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06/09/2009
» Terrorism is auto-immune war; war-on-terror does the terrorists' job
The Yorkshire Ranter recasts terrorism as an “auto-immune war” — a war intended to inflict maximum damage by getting the host’s defense mechanisms to overfire, damaging the host well beyond than the…
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06/08/2009
» Pie Chart
This Pie Chart by Olly Moss really “cracks” me up.
via Chris Glass
This is a blog post from Laughing Squid.
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06/07/2009
» Oprah: Shame on you.
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So last week, Newsweek printed a heroic front-page article detailing the antiscientific medical swill Oprah Winfrey has been routinely doling out to her audiences. This nonsense…
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06/06/2009
» twenty years ago...
Because, in China, they aren’t allowed to remember.
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» Tetris: 25th Anniversary Documentary [VIDEO]
A salute to a true gaming legacy. What does Tetris mean to you?
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» Remembering Tiananmen, 20 years later (PICS)
Yesterday, June 4th, 2009, marked the 20th anniversary of the military crackdown on student protesters gathered in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China. Beginning in April of 1989, thousands of…
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06/05/2009
» Total Eclipse of the Heart: Literal Video Version
DASjr Productions presents the Literal Video Version of Total Eclipse of the Heart: Literal Video Version by Bonnie Tyler.
via Urlesque
This is a blog post from Laughing Squid…
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» Why is the sky blue?
You Asked:
Why is the sky blue? — Thomas, Tangerang, Indonesia
Marshall Answered:
If you were to stand on the moon and look at the sky, it is always black and filled with stars. It doesn’t…
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» Beware the Militant Atheists
Militant atheists are really the worst — what with their “words” and “ad campaigns” and “questions”…
(via Atheist Cartoons)
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06/04/2009
» What Happens to The Hats after a Hat Trick
One of hockey’s greatest traditions, the tossing of hats on the ice when a player scores thrice evolved from local businessmen handing out fedoras to players about 90 years ago. During the 1970s,…
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» How to remove Fox News from your Dish Network program guide
Most digital cable and direct broadcast satellite systems offer interactive program guides. Even DirecTV, which is owned by News Corporation, the parent company of Fox News, offers the ability to…
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05/30/2009
» Pick The Perp
Pick The Perp is a fun site where the aim is pick the perpetrator of a crime from a line up.
“Booking mug shots and related information is gathered from arrest records from open sheriff’s…
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» The History of Everything Timeline
Thanks to friend and occasional Skepchick commenter Liz for tipping me off to this hilarious graphic made by Peter Morris . Click to see the whole thing (seriously, click it).
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» Anti oxidants - do we need them
Oxidation is something that most of us see in life– when we leave some iron out and it rusts - that is oxidation. There is a theory that the stress of oxidation leads to many diseases including…
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