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Palin should cut the hypocrisy - CNN.com
politics
february 2010 by ulrichp

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somehedgehog: Adventuring Party Politics: The Campaign is Getting Ugly

GM: OK, the bugbear attacks you. What do you do? OBAMA: I send one of my 672 henchmen after it. MCCAIN: OK, seriously. Why does he have so many henchmen? I'm a level 72 ranger and he's only a level 8 paladin.

humor games politics rpg funny gaming satire dnd geek
october 2008 by ulrichp

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Hayden Panettiere PSA: Vote for McCain from Hayden Panettiere

He's just like George Bush, but older and with a worse temper.

humor politics video funny satire
october 2008 by ulrichp

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Talking Points Memo | AP: Al Qaida Web site Endorses McCain

"Al-Qaida supporters suggested in a Web site message this week they would welcome a pre-election terror attack on the U.S. as a way to usher in a McCain presidency."

politics news
october 2008 by ulrichp

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ABC News: McCain, Obama Trade Campaign Attacks for Late-Night Jokes

But at the dinner, they often took shots at themselves. "If I had to name my greatest strength, I guess it would be my humility. Greatest weakness, it's possible I may be too awesome," Obama said with a wry smile.

politics humor
october 2008 by ulrichp

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Main Page - Deletionpedia

Where Wikipedia pages deleted for being 'too trivial' go to die... or to live on forever, as it were.

interesting humor internet politics historyweb trivia funny geeky
september 2008 by ulrichp

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Are you an elitist? / 18 revealing ways to know for sure

16. You recognize and appreciate more than 50 percent of the references and enjoy at least a quarter of the featured profiles in the New York Times Arts section. Also, you read the New York Times. Also, you read.

humor religion politics
september 2008 by ulrichp

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McCain staffer slams Dungeons and Dragons players - Boing Boing

You know what to do, kids: ROLL FOR INITIATIVE.

humor politics dnd gaming
august 2008 by ulrichp

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Supreme Court backs Guantanamo detainees - Guantanamo- msnbc.com

Foreign terrorism suspects have right to challenge detention, court rules

politics news
june 2008 by ulrichp

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The Page - by Mark Halperin - TIME

This stuff writes itself. I couldn't make it up if I wanted to.

kentuckyderby politics amusing
may 2008 by ulrichp

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Game Announce: Stalin Vs. Martians

Stalin. 1942 Siberia. Fighting Martians. WHAT THE HELL PEOPLE

videogames interesting politics
april 2008 by ulrichp

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Getting Outraged Over MoveOn - TIME

Welcome to the wonderful world of umbrage, the new language of American politics. You would not have thought that the likes of Rush Limbaugh and Bill O'Reilly would be so sensitive. Sticks and stones and so on.

politics idiocy wtf
september 2007 by ulrichp

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The Road to Serfdom
economics money politics
september 2007 by ulrichp

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Urban Legends Reference Pages: Questionable Quotes (Hermann Goering)

"All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same way in any country."

history interesting politics
august 2007 by ulrichp

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Bush Abolishes Fifth Amendment

A few days ago, Bush signed a new executive order in which he uses broad language to claim that he has the power to seize the property of any person who undermines efforts to promote economic reconstruction and political reform in Iraq.

politics law wtf
july 2007 by ulrichp

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Question Party! - george w bush question

Yay, I asked a question.

politics
july 2007 by ulrichp

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This Modern World | Salon Comics

Explaining the mysteries of the Quantum Cheneyverse.

politics comics humor interesting
july 2007 by ulrichp

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Blundering Bush makes ANOTHER gaffe as he winks at the Queen | the Daily Mail

When you've just made it sound like the Queen is more than 200 years old, there may be a few ways of recovering from the gaffe. But turning to her and giving her a sly wink is probably not included in any book of royal etiquette.

news politics wtf humor
may 2007 by ulrichp

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I Drew This, Tuesday, May 1, 2007.

Is the US a Christian nation?

humor art interesting comics politics religion
may 2007 by ulrichp

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Random Ramblings: The Mid West is More Religious than the Middle East

Title speaks for itself, really.

politics religion
april 2007 by ulrichp

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Shouts & Murmurs: The Wisdom of Children: Humor: The New Yorker

MOM: Pass the wine, please. I want to become crazy.

politics sex humor
march 2007 by ulrichp

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Naughty Super Bowl Sparks Beefs To FCC - March 5, 2007

"Thanks CBS for turning my son GAY."

politics sex tv wtf
march 2007 by ulrichp

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His name was Robert Paulson - News - The Phoenix

"A bunch of former high-school football players from Murrieta, California, are in serious trouble after being booked on a variety of bizarre charges for their involvement with a 'fight club'..." Evidently they missed the point

crime movies politics
march 2007 by ulrichp

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Pensito Review » Does Bush’s Homophobe Base Know His Longtime Sidekick Is Gay?

