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19 Nov 2010 10:47

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World: World leaders somehow offended by Obama’s gas-guzzler

Obama’s riding around Libson in this eight-ton diesel-fueled limo, which looks out of place ’cause every other leader is riding around in an electric car. source
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19 Nov 2010 10:29

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U.S.: TSA apparently realizes having pilots do full-body scans is stupid

  • We’ve had a number of very good discussions with pilots and hope to be announcing something very soon in terms of a good way forward for the pilots for that very reason, using a risk-based intelligence driven process.
  • Transportation Security Administration chief John Pistole • Revealing that the invasive full-body security measures, which have inexplicably been used on pilots EVEN THOUGH THEY COULD THEORETICALLY JUST CRASH THE PLANE BY FLYING VERY POORLY, could go away. Now, this doesn’t help normal passengers, who are forced to hear how the TSA is trying to change the conversation by suggesting that people’s desire to not go through the full-body scans are a “myth,” very much, but it’s a start. source
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19 Nov 2010 10:17

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World: Explosive device turns out to be security-testing “test device”

  • good A U.S. security company, looking to test an airline route, put a “test bag” that looked like a bomb on a plane recently.
  • better The bag worked. Airport security officials noticed the suspect device almost immediately, and did their jobs.
  • bad The bag was the one involved in this mess, which annoyed the piss out of hundreds of Nambian travelers. source
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18 Nov 2010 22:55

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Culture, U.S.: Movie theater accidentally shows “Saw 3D” to children

Kids came to see “Megamind,” but got the latest Saw flick instead. The theater gave the parents free tickets to compensate for having scarred their children for life. source
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18 Nov 2010 22:42

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Politics: Posted without comment: Dennis Rodman graces “Parker Spitzer”

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18 Nov 2010 22:24

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Politics: Democrats make headway on DADT repeal

  • NO Murkowski won’t vote against Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell repeal source
  • » It gets better for gay teens. And it may get better for openly gay soldiers after the Senate takes up Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell repeal. Lisa Murkowski, who looks to be keeping her Senate seat out of Joe Miller’s hands, said today that she wouldn’t vote against repeal, the first Republican to openly pledge to do so. Joe “Connecticut For” Lieberman says that the Democrats have the votes needed to pass repeal, so long as Republicans get as much time to debate the bill as they want. We’ll believe this when we see it, but things are looking good for repeal advocates.
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18 Nov 2010 21:57

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Politics, U.S.: Top Democrat: Election not an apocalypse, just a catastrophe

  • A review of the results finds that were it not for the efforts of our candidates and the DCCC, it could have been even worse.
  • DCCC Chair Chris Van Hollen • Sugar-coating the election results, moments after saying that “there is no sugar coating the election results.” He may be right about that counterfactual; however, “it coulda been worse” isn’t much consolation to the 60-some legislators who lost their seats. source
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18 Nov 2010 21:04

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Culture, U.S.: Diamonds, Will Ferrell, both very profitable

  • $46
    million    price paid for a bright pink diamond, the most expensive ever sold, auctioned off Tuesday by Sotheby’s
  • $46
    million     made by “MegaMind” its opening weekend two weeks ago; it was the highest-grossing film that week  source
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18 Nov 2010 20:44

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Politics, U.S.: Remains from the Sharron Angle campaign

  • the election is over. Sharron Angle narrowly lost her bid to unseat Democratic Majority Leader Harry Reid in Nevada. But Jon Ralston has unearthed a few last bits of trivia about her campaign, including who played Reid in debate prep, the code used by staff to warn of media presence, and Angle’s complicated feelings on dictatorships. Oh, how we miss the election. source
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18 Nov 2010 20:36

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Tech: Scientists impress themselves with antimatter breakthrough

  • See that stuff above? That’s antimatter (antihydrogen, to be specific). A bunch of scientists are currently getting way too excited about this stuff because it holds the key to the universe or something. We’re going to burst that bubble right now and say that we don’t care. Fucking magnets – how do they work? source
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