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Archive for December, 2008

Ice storm cuts power to more than 1 million

13th December 2008

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Gotta love that Global Warming.

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Duke Francis of Bavaria given hope of claiming British throne

12th December 2008

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With Mencius Moldbug, I’m holding out for the Prince of Liechtenstein.

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Al Gore: World cares more about Paris Hilton than saving the planet

12th December 2008

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Those are certainly my priorities.

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LED-encrusted speed bump flattens out when you’re not flat-out

12th December 2008

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This is actually pretty clever.

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Disaster Relief Funds Cause Corruption

12th December 2008

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My, what a surprise. Aren’t you surprised? I’m sure surprised.

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Kate Moss’ model agency wants to sign up Facebook birthday party gatecrash girl

12th December 2008

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Truly, there is no such thing as bad publicity.

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Toupee for reindeer whose antlers fell off

12th December 2008

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We have the technology.

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Suicide man’s son wants to die in same Swiss clinic

12th December 2008

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Stupid people ought to be encouraged to commit suicide. Think of it as evoluton in action.

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In Mexico, Assassins of Increasing Skill

12th December 2008

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Practice makes perfect.

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Pensioner dies after mobility scooter rolls down a hill and hits a car

12th December 2008

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Let that be a lesson to us all.

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New info on the Rezko-Obama land deal

12th December 2008

Steve Sailer connects the dots so you don’t have to.

“Rezko paid the asking price on the same day Obama paid $300,000 less than the asking price to the same seller for his adjacent mansion,” he said. “This begs the question of payoff, bribe, kickback.”

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Why an NHS dentist is as rare as hen’s teeth

12th December 2008

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My children hardly ever go to the dentist any more. This is not because they have good teeth – as half of their genes come from me, they may be destined to a life time of shoring up and pulling out yellowing stumps. Of course I take them if they ever complain of any pain, but they aren’t getting regular check-ups for the simple reason that our dentist has stopped working on the NHS.

This is what socialized medicine does to people. Note that, if the government doesn’t pay for it, she doesn’t take her kids to the dentist. In America we call that “child abuse”.

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Mugabe claims cholera was released by the British

12th December 2008

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And the Jews, don’t forget the Jews….

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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Figgy pudding makes a comeback this Christmas

12th December 2008

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So bring it right here.

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Santa sleigh driver punched for singing carols too loudly

12th December 2008

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Russia scraps right to jury trial

12th December 2008

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China to cut tops off buildings to win World Heritage status

12th December 2008

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Woman Sues TV Station For Featuring Her In A Film About Obesity

12th December 2008

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Homage From Catalonia

12th December 2008

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Statue of Obama relieving himself seems immensely popular

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Is February 10th National Bankruptcy Day?

12th December 2008

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It just might be.

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Methane Hydrate Extraction To Become Viable?

12th December 2008

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

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Brain Performance Lowered On Low Carb Diet

12th December 2008

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Dead cow and spuds are the basis of any true civilization.

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Don’t smoke, you wretch on the ash-covered road to ruin

12th December 2008

Lileks looks at advertising. (No, really.)

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Alternative History

11th December 2008

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I think that the CEO’s at Freddie and Fannie were in a better position than anyone else to stop the madness. But if your idea of a housing system is to build up two firms with enormous power and count on them to exercise that power judiciously, then you might want to rethink your model.

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School choir forced to pull out of winter festival because carols were ‘too religious’

11th 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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Hermit wins four-year battle against eviction from his hut

11th December 2008

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Japanese researchers create images from thoughts using thoughts about images

11th December 2008

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This is pretty cool.

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Escapee Tells of Horrors in North Korean Prison Camp

11th December 2008

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Sorry, we can’t year you; we’re busy protesting the atrocities at Guantanamo Bay.

