From Boing Boing: Early in Walt Disney’s career, he had a minor success with a character named Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, a distant ancestor of Mickey Mouse. However, Walt lost the rights to Oswald in a sour business-deal with a … Continue reading
NPR continues its history of pandering to terrorists: National Public Radio’s show “On The Media” continues to amaze. Last weekend (and transcripts go up in mid-week), the hosts mustered more outrage against Pope Benedict XVI and the Vatican charging copyright … Continue reading
Woops… The article is a commemoration of the liberation of Auschwitz… The ad’s tagline says, “E.ON provides today for the gas of tomorrow” Woops via Consumerist [tags]holocaust, add, e.on[/tags]
Oh wow. I thought Angelina “My Lips Are Like Toilet Seats” Jolie’s wearing Billy Bob’s blood in a vial around her neck was weird. This is 10 steps beyond that: What is a LifeGem®? The LifeGem® is a certified, high-quality … Continue reading
This guy’s always within earshot… [tags]gross, creepy, ear, shotglass[/tags]
A PRISONER who had a sex change operation to become a woman is to undergo further surgery to become a man again. John Pilley, currently known as Jane Anne, is in Holloway women’s jail in North London. The prisoner made … Continue reading
I love In & Out Burger. If you’ve never been to the west coast, you cannot appreciate how delicious their burgers are. I love going to Los Angeles just so I can have them with some regularity. Anyway, there have … Continue reading
BAGHDAD, Iraq – Hostage American reporter Jill Carroll appeared in a silent 20-second video aired Tuesday by Al-Jazeera television, which said her abductors gave the United States 72 hours to free female prisoners in Iraq or she would be killed. … Continue reading
Ever read something so profoundly offensive you think it’s a lie? A British airline has prohibited its employees from carrying Bibles, using crucifixes or St. Christopher Medals, on flights to Saudi Arabia in order “not to offend” Muslims in that … Continue reading
From NRO: The paragraph that will be stunning to litigators and honorable federal judges (who, fortunately, constitute the vast majority of the bench) is the following: Some judges who spoke on the condition of anonymity yesterday said they want to … Continue reading
The RIAA is proving that they really are incompetent idiots (something I’m sure most of you were already aware of): US CD sales in 2005 fell 3.5 per cent year-over-year, according to Nielsen Soundscan. That’s quite a blow given that … Continue reading
It’s estimated that humans squeeze a 27 hour day out of 24 hours. Bearing that in mind, do we really need to occupy our time in the shower, also? I’m all for increasing productivity, but if it ever comes down … Continue reading
The best defense people have come up with for Bush authorizing spying on americans as part of his authorization to use force in Iraq? Clinton and Carter did it too. Great. Guess that makes it okay. Nothing to see here… … Continue reading
UMass senior visited by feds after requesting a copy of Mao Tse-Tung’s book. Need I say more? read more | digg story
“I think it’s a crying shame … that we find that America’s safety is endangered by the potential expiration of the [tag]Patriot Act[/tag] in part because a newspaper has seen fit to release on the night before the vote on … Continue reading
By now, you’ve probably heard this story already: [tag]SAGUENAY[/tag], Quebec – A 15-year-old girl with a peanut allergy died after kissing her boyfriend, who had just eaten a peanut butter snack, hospital officials said Monday. [tag]Christina Desforges[/tag] died in a … Continue reading
A rugby fan who cut out his [tag]testicles[/tag] with wire cutters to mark a [tag]Wales[/tag] victory is at a loss to explain why he did it. [tag]Geoffrey Huish[/tag], 31, performed the impromptu self-surgery in February when his beloved Wales beat … Continue reading
[tag]Drudge[/tag] is running the following under his infamous domelight right now: [tag]IRAQ[/tag] [tag]WAR[/tag] SHOWDOWN ON HILL — PULLOUT VOTE SET FOR 7PM [tag]GOP[/tag] Pulls Fast One… Tells Dems: Pull Troops Now? Okay, then let’s vote!!!!! Tonight. 7 p.m. Ultimate showdown … Continue reading
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Wilma Now Most Intense Atlantic Storm Ever Oct 19 8:53 AM US/Eastern By FREDDY CUEVAS Associated Press Writer SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras Gathering strength at a fierce pace, Hurricane Wilma swirled into the most intense Atlantic storm ever recorded Wednesday, … Continue reading