tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58916532011-08-08T07:51:14.046-07:00"Some people pray for water, other people dig a well." - Country Singer James Handreubenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18402227484867008396noreply@blogger.comBlogger14631100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5891653.post-12592233116638050222007-09-14T23:21:00.001-07:002007-09-14T23:21:14.749-07:00

Created with Animoto!

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Rollerblade suit vs motorcycle downhill raceIn this video, Jean-Yves Blondeau straps into a Buggy Rollin (like a close-fitting suit of body armor covered in rollerblade wheels that let you skate on any part of your body) and races a 600cc motorcycle down a mountainside. There's lots of freaky first-person PoV cuts along with aerials, and the net effect is probably about one-zillionth as

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Hard Gay Helps a Ramen ShopSo there is this guy named Hard Guy, I believe hes a Japanese wrestler and looks like he got very popular and now on tv shows. But I am sure he is funny as hell =)..He is on this tv show and a ramen shop owner wrote a letter saying no one is going into his shop, so the tv show sends Hard Gay to help him out…You will be surpised of the outcome…Source:

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Jake Brown falls 50 feet & walks away !! X-Games 13 Big AirJake Brown falls 50 feet in the X-Games 13 Big Air event and lands on his back ... and guess what. The guy walked away! Unbelievable !!!

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fire + music = kewl!What happens when you mix sound and fire! Rubens Tube - video powered by MetacafeCourtesy from our friends at DailyCupofTech

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this is a pillow...Blood Puddle Pillows, by xoXOxoSource: www.fromkeetra.com

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A commercial so twisted, it's good?courtesy from our friends at acrosstheboard.blogspot.com(I hate skittles btw)

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'Ask A Chola' fan art by my cuzThis original Ask A Chola fan art was created by my cousin Emily!Ask A Chola was so impressed that she made it her default myspace profile picture, and now Emily has now moved up on Ask A Chola's friends list. wOOt WoOT!About Ask A CholaI am a chola/anarchist/cultural critic who resides in LA. I make videos that some people think are funny. Sometimes I am in

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Why do the troops hate our troops?70.6% of money from the troops was to anti-war candidatesby jfernThu Jul 19, 2007 at 08:10:33 PM PDTHere we see that 70.6% of the money that the active duty troops gave to Presidential candidates in Q2 was to anti-war candidates (the Democrats + Ron Paul). Only 29.4% was to pro-war candidates (the other Republicans).Why do the troops hate the troops?Anti-war:Ron

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Michael Moore Faces Off With Stephen ColbertThese two strange bedfellows have been brought together by their mutual distrust of CNN.Michael Moore takes his new cause, exposing the shoddy reporting of the mainstream media, to the Colbert Report in the video to your right, which was provided by The Largest Minority. Moore's takedown of Wolf Blitzer first, and then Sanjay Gupta second, have now

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Breaking News for Friday July 20, 2007Today I signed my first year-long teaching contract! I now have a full time teaching job which will begin on August 27th, 2007. I am proud to be one of the founding teachers of Casa Ramona Academy for Technology, Community and Education located in San Bernardino, Ca. This new school will be the first K-12 Charter School in San Bernardino, and I will be

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The Catholic Church Explained... this is satire so people don't get your panties in a bunch please.Comedian Louis CK investigates and discovers the shocking truth! See, this is how you know your religion has an image problem.

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operation yellow elephanthttp://operationyellowelephant.blogspot.com/2007/07/neo-continetti_15.htmlThe Weekly Standard is suffering from a lack of credibility. The conservative magazine, edited by Bill Kristol and Fred Barnes, has been consistently incorrect with their many predictions in regards to the War on Terror. After a quick check of their online bios the root of their credibility problem

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draft the chickenhawks... the unauthorized college republican convention tourPosted July 18, 2007 | 12:42 PM (EST)by max blumenthal(Video) On July 13, 2007, I visited Section 60 of Arlington National Cemetery, where the bodies of American soldiers killed in Iraq were freshly interred. Afterwards, I headed across the street to the Sheraton National Hotel, owned by right-wing Korean cult leader Sun

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photos: inside the iraq surge...more photos form this abc news series can be found here.

