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Archive for December, 2008

Hey, New York Times! “You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.”

22nd December 2008

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You mean “Muslim” isn’t a race? Whoda thunkit?

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Mosquito helps police in stolen car investigation

22nd December 2008

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I am not making this up.

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Blind man navigates obstacle course using ‘blindsight’

22nd December 2008

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A useful skill for when whining Muslims get all seeing-eye dogs eliminated.

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Scorpion Queen holds scorpion in mouth for two minutes

22nd December 2008

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Just in case you were wondering. I know I was.

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Nerf dart gun hacked into pulverizing chaingun

22nd December 2008

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We have the technology.

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Boy, five, drowns in hotel swimming pool on trip to Disneyland Paris

22nd December 2008

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Let that be a lesson to us all.

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Santa brawl leaves two in hospital

22nd December 2008

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Change you can believe in.

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Teenage thief who stole £25,000 of lead from Rochester cathedral is ordered to repay only £1

22nd December 2008

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That’s the new Britain for you.

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For Conservative Radio, It’s a New Dawn, Too

22nd December 2008

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After eight years of playing defense for President Bush, the conservatives who dominate talk radio are back on offense.

Well, yeah. I, for one, am looking forward to it.

Fred Thompson, the “Law & Order” star turned presidential candidate, will begin hosting a two-hour show in March, as the syndicator Westwood One is expected to announce this week. Mr. Thompson’s show would take the place of Mr. O’Reilly’s.

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South Africa Becomes Net Food Importer

22nd December 2008

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The democratically elected government of South Africa is forcing white farm owners to sell to the government which turns large white-run farms into many small black-run farms. One result is that food production is dropping.

Funny how that works. South Africa is turning into a slower version of Zimbabwe.

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Headless Bodies Found in Mexico

22nd December 2008

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The decapitated bodies of 12 men were discovered early Sunday scattered in and around a state capital in southern Mexico. Nine of the headless corpses were strewn along a busy street, where the Guerrero state governor later appeared for a religious procession. Authorities said some of the victims were Mexican army soldiers.

Yeah, we really want more of these people in our country.

Fence, please?

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The Brains of TSA

22nd December 2008

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Hint: Mostly missing.

The thought of a terrorist highjacking my plane and flying it into a building somewhere doesn’t prevent me from flying. The prospect of having to run the gauntlet of would-be concentration camp guards to get on the plan does.

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Experimental Subjects Obey Killer Orders Just As In 1961

22nd December 2008

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Steampunk monitor mod is almost too pretty to use

22nd December 2008

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Gotta love Australians.

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Saudi court rejects plea to annul 8-year-old girl’s marriage to 58-year-old man

21st December 2008

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Sure, Muslims are just like us — 1500 years ago.

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Battle of Hastings to be Hollywood film

21st December 2008

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Bet they fix it so that Harold wins this time.

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Purple squirrel baffles experts

21st December 2008

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The next step is to come up with a government program to assist them in integrating fully into a responsibly multicultural forest society.

Or perhaps he was part of the loot stolen from Paris Hilton’s home. You never really know.

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Doing the Hokey Cokey ‘could be hate crime’

21st December 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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The Slaw of the Land: West Virginia Hot Dog Map

21st December 2008

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Just in case you were wondering. I know I was.

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Cellphone hacked to analyze blood, detect diseases on the spot

21st December 2008

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Why hasn’t a manufacturer come out with a device like this? Because it would take 20 years and 20 gazillion dollars to get it approved by the FDA, and it’s just not worth the hassle.

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Coke and Pepsi Stoked for Stevia After FDA Green Light

21st December 2008

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If they can use it to make a diet soda that doesn’t taste like horse pee, I’m all for it.

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Villagers shoot down advertising balloon over country park

21st December 2008

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Guess Joe Stockbroker is just as quick as Joe Sixpack to resort to violence to preseve his way of life.

Reminds me of Ted Kennedy and his liberal friends turning into NIMBYs when it was proposed to put a wind turbine farm (“Alternative energy good! Oil and coal and nukes bad!”) where it would spoil their view.

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Global hunt for lesbian mother who vanished with son she had for gay father

21st December 2008

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I am not making this up.

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Japanese foot-massaging machine pleads innocent to killing three people

21st December 2008

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We have the technology.

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O Come All Ye Faithful ‘was a Catholic rallying call’

21st December 2008

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Well, I guess it really worked, didn’t it?

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Muslim cocktail waitress sues club over “sexually revealing” uniform

21st December 2008

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I’m still trying to grasp the concept of “Muslim cocktail waitress”.

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A Jewish Plea for Merry Christmas -An Annual BotB Tradition

21st December 2008

Yaacov Ben Moshe wishes you a Merry Christmas, dammit.

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Tiny State, Huge Pain

21st December 2008

Rhode Island is in dire straits.

“Rhode Island and some of the other Northeastern states were really the cradle of the Industrial Revolution,” said Edward M. Mazze, a professor of business administration at the University of Rhode Island. “This is where manufacturing began. . . . That worked well up until the 1960s.”

