Dating: Does Her Guy Roommate Like Her?

Question numero dos today! A certain 22 year-old girl wants to know the scoop on her guy roommate. She doesn’t understand why he hasn’t talked to her yet, and he knows that she likes him. You gotta keep that on the “DL” (Down Low). Don’t let him know you like him by saying it! Just show it through your actions. It keeps that bit of...

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Join the National Taxpayer Tea Party Revolt!

Does it bother you that your hard-earned dollars are going to be wasted to support Porkulus projects? Are you having a hard time understanding how government infrastructure projects are going to create long-term jobs? Are you ready to make a difference by standing up for our rights and our future?

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The Banality of Evil

Anti-Semitism never really died after the Holocaust, it just became unfashionable. That is no longer the case. In the wake of the Gaza War and with the global economy in a tailspin, disturbing events have been occurring in Britain – events that do not bode well either for the future of British Jewry or for the future of British democracy.

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High Court to Rule on Cross, Memorial

The Supreme Court agreed Monday to step into a long-running legal fight over an 8-foot cross that stands as a war memorial in the vast Mojave National Preserve in California.

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Primary Challenges for the 3 GOP Turncoats?

3 GOP turncoats voted in favor of Obama's 1.2 trillion dollar pork boondoggle. And now the new Chair of the Republican National Committee says he is open to primary challenges to the 3 Senators in their next bid for re-election. It seems that Senators Specter, Snowe, and Collins may have a fight on their hands.

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Hollywood’s Arrogance, Hollywood’s Hypocrisy

For years now the self-important, bloated, super rich in Hollywood have been preaching socialism to the rest of us while personally engaging in both the worst form of capitalist exploitation of the masses and a very un-socialist snobbery. Hollywood Extols National Healthcare While Closing Its OWN Actors Hospital....

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Pepsi Reverts To Old Tropicana Packaging After Public Uproar

Tropicana announced this week that it would scrap its newly redesigned packaging and return to the old straw-in-an-orange packaging. The company cited forceful objections from "some of our most loyal customers" whose "deep emotional bond" to the packaging had crushed their spirits and broken their wills.

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CW does Melrose, Leibovitz pawns photos

Plus, Jonas Brothers surprise fans with unexpected "pop-ins" at numerous 'Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience' showings coast-to-coast this weekend! Rachel Bilson's engagement ring. And the updates on: Annie Leibovitz, CW, Hayden Christensen, jonas brothers, melrose place, Rachel Bilson, stevie wonder, watchmen

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Vitamin D: The Cold and Flu Correlation

Vitamin D may be an important way to arm the immune system against disorders like the common cold, report investigators from the University of Colorado Denver (UC Denver) School of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Children's Hospital Boston.

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JDate No-No: Wedding Dress Profile Pic

Attention online daters… this is exactly how not to attract your future spouse:

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Google's New Do-Good Strategy: Cutback In Disguise?

Larry Brilliant is stepping down from Google.org to become chief philanthropic evangelist at Google.com;Megan Smith, the company's VP of new business development, will add Google.org to her portfolio.

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Future Oscar Roles? Casting Would-Be Video Game Movies

PWN or DIE has chosen to focus on video games as films and who we would like to see playing some of our favorite characters. We came up with thirty examples of actors and actresses we feel would fit as video game icons. Perhaps some of these movies will be made and yield Oscars for these thespians in years to come?

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Ian Morison: Did Ancient Mars Support Life?

Recent evidence has shown that there was indeed water on the surface of Mars at one point, but could the planet have supported life as well?

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The GOP is Underestimating Obama

Just a month into his administration, Republicans are already smelling blood for the midterm elections next year, waiting for President Obama to fall on his face.

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Paul Gascoigne speaks about drink and drugs hell

Gazza reveals all

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AT&T Charges $27,788.93 To Watch A Bears Game On Your Laptop

Wayne has an AT&T wireless card that he uses in combination with his Slingbox to watch TV while he travels. It's normally a good system, but he recently got a shockingly huge bill after watching about 2 1/2 hours of a Bears game while waiting for his cruise to depart Miami.

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Hollywood's Least Fit Celebs

Eight famous guys who could use a fitness overhaul.

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Worst and most hillarious weather man ever!

This guy dosent seem to have a clue to what he is doing!

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55% Say Government Mortgage Help Rewards Bad Behavior

55% of American adults say the federal government would be rewarding bad behavior by providing mortgage subsidies to financially troubled homeowners, just 32% disagree.

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How Google Can Save Detroit

Imagine open source cars available in beta with upgrades based on users' recommendations... Jeff Jarvis, one of the world's 100 media leaders, explains how automobile companies can save themselves.

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13 Fantastic WoW Papercraft Figures

Fans obsessed with World of Warcraft spend many of their waking hours enjoying adventures in this surreal world. Some have even taken it a step further – recreating these amazing characters and props out of paper. These are some of the best paper craft figures, created by very talented WoW fans.

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Land of Opportunity or Land of Entitlement?

The Land of Opportunity side allows people to make their own destiny. The Land of Entitlement side gives them a small salad bar of options for using government bureaucracy to find a place of their own, from distributing the dole, to being on the dole, to delivering the dole, to passing new dole funding regulations. That's the gist of it.

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Man Drowns Trying To Show How Long He Can Hold Breath

A 23-year-old man who told his friends he could hold his breath underwater for a long period of time drowned while trying to prove it Sunday evening.

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Dick Oliver: PWND!

Former TRP nemesis Dick Oliver finally gets the come-uppance he so richly deserves during a live television broadcast of Good Day NY.

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Babel Tales: Manhattan Candids (PICS)

Posed, candid or Photoshopped? Who cares?! In the eye of photographer Peter Funch, the denizens of Manhattan live in a magic world all their own.

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S.F. Mayor Newsom Bans Bottled Water,Gets Caught With a Case

Busted!

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Deep Sea Fishing In Cancun

Who says that Cancun is just for Spring Break?

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Pentagon Funds 'Cyber-Range' For Web Warriors

Just as foot soldiers need to practice their skills before heading into combat, America's cyber warriors need space in the virtual world to hone their skills as well. That place will be the National Cyber Range, a virtual proving ground to simulate battles and develop virtual weapons to fight our nation's enemies.

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Soldier doubts eligibility, defies president's orders

A U.S. soldier on active duty in Iraq has called President Obama an "impostor" in a statement in which he affirmed plans to join as plaintiff in a challenge to Obama's eligibility to be commander in chief.

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"Jupiter-sized" comet to streak past Earth tonight

We have known of its existence for only two years. But if you raise your eyes heavenwards tonight, you might just catch a glimpse of the comet Lulin. Glowing green, it will come within 38million miles of Earth, the closest it has ever been, and about the same distance away as Mars.

