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26 Jul 2009 21:09

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U.S.: Sad, depressing story of the day: A huge car crash in New York

  • one Ford Windstar minivan drove the wrong way on a divided highway; it crashed, then rolled down a hill and burst into flames source
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26 Jul 2009 20:57

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U.S.: Most of the public has had enough of Sarah Palin’s hijinks

  • 53% of those polled are down on Alaska’s ex-governor source
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26 Jul 2009 20:43

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Politics, U.S.: Max Headroom special edition: Sarah Palin is f#(^ing crazy

  • The resignation video
  • Our analysis
    0:05-0:09 – Sarah Palin’s speech, already crazy, takes a turn about here, linking the military to freedom of speech.
    0:09-0:14 – Oh God, please don’t.
    0:23-0:51 – In your analysis of the press, could you be more bitingly cynical, Sarah?
    0:52-1:04 – She just killed whatever credibility she had left with the press.
    1:05-1:28 – Just don’t tell her crowd of supporters. They still love her.
    1:29-1:38 – Trust us. Ricky Hollywood doesn’t regret his moment in the sun. source
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26 Jul 2009 18:57

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Offbeat: Evrey wrod ecexpt “exit” mispeled on a hgihway sgin

Tihs is a purty magor wsate of Wissconsin taxpaier monee, if yuo assk us. Butt its stile highlarious. source
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26 Jul 2009 18:30

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Politics, U.S.: Hillary won’t be prez but hopes to see a female president soon

  • It will take the right woman who can make the case and win the votes and get elected. I am certainly hoping it will happen in my lifetime.
  • Secretary of State Hillary Clinton • Describing her hopes for a future female president. Clinton, who was smacked down by Barack Obama in last year’s Democratic primaries but spent eight years in the White House as First Lady, ruled herself out of the running for that role. She also didn’t give potential presidential candidate Sarah Palin her seal of approval, either. • source
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26 Jul 2009 12:12

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Offbeat: The soap-box derby isn’t a boys’ game anymore, guys

  • 4 of the six titles went to girls in the national Soap Box finals source
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26 Jul 2009 12:08

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Culture: It’s official: We want to have the new Tron movie’s baby

  • It doesn’t matter that we’re a blog. Or that we’re mostly written from a male perspective. Or that we can’t reproduce even if we wanted to. Watch this trailer and tell us you don’t want to have a baby with “Tron Legacy.” And keep in mind that Daft Punk is doing the soundtrack. DAFT PUNK! There’s nothing that can go wrong with this movie.source
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26 Jul 2009 11:58

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Politics, Tech: Regarding Facebook’s privacy standards: Give ’em a break, OK?

  • As underhanded as this may seem, this should be a lesson to actually read the terms of service, vague as they may be, before signing up for a social networking service that wants to use your pictures in ads.
  • An editorial in the Los Angeles Times • Discussing Facebook’s privacy policy regarding advertising, which has its users taking this particular drama and running with it. We’re of the opinion that Facebook tends to go a little far sometimes, but in this case, users may in fact be overreacting. OK, this ad shows that Facebook needs to be a bit more careful, but their privacy policy does easily allow this to be turned off – and on top of that, this information isn’t supposed to be cached, anyway. Ah Facebook, it doesn’t matter what you do: You just end up pissing off your users. • source
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26 Jul 2009 11:49

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World: How much can you make from selling a black-market kidney, anyway?

  • $10,000 the amount poor foreigners can make by selling one of their kidneys in third-world countries such as India source
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26 Jul 2009 11:39

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Culture: Quick way to ratings success: Get a bunch of fat people dancing

You know, what better way to diet than to humiliate one’s self on a show called “Dance Your Ass Off” on Oxygen? We got it! Diet by blogging, like we’re doing. source
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