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sunshine - opens july 20th la, nypeep this trailer for the new movie from director danny boyle (28 days later, 28 weeks later, and trainspotting).sunshine - opens july 27th everywhere

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The Colbert Report - Tommy ChongTommy Chong tells Stephen Colbert how he would like to punish Paris Hilton.courtesy from our friends at spikedhumor.com

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Reservist fighting his fifth war call-upAfter serving in Afghanistan and three times in Iraq, an Army Reserve sergeant from Port St. Lucie recoiled at still another deployment.Posted on Sun, Jul. 08, 2007http://www.miamiherald.com/569/story/163895.htmlPORT ST. LUCIE -- Erik Botta believes he's done right by his country.Days after 9/11, as a young Army reservist, he volunteered to go to war. He

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TELL HOME DEPOT TO STOP ADVERTISING ON FOXIt's FOX Attacks time... again.In March we all took on Fox and we beat them. Bad. The Nevada Fox-sponsored presidential debates were canceled when our videos showing Fox's distortions were spread far and wide. Local bloggers worked like crazy, activists around the country wrote and called, and MoveOn used their strategic strength and smarts to bring it

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Michael Moore Rips Wolf Blitzer on CNN: "Why Don't You Tell the American People the Truth"AlterNetPosted by Adam Howard at 3:51 PM on July 9, 2007.I have always noticed that Michael Moore only receives one kind of coverage from the mainstream media: the bad kind. Every time one of his films comes out, from Bowling for Columbine, to Fahrenheit 9/11 and now Sicko, they have been on a quest to "

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(video) 911 math callcourtesy from our friends at spikedhumor.comKid calls emergency number to help with his math homework.

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(video) human tetris iicourtesy from our friends at spikedhumor.comA new episode of Human Tetris where contestants must try to squeeze their body through the oddly shaped holes in the oncoming wall or fall into a pit of water.

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(video) fox news alert... all mexican's are lepersJodge Hodgmen reports on illegal immigrants and leprosy... In this country... Incredible.

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Secret Nintendo Training VideoThe following video has been “leaked” onto YouToube. The next big game from Nintendo perhaps?Another great find via blogsnow.com!

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Rage Against the Dixie Chickscourtesy from our friends at FunnyorDie.comRage Against the Dixie Chicks

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Hee Ah Lee - The Four-fingered pianistI couldn't embed the video here, so please click the link and get ready to be wow'd by this amazing little girl.http://dopejam.multiply.com/video/item/6Happy 4th of July Peeps!

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Human Art Dinner Dispute - (from the Matrix Ping Pong People)another great find via Google Video Of the DayRemember Matrix Ping Pong? Same people, doing gonzo over-the-top comedy antics. In this skit, a man accidentally splatters ketchup on his girl's clothes. Revenge—and hilarity—ensues!

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Mechanical Fingers Give Strength, Speed to AmputeesWired Magazine - 07.02.07If the X-Finger looks like a prop from The Terminator, relax. It isn't out to kill you, and it isn't robotic. In fact, it's a mechanical prosthetic finger so effective it provides articulation as fast and flexible as the real thing.Invented by Dan Didrick of Naples, Florida, the device has no batteries, electronics,

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The Great Panda EscapeJust found this via blogsnow.comMore proof, that these poor beasts shouldn't be locked up for our amusement.

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Photos: CityLife Downtown Charter School field trip to 'The Getty' - 6/27/07The slideshow of the 107 photos are at:http://www.kodakgallery.com/I.jsp?c=vcysghi.bor62092&x=0&y=dvsjg1Then, click on "View Slideshow" there is no need to sign-in.Paz,Mr. Rivas

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Another new pic of Lil' Richie from his grandpa!

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White House Caught Doctoring "Mission Accomplished" VideoJust found this via digg.com:Apparently the Bush administration has taken the Winston Churchill quote "History is written by the victors" into the video age. The official White House website is now sporting a very different version of President Bush's "Mission Accomplished" speech. In this exclusive video, Inside Minnesota Politics' Mike

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Congrat's to Monique and my bro Gilbert for their new baby boy... Lil Richie. He was supposed to be born July 10th, but I guess he just couldn't wait!Luv,Uncle Reuben.

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Will's Lil' Landlord Is Back, Baby!Will Ferrell is featured in another FunnyOrDie.com clip with his favorite co-star -- a 2-year-old girl named Pearl.Pearl is actually the daughter of Ferrell's frequent collaborator, Adam McKay. In this clip, Pearl plays a tough cop that is brought in to get a confession out of Will -- by any means necessary. Let's just say there is a phone book beating

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RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE COACHELLA 2007WOW! That was pretty intense... Thanks Carlos! And to think I supposed to go to that show....meh.

