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15 Apr 2010 20:20

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Biz, Tech: Google shows off, posts an insane jump in profits

  • 37% boost in earnings for the search engine du jour
  • 23% boost in revenues for Apple’s new rival
  • $7 amount the company earned per share source
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08 Apr 2010 12:15

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Culture: This clip is freaking awesome. Give it a chance to kick in

  • It doesn’t look like much at first, but by the end, it’s like friggin’ whoa. Just sayin’.
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05 Apr 2010 08:30

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World: In China, a bunch of miners got rescued; they ate bark to survive

  • 115 lucky bastards got out of
    the flooded pit source
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03 Apr 2010 16:50

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Offbeat: Baseball + smiles = Long lives, according to random study

Some supergeniuses decided to compare baseball player’s lifespans to how much they smiled. Ted Williams’ wide grin outlived Mickey Mantle’s stoic pose. source
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01 Apr 2010 00:24

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U.S.: Hutaree militia reportedly thinks the New World Order is coming

  • This is not about militias or a group of militias, but about a group conspiring against the U.S. who have shared beliefs that the New World Order elitists are in charge and seek to have one world government and is working with the U.S. government. Any law enforcement officer is a foot soldier for the New World Order.
  • Assistant U.S. Attorney Ronald Waterstreet • Regarding the Hutaree militia, which he certainly set up as not the nicest people in the world. He was in a Michigan courtroom as eight of the nine arrested suspects entered “not guilty” pleas to charges that they planned to kill police officers. The ninth is currently in Indiana. The government claims suspected ringleader David Brian Stone Sr. had some grand plans, including carving their own country for crazy people out of four rural Michigan states, which of course is a great idea because Michigan sucks right now. source
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30 Mar 2010 23:24

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Politics: Erick Erickson: Guy says dumb stuff, then gets job at CNN

  • “I probably shouldn’t have said that.” CNN’s new conservative contributor, Erick Erickson of RedState.com, has said a lot of crazy crap in his day, and when put on point by Reliable Sources guy Howard Kurtz (also of The Washington Post, and one of our smart people), he kind of falls apart, hilariously. He called David Souter a “goat #(&@(&@ child molester,” which he refers to as the “dumbest thing I’ve ever done.” You know, he might actually be an entertaining part of CNN’s programming.
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29 Mar 2010 21:20

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Culture: Bad idea for school play: Scarface. Al Pacino fudgin’ proud

  • Next semester: Showgirls. Perhaps this wasn’t the kind of material that was begging for 8-year-olds to perform it, but hey, if there’s anything the Internet knows, it’s tasteless. Mashable overreacted to the impact of this video, calling it the greatest viral video ever, only to get a number of criticisms in their comments (poor Brenna Ehrlich gets that a lot). We’re calling shenanigans on this one. It’s too bad of an idea to be real. source
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29 Mar 2010 20:31

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U.S.: Ex-wife of militia leader: My hubby took the crazy a little too far

  • It started out as a Christian thing. You go to church. You pray. You take care of your family. I think David started to take it a little too far. He dragged a lot of people with him.
  • David Brian Stone’s ex-wife, Donna Stone • Regarding Hutaree, which is reportedly a Christian militia group. David Brian Stone (a.k.a. Captain Hutaree, which is like Captain Crunch with more forest) and eight others have been accused of plotting to kill police officers. Because that’s Christian. The group, which says on its Web site that it’s “preparing for the end time battles to keep the testimony of Jesus Christ alive.” They’ve been training regularly since 2008 in the forests of Michigan, as if time stood still since the heady days of Ruby Ridge, Timothy McVeigh, and the Branch Davidian. source
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27 Mar 2010 21:19

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Offbeat: Police car finds a formidable foe in the form of a bulldog

  • Holy God. The bulldog wins. The Chattanooga Police Department learned on Sunday that they really need to stop buying front bumpers made out of rawhide for their police vehicles. Winston, the bulldog behind the attack, was set free on “good behavior.” Is this is good behavior, we’re scared to see when it acts up. source
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25 Mar 2010 08:59

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Tech: Content-aware fill in Photoshop is like whoa

  • We’re pretty sure this new feature in the latest Photoshop is totally real (and not an April Fools’ joke like some have suggested), but man, is it ethically questionable. Worth1000 and Fark might enjoy it, along with a few ad firms, but for editorial photos, it’s like a minefield. Skip to about the 2:50 mark to see the dude remove an entire TREE.
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