politics

I Feel So Safe

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From The American Progress Action Fund’s daily “Progress Report” email from today, 2/11/05: Whoops. A 185-pound container of radioactive equipment – the material used in dirty bombs – which was imported by Halliburton Energy Services turned up unexpectedly this week at a shipping facility in Chelsea, MA. The problem: the shipment was falsely registered as […]

music

Dance Party Europa

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This video has been around for a while now – its a kid lip-syncing and rocking out in front of his web cam. I saw it back in 12/04 when Chris posted it to Blah Blah Blog. Since then, I forgot about it until someone else sent it to me last week when we were […]

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The Real Little Mermaid

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I thought I had seen it all and then a friend sent me a link. Straight from South America, I present to you a a real live baby “mermaid”: Her name is not Ariel, it is Milagros Cerron and she does not live “under the sea, under the sea, darling it’s better, down where it’s […]

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Buy This Tee Shirt For Me Por Favor

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My bro-in-law just sent me a link to a site that is devouted to “gamers, geeks and hackers.” Gotta love that. It has tons of stuff to buy in all sorts of lovely categories. The clothes are the by far the best. After briefly scanning the tee shirt page, I really would love for someone […]

politics

Secret Wars

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I have abstained from talking too much about politics recently because it just gets me too angry. However, this little nugget was one I felt was worth sharing: The Pentagon has secretly been operating a clandestine espionage branch for the past two years after reinterpreting U.S. law to place more power directly in the hands […]

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Dumbo Not So Dumb

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The pic below is of Diew, the world’s first potty-trained pachyderm. I shit you not (pun intended): This is from a Special Broadcasting Service (I know, lame name) article from today: Thailand’s talented elephants are about to add toilet-training to their repertoire of skills, which already includes painting, dancing and playing musical instruments. The elephant […]

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Best. Names. EVER.

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My parents came over for dinner tonight. Among other things, we discussed how Jermaine Jackson gave his kids some awesome names. After checking with Google, we learned he has two sons with the following names: Jaafar and Jermajesty, ages 8 and 4. ‘Nuff said.