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Why iPhone Service Prices Probably Won't Budge

There's no shortage of buzz over predictions that iPhone service costs are about to drop, but I wish to respectfully disagree with that expectation. The predicted price drop is supposed to be the result of a trickle-down effect from the heating up of competition for cellular customers

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Top 10 Made-For-Internet Oscar Parodies of All Time

The 2008 Academy Awards are officially over, and all of the 24-karat, non-chocolate filled statues (sorry, Queen Latifah) have been distributed to Hollywood elite.

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Slumdog's Freida Pinto Teams Up With Woody Allen

Freida Pinto has now signed on for her post-Slumdog Millionaire role, playing the ingenue in Woody Allen's untitled new project, which shoots in London this spring. She's signing on along with Naomi Watts, and they'll both be joining Anthony Hopkins and Josh Brolin in the film. (Personal Note: Freida Pinto is not related to Michael Pinto)

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Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About LCD Monitors

The next time you buy a monitor, will you have a clue what you're buying? Or will you be winging it based on little more than size, price and maybe the number of input options? Fear not - we're going to give you all the information you need to sort the good panels from the bad.

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Prince Williams moving one step closer to his marriage

Prince William and his girlfriend Kate Middleton are moving one step closer to marriage as they’re in the middle of making plans to move in together in a refurbished house at Royal Air Force Base in Shropshire.

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15 Golf Scorecard Applications for the iPhone

While the iPhone is primarily a desirable smartphone that truly kicked off the full multi-touchscreen phenomenon on a mobile basis, that doesn’t mean it remains in the realm of seriousness. After all, all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

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Windows 3.1 running on a Nokia N95

In what can only be called "totally frakking awesome", someone installed Microsoft Windows 3.1 on a Nokia N95. By using DOSBox, Polish developer Marcin-PRV was able to install the ageing operating system on the Symbian-powered smartphone, allowing both operating systems to run side-by-side.

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First evidence of a supernova in an ice core

There hasn’t been a decent supernova in our part of the universe in living memory but astronomers in the 11th century were a little more fortunate. In 1006 AD, they witnessed what is still thought to be the brightest supernova ever seen on Earth (SN 1006) and just 48 years later saw the birth of the Crab Nebula (SN 1054).

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FBI recovers 48 juveniles in prostitution raid. Giant raid.

# Police booked 464 adult prostitutes, 55 pimps and 55 customers on state charges# FBI: 19 searches netted $438,000 in cash, plus illegal drugs, cars, computers# Officials say Innocence Lost task forces recovered about 670 children in 6 years

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In Obama We Trust?

The president doesn't lack self-confidence. In fact, all he talks about is himself. As the author of this column says, Obama's lack of modesty is morphing in a lack of modesty about his policies; maybe tonight, Obama will give a nod to the small business owner and entrepreneurs who can make his "Yes we can" campaign slogan into reality.

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Should self-defense be limited to the fit and strong?

Opponents of armed self-defense sometimes argue that relying on a firearm for defense is "cowardly." Are we to believe that the law of the jungle--survival of the fittest--is the proper way for people to live? As a paraplegic, confined to a wheelchair, I think not.

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Your Share of Stimulus Tax Breaks

Roughly 97% of American households could see tax savings as a result of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, according to a new analysis by a nonpartisan research group.The Tax Policy Center crunched the numbers and concluded that the average savings would be $1,179.

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WTF Vista?!? I won't even live that long! (PIC)

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Carls Jr. Happy Star Costume Saves Rob Dyrdek's Life (FAKE)

Rob Dyrdek of MTV's Fantasy Factory falls from a zip line and narrowly escapes death. I'm putting fake in all caps because there is just no way this viral ad is real. I'm hoping someone can please explain to me exactly how they edited it so smoothly and possibly ballpark the number of free burgers and star shaped nuggets Rob is getting for this.

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Northern Lights Are Quieter Than They've Been in Decades

The Interior’s normal wintertime light show has been noticeably absent this winter. “I talk to people in town and everybody asks me, ‘Where is the aurora? What’s happening?’"

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Teaching Grandchildren To Love The Scriptures… | The LDS Gra

As our grandchildren begin to develop their reasoning skills, and are learning how to exercise their personal agency, this creates the perfect opportunity to begin a little one-on-one time with them, and the scriptures.

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Ice Ages and Sea Level

The Earth is currently in an interglacial period of an ice age that started about two and a half million years ago. The Earth’s current ice age is primarily caused by Antarctica drifting over the South Pole 30 million years ago.

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Russian Strategic Submarine Patrols Rebound

The ten Russian patrols in 2008 raise the question whether Russia has now resumed continuous SSBN patrols. Neither the duration nor the dates of Russian SSBN patrols are known, but if they east last more than 36 days and do not overlap, then Russia could have a continuous at-sea deterrent. If the patrols cluster like in 2006,

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Navy Cross | Department of Defense New Media

Secretary of the Navy Donald Winter presented two Navy Cross Medals to the families of two fallen Marines. Pentagon

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China Rethinks It's Stimulus Plan

Due in large part to fears of dire consequences if nothing were done to tackle the economic crisis, China rushed through a 4 trillion yuan (US$586 billion) economic stimulus package in November 2008. But now that the sense of immediate crisis has passed, the stimulus policies are being rethought -and- they are being vigorously debated in the media.

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Evolution of the Rubik's Cube (VIDEO)

But now you can't simply rearrange the stickers...

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Contest: "Watchmen" Mini-Poster Collection

The Comedian, Ozymandias, Dr. Manhattan, Rorschach, Nite Owl and Silk Spectre all strike iconic poses next to quotations taken from their own dialogue, the striking "Watchmen" logo running along the border just as it did on the original comic book series.

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Obama And ACORN Connections, Obama Lies Once Again

Here is a video linking Obama directly to ACORN via Deepak Bhargava. So it looks like Barack Obama is lying once again about his past. Obama says organizations like ACORN will help shape his agenda.

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The Most Important Innovations, Give or Take a Few

PBS' Nightly Business Report this week unveiled its list of the 30 most important innovations of the last 30 years, based on the judgment of a panel of faculty from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

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No right to arms, no vote in Congress!

Commentary urges Congress to preempt DC Council on gun control as a condition of Congressional voting rights

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8 Beautiful Themes For Enlightenment WM

Enlightenment features an iconbar, which the Dock of OS X is based on, and is quite different from the traditional WM and DE that we are used to.

