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The Longest Poop.
comment posted at 7:45 PM on Jan-29-06

Ask a Republican. Hello! I often get asked questions about Republican policy by greasy-haired liberal hippies. Seattle was no exception in Sept of 2005. It was teeming with them. May God bless you and America. Quicktime videos [via the monkey]
comment posted at 1:23 PM on Jan-28-06

President Jonah --an essay/history lesson/bible lesson/etc by Gore Vidal. ...We have also come to a point in this dark age where there is not only no hero in view but no alternative road unblocked. We are trapped terribly in a now that few foresaw and even fewer can define ...
comment posted at 1:40 PM on Jan-28-06
comment posted at 1:56 PM on Jan-28-06
comment posted at 1:57 PM on Jan-28-06

pretty funny google. yeah newsfilter, but i thought it was an interesting comparison.
comment posted at 10:46 AM on Jan-28-06

We will never forget them, nor the last time we saw them, this morning, as they prepared for their journey and waved goodbye and "slipped the surly bonds of earth" to "touch the face of God."
comment posted at 10:29 AM on Jan-28-06

Images of roadrage. A Toronto motorist litters out of his car window and a bike courier calls him out on it.
comment posted at 10:56 AM on Jan-27-06

NPR’s Live Concert Series site offers recordings of recent live performances by James Brown, Sinead O’Connor, Iron & Wine and Calexico, Son Volt, My Morning Jacket, The White Stripes, M. Ward, Sigur Ros, Bloc Party, The Decemberists, and live tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. ET, Colin Meloy.
comment posted at 8:14 AM on Jan-27-06

Steven Colbert gets serious (sort of) in this Onion AV Club interview. His set is modeled after DaVinci's "Last Supper". His jabs make the local news. He fixed Canada. He coined the Word of the Year¹: "Truthiness". Did not. Did too! And the word becomes main stream². (It explains the "craptastic state of politics"³) Some say Colbert's just hitting his stride.
comment posted at 8:08 AM on Jan-27-06

Good Dog AIBO.
Arf, Arf, he goes, a merry sight
Our little hairy friend
Arf, Arf, upon the lampost bright
Arfing round the bend.
Nice dog! Goo boy,
Waggie tail and beg, Clever AIBO, jump for joy,

Because we are putting you to sleep at three of the clock, AIBO.

with apologies to john lennon (thanks piratebowling )
comment posted at 6:44 AM on Jan-27-06

University of Pittsburgh scientists say they've genetically engineered an avian flu vaccine that has proven 100 percent effective in mice and chickens. Let's hope this is for real and we can go back to worrying about global warming and the American police-state.
comment posted at 10:53 PM on Jan-26-06
comment posted at 9:46 AM on Jan-27-06

Asteroid to graze past Earth this summer...but how close? If you liked 2004 MN4, you're bound to enjoy 2006 BQ6. Very small but real chance it could even hit around the end of July, beginning of August this year. NASA isn't officially tracking it yet, but they are including it in their report of upcoming close approaches, where the minimum possible distance is...zero. The space.com discussion puts everything into perspective, including graphs and charts and such.
comment posted at 10:48 PM on Jan-26-06
comment posted at 10:59 PM on Jan-26-06

...or why I wish I lived in England, part 6. The Mancunians return gravitas to Christianity's most holy holiday.
comment posted at 3:48 PM on Jan-26-06

Kevin Blechdom is a girl. Along with Blevin Blectum, she was once 1/2 of the duo Blectum from Blechdom (R.I.P.). Kevin is now a solo artist (as is Blevin) living in Germany. Her website is chock full of fun and embarrassing things, such as dirty comics, her homemade patches for MAX/MSP (an amazing virtual synth program), the Blectionary (in case you need help deciphering her world), and four songs from the hit Broadway and theatrical musical 'Annie' as performed by a (hopefully) preteen Kevin. Complete table of contents here. (note: some links may be NSFW. Please be careful.)
comment posted at 8:40 AM on Jan-26-06

Bill Gates or Steve Jobs? Who is changing the world more for the better? Some people believe Bill Gates and Microsoft are the Spawn of Satan, while others praise him for his philanthropy. [subs. req'd] Steve Jobs has more buzz on the internets than Bill Gates and a near religious following for his products with Apple. One might not give like the other, but one definitely is much more Zen-like.
comment posted at 6:34 AM on Jan-26-06
comment posted at 8:43 AM on Jan-26-06
comment posted at 8:47 AM on Jan-26-06

David Hasslehoff is hooked on a feeling. Oooga Chacka!
comment posted at 1:45 PM on Jan-25-06

Monogamists have bigger brains. More precisely, female monogamy in bats makes their male partner's brains bigger and their balls smaller, while female promiscuity in another bat species caused males to have huge balls and teeny brains. Can trusting your partner not to cheat lead to greater intellectual greatness? Via.
comment posted at 9:50 AM on Jan-25-06

~~Don't be evil.~~ Online search engine leader Google Inc. has agreed to censor its results in China, adhering to the country's free-speech restrictions in return for better access in the Internet's fastest growing market. Google will roll out a new version of its search engine bearing China's Web suffix ".cn," on Wednesday.
comment posted at 7:36 PM on Jan-24-06
comment posted at 8:02 PM on Jan-24-06

Beautiful China ...
comment posted at 8:08 PM on Jan-24-06

Political thinking isn't really 'thinking'. Neuroscientists have now tracked what happens in the politically partisan brain when it tries to digest damning facts about favored candidates or criticisms of them. The process is almost entirely emotional and unconscious, and there are flares of activity in the brain's pleasure centers when unwelcome information is being rejected. Via Slate. This jives with past research about the difference between democrat’s and republican’s brains.
comment posted at 1:06 PM on Jan-24-06

After Josh is married, maybe he might find himself shopping here. I suspect that this is a pretty cynical attempt to exploit people like him, but you never know. He would have to ship from England.
comment posted at 9:50 AM on Jan-24-06

Indianapolis is getting a Whole Foods Market. Great, right? Whole Foods Market is a recognized leader in the ecologically friendly organic foods business and includes in its "Core Values" Wise Environmental Practices & Community Citizenship. The location where this new market will be built will require the leveling of 17 acres of wooded land adjacent to a 50 year old residential neighborhood of 350 homes. This wooded area is one of the last homes for wild animals in the area. Oh yeah, nobody that lives in the area wants it built either. So much for core values.
comment posted at 9:52 AM on Jan-24-06

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