Tuesday, April 17, 2007

Fast Food Reviews: A man of size weighs in.

A nice rundown of most of the top fast food joints. Each with a review, and letter grade. Where do you stand?

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The nightmare Bush dreads most

Najaf. Over a million Iraqis, holding aloft thousands of national flags, marched, chanting, "Yes, yes, Iraq/No, no, America" and "No, no, American/Leave, leave occupier." The demonstrators arrived from all over the country in response to a call by Muqtada al-Sadr, a radical Shi'ite cleric, to demand an end to foreign occupation on...

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"Why I Declined To Serve" - a Marine General who passed up the War Czar job

I concluded that the current Washington decision-making process lacks a linkage to a broader view of the region and how the parts fit together strategically. We got it right during the early days of Afghanistan -- and then lost focus. We have never gotten it right in Iraq.

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Chimps More Evolved Than Humans?

A comparison of human and chimpanzee genes has revealed a startling possibility: chimps may have evolved more than humans in the 6 or 7 million years since both diverged from a common ancestor.

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Cabbies Ordered To Pick Up All Riders - Muslim Drivers Can't Discriminate

On an 11-0 vote Monday, Metropolitan Airports Commission (MAC) members voted to crack down on drivers refusing service, making Minnesota the first place in the country to decide how to treat Muslim cabbies who decline to transport alcohol-toting riders on religious grounds. Drivers who refuse riders will face 30-day to two year suspensions.

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Conservatives to Bush: Fire Gonzales

Top Republicans tell Bush Gonzo must go: "Mr. Gonzales has presided over an unprecedented crippling of the Constitution's time-honored checks and balances," it declares. "He has brought rule of law into disrepute, and debased honesty as the coin of the realm."

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Monday, April 16, 2007

Geek Culture [PICS]

These are the greatest monitor setups I have ever seen.

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Sunday, April 15, 2007

These cops think they are being stealthy, joke is on them [pic]

No description without a spoiler....

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The Ninja Is Going To Be On Mythbusters!

On Tuesday, Douglas, the Ninja, and myself went up to San Francisco and spent the day with the guys from Mythbusters. We should have a special delivery out by the end of the month. They're doing a whole episode on Ninja Myths that will air on the Discovery Channel here in the states around then.

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New HIV Drug Shows 'Unprecedented' Results

"Clearly, we are in a new era of anti-retroviral therapy."

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Chicago named US candidate for 2016 summer Olympics

WASHINGTON -- An effort that came as something of a surprise when it was initiated a year ago produced another surprise Saturday, when Olympic ing
énue Chicago beat Games veteran Los Angeles to become the U.S. bid city for the 2016 Summer Olympics.

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