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Friday, 3 February 2012
quote [ If Fred Phelps and the Westboro Baptist Church are coming to your area (check their picket schedule online), let us know and we will add a Phelps-A-Thon for your community. We can work together to raise money for your local gay/straight alliance, LGBT community center, Jewish Community Center, Temple, or whatever organization we agree upon. ]
An interesting idea. Apparently they get on the bullhorn every 5 minutes to announce how much money Phelps has helped them raise.
[by Kat@11:05pmGMT] [+10 Interesting] [14 comments] |
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Saturday, 4 February 2012
quote [ The financial institutions first used MERS so they could quickly sell and resell mortgages, much like shares of companies, during the boom years without having to record each transaction at county offices. ]
Major screw up!
If the bank doesn't have your mortgage they can't foreclose no matter what they say you owe them. [by bbqkink] [4 comments] |
quote [ Actor Ben Gazzara, known for his brooding tough-guy presence in dozens of films, television shows and stage productions over his long career, died of pancreatic cancer on Friday at a Manhattan hospital, his lawyer said. He was 81. ]
great actor. he will be missed.
[by sacrelicious] [+5 Informative] [16 comments] |
quote [ Russian scientists preparing to explore the "most alien lake on Earth," Lake Vostok, have reportedly not been in touch with American colleagues in over five days. ]
Yay sensational journalism! First it was the 'UFO' found on the seafloor by Swedes (check the definition for UFO: it doesn't read, 'shit we saw on the bottom of the ocean"). Now the Russians have disappeared.
Threat level: Repost? *edit* Thanks Sanepride, see extended [by RedRiverRat] [+5 Interesting] [25 comments] |
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Friday, 3 February 2012
quote [ If Fred Phelps and the Westboro Baptist Church are coming to your area (check their picket schedule online), let us know and we will add a Phelps-A-Thon for your community. We can work together to raise money for your local gay/straight alliance, LGBT community center, Jewish Community Center, Temple, or whatever organization we agree upon. ]
An interesting idea. Apparently they get on the bullhorn every 5 minutes to announce how much money Phelps has helped them raise.
[by Kat] [+10 Interesting] [14 comments] |
quote [ *PLEASE COMMENT & RATE* - DON'T FLOP - Rap Battle - Blizzard Vs Mark Grist - Grind Time, King Of The Dot, Jumpoff. ]
Battle Starts around 1:20
[by badgerbaiter] [+5 Interesting] [23 comments] |
quote [ At least one study found that women actually rate men with "post-traumatic scarring" more attractive than men with no scars. Once again, we owe this to evolution. A man with facial scars is seen as a survivor of difficult fights, possibly with a saber tooth tiger. ]
Yeah, it's a Cracked article, but what the hell. Most guys I know have scar stories and most are bullshit.
What's the truth behind your best scar and the lie you tell about it? [humour] [by RedRiverRat] [+10 Interesting] [211 comments] |
quote [ Congress passed this law and made it illegal for ... catfish to be sold in the U.S., including (especially) Vietnamese catfish. ... Vietnamese Catfish was re-marketed as Basa and Swai or Tra. ]
I've been eating Vietnamese frozen Swai. It's pretty good with some garlic and herbs. Today I wanted to learn more about what kind of fish it is, and where it comes from, and I got this article. Another case of the power of lobbyists. I know, not a super exciting post.
[by blacksun] [+10 Interesting] [34 comments] |
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Thursday, 2 February 2012
quote [ After more than a decade of laying the ground work and fretting that the votes would be just out of reach, state Sen. Ed Murray watched Wednesday night as the Senate easily passed legislation that would legalize gay marriage.
The vote was 28-21. ] The House is expected to pass it without incident. Most likely will end with a referendum and popular vote in the fall.
[by Kat] [+10 Good] [40 comments] |
quote [ A Los Angeles County court commissioner ruled that American Honda Motor Co. negligently misled Civic owner Heather Peters when it claimed the hybrid could achieve as much as 50 miles per gallon. ....some legal experts believe could change strategies for both Small Claims Court and class-action litigation. ]
Interesting way to take on the big corporation. hats off.
