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| Why I Would Have Voted for Baltar, Too Posted: 23 Jun 2008 08:40 PM CDT (This essay covers information up through the Season 2 Presidential election and is based only on the data available at that time.) |
| Stop the Bush Cuts to Public Broadcasting Posted: 23 Jun 2008 08:20 PM CDT The Bush administration has slashed the proposed public broadcasting budget by 56% -- putting at risk vital news, educational & cultural programming that millions of Americans say they prefer to commercial media. The Senate, who's going to vote tomorrow, must stand with the millions of Americans who have acted in the past against such drastic cuts. |
| Sharp’s 108” LCD TV on sale for $185,000 Posted: 23 Jun 2008 08:00 PM CDT Sharp recently announced that it will begin selling its 108" LCD TV in the U.S. in September and if you are planning on buying Sharp's 108" TV you may want to hold off on that next Ferrari... |
| Top 10 Best and Worst Reputations In Corporate America Posted: 23 Jun 2008 07:50 PM CDT The results of the Harris Interactive survey that tracks the reputations of the 60 most visible companies in America has been released and here they are... |
| How I Paid Off $35,000 in Debt, and How You Can Too Posted: 23 Jun 2008 07:40 PM CDT Last December, after twenty years of owing money, I finally paid off all of my debt (except the mortgage — and I'm working on that). Co-incidentally, Leo paid off his debt at the exact same time. I didn't pay off my debt overnight. It took many years, and I made plenty of mistakes. But with patience and perseverance, I met my goal. |
| Can you imagine having THIS on your walls? I can! Posted: 23 Jun 2008 07:30 PM CDT My wife would kill me, but I can imagine it. Everytime I came to the hole though I'd probably try to jump over it. I'd be injured within the first week it was in the house. |
| Five undisclosed features of Apple's Mac OS X Snow Leopard Posted: 23 Jun 2008 07:20 PM CDT Apple is billing Snow Leopard as an OS without any new features, but this couldn't be further from the truth. Under the hood improvements offer users much to look forward to, including the benefits of a new multi-touch framework, dramatic file size reductions, text-processing features, auto activation of fonts, and full read and write ZFS support. |
| Tricks to improve your Gmail experience Posted: 23 Jun 2008 07:10 PM CDT I've switched (back) to Gmail. After the problems Outlook gave me in the past, I was looking for a solution with more flexibility. Gmail has everything I need for my online business, but Outlook was the client to have for connecting with an Exchange server. Since I'm no longer using the Exchange account anymore, Gmail is the way to go! |
| Thomas L. Friedman: Mr. Bush, Lead or Leave! Posted: 23 Jun 2008 07:00 PM CDT Bush declared that America was "addicted to oil," and, by gosh, he was going to do something about it. Well, now he has. The new Bush energy plan: "Get more addicted to oil." It's as if our addict-in-chief is saying to us: "C'mon guys, you know you want a little more of the good stuff. One more hit, baby. Just one more toke on the ole oil pipe." |
| Shot! 50 Famous People Who Have Taken A Bullet Posted: 23 Jun 2008 06:50 PM CDT We've put together a list of 50 famous people who've been shot, many of whom had it coming. Others were simply in the wrong place at the wrong time, while still others were targets of unstable, psychotic individuals. |
| 2009 F150 Gets the Cold Shoulder from Ford Posted: 23 Jun 2008 06:40 PM CDT If you haven't noticed, people aren't exactly keen on driving trucks and SUVs these days. This isn't just affecting commuters, but also city governments, businesses, and truckers. Just last month the F150 finally fell from it's position as the best-selling vehicle in the US, and now it's come out the Ford is delaying the release of the iconic truck |
| Super Mario Bros. Finally Makes Sense [PIC] Posted: 23 Jun 2008 06:30 PM CDT |
| George Carlin - Seven Words You Can't Say On TV (NSFW!!) Posted: 23 Jun 2008 06:20 PM CDT Send the kids out of the room, 'cause this one still manages to shock, even decades later. A taped version of the classic routine that put this brilliant comedian on the map. We'll miss you George. |
| Th!nk Ox: An Electric Car With Style and Smarts Posted: 23 Jun 2008 06:10 PM CDT "It can go from 0 to 60 miles per hour in 8.5 seconds, travel between 125 and 155 miles on a single charge, and its lithium-ion batteries can be charged to 80% capacity in less than an hour." |
| MPAA: Actual P2P Distribution often "impossible" to prove Posted: 23 Jun 2008 06:00 PM CDT The Motion Picture Association of America tells the judge in the Jammie Thomas case that making a song available on a P2P network should count as infringement; proving that actual distribution took place is "often very difficult" and even "impossible." |
| Why You Never Ask Your Girl 'Are You PMS-ing?' Posted: 23 Jun 2008 05:50 PM CDT Humorous insight into the insanity that is a woman's PMS... |
| Nano Poop Tech to Build Healthier Livestock Posted: 23 Jun 2008 05:35 PM CDT Could nano-enriched feed help chickens poop out pathogens and keep your dinner table clean? Scientists may have found a safer—and greener—alternative to antibiotic-laden food sources just five years away from America's farms ... and your body might be the next proving ground. |
| McCain Adviser: Another US Attack Would Be "Big Advantage" Posted: 23 Jun 2008 05:21 PM CDT Earlier this year, after former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto was tragically assassinated, pundits speculated that the shocking attack may have benefited Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) politically. Now, McCain's chief strategist, Charlie Black, tells Fortune that the "unfortunate event" of Bhutto's death "helped us." |
| George Carlin: A YouTube Obituary Posted: 23 Jun 2008 05:11 PM CDT Here's a short selection of George Carlin's best YouTube flicks (with the exception of 7 Words You Can't Say on Television, posted separately). If you're a fan, I know you'll enjoy them; if you're one of the uninitiated, well, better late than never. |
