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13 Oct 2009 21:41

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Offbeat: Otto the bus driver is a real guy. Except he’s British. And evil.

  • This massive prick (real name: Kerry Callard) decided it would be hilarious to splash a bunch of kids waiting for the bus to come. This is a total Otto the bus driver move. The only thing he’s missing is a bus. And a conscience. He could get fined for his general prickery. source
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13 Oct 2009 21:33

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Offbeat: The Onion skewers anti-gay Christian conservatives (hilariously)

  • It’s a simple matter of logic, really. God made me who I am, and who I am is a cold, anti-gay zealot. Thus, I abhor gay people because God made me that way. Why is that so hard to understand?
  • Onion columnist Jane Kendricks • Explaining why she hates gay people in an article titled “If God Had Wanted Me To Be Accepting Of Gays, He Would Have Given Me The Warmth And Compassion To Do So.” It’s not her, it’s God. It’s news, it’s The Onion. And “not news” is doing good business right now, based on this article. • source
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13 Oct 2009 21:18

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Biz: “Built Ford Tough”? More like “built for recall.”

  • 4.5 million Ford vehicles got recalled for faulty cruise control source
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13 Oct 2009 21:09

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Offbeat: Cub Scout Zachary Christie not getting zero-toleranced after all

  • Funny what huge amounts of media coverage can do. Tonight, a Delaware school board decided that perhaps the rule that gave Zachary Christie 45 days in an alternative school was a little too hardcore. They changed the punishment for Christie, 6, who brought a Cub Scout multi-function utensil to school, to 3-to-5 days of out-of-school suspension. Which is still too harsh for the crime, especially since the rule change only applies to kindergartners and first-graders. Christie had 150 people in his corner tonight. source
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13 Oct 2009 20:50

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Offbeat: Bacon fans: Get your own custom-cured bacon named after you!

Someone give us $50 so that we can get some ShortFormStrips from The Ethical Butcher. We’re vegetarian, but amused. (Hat tip Good.is.) source
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13 Oct 2009 20:14

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Tech: If star bloggers leave their sites, the brand suffers significantly

  • 94% of perezhilton.com’s value is gone without Perez Hilton source
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13 Oct 2009 20:03

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U.S.: So, what’s next on the health-care roadmap? More meetings

  • first The Finance Committee’s bill will be combined with a bill passed in July by the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee.
  • second After that, the Congressional Budget Office and Senate Democrats will do vetting of the combined bill to make sure it passes muster.
  • third Finally, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid promises, the bill will be voted on by the full Senate by the end of the month. Then the House gets it. source
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13 Oct 2009 19:54

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U.S.: The Senate Finance Committee lets go of the health care hot potato

  • $829 billion the size of the Senate Finance Committee bill
  • Olympia Snowe the only Republican to vote in favor of the bill source
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13 Oct 2009 11:28

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U.S.: What’s it like to be married to the D.C. sniper? It’s pretty scary.

  • When I met John, he was very charming and thoughtful. He would give you the shirt off your back. He was that kind of person, before he went to the Gulf War. When he returned in 1991 he was a different man.
  • Mildred Muhammad • Wife of D.C. sniper John Allen Muhammad, describing his personality changes which led to the 2002 shootings. John, who kept the District gripped in fear for weeks due to the random nature of the shootings, will be executed next month for the crime. Mildred has a new memoir on the experience, “Scared Silent,” out this week. • source
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13 Oct 2009 11:21

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Culture: Ducktales sounds funnier when it’s translated into Arabic

  • It’s bizarre to think, being kids of the ’80s, that cartoon theme songs came in anything but English, but they did; and they got translated into all sorts of bizarre languages. Like this Ducktales theme song redux, which sounds hilarious. Holy Taco as a bunch more lost-in-translation moments where this came from. source
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