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Financial Times revolutionizes job market:3-day working week

The Financial Times, the world's leading financial newspaper, will offer staff the chance to work three days a week over the summer as part of its drive to cut costs, a company spokesman said Monday.

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Moscow Splendid War Photos: Now and Then

History has told us all but frequently we forget about the hardship experienced by generations past, especially during certain wars. However, some people have a very creative and profound way of reflecting on times gone by, presenting their take on the world in a new light........

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Charles Barkley Is Going to Jail

Hope they've got XXXXL jumpsuits in AZ, 'cause Charles Barkley is officially going to jail.

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World's oldest dog wears goggles

Chanel, the world's oldest dog, needs a jumper and goggles to go outside. The blonde wire-haired daschund, is 20 years old, or 102 in dog years. A retired Army veteran who now works as a school secretary adopted Chanel in 1988. "She takes things very easy these days," said owner, who lives in Port Jefferson Station, New York.

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Unreleased Beatles material surfaces online

A previously unreleased version of The Beatles' 'Revolution 1' has found its way online.

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Man Loses Job Then Wins This $2 Million House

A couple spent $150 on a home raffle and won the $2 million house. The victory should alleviate some of the pain for the husband, who lost his job the week before.

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Meet Girls at the GYM: Give Her Pointers

My buddy and I were discussing the best methods for meeting girls at the gym over this last weekend. We both acknowledged that it’s not always an easy task. Unless, of course, your name is Scuba Steve. Let’s pretend your name is Joe Schmo for now.

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Atlas Shrugs: ROME: WILDERS RECEIVES THE ORIANA FALLACI AWAR

Geert Wilders was in Rome this past week to receive the Oriana Fallaci award. How perfect. Atlas reader Sergio went to see Wilders and sent us this video of Geert Wilders having a walk with Sam Solomon and Armando Manocchia(from "una via per Oriana") in Rome' Forum and in down town shopping center, plus the presentation of the "Oriana Fallaci Award

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Exploiting Peer-to-Peer Networking: I have lost faith!

I think just about anyone who meets me and talks to me for long enough comes to terms with the fact that I am a very sick, twisted person. Also factor in a few mountain dews, a Peer-to-Peer connection, and boredom and you get what might be the funniest combination imaginable

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Heads will roll - By Barbara Simpson

Barbara asks if America's multiculturalism will lead to allowing "honor killings" by Muslims as prescribed by their Sharia law. Media coverage is always low key and virtually non-existent. Octuplets and a rampaging chimpanzee get headlines; a beheading gets a media pass. It's not acceptable to say or think anything untoward of Muslims or Islam.

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Oh where, oh where has my Afghan gun gone?

As part of international efforts to equip the Afghan National Army & the Afghan National Police, the U.S. has been responsible for procuring and distributing about 380,000 small arms & light weapons. No surprise given the U.S. commitment to preventing the re-emergence of terrorist forces. What is surprising is how many guns are unaccounted for.

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MENSA Test: Smart arse!

Puzzle: What do the letters mean? -- Example: "24 H in a D" = "24 Hours in a Day". -- According to MENSA, if you get 23 of these, you are a "genius". -- Only 2 MENSA members achieved full marks.

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Stimulus Bill Contains Healthcare Rationing Provision

Hidden in the 1.2 trillion dollar Obama/Democrat pork spending bill is a hidden provision inserted by Democrats to ration healthcare, particularly for senior adults who may be deemed too old or sick to justify expenditures. The provision calls for a national healthcare coordinator who will make sure your doctor doesn't spend too much in your care.

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Bullet Pierces Crayons [High Speed Photo]

Amazing picture of what happens to bullets when they are shot.

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The Fifth Columnist In The White House

The fact is that Israel faces the nightmare scenario that it now stands alone -- and against America. Whether through naivety, ideology or rank malice, there is now a fifth columnist in the White House, delivering (however unwittingly) the agenda of the enemies of the west and undermining the cause of the free world.

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6 Interesting online presentations for web developers

If you are looking for free resources to learn Ajax, PHP, CSS and JavaScript take a look at this collection with six interesting online presentations about these topics. The list includes a short introduction to Ajax, how to write modular CSS code, PHP Object Model fundamentals and an overview about the most popular JavaScript libraries.

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Amazing 3D pavement art that has pedestrians on edge (w/VID)

Giant ice-age crevasses are few and far between - especially in Ireland. Don't worry, it is the latest creation of 3-D street artist Edgar Mueller. The crack, appearing to show a fault in the earth's crust, was created for the town's 'Festival of World Culture' last year in the town of Dun Laoghaire.

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Red Dog: Can you teach old Windows hounds new tricks?

It has been four months since Microsoft took the official wraps off its cloud-computing initiative. Yet still relatively little still is known about the Azure platform and plans.The part of Azure which intrigued me the most was the cloud operating system, code-named “Red Dog,” that is at its heart.

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5 Actors Who Haven't Mellowed With Age

For some guys, turning 60 means a 15 percent discount at Applebee's and winters in Boca Raton — but these five famous men are living proof that life doesn't end once you become eligible for Social Security.

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Giving Obama a Chance

I won't take that leaf out of the Left's book. I'm not a child and don't play tit-for-tat. If Obama is right about something, I'll acknowledge it and just chalk it up to the inevitable twice-per-diem correctness of a broken clock. What I also won't do, however, is "give Obama a chance." I'll explain why with a couple of analogies.

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7 Most Likely Governorships to Switch Party Control in 2010

A couple of surprises in store?

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Unlike Diamonds, Most Minerals Not Forever

Diamonds may be forever, but that's not true of most minerals. In fact, about two-thirds of the 4,300 known minerals on Earth today owe their existence to biological processes, and thus evolved fairly recently in geological terms.

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A Frank (and John) Discussion of Race

The Right Perspective's Frank and John respond to US Attorney General Eric Holder's declaration that Americans are "cowards" who cannot have a "Frank" discussion on racial matters.

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You Fail! [Pic]

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Year after tragedy, High School basketball team triumph

A year after a tragic highway crash killed seven of their players, a New Brunswick boy's basketball team found a way to win their province's AA championship.7 players + the wife of a former coach were killed in January 2008 when their van swerved into the path of a transport truck in poor highway conditions as they travelled back from a road game

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It’s Criminal That The Space Shuttle Is Allowed To Take Off

In fact the design of the space shuttle itself dates to the disco era — it’s just pathetic that over all of these years there’s never been a replacement vehicle in the works. Add to that the fact that two have blown up on both take off and reentry you’d think that we were well past the wake up call at this point in time.

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Nintendo’s Wii Fit in the 80’s

Who ever thought Nintendo’s first attempt at Wii Fit started out in the 80s? Ok, so maybe they didn’t but I doubt they would’ve had much success with a game like that.

