Friday, February 16, 2007
Read George Orwell's "1984" online in it's entirety
In a modern day world where the government seems to resemble Big Brother more and more every day, it's interesting to read Orwell's prediction of the status of English society (Ingsoc) in 1984, even if it's overdue a few decades.
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Auditors: Billions squandered in Iraq
About $10 billion has been squandered by the U.S. government on Iraq reconstruction aid because of contractor overcharges and unsupported expenses, and federal investigators warned Thursday that significantly more taxpayer money is at risk.
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Illegally Smuggled Dinosaur Eggs Worth $420,000 Seized By Customs
The 22 eggs, each 65 million years old, were so well-preserved that embryonic raptors are visible inside 19 of them. They were seized late last week from the Bonhams & Butterfields auction house in Los Angeles.
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Have you ever seen lightening fork like this? [pic]
Paraglider sucked up to 30,000 feet - and survives!
A German paraglider survived lightning, melon-sized hail, minus 50-degree temperatures and oxygen deprivation after a storm system sucked her to an altitude higher than Mount Everest.
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Toddler fights are the new cock fights - in Britain
Toddlers fighting against toddlers. Kick boxing, grevious bodily harm all acceptable.
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There is No Reason To Ever Beat Your Child…
Thursday, February 15, 2007
Teacher faces jail time for porn pop-ups
Substitute teacher Julie Amero has been convicted of risking injury to a child for not taking better action against pornographic pop-ups in her classroom, and now faces jail time. But did the school do anything to protect the network in the first place?
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Batman Sighting Puts Schools on Lockdown
Three schools in the north Phoenix suburb of Cave Creek were on lockdown for about 45 minutes Wednesday morning after a student at Desert Arroyo Middle School reported seeing a person dressed as Batman run across campus, jump a fence and disappear into the desert, Scottsdale police Sgt. Mark Clark said.
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Millionaire Stabs Wife 24 Times, Found Not Guilty
Ben Odierno, the millionaire landlord who fatally stabbed his wife at least 24 times as they argued over divorce in the couple's Upper East Side townhouse, was acquitted of her murder Tuesday...
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Tuesday, February 13, 2007
In case of a terrorist attack... follow these hilarious signs
The Dept. of Homeland Security has released these signs to help you prepare for an attack. Now safenow.org has provided their own interpretation, hilarity ensued.
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THE SMOKING GUN: Rudy Married 2nd Cousin, Dodged Draft
Confidential 450-page report, authored by Giuliani's research director and another aide, was the campaign's attempt to identify possible lines of attack against Giuliani and prepare the candidate and his staff to counter the attacks. Smoking Gun has the news.
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Happy Birthday Charles Darwin
Today is Darwin Day -- a kind of Christmas for the science-minded. Instead of observing a religious holiday, today is a celebration of Charles Darwin's birthday and mankind's crowning achievement -- science.
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WKRP to finally be released on DVD!
Hell has indeed frozen over; the TV show which was never going to see DVD will finally be released. I'm not sure how they got around the RIAA licensing issues, maybe they dropped some of the original music.
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NPR: Wii offers "a false sense of what it's like to compete in the world"
Parents often get a bad rap when it comes to video games. If they aren't complaining about how violent games are and then ignorantly buying their children the same games, they're on a crusade to get their children to go outside and enjoy the real world. However, nothing you've seen, heard, or read before will prepare you for the latest concern...
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32 Reasons Nearly All Geeks are Severely Underpaid
Why are sales professionals still rewarded with the biggest pay packets? Are sales professionals better qualified or smarter than IT professionals? No, there's no such thing as a sales degree. Do they work longer or harder? Of course not. So why then is IT not the best paid profession?
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Scandal In Mushroom Kingdom!
BREAKING NEWS: Scandal In Mushroom Kingdom!
What America could buy for $145 billion dollars (the 2007 Iraq war budget).
The Iraq war will cost Americans $145 billion dollars this year alone. That $145 billion could buy free tuition, room, and board for every student in a public university or college, and there would still be enough money left over to end hunger in America four times over. Digg this story and help spread the word on how our taxes are being spent.
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