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Miscellaneous

The Flying Spaghetti Monster, Cthulhu, and a Trampoline

by RichJuly 29, 2010

With an eye-catching title like that, you may have been expecting some sort of metaphor or deep poetry at work here, but no, there’s just this awesome tea/coffee cup with the cutest picture of the Flying Spaghetti Monster and Cthulhu jumping of a trampoline I’ve seen all week on it. As a skeptic, sci-fi nerd, [...]

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News for 4/28

by IanApril 28, 2009

A nod to an old CNN article from 2003, in which George Bush said the following: War crimes will be prosecuted, war criminals will be punished and it will be no defense to say, “I was just following orders.” Ah, irony. Speaking of ironic, apparently there are a good number of conservatives who think Colbert [...]

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Bravo, Facepuncher

by IanApril 16, 2009

I don’t think we’ve ever done this before, but I’d like to draw your attention to a post on Reddit.com that I read this afternoon and, literally, nearly sprayed my monitor with the Mountain Dew I was attempting to drink. The post, in my opinion, is perfect. Short, to the point, funny, and true. Here [...]

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And We Shall Call It: Colbert

by IanMarch 24, 2009

Via: MSNBC NASA made a big mistake when they allowed write-in votes for their contest to name the new room at the international space station. Why is this a mistake? Because of one man – Stephen Colbert. With his word, more than 200,000 people took to the NASA site, and wrote in “Colbert” as their [...]

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Brits Feeling the Self-Esteem Pressure

by IanMarch 16, 2009

It looks as though the American approach to kissing your child’s ass, and demanding that their teacher does the same has already been exported to Britain, and some are none too thrilled. Via: BBC News Dr Carol Craig said children were being over-praised and were developing an “all about me” mentality. She said teachers increasingly [...]

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More Awesome Cops

by IanFebruary 26, 2009

Via Yahoo News: DENVER – A good Samaritan who helped push three people out of the path of a pickup truck before being struck and injured has gotten a strange reward for his good deed: A jaywalking ticket. Family members said 58-year-old bus driver Jim Moffett and another man were helping two elderly women cross [...]

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Some Good News

by IanFebruary 20, 2009

Via PlanetSave: …former officer Patrick Pogan, 23, has been arraigned under charges of falsifying records. We’ve now learned that he has plead not guilty to the charges in Manhattan court and could face up to 4 years in prison if convicted. Pogan has already been fired by the NYPD. Or he quit, depending on who [...]

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PETA Killed 1,815 Animals in 2007

by IanFebruary 12, 2009

Via PETA Kills Animals and the state of Virginia (for you non-belivers) From July 1998 through December 2007, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) killed over 19,200 dogs, cats, and other “companion animals.” That’s more than five defenseless creatures every day. PETA has a walk-in freezer to store the dead bodies, and contracts [...]

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Crazy Octuplet Leech

by IanFebruary 10, 2009

In case the headline didn’t give it away, I feel that Nadya Suleman is a crazy bitch who is leeching the system and generally bringing us one step closer to Idiocracy. Not only could she already not support the six kids she had due to artificial insemination, she then decided to go and become artificially [...]

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Call Me Debbie Downer

by IanFebruary 3, 2009

As I made the rounds this evening after work, I couldn’t help but notice that there’s almost nothing but bad news going on right now. Here’s a quick recap of the stories I came across: A record 19 million U.S. homes stood empty at the end of 2008 and homeownership fell to an eight-year low [...]

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