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18 Oct 2010 10:54

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Offbeat: Posted without comment: First ad based on Chilean mine disaster

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18 Oct 2010 10:47

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Culture: Vatican not familiar with The Simpsons’ recent decline in quality

  • Few people know it, and he does everything he can to hide it, but it is true: Homer J Simpson is a Catholic.
  • An article in the Vatican’s official newspaper, L’Osservatore Romano • Making the claim that Homer J. Simpson is a Catholic whether he likes it or not. The article bases its analysis on a 2005 episode of the show where Homer and Bart convert to Catholicism at the suggestion of a priest played by Liam Neeson. Yeah, you read that right. A 2005 episode. Which means that it’s not canon and you don’t need to care about this analysis. source
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18 Oct 2010 10:37

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Tech: Apple: The iPad isn’t technically a PC, but if it were …

  • 10.6% Apple’s share of the PC market in the third quarter – enough for third place on growing Mac sales
  • 25% Apple’s share of the PC market in the third quarter – IF the iPad were included; they’d be in first source
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18 Oct 2010 10:32

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Biz: Banking profits: Citigroup has another moneymaking quarter

  • $2.2 billion in profits for the banking giant source
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18 Oct 2010 10:20

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Politics: Annoyed Joe Miller has guards detain Alaska Dispatch founder

  • Hey Joe Miller, what you got to hide? You seem a little wary of talking to reporters for some reason, even to the point where you had a bunch of security guards detain the owner of a news site, who you discount as a “liberal blogger.” Why? What is the gain in it for you? It makes you seem like kind of a jerk. “While I’ve gotten used to the blog Alaska Dispatch‘s assault on me and my family, I never thought that it would lead to a physical assault,” you say. Yeah, yeah. Fact of the matter is, you just had your cronies detain a legitimate member of the online press because he annoyed you. source
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18 Oct 2010 10:00

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Politics: NY gubernatorial debate includes “Rent is Too Damn High” partier

Fans of zaniness should watch tonight’s New York gubernatorial debate, where minor candidates will duke it out with Cuomo and Paladino. We want this guy to win. source
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18 Oct 2010 09:47

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Politics: Former Surgeon General Jocelyn Elders: Legalize pot and stuff

  • What I think is horrible about all of this, is that we criminalize young people. And we use so many of our excellent resources … for things that aren’t really causing any problems. It’s not a toxic substance.
  • Former Surgeon General Jocelyn Elders • Arguing the case for pot legalization. But before you pot-heads get too excited about having a mainstream, respected ally, we just want to point out how she lost her job. Elders, who served (controversially) under President Bill Clinton, is known for saying things like this. She once argued in favor of teaching masturbation in schools – an argument that caused her firing just fifteen months in. We wonder what our boy Dr. Koop thinks about all this. source
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18 Oct 2010 09:29

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World: War on terror: Bin Laden’s current shelter not very cave-like?

  • cave The type of structure that Osama bin Laden has been rumored to be hiding in since around 2002 or so.
  • house The type of structure that a senior NATO official says bin Laden is hiding in right now. source
  • » Our question: If Osama has been hiding out in a house, does he have cable, or at least an Xbox 360? If not, he’s really living primitively.
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