| Chocolate Company Refuses Bathroom to Girl with Diarrhea Posted: 23 Jun 2008 05:01 PM CDT The Rocky Mountain Chocolate Company wouldn't let a 5 year old girl with a bathroom emergency use their bathroom, so she had diarrhea in front of them. |
| McCain Offers $300 Million for New Auto Battery Posted: 23 Jun 2008 04:51 PM CDT The Republican presidential nominee-in-waiting thinks the government should offer a $300 million prize to the person who can develop an automobile battery that leapfrogs existing technology. |
| The Top 13 Hottest Sci-Fi Women Ever Posted: 23 Jun 2008 04:10 PM CDT From the article: "For anyone who wants to argue, we have two words for you: gold bikini. This writer will never forget the day I went to see Return of the Jedi. I was a fresh-faced nine-year-old boy, but by the time I left, I was a man. Life was never quite the same after that." |
| Posted: 23 Jun 2008 04:10 PM CDT Kid does a little puddle jumping only to find out that not all puddles are created equal. |
| Stingiest Sippers: The 10 Most Fuel-Efficient Cars in the US Posted: 23 Jun 2008 03:52 PM CDT Your leanest and greenest weapons with which to battle the $4 gallon |
| The Best Cure for Anxiety Disorder...... Marijuana! Posted: 23 Jun 2008 03:52 PM CDT After years of using prescription antidepressants that offered no relief for her anxiety disorder, Patsy K. Eagan experiments with her drug of choice- marijuana |
| Want to trick your brain? Check this out! Posted: 23 Jun 2008 03:30 PM CDT Jerry Andress show and explains a few optical illusion. |
| APOD: The International Space Station Expands Again Posted: 23 Jun 2008 03:30 PM CDT The developing International Space Station (ISS) has changed its appearance again. Earlier this month, the Space Shuttle orbiter Discovery visited the ISS and added components that included Japan's Kibo Science Laboratory. |
| Posted: 23 Jun 2008 03:30 PM CDT Police say it is sheer luck they are not dealing with a multiple homicide after Mongrel Mob members rampaged through a 21st birthday party, swinging knives, baseball bats and a machete. |
| Ice on Mars an important breakthrough Posted: 23 Jun 2008 03:01 PM CDT The prospect that life did once exist, still exists and could be sustained in the future on Mars has taken a huge step forward with the confirmation that water ice has been found on the planet. |
| 12 year old girl gives moving speech to the UN Posted: 23 Jun 2008 02:50 PM CDT This was 16 years ago, but the video has been resurfacing lately. Severn Suzuki owns the UN at the Earth Summit in 1992 telling the members to act like they expect their children to behave: get along with each other, share, be good people... |
| Posted: 23 Jun 2008 02:32 PM CDT Company security and marketing executives differ on how to handle customer data |
| How Do Rich People Spend Their Time? Posted: 23 Jun 2008 02:21 PM CDT People invariably believe that money can make them happy -- and rich people usually do report being happier than poor people do. But if this is the case, shouldn't wealthy people spend a lot more time doing enjoyable things than poor people? |
| Posted: 23 Jun 2008 02:09 PM CDT By some estimates Christian churches, most of them underground, now have roughly 70 million members, as many as the officially atheist Communist Party. A growing number of those Christians are in fact party members. |
| Scientists grow date palm tree using 2000 year old seed Posted: 23 Jun 2008 02:00 PM CDT It's lovely," Dr. Sarah Sallon said of the date palm, whose parents may have provided food for the besieged Jews at Masada some 2,000 years ago. The little tree was sprouted in 2005 from a seed recovered from Masada. |
| France's First Lady Posed Nude, Admits 30 Lovers Posted: 23 Jun 2008 01:50 PM CDT If an American first lady, or would-be first lady, described herself as a "tamer of men" and had a "man-eating" past filled with naked pictures, Mick Jagger, Eric Clapton, sultry prone CD covers, breaking up marriages, bragging that she believes in polygamy rather than monogamy, it would take more than an appearance on The View to sweeten her image |
| McCain Caught: Supported Average Citizen Net Fundraising. Posted: 23 Jun 2008 01:40 PM CDT McCain in 2004: "I think it's wonderful that Howard Dean was able to use the Internet...That's what we want it to be all about. We want average citizens to contribute small amounts of money, and that's a commitment to a campaign. So I'm for that. I think it's a great thing. I think the Internet is going to change American politics for the better." |
| BEHOLD! Fox News Creates Legal Controversy Out of Thin Air Posted: 23 Jun 2008 01:29 PM CDT Could it be their least impressive illusion yet?! They report, you decide. |
| Motorized suitcase saves your back Posted: 23 Jun 2008 01:19 PM CDT One of the challenges of traveling the world while continuing to work is that laptops, projectors, extra batteries and other gear can be heavy. And pulling a suitcase can be bad for your back. Finally, a well designed -- albeit expensive -- suitcase comes to the rescue. It works kinda like both a Prius and a Segway, and costs $1,300. |
| Football Legend Pele Robbed by an Armed Gang Posted: 23 Jun 2008 01:09 PM CDT Former Brazilian football star Pele has been robbed by an armed gang while on his way to his seaside home. As many as 10 people were reported to have been involved in the robbery, but Pele was unhurt in the incident. |
| How Twitter Can Change the Presidential Debate Posted: 23 Jun 2008 12:58 PM CDT Hosted by the Personal Democracy Forum, the first ever Twittered Presidential debate is changing the face of modern politics. Working within Twitter's 140-character limit for individual tweets, the Obama and McCain Surrogates will be forced to narrow their positions and provide concise policy explanations... imagine that! |
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