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Here, straight out of Cannes, are 10 hot films to watch, coming soon to an art house near you.By Andrew O'Hehir | Slate.comMay 25, 2007 From top, clockwise: "Control," "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly," "The Flight of the Red Balloon," "4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days," "The Orphanage," "Une Vieille Maîtresse" ("An Old Mistress"), "Silent Light," "Savage Grace," "Promise Me This," "Persepolis""

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Here is a pic of my studious 8th graders taking their History/Social Science STAR test. Tomorrow we get a break and get to go to a play, and Friday it's back to STAR testing!

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A Wide Open FutureAl Gore in his office in May 2007.Time Magazine - "The Last Temptation of Al Gore"Source: BoingBoing.net

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MadTV: A real political debateYet, another classic clip from MadTV!Thanks Josh!

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MadTV: Hillary Vs. ObamaAnother classic clip from MadTV!Thanks Josh!

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David Blaine Street Magic 2: The SequelBlaine is back, and believe it or not, he's tormenting the same two idiots as last time. What the F?Thanks Emily!

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Wal-Mart's destructive impact on communities is well- documented. Local competition is driven out, noise and traffic increases, and local governments and taxpayers get a raw deal. Wal-Mart is planning to open a 170,000-sq. ft. supercenter at Chapman Avenue and Brookhurst Street in Garden Grove and the only thing standing in their way is the City Council. Come help to keep a Wal-Mart

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U.K. Comedy: Only Fools and Horses - Batman & RobinA scene from one of the special Christmas episodes of the long-running British sitcom "Only Fools and Horses" in which Derek "Del Boy" Trotter and his brother Rodney enter a fancy dress contest as a popular crime-fighting duo, but run into some trouble along the way...

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A CALL TO ACTION:Stop Michael Baroody var permalink="http://consumerist.com/consumer/call-to-action/stop-michael-baroody-257439.php"; A campaign to stop Michael Baroody from getting nominated as head of the Consumer Product Safety Commission sprung up at StopBaroody.com. While Baroody was Executive Vice President of NAM, the manufacturer's lobby:

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Happy Birthday Joy!If you wanna wish her a happy birthday too, then please visit her blog.

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OFFICIAL BOOK TOURMay 3: Libreria Martinez, 1110 N. Main St., Santa Ana, (714) 973-7900, 7 pmMay 7: Borders Pico Rivera, 8852 Washington Blvd., Pico Rivera, (562) 942-9919, 7pmMay 9: Bookworks, 4022 Rio Grande NW, Albuquerque, (505) 344-8139, 7pmMay 10: Barnes & Noble Webster, 1441 W. Webster Ave., Chicago, (773) 871-3610, 7pmMay 13: Third Place Books, 17171 Bothell Way NE, Lake View (near

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Reporters + videographers got caught up in chaos that followed.Wednesday, 02 May 2007, 7:03 AM PDTThousands of people marched in Los Angeles on Tuesday, calling for immigration reform. Marches and rallies were peaceful until the evening, when the LAPD moved in and used force to disperse crowds. Christina Gonzalez brings us the story and video from MacArthur Park.Fox News Video here.More videos

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Video: When a 3 year old is asked about Monsters..Thanks Emiliana Zapata!

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Video: The Chaser's War on Everything - Terrorist security responseThe Chaser's War On Everything examines how security responds to an American tourist recording a video as opposed to someone dressed "slightly differently"

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The LandlordWill Ferrell gets a visit from his landlord.http://sjl.funnyordie.com/v1/view_video.php?viewkey=3efbc24c7d2583be6925Source: funnyordie.com

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Via: Consumerist.comWalmart is recalling tainted pet food during the day, only to restock it again at night. This egregious display of corporate ineptitude was detailed to The News & Observer by Walmart merchandise supervisor, Johnnie Walker.Walker said he had removed the products earlier in the week, but clerks restocked the shelves overnight, unaware that the pet food had been recalled. "At

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Video: Borat sings "In my country there is problem"This is classic from his old Ali G show...If anyone can find a ring-tone of this then puh-leez lemme know!!!

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Video: Neg's Urban Sports - Urban SprintingNeg, from the U.K. Balls of Steel show, loves to get a chased by mall security guards...btw, if you like this clip then check out this funny Urban Rodeo clip too.