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Alba white truffle association is on the warpath

Italian media has been abuzz about a top executive who refused to pay a 4,000 euro ($5,058) bill after dining on truffles with five guests at Milan's two Michelin-starred Cracco restaurant. "They did not want to see the menus. They just said: 'We want the truffles'." The party of 6 consumed about 300gm of truffle, which costs 10.90 euros per gram.

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Some Men Have To Be Taught [PIC-NSFW]

Picture is enough

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Universal Planning 'Battlestar Galactica' Movie!

Hollywood Reporter- Just as the acclaimed Sci Fi Channel series "Battlestar Galactica" enters its final episodes, Universal has quietly entered into negotiations with Glen A. Larson to write and produce a big-screen version of the property he created.

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Wading Intelligence: Perceptual Pools

Highlights from Dan Schnur, a leading political and media strategist, and Jonathan Alter, columnist and senior editor for Newsweek magazine, during panel discussion at Stanford University. How too much information can isolate people.

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Launch A Free Document Collaboration Web-Meeting With Anyone

It is a free service for online meetings with fully synchronized co-browsing of any document. It is a quick and simple way to share a document with other people at the same time.

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Sen. Burris' chief of staff quits

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Thirteen Signs You Need a Vacation

A humorous (but true!) list of reasons you may need a vacation.

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Obama to Mayors: don’t waste what we stole

Obama tells mayors not to waste all that money they stole from tax payers

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Lawmaker to Push Repeal of Online Poker & Gaming Law

A senior Democratic lawmaker will push legislation this year to repeal a U.S. ban on Internet gambling that has hurt trade ties with the European Union, a congressional aide said. "The bill introduction should happen in the next month," a spokesman for House of Representatives Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank said.

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Looking for some trouble [Video]

A home video taken of a naughty monkey pulling the tail of a dog many times. A good laugh !

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California cutting off water to people

Water leaders today urged Californians to make every effort to cut water consumption by 20 percent this year because of the growing likelihood of a third straight drought year.

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ObamaNation – Planet of the Apes?

FTA - The New York Times finally gets it right with an editorial cartoon of police shooting a chimpanzee, reminding us of the 1968 classic Planet of the Apes. And for their satire, they get treated like… Conservatives.

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How The Average U.S. Consumers Spend Their Income

Taking a look at average consumer spending in the United States gives us an interesting insight into this matter. The analysis of these trends can help us to determine whether each of these expenditures are necessity or frivolity.

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Digg Finally Admits the Auto-Bury Exists

It has long been debated and rumored that Digg has an auto-bury feature that would automatically bury specific user's submissions. They have for a long time

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What Slumdog Millionaire can teach us a/b economic stimulus

For decades would-be entrepreneurs staggered under the weight of corruption and bureaucracy. But in the 1990s, India emerged as a high-tech powerhouse. What changed?

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Monroe prisoner amputates own penis

MONROE -- A Monroe Correctional Complex prisoner with a history of mental illness was rushed to the hospital Thursday after his second attempt to cut off his penis.

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The Roots of Blogging: George Orwell Did It!

Thanks to the Internet, you can read the diaries of great literary masters as if they were blogs.

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Huffington Post's Phony Fox News Video

So anxious to vilify Fox News, they are willing to doctor video to do it.

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Reverend Wright lives on in the Obama administation

President Obama has appointed Reverend Dr. Otis Moss Jr. to serve on the President's Advisory Council estalished as part of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships. Moss is the father of Reverend Otis Moss III, who succeeded the infamous Jeremiah Wright as the spiritual leader of the Trinity United Church

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8 Humiliating Japanese Ads Starring Oscar Nominees

Oscar-nominated actors are the most dignified members of our species. They play the serious roles that inspire us and hold a special place of reverence in our culture. But not in Japan. In a country where demoralization is the national pastime, our revered actors, Academy Award nominees and winners both, sell their own dignity for a paycheck becaus

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Washington Times releases open source projects

The Washington Times has always focused on content. After careful review, we determined that the best way to have the top tools to produce and publish that content is to release the source code of our in-house tools and encourage collaboration.

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Poll: Obama beats Jesus as American 'hero'

Harris poll shows that the personality cult has really taken hold. That's one of the hallmarks of the Beast, but not (yet) conclusive.

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Apple OKs an iPhone app that may be an iTunes killer?

Strangely enough, Apple has approved an iPhone application that actually might replace its iTune music download model. Even odder, is the fact the new app was created by David Dederer, former lead singer for The Presidents of the United States of America.

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Little Big Planet Dominates Interactive Achievement Awards

In an evening honoring 2008's top games on the third day of the D.I.C.E Summit, Little Big Planet took home eight awards including Overall Game of the Year. Other notable award winners included Dead Space, Fallout 3 and Left 4 Dead, which all received two awards apiece. 2D Boy also picked up an Outstanding Achievement n Game Design for World of Goo

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Diary of a Confused White Man: Who the Hell is Tyler Perry?

Critics went from panning his movies to sort of seeing the merit in them to flat out praising Tyler Perry for his knack for making Tyler Perry movies. If this trend continues, Tyler Perry's Madea's Class Reunion will win best picture in 2010, by 2015, ALL movies will be made by Tyler Perry.

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Sometimes it needs a good kick to fix things

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Changing Diapers (COMIC) - SMBC

Sad but true.

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Gun confiscation: can it happen again?

In September 2005, we had a gun confiscation here in this country, despite the Second Amendment. Could it happen again, and what can be done to prevent it?

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Adography Offers A Way To Cash In On Your Amateur Photos

Adography is essentially a marketplace where people can put their amateur photos up for sale, while businesses can put out requests for photos by creating so-called ‘want-ads’. You can find an example of a listing here, which includes the image specifications, asking price, and more. The service is free for people who upload their photos.......Subbed by arena84

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Darkfall NDA Now Lifted & Other Important Stuff

The initial system requirements for Darkfall are as follows:Operating System: Windows XP, VistaProcessor: 2.5GHz Pentium 4, or equivalentRAM: 1GB for Windows XP, 2GB for Windows VistaGraphics Card: 128MB PixelShader 2.0 supportHard Drive Space: 12 GB Free Space Minimum

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Hunting rifles--the next 'sniper weapons'

Some hunters like to believe that their gun rights aren't threatened, because no one would come after their bolt-action elk rifles. They make this assumption at their own peril.

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Meow! I’m A Turkey

What a picture! Damn...I bet a douche bag made it.