"If you know the name Israel Hernandez, you probably know him as “Altoids Boy,” the young man in charge of George W. Bush’s breath mints. (He says his real Dubya-assigned nickname is Izzy.) ... Izzy is also gay."

sex news politics interesting
february 2007 by ulrichp

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BBC NEWS | Americas | US soldier admits murdering girl

"A 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."

crime politics wtf
february 2007 by ulrichp

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79 - East Germany Lives On - As A Tiny Carribean Island « strange maps
history interesting politics
february 2007 by ulrichp

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Martin Varsavsky | English

What Happens When a Country Gives Up Religion: as Spain Shows, Nothing Much

politics religion science internet interesting travel
february 2007 by ulrichp

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Salon.com Technology | Courtney Love does the math

A great, coherent rant from Courtney Love, actually well-written, on how the music industry is actually pirating from its artists - pirating their fees, for one thing.

economics interesting law money music p2p politics writing news wtf
february 2007 by ulrichp

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NEWSWEEK Poll: Bush Hits New Low - Newsweek Politics - MSNBC.com

"...and more than half the country (58 percent) say they wish the Bush presidency were simply over..."

politics news
january 2007 by ulrichp

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At Ease, Mr. President - New York Times

"President Nixon was not Mr. Ruckelshaus’s commander in chief. The president is not the commander in chief of civilians. He is not even commander in chief of National Guard troops unless and until they are federalized."

interesting law news politics
january 2007 by ulrichp

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BBC - Wiltshire - Wiltshire's Underground City - Wiltshire's Secret Underground City

Welcome to Wiltshire’s Secret Underground City… the 35 acre subterranean Cold War City that lies 100 feet beneath Corsham.

architecture history interesting politics
january 2007 by ulrichp

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7 Things You Didn't Know About PETA

"One entire PETA website is devoted to the claim-despite ample evidence to the contrary-that Jesus Christ was a vegetarian."

animals wtf news politics
january 2007 by ulrichp

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Passport applicants find they're not Canadian - Yahoo! Canada News

"Porteous is part of a group known as the Lost Canadians. According to Canadian census data, there are an estimated 10,000 to 20,000 people in Canada who could find out they've lost their citizenship if they apply for a passport."

interesting news politics
january 2007 by ulrichp

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Bush Speech Terror Claim Debunked A Year Ago

"A claim made by President Bush in his State of the Union speech last night, that an attack on an L.A. skyscraper had been averted, was universally debunked as a hoax by Mayors, CIA, FBI and NSA personnel and counter-terror experts nearly a year ago..."

idiocy politics wtf news
january 2007 by ulrichp

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Horses Mouth January 24, 2007 12:41 PM - Obama takes on Fox News

"All of the claims about Senator Obama’s faith and education raised in the Insight Magazine story and repeated on Fox News are false."

politics news
january 2007 by ulrichp

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seattlepi.com: Federal Way schools restrict Gore film

... "If you're going to come in and just say America is creating the rotten ruin of the world, I don't think the video should be shown."

environment news politics religion wtf idiocy
january 2007 by ulrichp

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Feral Cities

"Once a vital component in a national economy, this sprawling urban environment is now a vast collection of blighted buildings, an immense petri dish of both ancient and new diseases..."

architecture crime history law interesting philosophy politics science writing
december 2006 by ulrichp

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ACLU: Government seeks 'secret' document

The American Civil Liberties Union says there's nothing particularly remarkable about a classified document it received this fall - nothing except the government's efforts to get it back.

politics news
december 2006 by ulrichp

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best of craigslist : Top 5 Myths About America
politics history myths
june 2006 by ulrichp

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Pirate Party of the United States

The Pirate Party of the United States is this country's version of the Piratpartiet, a Swedish political party that wants to "fundamentally reform copyright law, get rid of the patent system, and ensure that citizens' rights to privacy are respected."

interesting politics
june 2006 by ulrichp

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Rolling Stone : Was the 2004 Election Stolen?

Well, yeah, but here's a fact-by-fact breakdown. Media reaction: none.

crime history law news politics idiocy wtf
june 2006 by ulrichp

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Indianz.Com > News > Giago: Oglala Sioux president on state abortion law

"I will personally establish a Planned Parenthood clinic on my own land which is within the boundaries of the Pine Ridge Reservation where the State of South Dakota has absolutely no jurisdiction."

politics women interesting
march 2006 by ulrichp

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defective yeti: Xyzzy

The president is in the dark. We wish he'd get eaten by a grue.

games humor if politics videogames writing
january 2006 by ulrichp

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U.S. Troops Draw Up Own Exit Strategy | The Onion - America's Finest News Source

Pfc. Barbara Terland expressed the sentiment of many soldiers and Iraqis. "If the real reason we're here is to let the Iraqis run their own country, I have the perfect solution: my ass on a plane to St. Louis."

news politics humor
december 2005 by ulrichp

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10641

Supposedly a video w/r/t torture. Interesting stuff, though proof of validity is nil (unless I missed it - will read closer later).

video politics interesting
november 2005 by ulrichp

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CNN.com - 20 fined for using letters W and Q - Oct 25, 2005

*facepalm*

news politics linguistics wtf
october 2005 by ulrichp

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The New Yorker: PRINTABLES - Shouts and Murmurs - Intelligent Design

"Much better," Zeus declared, cuddling the furry little animal. "I’m going to call him Buttons."