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The Internal Revenue Service is giving a rebate this year on a telephone war tax. This is one of those line items at the bottom of your phone bill. The tax was instituted in 1898 to help the United States pay for the Spanish-American War. Individuals and businesses have one chance to obtain a refund on this telephone war tax, by asking for it in their 2006 income tax returns.Remarkably, the

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Snoop Dogg Says: ''F*ck Bill O'Reilly!''Snoop wins in this clip from Dutch Television. Language NSFW!Source: pinkdome.com

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Video: Rosie O'Donnell speaks out on Iran and 9/11I normally don't care for Rosie O'Donnell, she is usually loud and obnoxious, but I think she is a great addition to The View and it's great to hear someone of her celeb getting support for her outspoken views on the war and the current administration from such a mainstream show/audience. What do you think?Related story on the stir Rosie is

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Disney: Virtual Tower of Terror in Half-lifeSomeone built a virtual version of the Disney-MGM Studios Tower of Terror attraction in the popular Half-Life 2 game. Did a really good job too. The video walk-through is a little humorous for other reasons, but if this keeps up you won't need to visit Orlando to visit Walt Disney World.The map was made by "Heyo" and you can download it at http://

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It took hardly any time at all for another Walmart automotive horror story to come sailing into the inbox: In this episode, your friendly Walmart technician borrows your parent's car to go pick up a friend. Reader JonnyPage writes:My parents had a similarly horrible experience at Walmart last year here in South Edmonton Common, Edmonton, AB. They took their car into get an oil change, and left it

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Did Halliburton provide contaminated water to Soldiers?Extended bonus scene from the new documentary 'Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers'Ben Carter, a former Halliburton/KBR water purification specialist, discusses discovering Halliburton was providing dangerously contaminated water to troops, and the serious long-term implications.

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Video: Arianna Coming Home - Nov. 17. 2004 I am in the middle of applying for teaching jobs, got bored and decided to put this together this Saturday morning. Back to filling out job apps...meh.

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BoingBoing.net Undercover agents were able to slip bombs and IEDs past the Transport Security Agency checkpoint at Denver airport 90 percent of the time. Last time I was in Denver, the eagle-eyed agent was able to spot and confiscate my toothpaste, and of course, my suitcase arrived damaged, contents filthy, having been pawed at by a TSA goon and then improperly closed. These eagle-eyed

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Alberto Gonzales, the first Latino Attorney General in U.S. history, was once endorsed by leading Latino organizations. Those same organizations now remain silent in the midst of the U.S. attorney scandal.By Roberto Lovato, New America Media. Posted March 30, 2007.The recent scandal involving the firing of eight U.S. attorneys by U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has yielded mostly silence

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Born-again virginity has been debunked by research, but serious proponents of it -- from mature single women to evangelicals -- continue embrace the chastity pledge, for strikingly different reasons.By Amy DePaul, AlterNet. Posted March 20, 2007.Oh Ashley... it's been three weeks, am I a virgin again? RamonaBorn-again virgins, usually young people with a sexual past pledging to startfresh and

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Morrisseywith Kristeen YoungPRESALE!Starts: Fri. 3/30 @ 10 AMEnds: Fri. 3/30 @ 10 PM PASSWORD: RINGLEADER Sunday, June 10Rabobank Theater Bakersfield, CAIntimate theater show with Moz! Public On Sale4/1 @ 12 pm!

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NPR Morning EditionMarch 26, 2007Audio Slideshow: Chris Hondros Discusses His Iconic Photo of a Little Girl Whose Parents Died When Troops Fired on Their Car Chris Hondros has just returned from his ninth tour of Iraq. He's not a soldier. He's an award-winning news photographer for Getty Images. And on a January evening in 2005, while on patrol with U.S. troops in the

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Members of the women's Peace Club in Fairmont, Minn., pushed for a U.S.Department of Peace, causing a town controversy.NPR Weekend Edition Saturday, March 24, 2007 To the members of a women's group in Fairmont, Minn., it seemed like a simple idea: The United States has a Department of State, which promotes America's interests overseas. And it also has a Department of Defense, which fights for

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doh... Looks like Eddie Griffin hasn't been coached well enough by the PR people for his film Redline. Griffin missed an obvious opportunity to use the movie's tagline, "Fear Nothing. Risk Everything" to explain why he crashed a Ferrari Enzo during a charity event to promote the movie. Instead, he answers inquiries as to what happened with, "The brother can't drive." Nice. See the

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madtv: "apple introduces the iRaq"thanks joy!

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BoingBoing.netMcDonald's is taking action to get the word "McJob" taken out of the Oxford English Dictionary. Let's be clear: the job of a dictionary is to record language as it is spoken, and people clearly say "McJob" to mean a crummy job.McDonald's argues that jobs at McDonald's aren't crummy, so people are wrong to call crummy jobs McJobs. Let's stipulate for the sake of argument that working

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bush screws the country...

