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Monday, 8 September 2008
quote [ Recorded two months prior to his death, "Do You Believe In Gosh?" contains nearly 40 minutes of previously unreleased stand-up material. ]
[by owleyes@6:24pmGMT] [+7 Good] [3 comments] |
quote [ Speaking before voters in Colorado Springs, the Republican vice presidential nominee claimed that lending giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac had "gotten too big and too expensive to the taxpayers." The companies, as McClatchy reported, "aren't taxpayer funded but operate as private companies. The takeover may result in a taxpayer bailout during reorganization." ]
Sorry about the Palin Post but I mean c'mon, it really IS the economy, stupid.
[politics] [by bigdummy@5:13pmGMT] [+3 WTF] [23 comments] |
quote [ Election officials in a handful of states appear to be ignoring the federal law dictating the way registered voters may be purged from voter rolls. The states are swapping data files to find duplicate names, but civil rights attorneys say they are not following federal law to remove them. ]
This is shaping up to be 2000 all over again, folks. If you're a new voter, check your registration.
[politics] [by ring riot@2:50pmGMT] [+9 WTF] [18 comments] |
quote [ Uniqlo is under constant change. Get involved and play on the grid. Experiment with the grid and see your compositions at Uniqlo stores. ]
Basically, a crowd-sourced screen saver.
[games] [by f00m@nB@r@2:24pmGMT] [+5 Interesting] [22 comments] Uniqlo is a Japanese clothing chain. Their flagship store in Soho, NYC will have robots. Can you say, "Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto"? |
quote [ The most disappointing shift is to see the partisan attitude move from prime time into what’s supposed to be straight news programming,” said Davidson Goldin, formerly the editorial director of MSNBC. ]
At least the shift has been recognized and the network has taken "appropriate" actions, labeling editorial comment as such.
[politics] [by azbubz@12:30pmGMT] [+6 WTF] [14 comments] |
quote [ "It pretty much looks like an episode of 'The Twilight Zone,' " said Audley Aftwood, a reporter for a radio station on Grand Turk Island. "It's like the end of the world." ]
This bad boy is for real! Not that last weeks storm was a joke, but with all the "Over the Top" precautions and preparations, were they actually for the people in danger?
Maybe I'm just a cynic, but that felt a lot more like politics than public safety. [politics] [by bbqkink@7:41amGMT] [+2 Interesting] [15 comments] |
Sensible Omens Day 05
quote [ You think wars get started because some old duke gets shot, or someone cuts off someone's ear, or someone's sited their missiles in the wrong place. It's not like that. That's just, well, just reasons, which haven't got anything to do with it. What really causes wars is two sides that can't stand the sight of one another and the pressure builds up and up and then anything will cause it. Anything at all. ]
Some of your are lucky little devils...
[mafia game] [by Bodnoirbabe@4:58amGMT] [+6 Good] [71 comments] |
quote [ The author's friends are stylish, well-educated, and professionally successful young women in New York City. They also turn tricks on the side for $2,000 an hour. One day she decided to follow in their footsteps ]
[by f00m@nB@r@2:05amGMT] [+10 Interesting] [65 comments] |
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Sunday, 7 September 2008
quote [ Canada's prime minister dissolved Parliament on Sunday and called an early election for next month in hopes of strengthening his Conservative minority government's hold on power. ]
WTF? A political post without Sarah Palin?! I know, I'm going to Hell. But it seems nice, anyway. Also, this seemed kinda important.
[politics] [by Shirobake@7:40pmGMT] [+10 Interesting] [167 comments] |
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Youtube link in extended to some of my favorite Mitch Hedberg in case you haven't heard of him. (you should have)