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Customs finds marijuana hidden by cattle

Customs inspectors say a Canadian truck driver attempted to enter the United States with 1,746 pounds of marijuana stashed under a load of cattle.Edwin Roy Fuller of Langley, British Columbia, was arrested Tuesday at the Sumas road crossing, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reported Thursday. Fuller was being held pending an appearance...

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Lost Interest from WORK after losing VIRGINITY ? ??

A longtime employee of Merlin's Magicland, has not been as interested in magic or customer service as he was before his March 27 virginity loss, coworkers reported Monday. :D

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Friend of Ethically Challenged Sen. Chris Dodd

Connecticut's AG says Connecticut's senator is outside his jurisdiction. Richard Blumenthal won't even investigate Dodd's sweetheart deals with Countrywide. This is "change"?

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Does Religion Make People Happier?

Researchers accidentally discovered that people with religious beliefs tend to be more content in life. While not the original objective, the recent European study found that religious people are better able to cope with shocks such as losing a loved one or getting laid off of a job.

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Top 10 WORST Recission Stocks to Own

Last week, I published my updated list of the 10 best-performing stocks since the last recession, to help you identify the lessons that will help us this time around.The study yielded some fascinating insights, not the least of which was that investors who keep their wits about them during times of maximum pessimism can truly make money on...

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Are we about to eliminate AIDS?

WHAT if we could rid the world of AIDS? The notion might sound like fantasy: HIV infection has no cure and no vaccine, after all. Yet there is a way to completely wipe it out - at least in theory. What's more, it would take only existing medical technology to do the job.

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Arizona Boy, 9, Pleads Guilty to Murdering Dad

ST. JOHNS, Ariz. — A 9-year-old eastern Arizona boy accused of shooting his father and another man to death pleaded guilty Thursday to a single count of negligent homicide. Attorneys won't say what charges he's expected to plead to or whether it involves the two counts of premeditated murder the boy faces.....

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YouTube - James Ingram & Michael McDonald - Yah Mo B There

Yahweh will be there (translation)

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BenQ announces two all-in-one PCs

BenQ has announced two all-in-one nScreen PCs – with the i91 and i221 arriving in Taiwan, Japan and Australia in March or April.

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Soccer Man - He Really Gets Around! [Pic]

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Black pastors to ask Burris to resign

A Chicago minister tells The Associated Press he and other black pastors who previously supported U.S. Sen. Roland Burris now plan to ask him to resign. The minister spoke Thursday on condition of anonymity because a meeting with Burris hadn't yet been scheduled. He says the senator can no longer serve effectively.

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Why Can't We Get Medical Marijuana To The Patients In Need?

Nearly a decade after Hawaii became one of the first states to approve marijuana for medical use, hundreds, perhaps thousands, of patients still have no access to the medicine their doctors have prescribed. These people, many of them elderly, most suffering from intense pain, are caught in a Kafkaesque web: Where to legally get the medicine?

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Can you provide a caption for this image?

I cant found any thing for it!

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Water torturrr (PIC)

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PPA Director on Recent Victories for Right to Play Poker

John Pappas, executive director of the Poker Players Alliance, discusses poker's recent court victories, with emphasis on today's ruling by a South Carolina court that poker is a game of skill, not chance.

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North Dakota House Votes to Outlaw Abortion

By a vote of 51-41, North Dakota's House of Representatives declared that human life begins at conception.

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Fuck YOU DIGG-and moderators you are motherfuckers.

Digg this everyone please. Digg is really screwed up now . Digg stafff ( you are motherfuckers , son/daughter of a bitch/dog , assholes ( of a pig n rhino n what not..kevin's testes thats what you are) drink kevin's sperm to cool your selves down. FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU ! BYE ::@@ idiots.

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The Case Against the Federal Reserve - Google Books

Full preview of this great book (keyword) Ron Paul

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How to Cure Someday Syndrome

Everyone suffers from Someday Syndrome at some point in their lives, often catching it repeatedly. You probably have something similar going on in your life – a project, a task, a goal – that you just haven’t got around to doing yet. Right? Here are some key ways to cure Someday Syndrome so that you don’t need to suffer through a cure.

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New Google Maps tweak gives you more results

Google Maps search results now show you more than they used to, information that might boost clicks on businesses that aren't on the top of Google's list.

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Kick Ass Last Name [PIC]

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YES WE CAN ! - Weaken The Market !

Barack Obama entered White House with the market standing at 9,625.28. Now as President Obama signs this (PARTISAN PORK) 'stimulus' bill, the Dow has dropped to to 7,606.53? Change we can believe in - turning a recession into a disaster.

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Amy Fisher Taking Up Stripping

Amy Fisher Taking Up Stripping, The Long Island Lolita - who went to prison for shooting Mary Jo Buttafuoco in the head and recently started a porn Web site featuring herself - plans to tour the country as a high-paid pole dancer

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Father batters his wife to death and jumps in front of train

A company director has left his two children orphaned after battering their mother to death and then calmly walking to the village station where he threw himself under a train.

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Last Section of Shea Stadium Is Torn Down

A demolition crew pulled down the final section of Shea Stadium Wednesday, and what remained of old blue stadium was gone in a cloud of dust.

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Hulu Pulls Its Videos from TV.com

It has now been confirmed that Hulu.com has indeed pulled its videos from TV.com. Until yesterday, you could watch embedded Hulu videos on TV.com, but since last night, ...

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U.S. Bancorp CEO Davis rips TARP - TwinCities.com

I will say this very bluntly: We were told to take it. Not asked, told. ' "We were told to take it so that we could help Darwin synthesize the weaker banks and acquire those and put them under different leadership," he said. "We are not even allowed to mention that. ... We were supposed to say the TARP money was used for lending.

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Is It Time To Declare Some Big Banks Dead?

As the government attempts to stabilize the nation's financial system, officials must decide whether to continue to prop up banks as private entities, nationalize them or shut them down. The question for the government is, how long should it continue backing the banks, and how big [are the] losses they [are] going to make over this process?

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44 Facts About Our 44 Presidents in 4 Minutes

Dan Rattles offers 44 facts about our 44 presidents in under 4 minutes (if you don't include the intro and outro : P) And yes-- everything in this video is (to the best of Dan's knowledge) true.

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How To Survive A Nuclear Attack by expert Dr.Irwin Redlener

Face of nuclear terror has changed since the Cold War, but disaster-medicine expert Irwin Redlener reminds us the threat is still real. He looks at some of history’s farcicalcountermeasures & offers practical advice on how to survive an attack.He studies how humanity might survive natural or human-made disasters of unthinkable severity w/scenario

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Guns and the Constitution: Rep Itse responds on secession

Given 31,000+ page views, “Guns and the Constitution” struck a responsive note. The piece covered HCR 6, introduced in New Hampshire by state Rep Daniel Itse, calling for secession under specified instances of federal abuses including gun control such as HR 45. The questions raised have bedeviled Americans since the founding of the Republic.