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Saturday, March 24, 2007, 7-10 PM: Equator Books (1103 Abbot Kinney Blvd, Venice, 310.399.5544)Celebrate the release of "Lucha Loco" by photographer Malcolm Venville, with a book signing and party. The book features portraits and interviews of Mexican wrestlers.Also at the event: an open bar and live music."Using large format film photography and traditional camera techniquesin a Mexico City

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wtf is gung-foo?Video: James Randi vs James HydrickToday, James Randi and his James Randi Educational Foundation still offer a $1 million prize to anyone who can prove they engage in paranormal activity. The prize used to be $10,000. Watch the video below to see how James “The Amazing Randi” debunks the pseudo-psychic-power-man, James Hydrick.source: haha.nu

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Fox News: "Your Voice for Evil"The Simpsons gets in on the FOX propaganda... perhaps as penitence for something like 15 years of revenue they've thrown at the network...

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Photo's from the M17 L.A. Anti-War Protest / Rallymore photos are here. (no need to sign in.)

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'Its the right thing to do' despite concerns about presidential ambitionsMSNBC.COMUpdated: 8:38 a.m. PT March 16, 2007SANTA FE, N.M. - Democratic Gov. Bill Richardson, poised to sign a bill making New Mexico the 12th state to legalize medical marijuana, said Thursday he realizes his action could become an issue in the presidential race."So what if it's risky? It's the right thing to do," said

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More photos from today's march can be found at la.indymedia.orgRelated A.P. News Story "Thousands protest as war enters 5th year"

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Writing in his suicide note, "I am sullied -- no more," U.S. Colonel Ted Westhusing, father of three, chose death over a life of lies and corruption in occupied Iraq.alternet.orgBy Robert Bryce, Texas Observer. Posted March 16, 2007.Ted Westhusing was a true believer. And that was his fatal flaw.A colonel in the U.S. Army, Westhusing had a good job teaching English at the U.S. Military Academy at

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Hartford Courant By TRACY GORDON FOXCourant Staff WriterMarch 12, 2007COLCHESTER -- Caitlin Dean was raised not to discriminate against others because of their race or religion. But as a white suburban teen of Italian and Irish descent, she often wondered what it would be like to be the target of such abuse.She found out "behind the burqa."The 15-year-old freshman volunteered with a few other

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this in an excerpt from an email that i wrote to my wonderful aunt mary from arizona who loves to shop at wal-mart to save a few bucks....wal-mart eh? hmmm... one of the few companies in the world that that can actually afford to pay good wages and benefits but refuses! how come the worlds largest and most powerful retailer can't/won't pay a living wage and be a good corporate citizen, while

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Photojournalist Nina Berman discusses her award-winning portrait of disfigured Iraq vet Ty Ziegel and his fiancée, Renee, on their wedding day -- and what was really going on behind the lens.Salon.comMarch 10, 2007By Lindsay BeyersteinOne of the most iconic images of the Iraq war was taken by Nina Berman in a commercial portrait studio in small-town Illinois. You've probably seen the photograph.

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boingboing.netOn the NPR radio show "Fresh Air" this week, an interview with reporters Lisa Chedekel and Matthew Kauffman of The Hartford Courant, who received the George Polk Award for their series on flaws in the military's mental health system:Their reporting found that troops sent on deployment are, for the most part, not getting mental health evaluations, even though they are mandated by

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crooksandliars.comBy: SilentPatriot on Tuesday, March 13th, 2007 at 5:05 AMScott Pelley reports for 60 Minutes on the plight of Iraqis who risked everything to help the United States, only to see us all but turn our backs on them when they needed us most. How can anyone defend this war and all the havoc it has wreaked on the Iraqi population? Upwards of 600,000 killed; 1.8 million displaced; an

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In theaters 4.13.07Watch trailer here.

