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22 May 2009 11:30

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U.S.: Brains tend to falter to dementia in old age

  • ≈40% of men who live to 95 suffer from dementia in their old age source
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22 May 2009 11:10

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Offbeat, U.S.: Obama can’t get Robert Gates’ name right, by the way

  • He introduced Gates as “William” during yesterday’s speech. Obama sees Robert Gates just about every day, but despite this, he still got the defense secretary’s name wrong during yesterday’s speech, which in our opinion is hilarious. It’s possible that he just had Will on his mind too much, seeing as that was his most-used word. Or he might’ve been talking about Bill Gates. Whatever. Just don’t do it again, dude. source
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22 May 2009 11:04

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Politics, U.S.: Robert Gates weighs in on the Guantanamo debate

  • The truth is, it’s probably one of the finest prisons in the world today. But it has a taint.
  • Defense Secretary Robert Gates • Who says that, due to a reputation that precedes it, Guantanamo is no longer worth keeping. “The name itself is a condemnation,” he told NBC’s “Today” show. • source
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21 May 2009 23:59

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Culture: Go for the BBQ, stay for the foot massages. LOL.

  • If Jones’ Good Ass BBQ & Foot Massage were a real business, we’d go every week. Did someone say fried Snickers and pedicure?source
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21 May 2009 23:48

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Offbeat, U.S., World: And now, the lighter side of the war on terror: Pink boxers

  • Any soldier who goes into battle against the Taliban in pink boxers and flip-flops has a special kind of courage.
  • Defense Secretary Robert Gates • On a soldier who leapt to his post in Afghanistan wearing pink boxers, leading to a hilariously awesome photo of our boys unashamed to fight in any condition. Normally, we’d be wary of putting this post next to a post like the previous one. But we admit it. The quote is just too awesome. • source
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21 May 2009 23:42

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U.S., World: Ringleader of rape, murders in Iraq sentenced to life in prison

  • The case, which we covered in detail (for us, anyway) a couple of weeks ago, was a brutal killing of a family in Iraq and and a rape of a 14-year-old girl. *shudder* source
  • Steven Green, who was arrested after his discharge from the Army, was sentenced by a civilian jury to life, though he could’ve gotten the death penalty. source
  • The defense argued successfully that Green was a “broken soldier” and product of a bad childhood who was mentally damaged by the effects of the Iraq war. source
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21 May 2009 23:05

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U.S.: In Hawaiian Gardens, Calif., the police just rounded up the whole gang!

  • 147 racist-leaning gang members were charged in Calif. source
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21 May 2009 23:01

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Culture: Everyone’s on board for a third Ghostbusters movie. Even Bill Murray.

  • Will the franchise stay puft after all these years? Dan Aykroyd revealed recently that the entire main cast has signed on for a third movie, including Bill Murray, who’s famously been very reluctant to do a third film and who’s spent so long going after Oscar bait that it’s going to be weird to see him back in this mode. Aykroyd doesn’t blame him: “I don’t put not making the third movie on Billy. We can’t do that.” Anyway, the film itself will focus on passing the torch to a younger generation of comic actors. As long as they don’t hand that torch to Dane Cook and Carlos Mencia, we’re OK with this. source
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21 May 2009 22:51

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Culture: This guy who just died ran a real Mickey Mouse operation

  • Mickey’s the real star. You know you just have to love the little guy while you have him, because he won’t be yours forever.
  • Wayne Allwine • Who somehow drew up the pitch of his voice to allow him to speak like Mickey Mouse for over 30 years. He was the third man to voice the mouse – the first one was Walt Disney himself. Allwine died on Monday at age 62 of complications from diabetes. • source
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21 May 2009 22:43

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Biz: This Sriracha chili sauce is pretty hot. And by hot, we mean popular

More than 10 million bottles of Huy Fong’s Tuong Ot Sriracha get made each year. And its reach has gone far beyond Asian markets. source
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