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Concept design tops, crazy furntiture and curved screens

Tips to guide you when you are on your way to "designing your own design". The screens are available in widths from 80" to 160".

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BasketBrawl: 2 teams and their FANS go at it

Last night a fight broke out at a basketball game between two high schools; G.W Carver and Valley High Schools in Montgomery, Alabama. Both benches went crazy and the fans started charging the floor.

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10 Shipwrecks That Capture Our Imaginations

The storied Titanic isn't the only wrecked ship steeped in history — if not treasure — at the bottom of the sea.

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Intel Files Suit, NVIDIA Responds Boldly

NVIDIA CEO, Jen-Hsun Huang, had this to say about the whole ordeal: "We are confident that our license, as negotiated, applies. At the heart of this issue is that the CPU has run its course and the soul of the PC is shifting quickly to the GPU. This is clearly an attempt to stifle innovation to protect a decaying CPU business.

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Dorfman Fights To Protect Vision Street Wear Name (In 1989)

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40 Facts Related To Alcohol

Facts on alcohol that we should probably read when we are sober

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Lakers Shannon Brown Amazing Block

02-17-2009 - Hawks vs. Lakers - Shannon Brown Amazing Athletic Block On Mario West (HD). Watch how high he jumped by looking at his head and the rim!

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Many 'Natural' Products Make Dubious Claim

A product with "natural" ingredients may be no better for you than one with artificial ingredients, but a lot of us still trust advertisements that suggest as much. Yet ads are often full of dubious scientific claims.

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North Dakota House Gives Fertilized Eggs Human Status

A measure approved by the North Dakota House gives a fertilized human egg the legal rights of a human being, a step that would essentially ban abortion in the state.The bill is a direct challenge to Roe v. Wade, the U.S. Supreme Court decision that extended abortion rights nationwide, supporters of the legislation said.

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"Olbermann Asked to Issue Apology and Correction"

"Mr. Olbermann charges that I, Betsy McCaughey, Ph.D. was paid, directly or indirectly, by the pharmaceutical industry, the biotech industry, the Hudson Institute, or Cantel Medical Corp. to write my analysis of the stimulus bill or speak about that issue. All these charges are false."

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Democrats sneak Net neutrality rules into 'stimulus' bill -

House Democrats claim that enacting a $825 billion so-called stimulus plan is necessary to save the economy. What they didn't say is that it tries to impose highly controversial Net neutrality rules through the back door.

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Scientist Develops Way to Transform CO2 into Methane

Pennsylvania State University researchers found out a way to transform the messy CO2 from the atmosphere into burnable gas, with the help of the Sun. They made use of nanotechnology for this matter, and their results showed a 20 times yield, compared to other findings.

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Direct from Moo to Meow [PIC]

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Alert: Mountaintop Removal Mining Projects

Appalachia could be facing as many as 150 new mountaintop removal coal mining operations, 90 in West Virginia alone, which would destroy huge swaths of the Appalachian Mountains.

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What If All Tokyo's Pavement Was Replaced With Grass? (pics)

One of the more innovative green projects I've ever seen.Really cool! Subbed by bixby1

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Will 2009 witness the third wave of socialism in America?

The New Deal which he ushered into Washington in 1933 was the first full-force wave of socialism to hit these shores. There had been flirtations with it in the past. The New Deal yanked it out from the fringes of the body politic and put it into full play.

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The Fascists Among Us

As for you Brownshirts, you are the initiated. I know I can’t disabuse you of your misbegotten notions. I also know that you’re winning the culture war in the West, and for good reason. You’re meaner, more violent and more devious than people of the light, and above nothing.

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Why the Stamford Chimp Attacked

The ferocious attack by a chimpanzee of a woman in Stamford, Conn., on Feb. 16 wasn't a question of if, but when. The 200-lb. chimp named Travis, whose owner, Sandra Herold, 70, raised as part of her own family, had no history of violence — aside from one incident in 2003 when he escaped and stopped traffic in Stamford for hours.

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Geographers Urge US To Search 3 Structures for Bin Ladin

While U.S. intelligence officials have spent more than seven years searching fruitlessly for Osama bin Laden, UCLA geographers say they have a good idea of where the terrorist leader was at the end of 2001 — and perhaps where he has been in the years since.

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Obama's Enemies List

Is silencing the opposition the change you were hoping for?

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Got Depression? The Truth About Wheat-free, Dairy-free Diets

The culprit and cure for most psychiatric disorders lies in the gut, Hyman says. Allergies and toxins in food, the environment, and drugs damage it, causing it to become inflamed and to “leak,” allowing undigested food and bacteria to slip into our bloodstreams.

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The Definitive Guide To Steampunk Gadgets

For the uninitiated, Steampunk is the fantasy marriage of modern day technology and Victorian steam power. From mobile phones to full pc systems, the incredible imagination of the inventors behind these pieces of equipment never ceases to amaze. I mean, did you ever imagined your laptop running on steam?

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So What Does Twitter's Founder Twitter About?

When Lance Armstrong's bike was stolen, he put out an APB to the "twitterati." When NASA scientists make a discovery about Mars, they turn to Twitter to get the word out to avid space enthusiasts. But Twitter co-founder Biz Stone says he doesn't twitter all that often.

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10 Best Party Beaches

A list of 10 of the best party beaches in the world.

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Burris (D) Confesses He Lied About Fundraising for Blago

Sen. Roland Burris conceded that he tried to raise money for then-Gov. Rod Blagojevich before Mr. Blagojevich appointed him to the U.S. Senate, and Senate Democrats signaled that Mr. Burris could be subject to scrutiny by the Senate Ethics Committee. For readers still confused, this is PERJURY!

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Man Strangled Wife - Called Wrong Name During Sex

A man strangled his wife to death after she called out the name of another man while they were having sexual intercourse, a court heard.

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Who Wouldn't Want To Hire This Guy?

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Look What I Can Do...Holy Crap [PIC]

*painful*

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Texas reaffirming sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment

Yesterday Texas Representatives introduced a resolution to reafirm the 10 Amendment of the Constitution for the United States

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Can Science Emulate Evolution to Solve Global Problems?

