Dicks

Once the dysfunction that passes as a news media in this country finds their magical elixir (penis + politician) then becomes dumb-ass drunk on said elixir stomping around their fire performing the 24/7 insanity ritual of non-stop reporting on the importance of a political cock, it becomes exponentially more difficult to maintain postings on this blog when the overbearing weight of everything-that-should-be-important is so obviously corrupted. What's the point, really.

Yes, yes. It has all happened before and it will all happen again. Predetermination and if true, then my time would be better spent staring out the window for an hour a day rather then attempting to raise some sort of awareness and a little hell about... something or the other.

We elect corporatists whose actions are opposite of their words; they who worship the cock of Wall Street while main street disintegrates. We are informed by a retarded media that only asks hard questions when they are presented with a hard dick. Or I should state, when a Democrat's hard dick is presented. Clenises. Republicans have no such worries (see Tom Coburn, David Vitter, etc, etc).

Sorry. Really not feeling it much anymore. AAW has definitely entered count-down stage.

Alas, a small bit of agitation still lingers. Only residual. Evaporating quickly. There will be no refueling.

Been needing to get these articles off my blogging chest, though. Purge, baby. Purge.

One day its gonna be I told you so....

These people just need to be more pragmatic.

Daily Kos: I don't intend to apologize for not liking the president:

Barack Obama is a politician, first and foremost. He is not my BFF. He was never in the running to be my BFF. He is not my boyfriend. He was never in the running to be my boyfriend, and there seems to be considerable evidence in favor of the hypothesis that he was never looking for a boyfriend to begin with.

As president, Barack Obama works for me. If I don't like the job he's doing, he's going to hear from me about it--and in no uncertain terms. My tax dollars pay his salary, and it's my civil and constitutional right to give this president a piece of my mind whenever the hell I feel like it, for whatever the hell I feel like reading him the riot act about that particular day. I've done it for each and every one of his predecessors going back to Tricky Dicky. I will keep on doing it for each and every one of his successors (or, possibly, until the world ends on October 21--save the date!) until they roll me into my grave.

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"I don't think Barack Obama is the best person we've got for the job he holds--and that goes double when you factor in the situation in which he's got that job. I don't honestly know who's available and who might do a better job than he's been doing the last two and a half years--but I categorically refuse to accept without demur or even a token protest that we shouldn't be looking around to find such a person, simply because 'you don't change horses in mid-stream' or because mounting a solid primary challenge to a sitting president never works, or any of the other umpty-bajillion excuses that are routinely tossed around whenever anyone so much as mentions the possibility around this place."

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SYNDICATED COLUMN: Rise of the Obamabots | Ted Rall's Rallblog:

"It feels a little weird to write this, like I’m telling tales out of school and ratting out the Vast Left-Wing Conspiracy. But it’s true: there’s less room for a leftie during the Age of Obama than there was under Bush.

I didn’t realize how besotted progressives were by Mr. Hopey Changey.

Obama lost me before Inauguration Day, when he announced cabinet appointments that didn’t include a single liberal.

It got worse after that: Obama extended and expanded Bush’s TARP giveaway to the banks; continued Bush’s spying on our phone calls; ignored the foreclosure crisis; refused to investigate, much less prosecute, Bush’s torturers; his healthcare plan was a sellout to Big Pharma; he kept Gitmo open; expanded the war against Afghanistan; dispatched more drone bombers; used weasel words to redefine the troops in Iraq as “non-combat”; extended the Bush tax cuts for the rich; claiming the right to assassinate U.S. citizens; most recently, there was the forced nudity torture of PFC Bradley Manning and expanding oil drilling offshore and on national lands."

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"So I don’t care about Obama. Or the Democrats. I care about America and the world and the people who live in them.

Hey, Obamabots: when the man you support betrays your principles, he has to go—not your principles."

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Sanders to Obama: Stop selling out :

"'The Republican House budget is the most radical right-wing extremist budget ever passed in the modern history of our country, and the more the American people learn about it the more they are rejecting it,' the independent from Vermont wrote in a Huffington Post op-ed. 'The question is, however: Where are the Democrats? Where is President Obama?'"

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Ouch.

Peter Fonda calls Obama ‘f*cking traitor’ over Gulf spill | The Raw Story:

"Fonda -- a keen environmentalist and co-producer of the film which centres on the explosion of the BP oil rig Deepwater Horizon, the ensuing spill and its consequences -- accused Washington of trying to gag reporting on the issue.