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THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLEMarch 6, 2007by David R. Baker, Chronicle Staff WriterFuel expands in heat, but special pumps could compensate for temperature swingsWhen you buy a gallon of gas at the service station, you don't always put the same amount of energy in your tank.Gasoline, like other liquids, expands in high temperatures. Although gas pumps always dispense the same amount, the fuel is

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NEXT WEEKENDMarch 17 Mass Anti-War Protest in Los Angeles4th Anniversary of the Iraq War - Stop the War!Live Concert by Ozomatli Performance by Jackson BrowneGather at Hollywood Vine, Los Angeles (at Red Line Metro stop) March to Hollywood Highland for Rallymore info: http://answerla.org/

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Ever wonder what's inside the Wal-Mart truck you drive next to on the freeway?In California, Wal-Mart has been caught using its massive fleet of trucks to transport potentially hazardous waste.� Not only are they skipping out on the fees for safe disposal of their store's waste, they're blatantly breaking the law by shipping it in trucks not designed for this purpose.Why does Wal-Mart think they

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Banksy - pseudonym of a well-known yet anonymous English graffiti artist from Yate near Bristol. His artwork are often satirical pieces of art which encompass topics from politics, culture, and ethics. His street art, which combines graffiti with a distinctive stencilling technique, has appeared in London and in cities around the world. His film index is here including last years life-size

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by John Laumer, Philadelphia on 03. 6.07TreeHugger.comVia Daily Kos Diary, "...David Wetzel, a 79 yr old retired chemist from Decatur IL had been using recycled vegetable oil in his 1985 Volkswagen Golf diesel car for 7 years. This January, " the State of Illinois Dept. of Revenue sent 2 "special agents," Gary May and John Egan to his house. The two agents threatened the couple with felony

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Thinkprogress.orgAccording to a new report in Esquire magazine, Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE) has suggested that Congress may consider the impeachment of President Bush before his term ends:“The president says, ‘I don’t care.’ He’s not accountable anymore,” Hagel says, measuring his words by the syllable and his syllables almost by the letter. “He’s not accountable anymore, which isn’t totally true.

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BongBoing.netRead more...

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BoingBoing.net Me, I just load up an Ann Coulter phoneme when I feel the urge to involuntarily purge. But Noah Shachtman of Danger Room writes:The Navy is sinking money in a radio-frequency weapon that shoots an invisible wall-penetrating beam, making people so dizzy, they fall over. The company researching the device is touting it as a "Star Trek hand-held Phaser Weapon set on 'Stun.'"

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Teacher MagazineMarch 1, 2007By Steven SaintEric Hamlin never dreamed that his first day at Carmody Middle School wouldbe his last. But the principal’s ultimatum was spelled out in writing: Remove all foreign flags from the 7th grade geography classroom or face disciplinary action.Believing flags help students become more informed world citizens, Hamlin ignored the order. The next day, before

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Solar-powered rollerblading Dubya-bot chariotPosted Mar 1st 2007 12:43PM by Jeannie ChoeFiled under: Robots, TransportationModern advancements in rickshaw / chariot designs have given drivers' tired legs a chance to rest, but why not remove the driver altogether and employ a solar-powered, rollerblading robot in effigy of George W. Bush dressed as a Roman warrior? Unorthodox transportation

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NIN performs new single "Survivalism" here.Recorded Live In Barcelona 2007.Enjoy!!!

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By DOUG MELLGREN, Associated Press Writer Fri Feb 23, 3:02 PM ETOSLO, Norway - Forty-six countries agreed Friday to push for a global treaty banning cluster bombs, a move activists hope will force the superpowers that oppose the effort — the U.S., China and Russia — to abandon the weapons.Organizers said the declaration was needed despite the absence of key nations at a conference in the

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9NEWS NOWLast Updated:1/31/2007 9:54:15 AMArmy specialist Katie Lavely is certainly no anti war activist. She has proudly served several months in Iraq.She's due to return to active service soon, but she doesn’t want to go. It has nothing to do with politics, but everything to do with her little boy, two year old Devic.Devic just lost his father, also a soldier serving in Iraq. Lavely does not

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“This chart nicely sums up the Bush presidency.”source: Boingboing.net

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Published: 2007/02/22 16:22:48 GMTBBC NEWSA second US soldier's plea of guilty to the gang rape of a 14-year-old Iraqi girl and the killing of her and her family has been accepted by a judge.Sgt Paul Cortez admitted four murders, rape and conspiracy to rape. His plea means he will avoid the death penalty.In November, Specialist James Barker, 24, admitted rape and murder over the killings and was

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The warehouse-club retailer 'has figured out the big, simple things': Hold down expenses and prices, treat employees well, make discount shopping fashionable and keep shareholders happy.Feb. 16, 2007Barons.com"Membership has its privileges." That slogan belongs to American Express, but it might better apply to Costco Wholesale, the leading warehouse-club operator in the U.S., whose determination

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More great photos from yesterday’s Barack Obama campaign stop can be found here.All photos courtesy of manicatack.

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