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06 Oct, 2008

Fox News Lil’ O’reilly

Posted by: Dave In: Current Affairs| Humor| Political

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“Your dirty sex makes God send hurricanes.” Genius.
- Dave

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This interview of Sarah Palin by Katie Couric is almost too painful to watch. I can only imagine Palin during the vice presidential debates with Joe Biden. It will be like Godzilla stepping on Bambi.
-Dave

George Carlin died yesterday of heart failure.  He was 71 years old, but had the mouth of a 18 year old sailor.
Famous for his 7 words you can’t say on TV.  Well, since I’m paying for bandwidth and hosting here, I can say anything I want.  So, this is for you George:
Shit, Piss, Fuck, Cunt, [...]

Diebold Accidentally Leaks Results Of 2008 Election Early

09 Jan, 2008

A tank cozy

Posted by: Dave In: Current Affairs| DIY| Design| Weird

From http://www.marianneart.dk/
A combat tank which was used in World War II was the setting for this work of art. As a protest against the Danish (USA´s, UK´s) involvement in the war in Iraq the tank was covered from the canon to the caterpillar tracks with knitted and crocheted squares made with pink yarn The 15 [...]

From The Onion
I love the Onion.
-Dave

16 Dec, 2007

Kant political message

Posted by: Dave In: Current Affairs| Film| Philosophy| Political

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30 Nov, 2007

Evel Knievel RIP

Posted by: Dave In: Current Affairs

From the Associated Press:
Evel Knievel, the red-white-and-blue-spangled motorcycle daredevil whose jumps over crazy obstacles including Greyhound buses, live sharks and Idaho’s Snake River Canyon made him an international icon in the 1970s, died Friday. He was 69.
Rest in Peace, Evel.
-Dave

Dick Wilson, the actor famous for portraying Mr. Whipple in Charmin commercials, has passed away at the age of 91.  From the Associated Press:
Wilson made more than 500 commercials as Mr. George Whipple, a man consumed with keeping bubbly housewives from fondling toilet paper. The punch line of most spots was that Whipple himself was [...]

12 Nov, 2007

One laptop per child

Posted by: Dave In: Communication| Current Affairs| Technology

Originally called the $100 laptop project, it came in at just under $200 each, but still a bargain when you consider all the technology involved in making something like this.
In 2002, MIT Professor Nicholas Negroponte experienced first-hand how connected laptops transformed the lives of children and their families in a remote Cambodian village. A seed [...]



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