ended for me here at Vassar, and as all the seniors moved out of their on-campus apartments they threw out a lot food. So my friends and I did the reasonable thing for a bunch of broke students who are working on campus during the summer– we grabbed our backpacks and hit the dumpsters.

I am not making this up.

I don’t think it’s a parody site, but….

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Designer of Pringles carton buried in crisp tube

2nd June 2008

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Wonder whether they ground him up and molded him into a body shape first.

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Web 2.0 Buzzword Bingo

31st May 2008

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They actually pay people to come up with this stuff.

(Well, I don’t really know that — it’s entirely possible to have it done by a computer program.)

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Nation of Islam to Police Miami

28th May 2008

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Now, this sounds like a fantastic idea; put one of the most virulent hate groups operating openly in the US in charge of fighting crime in Miami….

The fact that they aren’t real Muslims isn’t that much of a comfort.

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Environmentally Friendly Bombs Planned

27th May 2008

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Rainbow Warrior, here we come….

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Activists want chimpanzee declared a person

21st May 2008

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I would have no problem with that if, in turn, we could declare certain activists to be chimpanzees.

I mean, fair is fair.

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Two mother IVF families enshrined in law

20th May 2008

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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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Sen. Arlen Specter Demands Investigation of Spying… In The NFL

17th May 2008

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Sometimes, no amount of snark can top the real world.

I have to agree.

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Obama’s Diplomatic Partner: ‘The Hidden Imam Manages All the Affairs of the World’

16th May 2008

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Holistic moms shun commercialism

10th May 2008

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And reality, apparently.

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E-Fuel’s Micro Fueler creates Ethanol from sugar in your backyard

9th May 2008

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“You can make a mainframe / from the things you have at home.” Jeez, I haven’t thought about that song in years.

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Former man and wife remarry as two women

2nd May 2008

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

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Russian Airborne Troops Music Video

27th April 2008

Watch it.

Eat your heart out, Lee Ermey.

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Proposed bill aims to set minimum auto sound levels

10th April 2008

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Perhaps they could adopt the old system of having a guy ride ahead on a horse waving a red flag.

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A Rapist’s View of the World: Joss Whedon and Firefly

2nd April 2008

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I have no evidence that this is an April Fool joke. It’s just the sort of crap such people believe.

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Art Lebedev’s Defendius. Because unlocking doors is just a little too easy

1st April 2008

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Some people just have entirely too much time on their hands.

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The Seven Aphorisms of Summum

1st April 2008

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Wow, that’s really cosmic, man.

You can almos hear the hippies chanting ‘OM’ in the background….

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Mother And Daughter Still Blame MySpace For Not Protecting Her From Sexual Assault

1st April 2008

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Some people don’t deserve to live in a technological society.

The girl’s lawyers claim that MySpace still had a responsibility to protect the girl, even though he doesn’t explain how it can protect a girl who lied about her age and then went off to meet with a much older guy in real life.

I’m sure Shari’a has some appropriate punishment for lawyers like this — cutting their tongue out, say.

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Watch Out for That Pillow

1st April 2008

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Imagine you were a state legislator and some folks asked you to pass a law making it a crime to give advice about paint colors and throw pillows without a license. And imagine they told you that the only people qualified to place large pieces of furniture in a room are those who have gotten a college degree in interior design, completed a two-year apprenticeship, and passed a national licensing exam. And by the way, it is criminally misleading for people who practice interior design to use that term without government permission.

You might stare at them incredulously for a moment, then look down at your calendar and say, “Oh, I get it — April Fool!” Right? Wrong.

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White People in the News – March 20th, 2008

21st March 2008

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This has texture, and scope.

The New York Times is, of course, the Official House Organ of White People.

I’m somewhat disappointed that, among the Things Mentioned, they didn’t include “Looking Down Your Trendier-Than-Thou Yuppie Nose At FlyOver Country”. That really ought to be in there.

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Dallas is considers shutting off red light cams, since they’re working too well and harming revenue

15th March 2008

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You’ve got to wonder at a government that includes violation fines in its budgeting process. You would think this were the Middle Ages.

