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U.S. Deserters Not Safe in Canada
[24 Jul 2008 at 6:00am]
Canada, long considered a safe haven for deserters from the United States armed forces, have been toughening their stance against Americans seeking...
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[23 Jul 2008 at 11:00am]
When I walk into the office on Monday, the guys always ask me what I did over the weekend, and my answer is always the same: I played laser tag!...
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Darfur, IA Also In Pretty Bad Shape
[23 Jul 2008 at 7:00am]
DARFUR, IA—Residents of Darfur, IA reached out to the international press today, in an attempt to bring greater attention to...
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Pope Decries Materialism
[22 Jul 2008 at 6:00am]
During a visit to Australia, Pope Benedict XVI spoke out against the "sense of despair" that accompanies material prosperity. What do you...
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Man Returns To Place Of Birth To Mate
[19 Jul 2008 at 10:00am]
TWIN FALLS, ID—"It's beautiful," said one nearby observer who wished to remain anonymous. "I never tire of watching these majestic creatures breed."
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'Time' Publishes Definitive Obama Puff Piece
[18 Jul 2008 at 10:00am]
NEW YORK—The 24-page profile features the most lack-of-depth reporting on Obama ever published, and has helped to redefine the boundaries of journalistic drivel.
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Rain Told To Go Away In 1986 Returns
[18 Jul 2008 at 9:00am]
ADAIR, IA—A rainstorm that in August 1986 was told to "go away" and advised to come again another day returned Monday, soaking the downtown...
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Appealed Strike Call Taken All The Way To Supreme Court
[17 Jul 2008 at 6:00am]
WASHINGTON—The United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments yesterday in the case of Wright v. Dreckman, which calls into question professional baseball player David Wright's 2005 check swing against the San Diego Padres and...
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Spying and Lying -- 5 Limericks
[9 Jan 2006 at 8:00am]
Political commentary and five limericks called "A Bush Pioneer Who's Named Jack," "George Bush Says His Spying Is Cool," "Consultation Dubya Style," "Did The White House On Christiane Spy?" and "Preacher Pat:"
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Fitzmas Madness
[23 Oct 2005 at 9:00am]
Commentary and a poem inspired by the Valerie Plame outing investigation and pre-indictment jitters.
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Inner Monologue and the Words I Spoke
by Gregor Stronach
[24 Jun 2008 at 10:07pm]
What the fuck is wrong with you? Seriously… I need to know.
?Adult to the city today, thanks mate? Yep? $3.40? It?s gone up again? Wow??
I?ll tell you what?s wrong with me, if you like. Maybe it?ll help you open up. Maybe my telling you what?s bothering me will assist you in getting in touch [...]
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Six ultra-disruptive web companies you don?t know yet
by Benjamin
[26 Apr 2008 at 12:04pm]
Pottyfeed
Elevator pitch: broadcast your toilet breaks. Optionally, podcast the splashing noise. Think Twitter meets your toilet.
Our verdict: next year we’ll all be doing a number 2.0 and subscribing on our iPood.
RichardQuest.tv
Elevator pitch: follow CNN’s Richard Quest live on your laptop or cellphone as he wanders round Central Park with pockets full of methamphetamine and a [...]
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MYR of LDN
by Benjamin
[20 Apr 2008 at 9:37am]
By the folks over at Stop Boris.org.
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A party political broadcast for the apathetic, from an angry drunk
by Benjamin
[8 Apr 2008 at 5:30pm]
I have a problem with you.
I mean, not specifically you, sitting at your computer playing on the Internet when you ought to be doing something far more important. You’re a harmless procrastinator, inching closer and closer to death without being totally cognisant of the fact that one day you’ll be gone and nothing you’ve [...]
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Websites owned by weapons manufacturers (part two)
by Benjamin
[16 Mar 2008 at 12:48pm]
Hug Time
Okay, so this is a catalogue mention on the website of Little, Brown and Company. But we thought the irony was too good to pass up; Little, Brown & Co publish Hug Time, and are owned by Hachette Book Group USA. In turn, their purse strings are controlled by Lagardere, a French group that [...]
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Websites owned by weapons manufacturers (part one)
by Benjamin
[21 Jan 2008 at 2:57pm]
In contrast to arms dealers, who any terrorist or warmongering government will tell you are a laugh a minute at the very least, weapons manufacturers are not normally associated with yucks a plenty. They’re serious people who look after their bottom line, involved in the serious business of manufacturing machines to kill people.
These are some [...]
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Top secret Steve Jobs MacWorld announcements of the future: leaked!
by Benjamin
[16 Jan 2008 at 12:42pm]
January 2018
Its eyes are USB 5.1 ports; its ears pump music directly from the bowels of the Earth. It follows you wherever you go, just floating, always facing you, occasionally pausing to open its mouth in mock surprise. Swim, and it glides just above the surface of the water, waiting for you to emerge. Go [...]
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5 reasons why Mike Huckabee is ludicrous
by Benjamin
[10 Jan 2008 at 1:14pm]
1. Is this a joke?
2. Get your hands off me, you damned dirty ape
Huckabee was one of three GOP candidates who raised their hand during Thursday’s debate when asked if they don’t believe in evolution the development of organisms and species from a primitive state [sic].
[..] Huckabee said if given a chance to elaborate on [...]
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Five things we can expect to see now that it?s 2008 and we?re living in the f...
by Benjamin
[4 Jan 2008 at 8:59am]
Flying carsVehicle of the future! Never mind the obvious problems associated with three dimensional traffic jams, not to mention drunk driving. Just picture rising above the urban sprawl in your very own flying machine, and consider the possibilities! Gas stations in the sky! McDonald’s Drive Thrus in the sky! People forced to live on the [...]
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