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06 Mar 2010 13:48

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Politics: The RNC pays a lot of money for awful Powerpoint presentations

  • $370,000 the amount RNC consultant Rob Bickhart has been paid since June – “more than the president,” as one critic of Bickhart’s notes
  • “fear” what the RNC got from Bickhart, who made a much-ridiculed fundraising slideshow which oddly compares Harry Reid to Scooby-Doo source
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15 Dec 2009 21:09

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U.S.: Let’s recall a bunch of swine flu vaccines and see if people PANIC!

  • 800,000 piggies got recalled source
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17 Nov 2009 21:11

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U.S.: The chance of a 9/11 terror trial has many in NYC on edge

  • 40% of New Yorkers fear another attack if the trial’s held there source
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03 Nov 2009 10:01

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Offbeat, Tech: Afraid of flying? There’s a (wait for it) iPhone app for that

Virgin Atlantic Airways claims a 98% success rate for its “Flying Without Fear” course, which now has an iPhone version for fearing flying on the go. source
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09 Sep 2009 23:21

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U.S.: Near the finish line: These cats strike fear in our hearts

  • Meet the uber-evil kitty Kitty, owned by friend of the site David Putney, is perhaps the scariest, most violent cat you’ll ever meet. According to Putney, she was getting agitated because we took so long to actually get her up. Hopefully she won’t claw our faces now.

    Kitty, a David Putney production
  • Meet Buster, a.k.a. Mr. Yawny Lucas McCallister sent us this wonderful photo of a cat yawning which somehow makes us never want to be near a yawning cat ever again. Look at those freaking teeth! They could bite off a finger – or kill an unsuspecting mouse or two!

    Buster yawning. Scary.
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27 May 2009 22:33

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Tech: Twitter creator Jack Dorsey and his fear of the Fadwhale

  • The buzz is definitely good right now, but it’s also potentially dangerous. It may put us into a fad.
  • Twitter creator Jack Dorsey • On the site’s biggest danger. He says the site works best when people don’t worry about the hype and just use it. We agree. He also talks about what extra services could be added to the site. That’d be awesome. • source
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30 Apr 2009 21:32

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Politics: “Do you feel safer?” Rep. John Boehner tweaks our fear of stuff

  • Are you scared yet? We’re totally scared. We totally feel unsafe. Run for the hills! We’re all gonna die! PANIC!!!! AHH!!!!!! Thanks, Rep. John Boehner! source
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23 Feb 2009 10:35

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U.S.: Are things going well in the U.S.? A poll says no

  • 73% of respondents to a CNN poll say they’re scared about the way things are going in the country
  • 21% said things are going well in the U.S. But most respondents said things are going well for them personally. source
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02 Jan 2009 08:19

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U.S.: Muslim family barred from AirTran flights

  • What happened The family, scheduled to fly yesterday, was detained after a passenger misconstrued comments they made about the “safest” spot to sit. The FBI questioned them and released them, but AirTran would not let them on another flight.
  • Airtran says The family, who was headed from D.C. to Orlando on vacation, had the FBI’s go-ahead but not AirTran’s. Despite not booking the family on another flight, the company offered the family full refunds and an opportunity to fly for free in the future. source
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