Dr. David Mindell on using Darwinian principles to solve engineering and industry challenges

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NFL Hall of Fame Linebacker Brad Van Pelt Dead at 58

Hall of Fame linebacker Brad Van Pelt has died of a heart attack.Brad Van Pelt played in the NFL for the New York Giants, Los Angeles Raiders, and Cleveland Browns. This 5 time Pro Bowler retired in 1986. Van Pelt previously played football for MSU.

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When the Bulls Were Dominant- Ep. 6

Zo can’t believe it. Cliff Levingston was in the house. Gerald Wilkins puts 2 hands on Mike. Wouldn’t matter if he had 3. Thurl Bailey didn’t stand a chance. Pick up your shorts, Joe Dumars. It’s a look at some of MJ’s best game-winners

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Black Zimbabweans Rally For White Farmer

Black Zimbabweans are putting their lives on the line for supporting Roy Bennett, a White Zimbabwe farmer who is being charged with treason and terrorism by the Marxist regime of Robert Mugabe.

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How a Regular Construction Worker Became a Firefighting Hero

Without a firetruck or real firefighting equipment ...

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New exploit targets IE 7 hole patched last week

Windows users are being urged to get the latest Microsoft security update or risk getting attacked via a hole in IE 7 that can be exploited to install a backdoor.Subbed by gnomey. Important for all IE 7 users.

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BREAKING: San Francisco Installs Three EV Charging Stations

At approximately 10:00 AM PST today, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom will announce the installation of three electric vehicle charging stations in front of City Hall. The stations will be used by plug-in electric vehicles already in San Francisco’s municipal fleet, along with plug-in electric hybrids owned by City CarShare and Zipcar.

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Proposed Law Requires Firearm Owners Have $1M Insurance

Illonois Democrat Kenneth Dunkin has introduced HB0687

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Woman misses flight, throws astounding hissy fit

"If you behave like this in public, you deserve to be YouTubed." What made her do it? Watch, and see if you can make it out.

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Litigation strategy prepared to battle 'Fairness Doctrine'

I rather predicted this. The only difference is that the case appears to be American Center for Law and Justice v. Obama, and not Limbaugh, Hannity, Levin, Savage, Ingraham, et al. v. Obama (Mark Levin, lead counsel, appearing in pro se and on behalf of the rest).

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Game Changers: Seminal People and Events

The individuals in the list that follows all started out as chatter around the water cooler but became cultural landmarks during the last 25 years...Ryan White....Rodney King....Christopher Reeve....Diana, Princess of Wales...Monica Lewinsky...Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris....Teri Schiavo....Barry Bonds....

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Obama: Government by and for 10-year olds

"Dear Mr. President" e-book of children's suggestions sounds a lot like Obama's supporters did during the campaign. End war forever, stop hurricanes, make is rain candy. Hey, is it possible that liberals are just 10-year olds who never grew up?

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How Romantic: Beating your wife for Dummies

In light of my last post, I am sharing this video and another. It just makes me all tingly inside. Behold, from the religion that claims “We are a peaceful people…” :Awww… c’mon. They seem like decent people. Let’s not speak unkindly of them. I’m sure they really love America, deep down inside. Let’s watch:

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The Cold War Strategy of the Left

Ronald Reagan led the United States to victory over the Soviet Union without firing a shot. Reagan believed the productivity of capitalism will overwhelm the planned economy of the Soviet Union. He was right.

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Class Act - Bush vs. Clinton

The differences between a class act and a classless act.

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Iraqi Generals Sent To DC For Ethics Training

BAGHDAD, Feb. 17, 2009 - Three officers from the Iraqi army’s training directorate traveled to the United States earlier this month for discussions on military ethics training and character development.

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Obama adviser admits job creation figure a 'guess'

David Axelrod said the Obama administration's pledge to create more than three million jobs with its economic stimulus package is merely an estimate, but would not confirm if more money would be needed if the bill falls short of employment targets.

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Jury orders rancher to pay $77,804 to illegal aliens

A federal jury found Tuesday that a southern Arizona rancher didn't violate the civil rights of a group of illegal immigrants who claimed that he detained them at gunpoint in 2004. The eight-member civil jury also found Roger Barnett wasn't liable on claims of battery and false imprisonment. But the jury did find him liable on four claims. . .

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I’ve Got a Great Idea: Let’s Kiss Some Terrorist Butt!

I’m talkin’ a big, slobbery wet one right on their back forty. We might as well, as we are about to muck up the rest of our country with a stimulus package that will stimulate only a liberal government’s lug nuts.

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No wonder why they rushed the stimulus bill to pass.

An eight-member congressional delegation began a weeklong trip to Italy on Saturday by stopping briefly at the home of the 31st Fighter Wing.Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and seven other members of Congress — all Democrats — spent about three hours on base.

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NYT Stock Price Hits Bottom - Now Cheaper Than Sunday Paper

Flame-out.

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Competence: Is Your Boss Faking It?

Bosses may be an overbearing breed, but more often than not, you've got to admire their business chops. Wouldn't you love to have that same sense of competence and confidence, that ability to assess tough problems and reach smart solutions on the fly? Guess what? So would they.

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Prosecutors Replaced In Stevens Trial After Contempt Finding

The Justice Department said Monday it has removed the legal team that prosecuted former U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens from further post-trial proceedings that concern allegations of government misconduct. Judge Sullivan cited the lawyers for not following his orders to turn over internal Justice Department files about an FBI whistle-blower to Stevens.

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Ruby Ridge Killer Now Gun Spokesman

Lon Horiuchi, the American government assassin who killed Vicki Weaver while she was holding her baby during the 1992 standoff at Ruby Ridge, is now endorsing a sniper rifle for a gun manufacturer.

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If you've got it, use it

CrossFit athletes prove "it" can be just about anything. -- The CrossFit program is designed for universal scalability making it the perfect application for any committed individual regardless of experience. CrossFit uses the same routines for elderly individuals with heart disease and cage fighters one month out from televised bouts. [pics]

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10 Memorable Michael Jordan Dunks

Ten memorable dunks from Michael Jordan, who celebrates his 46th birthday today.

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The Beatles - Helter Skelter on The Patriot Room

Paul was on a lunch break from recording the White Album. He heard Q&A with Townsend or the other guy from The Who (a band that just grates on me to no end). Townsend was going off about how raucous their new album was going to be. Paul said that it inspired him to turn Helter Skelter from a slow blues tune into a savage rock and roll bit.

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Obama now a war-time president with troops to Afghanistan

Now this ought to get interesting. Obama – the man-child with zero days in the military, with the agitator background, who never held a security clearance, with no training of any kind whatsoever in war, with the inner-city-dislike-for-all-things-military attitude is about to approve 17,000 more troops for Afghanistan.