For a long time, those factories provided good jobs for the state’s blue-collar population. But today, many of those factories are no longer here, having either relocated south or gone overseas.

Gee, I wonder why they would do that?

A big issue here is the state’s tax rates. Many Rhode Islanders said the high tax burden has discouraged businesses from locating here and pushed others to leave. The most recent state-by-state comparison of business tax climate by the Tax Foundation put Rhode Island at 46 out of 50th, with only four states — Ohio, California, New York and New Jersey — having a less favorable business tax environment.

Take whatever action you think is appropriate. Or starve. Your choice.

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Humanist Parents Seek Communion Outside Church

21st December 2008

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Good luck with that.

“Well, we don’t believe in legs, but we want to walk anyway, so we’re searching for alternatives.”

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Alioscopy’s 40-inch 3DHD autostereoscopic LCD headed for CES: no glasses required

20th December 2008

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This would be neat, if it works.

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Zimbabwe cholera death toll hits more than 1,100

20th December 2008

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Boy, those Zimbabweans are sure lucky they’re no longer under the boot of that oppressive white regime.

Thank God for the U.N. and the international community, or who knows what sort of hell they’d be living in now.

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Windsurfer becomes first to test skills in Alaskan waters

20th December 2008

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Darwin Award nominee.

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General George S. Patton was assassinated to silence his criticism of allied war leaders claims new book

20th December 2008

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I saw a movie about this once, had Max von Sydow in it I think.

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10 things to know about the Sicilian mafia

20th December 2008

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Just in case you were wondering. I know I was.

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S. Africa’s Crime-Driven Emigration

20th December 2008

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Yes, South Africa boasts perpetual sunshine, jaw-dropping scenery and vigorously free media and civic debate. But since the dawn of democracy in 1994, many thousands have found reasons to emigrate, and 2008 delivered several more — political uncertainty, power shortages, gruesome attacks on foreigners.

The most oft-cited reason for leaving, though, remains crime. Ghastly, violent crime.

Well, that’s what happens when you deliver the country into the hands of radical fringe groups, which the ANC and it’s wannabes are. For all of the hagiography of Nelson Mandela, don’t forget that he was imprisoned for being a Marxist terrorist — exactly like Robert Mugabe — and the only reason he isn’t a Marxist terrorist today is that he’s too damned old.

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Charity Porn?

20th December 2008

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I am not making this up.

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Rant: Obama, Reverend Warren, and my friends list

20th December 2008

Steven Brust, who is one of the outstanding fantasy writers of his generation but politically is a reincarnation of Eugene Debs (I guess fantasy is his life) has an entertaining rant that will sort of stand as an archetype for what all of the “Change We Can Believe In” crowd are probably feeling right now.

I won’t say “I told you so”, but I will enjoy a quiet snicker.

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The Rabbi and the Norse King

19th December 2008

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A Jew and a Viking walked into a bar….

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Edible Christmas cards are ultimate in environmentally friendly fare

19th December 2008

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I am not making this up.

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Pilot in YouTube cow crash landing describes the drama

19th December 2008

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Oh, the humanity….

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Gas, blas, and chaos

19th December 2008

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Always wondered where the word ‘gas’ came from

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More deceased taking cellphones, PMPs to their graves

19th December 2008

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Might as well, it’s probably obsolete anyway.

Those guys who took an analog phone into the box with them are in for a rude surprise if they ever wake up, though…

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Judge Rules in Favor of Breakaway Va. Congregations

19th December 2008

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‘Zimbabwe is mine’ says Robert Mugabe

19th December 2008

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Boy, those Zimbabweans are sure lucky they’re no longer under the boot of that oppressive white regime.

Thank God for the U.N. and the international community, or who knows what sort of hell they’d be living in now.

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‘Good Samaritan’ can be sued after pulling friend from car wreckage

19th December 2008

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In a landmark decision that critics have said only proves the maxim that no good deed goes unpunished, the court decided that California’s Good Samaritan law only protects people from liability if they are administering emergency aid.

California — of course.

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Solar-powered Voltaic Generator laptop bag gets reviewed

19th December 2008

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We have the technology.

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India deploys fighter jets to protect against Pakistan attack

19th December 2008

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Oh, those nice Pakistanis wouldn’t hurt anybody, would they? Why can’t we all just get along?

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Actress plunges 25ft to her death during nativity performance

19th December 2008

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This verges on being a Darwin Award nomination situation.

Let that be a lesson to us all.

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Author convicted of murder after including details in thriller

19th December 2008

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Let that be a lesson to us all.

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Parents drugged, bound and gagged doctor in forced marriage bid

19th December 2008

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An NHS doctor was imprisoned, drugged, bound and gagged before being forced into marriage in Bangladesh, it emerged today, as a British judge issued an order telling her parents not “to pester, harass or intimidate” her.

Dr Humayra Abedin, 32, was held captive for four-and-a-half months by her family and was forced to marry while under the influence of drugs. She was freed by a court in Bangladesh and returned to Britain on Tuesday.

Your future under Islam. Don’t say you weren’t warned.

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