[by DesertWanderer] [+7] [20 comments] |
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Wednesday, 1 February 2012
quote [ The D&D themed webcomic Order of the Stick has been running a Kickstarter campaign to get some of its out-of-print books back onto shelves. It's now broken $350,000 and is one of the top 10 funded projects of all time on Kickstarter and the most funded comics project of all time. ]
Clearly freetards on the internets are destroying the creative industries. New business models will never work.
[by foobar] [+10 Good] [25 comments] via BoingBoing |
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Saturday, 4 February 2012
quote [ "Frankly, whatever you do at street level ... is not going to have much of an impact compared to capturing an entire news media" ]
And so recently Gina Rineheart, Australia's richest person and possibly the richest woman in the world, had a share raid on a newspaper company. The big one that isn't owned by News Corp.
[politics] [by CapnSilver] [+1 Informative] [4 comments] |
quote [ Steve Appleton, chairman and CEO of flash memory manufacturer Micron, died Friday in a small plane crash at Boise Airport in Idaho. He was 51. ]
Not very many of us in Boise cared too much for this guy. He pretty much ran Micron into the ground and then pocketed billions from the process.
Plus it's my Grandma's birthday and she REALLY hated this guy. Happy B-Day Grandma. King Diamond in the extended. [sci&tech] [by skoob666] [+4 Good] [21 comments] |
quote [ Like many 13-year-olds, Brittany knew seventh grade was a living hell. But what she didn't know was that she was caught in the crossfire of a culture war being waged by local evangelicals... ]
There is no greater example of the hypocrisy and hatred displayed by the anti-gay movement than willfully ignoring the suicides of teens who were bullied, when it is all too clear that, absent the bullying aided, and abetted by the anti-gay activists, those teenagers would still be alive today.
[politics] [by taiga] [+10 WTF] [17 comments] |
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Friday, 3 February 2012
quote [ When I pay my taxes I am telling my community I value you. What about hard work paying off? It’s true. I think we should be rewarded for hard work. ... But even that is not a solitary effort. ]
Interesting essay about pain, poverty, abuse and activism. This is what I imagine madpride would be like if the great throbbing the Jesus dick hadn't fucked her brains out.
In the extended, some photographs of Antarctic exploration. [politics] [by papango] [+8 Good] [6 comments] |
quote [ The body of the table encapsulates electronics and robotics, that sculpt geometric patterns and images into a field of microscopic silicone beads beneath a glass top. The effect is mesmerizing and magical; it is truly Zen-like to watch ever-changing patterns and images appear in the sand. ]
A Kickstarter project by Simon Hallam.
[sci&tech] [by RedRiverRat] [+6 Interesting] [32 comments] I want one. Imagine the possibilities... tabletop artistic pron. I imagine as the tech gets better the bearing size, pencil, could become even more defined. |
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Thursday, 2 February 2012
quote [ Electro-Virtual-Sex Unique as your Imagination - Better than Old-Sex ]
Sensible Erection Memories Implanted Deep in your Cerebellum. Loving Ecstasy Web-Enabled SE Comments ElectroSexbots NeuroStimulating Virtual Reach Around Mind Fucking
[sci&tech] [by madpride] [+5 Good] [17 comments] |
quote [ I have just returned from the Jaipur Literary Festival, infamous for the recent reprise of the 1989 threats against Sir Salman Rushdie by Muslims the world over, lamentably applauded by leading churchmen, politicians, historians and otherwise liberal journalists. ]
Worth reading.
[politics] [by pleaides] [+10 Good] [22 comments] |
I understand he was trying to say he is for the middle class (which on it's face is laughable), but coming from Thurston Howell III...how out of touch is this guy?
[politics] [by bbqkink] [+6 Funny] [52 comments] |
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Wednesday, 1 February 2012
quote [ “Hopefully, all three projects will succeed, and then we’ll enter a new era of science and maybe cooperation,” ]
After 2 decades of drilling they better find something cool, and not the Thing, don't bring that back.
[sci&tech] [by eggboy] [+5 Interesting] [4 comments] |
quote [ Artist Mike Kelley has passed away at his home in Los Angeles, having apparently taken his own life. ]
The tragic news was confirmed to BLOUIN ARTINFO by Helene Winer, of New York's Metro Pictures gallery, a long-time associate of the artist.
[art] [by Excited Corpse] [+9 Informative] [11 comments] |