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Russia threatens to send air defense system to Iranian nukes

Russia is about to sell Iran a brigade of the S-300 air defense missiles to protect its nuke facilities against attack. This isn't a new topic. Russia agreed before to not sell them to Iran, but now it seems Putin is playing poker with the young American president.

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The Trades - Contest: Coraline PVC Figure Set

Up for grabs this week is a boxed set of Coraline PVC figures modeled after the characters in the hit Henry Seilig film. You'll get Ghost Boy, Mr. Bobinsky, and -- of course -- Coraline and cat.

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DVD Review: High School Musical 3: Senior Year (Ext Edition)

The third entry in the High School Musical series proves bigger isn't always better.

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Saturn Dealers to Spin-Off From GM Into New Company

Saturn dealers are planning to spin-off from GM into a new company that will seek to sell third-party vehicles under the Saturn brand.

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Simon and Garfunkel Stage Surprise Reunion in NYC

Paul Simon’s first show at New York’s renovated Beacon Theatre this past Friday night ended with his former partner Art Garfunkel coming onstage to stunned applause by an A-list crowd that included Paul McCartney, Mayor Mike Bloomberg, Jon Bon Jovi, Rosie O’Donnell and many others.

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GOP Governors line up at federal trough

Not much in the way of principled leadership by Republican governors. Then again, they are part of the entitlement class. Would it be too much to expect them to fight this? Subbed by reaganwinger

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Blago Aftermath: Senate Ethics Panel May Investigate Burris

Embattled Sen. Roland W. Burris' legal and political problems deepened Tuesday as Democrats in Washington and Illinois signaled that they would support an investigation into whether the senator lied under oath about his appointment to the Illinois Senate seat. Illinois Democrats are now backing GOP calls for a perjury investigation.

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A Capitalist Manifesto

A specter is haunting America — the specter of capitalism. From the boardrooms of failed bankers turned shameless mendicants, to the empty banter of the pundit class, even to that den of mediocrity called Capitol Hill, a voice long silenced is making itself heard, and not a moment too soon.

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The Part of the New Simpsons Open You Didn't See

"If you watched the HD debut of The Simpsons this weekend, then you probably noticed the super-fast scan during the open. I couldn't help but wonder what hilarious stuff was going on in that split second, so I put together a quick and dirty panorama."

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Zen and the Art of Digging: Know Your Audience

Anyone who wants to get the most out of Digg owes it to himself/herself to read this entire series.Subbed by 45superman

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Calculate How Much The Bailout Will Cost You

The Bailout Calculator allows you to calculate how much the government has promised take, from you personally. They are redistributing it to telecom companies, industry, and the airlines. Currently, $8,439,120,000,000 has been promised. What exactly will this cost you? Subbed by imbanksy

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Carla Gugino: Up Close and Personal w/the 'Watchmen' Star

Just in case you needed another reason to check out 'Watchmen' -- Let the fapping begin...

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10 Celebrities Who Also Are Twins

Really cool!Subbed by jcgreenx

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Are Woman Gamers More Hardcore Than Men?

Can this really be true?Subbed by gamers403

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Jarron Gilber is a freak....Jumps out of a pool

6'5" 287 lbs. DE Jarron Gilbert JUMPS out of a pool. This guy will be a force in the NFLJust DAYUM! Subbed by chicagojack

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Drag Racer Almost Crushes Camera Man

A camera man is frozen in fear as a drag racer slams into the barrier wall and breaks into pieces around him but leaving him without a scratch.Subbed by louiebaur

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How Cells Handle Broken Chromosomes

Scientists from the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry discovered a novel cellular response towards persistent DNA damage: After being recognized and initially processed by the cellular machinery, the broken chromosome is extensively scanned for homology and the break itself is later tethered to the nuclear envelope.

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Batman's Oscar Snub Parallel to Obama vs. McCain

Oscar week has arrived and the senior writer for The Hollywood Reporter is firing a shot across the Academy's bow and illuminating the real reason for the Dark Knight's snub. It's the new guard vs. old guard. This year, the elitist snobs chose the vanilla film, 'The Reader' to fill Oscar's notorious '5th slot.'

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SynthaSite Gets A $20Mil Boost For Website Creation Software

There have been simple, browser-based website creation tools available on the market ever since the WWW turned mainstream, but there’s clearly still a significant demand for this type of services, especially with the way the web is evolving...

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DIY Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell

A solar cell is a device that converts solar energy into electricity. Recent developments in solar cell technology have made possible lower manufacturing costs with acceptable energy-conversion efficiency. Applications not possible before like utilization in fabric or thin-coating to a number of surfaces can now be achieved.

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Indian snake charmers hold protest - want to use live snakes

Nearly 1,000 snake charmers held a protest in eastern India on Tuesday, playing their flutes as they marched through the streets demanding the right to perform with live snakes. Shows featuring cobras and other live snakes have been banned in India since 1991 though they are still a common sight, especially in tourist areas and in small villages.

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Dow nears 10-year low

Markets from Hong Kong to Stockholm to London staggered lower. On Wall Street, the Dow came within sight of its lowest levels in more than a decade. Financial shares were battered. And rattled investors clamored to buy rainy-day investments like gold and Treasury debt.

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Three Jane Austen Science Fiction Movies in the Pipeline

Not one, not two, but THREE Jane Austen books are being changed into Science Fiction movies in the near future.

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My Mom to Public Relations People: Shut Up, You Bozos!

More than often, we get dumb press releases here in Gizmodo. This one starts with the following: "MAKE MOM THE ENVY OF THE BLOCK WITH STYLISH WESTINGHOUSE LCD HDTVs." It goes downhill from there.

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Pakistan: Lessons Learned about Sharia Law

The increasing use of sharia Law in Britain, as warned about on this website and recently repeated by a leading newspaper columnist - has been vindicated with the news that Pakistan has been forced to allow that legal system to become official law in parts of that country to “make peace” with their large Islamist population.

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Grand Theft Auto's Extreme Storytelling

It's famous for being violent, but Grand Theft Auto is also a supremely ambitious experiment in storytelling.

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Barack Obama is Making Me Rich!

What has changed is the way I now view myself in relation to the government, the economy, and the public at large. It's this change in perception, brought about by one-too-many "Obama's gonna pay my mortgage" or "Obama's gonna fix my car" bursts of insight from my fellow citizens, that has made me re-think the flaws in my own archaic thinking.

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Meow...Can I Go Home? [PIC]

Creativity at it's best.

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Six Ethnic Mobs and Their Portrayals in Movies

It’s safe to say that movies will continue to feature stories involving the mob. I’m sure that every ethnicity has some type of criminal organization, but these six really seemed to stand out from the rest.

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