Anticipating the Green Wave by almost 30 years, Jack gets rid of gas. (1978)
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Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Top 10: Losingest Sports Cities
We've seen dynasties come and go, but lets tip our hats to the poor franchises (and fans) that have never had the chance to win a championship.
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Tuesday, July 29, 2008
CURIOUS... When did you *first* hear about Ron Paul?
So what was it for you?! What was it that rang your bell, cut through the noise, got your attention, and made you do this:
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Felonious Fees: New Hidden Fees (and how to avoid them)
These days, fees no longer surprise us, and companies know that. In fact, many businesses are raising fees. "Consumers have not revolted, so companies are getting bolder. They're charging for more things, and charging more for them."
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Is Stripping An Art?
Future of Iowa nude dancing clubs hangs on answer to question: Is stripping an art?
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Peter Schiff: Bailout Cure Worse than Disease
With President George W Bush no longer threatening a veto, the subprime mortgage and Fannie and Freddie “bailout” bill was able to sail through the US Congress. In anticipation of its enactment, congress had the foresight to raise the national debt limit to US$10.6 trillion. Who says that politicians don’t plan ahead?
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Ron Paul may prove more Popular than Obama in September
U.S. Congressman Dr. Ron Paul [TX-14th] has proven to be well ahead in popularity than Barack Obama, with regards to keeping his supporters energized and motivated for his causes past the elections in November.
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Ron Paul Lectures Bernanke: U.S. Moving Towards Fascism
Ron Paul Lectures Bernanke: U.S. Moving Towards FascismJoint Economic Committee
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Worst Company In America: Countrywide Home Loans
The public has spoken, and Countrywide Home Loans is the winner of the Consumerist's 2008 "Worst Company in America" contest. They'll get a Golden Turd Award for the honor.
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Washington Post: Virgin Galactic Unveils Mothership Aircraft
British entrepreneur and adventurer Richard Branson on Monday took the wraps off the aircraft that, for $200,000 a seat, may someday take tourists who can afford it on the first leg of regular, albeit very brief, commercial flights into space.
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The World's Youngest Women Billionaires
The number of young billionaire women under the age of 40 jumped to seven from just two a year earlier, bringing the number of women under 50 with 10-figure fortunes to 20, up from 17. The average age of female billionaires has dropped from to 61.5 from 62.5 in just the past year.
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Read Faster. Way Faster. No, really, I mean WAY faster.
Extremely useful online speed reading java applet. Any text you copy and paste into it is "flashed" one word at time as fast as you'd like. (I use it offline too by saving it in IE7 as a "Web Archive .mht file" to my local hard drive so it works when I'm disconnected from the internet.) With this and Project Gutenberg you'll be in reading heaven.
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Monday, July 28, 2008
Sorry Telcos, Landlines Are Now A Luxury Expense
Slate says that growth of wireless phone customers in America combined with a bad economy has helped initiate an historic shift in how we think about landlines—specifically, they're no longer considered an essential utility by a large portion of the population.
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Thursday, July 24, 2008
YOU JUST GOT SCREWED and Nobody Will tell you! URGENT!!
"Click" on Video "Housing Bill" Today as an American you got shafted. Unlimited printed money to bail out Freddie and Fannie, Raise the National debt by $800,000,000,000. Finger printing of all MORTGAGE people, and now ALL credit card purchases over the NET reported to the IRS!! All in one VOTE...IT PASSED!! Take 8 minutes and listen! Horrible!!
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Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Congress Considers Second Economic Stimulus Package
Congress is considering a second economic stimulus package that could include $15 billion in infrastructure spending, a senior member of the House told Reuters on Tuesday.
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BMW Mini to Sell Electric Cars in U.S. From Summer 2009
BMW has announced plans to sell all-electric versions of its popular Mini car in the U.S., starting from summer 2009.
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Tuesday, July 22, 2008
We're going back, and this time we're going to stay - NASA
Man to live on the moon - "We're going back, and this time we're going to stay,'' S. Pete Worden, director of NASA Ames, said in remarks opening the lunar science conference. "This is the first step in settling the solar system.''
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Monday, July 21, 2008
"Broken" Social Security System Pays McCain $1,930/mo.
Shouldn't our elected leaders hold themselves to a higher standard of morals? The hope being that if they lead by example maybe the common folks will follow along and start "doing the right thing" John McCain should refuse he's SS benifit. He doesn't need it and should due his part to help the "broken system".Republican presidential candidate John McCain cashes his monthly Social Security checks despite calling the federal program "a disgrace." "I'm receiving benefits," McCain said, but added, "the system is broken." In 2007, he received benefits of $23,157 from Social Security, approximately $1,930 a month.
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Teens Get Drunk On Award-Winning Microbrew
The subtle interplay of the three varietal hops in MacTadcaster's Nut Brown Stout went tragically unappreciated Saturday when a group of high-school students got shitfaced on a case of the award-winning microbrew.
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Wednesday, July 16, 2008
20 Baby Products Great For Traumatizing Infants
Perfect for developing little tykes ... into adults who want to murder their parents.
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9 Amazing Ads From the 1930's
Most of the forwards I get are urban myths from my aunt saying Starbucks hates the troops or toliet paper causes cancer. Every once in a while, there's a rare gem worth telling other people about. Adam McKay forwarded these to me: 9 Amazing Ads from the 30s. These are real. And they're so awesome, they're worth telling you about.
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Monday, July 14, 2008
6 Retarded Gas Saving Schemes (People Are Actually Trying)
With gas prices skyrocketing and 65 payments left on the Escalade, America is looking for ways to cut back. In these desperate times we'll do whatever is necessary, as long as it doesn't involve driving less. Fortunately there are a number of fuel-saving alternatives that are easy, inexpensive, and completely idiotic. Such as ...
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Monday, July 7, 2008
Thursday, July 3, 2008
Marijuana production is stretching the North Coast resources
Yet another reason to stop the farce of the war on drugs and start regulating pot growers like all other farmers. Consumers should demand the greening of the green, and move growers in the direction of environmentally friendly marijuana.
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