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This:

Of course, he later corrected himself. You know. When the truth was told.

By someone who wasn’t a self-absorbed Twitter-douche.

Shawn Mallow from Wizbang on Chris Daggett and the problems he creates in the upcoming New Jersey gubernatorial election.

Adding to this volatile mix is Chris Daggett.

His ascendancy in the polls has contributed mainly to Christie’s point losses. While it is legitimate to run an independent campaign, it is also self-serving when the chance of success [...]

Seen at the Nathans in Yonkers.

Nokia Annoys Me from vincenzof on Vimeo.

At least 82 U.S. youths have died since 1995 engaging in “the choking game” in which they try to experience a fleeting “high” by cutting off the oxygen supply to the brain, U.S. health officials said on Thursday.

An unknown number of youths, mostly boys, are taking part in the practice in which they strangle themselves [...]

You know a song is bad when even Eddie Vedder won’t sing it… Yep, this is Pearl Jam. On lead vocals? One of the guitar players.

Yep. This is the world we face if El Insipido is elected.

Don’t say we didn’t warn you.

Free shipping is a significant price reduction on books and a violation of laws…

I kid you not…

Amazon.com may not offer free delivery on books in France, the high court in Versailles has ruled.

The action, brought in January 2004 by the French Booksellers’ Union (Syndicat de la librairie française), accused Amazon of offering illegal discounts on [...]

Long story short…

Brett Petersel, the loser who wants people to set him up on a date and is willing to pay $25 for it wants to set up a faux site with he and Julia Allison (former girlfriend of Vimeo founder Jakob Lodwick) acting kinda like a spoof couple.

Or something.

Anyway, he sent her a message [...]

Fred Thompson wants to pass a law. In that law it says, for example, that Beth and I, since we’re married in New York, legally, under New York State Law, states such as Massachusetts, or New Jersey, would be under no obligation whatsoever to recognize that marriage. That could mean we would have [...]

The Clinton Campaign today announced that Florida Reps. Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Congressman Alcee Hastings have been named national Campaign Co-Chairs.

[...]

Rep. Hastings said, “When we elect the next President Clinton, this country will be a much better place for the African-American community, Floridians and all Americans.”

Both Reps. Wasserman Schultz and Hastings serve in the Democratic [...]

Feh. Whatever. I’ve got work to do.

1. All day Tuesday, June 12th, don’t use any of the 5 major search engines.

2. Avoid Meta search engines, since most of them include the major search engines.

3. Likewise, the specialized vertical search engines may be too narrowly focused.

4. Consider changing your homepage or downloading their toolbar. [...]

California may become the only U.S. state to require the sterilization of pets under a bill passed by the state Assembly, pitting dog and cat lovers against animal rights activists.

“It’s a horrific bill,” said Maureen Hill-Hauch, executive director of Castleton, New York-based American Dog Owners Association, adding that enforcement of the bill in theory could [...]

Converting Unprotected AAC to MP3 For Dummies (Or Cory Doctorow) from vincenzof on Vimeo

Cory Doctorow is upset that unprotected AAC files purchased from iTunes, for some reason, can’t be roundtripped by burning to a CD. Since he’s a moron, though, he doesn’t realize that you can achieve the same result by right clicking the file [...]

Here’s the post office’s schedule for the branch near my office. See if you see anything odd about it.

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I swear the lengths people go to in order to shield “children” from the existence of homosexuality is absolutely stunning…

Days away from her seventh birthday, a little girl named Emma Rose is currently trapped in Georgia’s foster care system, unable to reunite with the woman who has been her mother for almost a year — [...]

On the date of the accident, Lykins arrived at the Thompsons’ home about 3 p.m. She drank at least one alcoholic beverage during the party, according to the judgment entry. About 10 p.m., Lykins consumed at least one “test tube” sample of an alcoholic beverage.

At about 11 p.m., she decided to use the trampoline [...]

via New Launches which has even more scary pics…

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No, it’s not suing them for using similar products… It’s suing them for not using their products. Period.

Apparently not using someone’s product is an offense of some kind.

MRT claims that Vista, Adobe Flash Player, Real Player, iTunes and the iPod have been produced “without regard for the DMCA or the rights of American [...]

On April 22, we learned about a case where a student was suspended because he dared not honor the “National Day of Silence.” Now we learn of another area of the country (in California… shocking, I know) where students were being suspended for not accepting their political indoctrination quietly…

An estimated 3-4,000 students in [...]