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Lawmaker apologizes for insult to unwed parents

9th February 2008

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Republicans for Hillary

5th February 2008

Read it. The day you never thought would come.

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Robert Fisk: The curious case of the forged biography

2nd February 2008

Read it. Of course, if he weren’t the sort of fellow who writes that kind of shit, people wouldn’t be so ready to believe it.

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Hello Kitty Darth Vader Tattoo

22nd January 2008

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The LapDome: tent-shaped sunscreen for your laptop

16th January 2008

Read it. Now this is just silly.

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Unpaid bills halt wiretaps by FBI

11th January 2008

Read it. I guess Federal employment goes to the lowest bidder, too.

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Permission to reincarnate, sir?

7th January 2008

Read it. Even Communists get weird in Tibet.

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Another Washington Toilet Scandal

7th January 2008

Read it. Our government cannot be parodied. It’s just impossible to keep up.

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Man follows GPS directions onto train tracks, into dummy hall of fame

4th January 2008

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President Considers A Boost to Economy

4th January 2008

Read it. Just the sort of thing we’ve come to expect from a Democrat President.

Oh, wait….

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Bill aims to protect English on the job

29th December 2007

Read it. Sounds like the basis for a new series of videos, “Bureaucrats Gone Wild”.

Paid for with your tax money, of course; we don’t want to break too much with tradition.

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The Top Ten Stupid Criminals of 2007

18th December 2007

Read it. Where Jonah Goldberg finds this stuff I have no idea.

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At the Body, Mind, and Spirit Expo

18th December 2007

Read it. It’s good that we have these things to get all of the flakes in one room where they can be identified.

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Paris Suburb Hit by Rioting Tries Healing Power of Talk

3rd December 2007

Read it. No, I’m not making this up. Sometimes you have to wonder where they find these people.

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Bask in Bumper Sticker Wisdom

16th November 2007

Read it. Where Jonah Goldberg finds this stuff I’ll never know.

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Violence Breaks Out at Terrorist Memorial

12th November 2007

Read it. Sometimes irony is a completely inadequate word.

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Obama Addresses Income Inequality

8th November 2007

Read it. I guess he’s running for Pope — not one of these things is the job of the President of the United States.

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Microsoft Wants A Patent For Saying ‘Goodbye’

7th November 2007

Read it. Words fail me.

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The Invisible Lesbian

31st October 2007

Read it. And this.

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Kenyan tribe punishes developers with curse

26th October 2007

Read it. That’ll show’em.

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Solar-powered donkey carts bring power to African villages

11th October 2007

Read it. There are so many things that I could say that I just can’t choose.

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Chinese Student Sues Microsoft; Claims WGA A Violation Of Privacy

15th September 2007

Read it. I just find this terminally amusing — some guy in a Communist dictatorship suing an American company for violation of privacy. What’s beyond irony? Titaniumy?

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iPhoneSIMfree’s end-user solution tested, it works!

10th September 2007

Read it. If you were so foolish as to buy the special Screw The User And Fill Steve’s Pockets edition (soon to be a Classic Collectible) of the iPhone, this ought to reduce the pain somewhat.

Hey, maybe $100 on top of $400 for the phone seems like a lot now, but if it saves you from those $3000 roaming bills later…?

Here’s the video.

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Heelys put to good use: energy harvesting

10th September 2007

Read it. Put that kid on the treadmill….

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Lebanon Kills Hundreds, Destroys Camp, World Yawns

4th September 2007

Read it. So if we hire the Lebanese Army to take over in Iraq….

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A winning argument in la la land

29th August 2007

Read it. I wonder if you have to pay admission to cross the California state line?

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Illinois: Lesbian Is a Finalist for Bishop

29th August 2007

Read it. Wonder how she’ll do in the swimsuit competition.

Episcopalian, of course. Wonder if they every thought about auditioning for Saturday Night Live? They’ve got the parody of a Christian church part down pat.

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Recycle bin hard drive stores your deletions, mimics a trash can

26th August 2007

Read it. As George Carlin says in his comedy routine, if you nail together two thing that have never been nailed together before, some schmuck out there will buy it.

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