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Nonprofit Formed to Help Veterans Wasted Large Sum, Senate Report Says

11th December 2008

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The National Veterans Business Development Corp., also known as the Veterans Corp. (TVC), grossly mismanaged taxpayer dollars — including lavish spending on costly dinners and luxury hotels, first-class travel, and compensation for its top two executives that amounted to nearly a quarter of the charity’s federal funds, according to a report obtained by The Washington Post.

But … but … but … that’s what “federal funds” are for….

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Plan for ultra-green eco-city in South Korea

11th December 2008

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I suggest the name “Moldtown”.

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Bands complain about their songs being used in torture

11th December 2008

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Well, they could always change the sort of music they put out…. This just makes plain what a lot of us have been saying for years.

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Marking in red pen ‘can damage students’

11th December 2008

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Poor iddle babies.

Other tips in the Good Mental Health Rocks kit, which was distributed this month to about 30 schools in Queensland state, including apologising to students when necessary and asking pupils to conduct a “personal skills audit” where they focus on their individual strengths rather than their weaknesses.

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Freelancers Union Takes Health Insurance In-House

10th December 2008

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Professional associations and unions, not employers, ought to be the ones providing health insurance.

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Sticker Shock in the Organic Aisles

10th December 2008

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Rising prices for organic groceries are prompting some consumers to question their devotion to food produced without pesticides, chemical fertilizers or antibiotics. In some parts of the country, a loaf of organic bread can cost $4.50, a pound of pasta has hit $3, and organic milk is closing in on $7 a gallon.

Quelle domage.

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Coach driver given a parking ticket as he helped a disabled passenger

10th 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 New York.

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Vase discovery linked to Mary Magdalene

10th December 2008

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Really, these guys are as gullible as medieval peasants.

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Appeals Court Rejects Craig’s Attempt to Pull Back Guilty Plea in Sex Sting

10th December 2008

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Well, if we can’t clean out all of the corrupt Democrats, at least we can make some progress in cleaning out the corrupt Republicans.

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Filling Ill. Senate Seat Gets Trickier

10th December 2008

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All he has to do is appoint Michelle Obama. All Democrat minds would be eased, and nobody else matters, right?

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Chicago politicians

10th December 2008

Steve Sailer distills the essence.

Obama was trying to follow Washington’s career path (state legislature, House of Representatives, mayor) when he ran for ex-Black Panther Bobby Rush’s House seat in the 2000 Democratic primary. But his rejection by black voters for not being black enough crushed his spirit and plunged him into a depression that he only got out of when he resolved in 2001 to that his future lay not in black districts but with appealing to the Stuff White People Like voting bloc.

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Homeowners re-defaulting after getting aid

9th December 2008

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Yeah, that bailout thing really works, doesn’t it?

The problem is that these people are POOR and STUPID. You can fix poor, but stupid is forever.

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Victims of global warming could sue oil and power companies

9th December 2008

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Machu Picchu was not so lost after all

9th December 2008

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All my illusions, shattered.

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Sphinx ‘may have had the face of a lion’

9th December 2008

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Or a Klingon, it’s kinda hard to tell.

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A Lobbying Frenzy For Federal Funds

9th December 2008

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My, what a surprise. Aren’t you surprised? I’m sure surprised.

And their stands Charlie Rangel in the midst of them, looking as if nobody has offered him a taste.

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Brazilian Companies Step In To Educate Future Workforce

9th December 2008

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Their colleges must be about as useless as ours.

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‘Jesus was born in June’, astronomers claim

9th December 2008

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If, of course, you accept their assumptions.

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Taliban attacks on Nato convoys force planners to seek new supply line routes

9th December 2008

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No shit.

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Panda attack on keeper caught on film

9th December 2008

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Hey, that bamboo can get to you after a bit.

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Ova Time: Women Line Up To Donate Eggs — for Money

9th December 2008

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She’s sellin’, are you buyin’?

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Save the outback: eat a camel

9th December 2008

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Gotta  love Australians.

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