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Lobby Firm Sent Forged Climate Change Letter To... →

Jul 31st

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Shatner does Palin

Jul 31st

Kay Bailey Hutchison site is loaded with hidden... →

Jul 31st

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Official Gmail Blog: Send mail from another... →

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Jul 31st

“I just got these pictures back from when i helped McDonalds with the launch of...”

– Me and Ronald McDonald - Greg Oden

Jul 31st

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Jul 31st

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Jul 30th

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Doctor in the House

Woman: Help! Help! This man fell off the stage! Is there a doctor in the house? Doctor: I’m a doctor. Well, a horse doctor, but it’s essentially the same principles. Woman: Can you help this man? Doctor: That depends. Is it a racer or a breeder? Woman: It? Doctor: [chuckling] Old horse doctor joke. Woman: I’m not sure I… Doctor: We only treat racers. Woman: Doctor, this man is...

Jul 30th

Kenya Gets More Mobile With Bicycle-Powered... →

Jul 30th

Vin Scully’s Final Innings →

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Jul 29th

Schwarzenegger Terminates Funding For Child... →

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a revised $85 billion budget Tuesday that he said contained “the good, the bad and the ugly,” including additional cuts to child welfare programs, health care for the poor and AIDS prevention efforts. Schwarzenegger used his line-item veto authority to save an additional $656 million that will let the state restore a reserve fund...

Jul 29th

Sikhs told to go green →

Jul 29th

Wikipedia: List of common misconceptions →

david: via ben

Jul 29th

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City Buys One-Way Tickets Home for Homeless... →

The Bloomberg administration, which has struggled with a seemingly intractable problem of homelessness for years, has paid for more than 550 families to leave the city since 2007, as a way of keeping them out of the expensive shelter system, which costs $36,000 a year per family. All it takes is for a relative elsewhere to agree to take the family in.

Jul 29th

Ray’s the Steaks with @andrewbleeker and @emily_williams

Jul 29th

Jul 28th

Rules For Commenting On The CBO's Judgments (Ezra... →

In the least surprising revelation of the day, the Congressional Budget Office doesn’t see much in the way of savings coming from health-care reform in the next 10 or so years. This is because the bills under consideration do not save much money in the next 10 or so years. I would, however, like to propose a couple of rules for commenting on this story. Politicians who are going to use this...

Jul 28th

My Party

-All of my close friends attend, as well as several “A-list” celebrities. Even the caterers are all people I would be friends with, were they not part of the catering industry. My enemies are not in attendance, having been systematically assassinated by a mafia don friend of mine who needed to consolidate his power. -The entertainment includes a live band, a magician, and six clowns, each of...

Jul 27th

'Girl Taxi' Service Offers Haven to Beirut's Women →

Entrepreneurs across the Middle East have recognized the business potential in offering secure transportation options for women. Banet Taxi follows on the heels of successful women-only transportation models in Dubai, Tehran and Cairo. h/t natalie

Jul 27th

Went to Cantler’s last week—it was incredible http://twitpic.com/br59m @laurinmanning @MikeMoffo

Jul 27th

Jul 26th

Scientists Worry Machines May Outsmart Man →

haha h/t mmg A robot that can open doors and find electrical outlets to recharge itself. Computer viruses that no one can stop. Predator drones, which, though still controlled remotely by humans, come close to a machine that can kill autonomously. Impressed and alarmed by advances in artificial intelligence, a group of computer scientists is debating whether there should be limits on research...

Jul 26th

President Obama calls Seargant James Crowley... →

Jul 26th

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