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21 Sep 2009 22:23

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Politics: Glenn Beck: I love Hillary Clinton, hate John McCain. WTF?

  • Do we live in Bizarro World or something? We have to admit that when we watched this, our brains exploded just a little bit. Well, good for you or something, Glenn. source
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21 Sep 2009 21:53

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Tech: The scale of World of Warcraft is beyond massive

  • 5.5 million lines of code for the game, which is 1.3 petabytes in size (a petrabyte is a BILLION megabytes)
  • 4.4 billion in-game rewards have been handed out the game’s 12 million subscribers/shut-ins source
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21 Sep 2009 21:40

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Biz: Retail rents are starting to look … uh … reasonable in NYC again

  • $1,700 per square foot on Fifth Avenue; buy now source
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21 Sep 2009 21:04

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U.S.: The new top drill sergeant admires George S. Patton, is female

I don’t know what you’ve been told, but a lady drill sergeant is mighty bold. Sound off ONE TWO and meet Command Sgt. Maj. Teresa L. King. source
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21 Sep 2009 20:52

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Politics: Barack Obama made a really funny joke on Letterman tonight

  • It’s important to realize that I was actually black before the election.
  • President Barack Obama • Talking to David Letterman tonight about claims of racism fueling dislike of his policies. A killer quip if there was one. In the interview, Obama instead suggests that what’s fueling the fire of distrust against Obama is the fact that he’s making big changes – changes he had to make because of the recession. • source
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21 Sep 2009 13:25

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U.S.: Daily Poll: David Paterson and running for re-election

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21 Sep 2009 13:10

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Tech: Nigeria doesn’t like it when they’re called out for their 419 scams

  • In this commercial for Sony’s Playstation 3, Sony suggested that Nigeria was a source for lots of scams. When the Nigerian government heard about it, they freaked, claiming that Sony slandered them. They also asked for their bank account numbers. source
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21 Sep 2009 12:38

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Tech: The Netflix $1 million recommendation engine contest has a winner

  • 7 people around the world split the nerdy winnings source
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21 Sep 2009 12:17

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U.S.: People are scared of swine flu but think the U.S. is handling it well

  • 64% of Americans are at least “somewhat concerned” about the spread of swine flu
  • 68% of Americans think the government has the swine flu situation under wraps source
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21 Sep 2009 12:06

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U.S.: Phillip Garrido said he could speak his mind though a MacGuffin

  • He feels he can speak to you and me and everyone else using this box. He was a whack job, but he was a whack job who sounded like he had a really good heart.
  • An anonymous friend of accused Jaycee Dugard kidnapper Phillip Garrido • Describing a black box Garrido owned, which he claimed could let him speak his mind. The box had headphone jacks, just in case you wanted to listen in on the crazy. • source
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