'I sent an email to President Obama saying, 'You are a f(expletive) traitor,' using those words... 'You're a traitor, you allowed foreign boots on our soil telling our military -- in this case the coastguard -- what they can and could not do, and telling us, the citizens of the United States, what we could or could not do'.'"

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Irked at Democrats, Firefighters Suspend Federal Contributions - NYTimes.com:

"The nation’s main firefighters’ union, long a strong supporter of Democratic candidates, announced on Tuesday that it would indefinitely suspend all contributions to federal candidates out of frustration with Congressional Democrats who, union officials say, have not fought harder against budget cuts and antiunion legislation."

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Assange: Obama looks to ‘put a chill across all investigative journalism’:

"If the Obama administration's prosecutions of Pfc. Bradley Manning and a high tide of other journalists and whistleblowers are successful, the result will be 'a chill across all investigative journalism,' WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange told reporters Wednesday."

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Was going to typically end the post with a humorous link.

Not feeling the ha-ha today, obviously.

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Futurama

Ah, the never ending prognostication of what the future will be. Most will be wrong, but a few will be right. Needle in a hay-stack, but finding the 'right' seems like it should be advantageous.

Here's a look at some visions of the future.

Plausible:

America Won the Cold War But Now Is Turning Into the USSR, Gerald Celente Says: Tech Ticker, Yahoo! Finance:

"A rotten political system: He compares politicians (Democrats and Republicans alike) to 'Mafioso' and says campaign contributions are really thinly disguised 'bribes and payoffs.'

Crony capitalism: Like in the USSR of old, Celente laments that so much of America's wealth (93%) is controlled by such a small group small portion of its population (10%). Owing to that concentration of wealth, the government makes policies designed to reward 'the bigs' at the expense of average citizens (see: Bailouts, banks).

Military-industrial complex: The USSR went bankrupt fighting the cold war and Celente fears the U.S. is 'squandering its greater but still finite resources on a gargantuan defense budget, fighting unwinnable hot wars and feeding an insatiable military stationed on hundreds of bases worldwide.'"

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Back to the old city-states. I'm down.

Beyond City Limits - By Parag Khanna | Foreign Policy:

"The 21st century will not be dominated by America or China, Brazil or India, but by the city. In an age that appears increasingly unmanageable, cities rather than states are becoming the islands of governance on which the future world order will be built. This new world is not -- and will not be -- one global village, so much as a network of different ones.

Time, technology, and population growth have massively accelerated the advent of this new urbanized era. Already, more than half the world lives in cities, and the percentage is growing rapidly. But just 100 cities account for 30 percent of the world's economy, and almost all its innovation. Many are world capitals that have evolved and adapted through centuries of dominance: London, New York, Paris. New York City's economy alone is larger than 46 of sub-Saharan Africa's economies combined. Hong Kong receives more tourists annually than all of India. These cities are the engines of globalization, and their enduring vibrancy lies in money, knowledge, and stability. They are today's true Global Cities."

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I'm greatly depressed by the Democrats, but that's not what this article is about:

Economic forecaster: ‘Greatest Depression’ coming | Raw Story

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Bullshit. The more they try to control it, the more the geeks work end-arounds. Go Geeks!

The Web Is Dead. Long Live the Internet | Magazine:

"You wake up and check your email on your bedside iPad — that’s one app. During breakfast you browse Facebook, Twitter, and The New York Times — three more apps. On the way to the office, you listen to a podcast on your smartphone. Another app. At work, you scroll through RSS feeds in a reader and have Skype and IM conversations. More apps. At the end of the day, you come home, make dinner while listening to Pandora, play some games on Xbox Live, and watch a movie on Netflix’s streaming service.

You’ve spent the day on the Internet — but not on the Web. And you are not alone."

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Change that CAN NOT be believed in.

I love how his bold quote below is so very Teabagger/Republican.

Your 'order' is by nature 'restrictive', dude.

Chile's Miniskirt Ban Cut Short After Protests:

"SANTIAGO, Chile — A ban on miniskirts didn't last long in Chile, where a governor faced protests by women who otherwise share his conservative views.

Coquimbo region Gov. Sergio Gahona had banned public employees from wearing miniskirts or exposing their shoulders. He says he was merely trying to 'put things in order' and didn't mean to restrict anyone."

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The Future is NOW!

Heavy Drinkers Outlive Nondrinkers, Study Finds - TIME:

"But a new paper in the journal Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research suggests that — for reasons that aren't entirely clear — abstaining from alcohol does actually tend to increase one's risk of dying even when you exclude former drinkers. The most shocking part? Abstainers' mortality rates are higher than those of heavy drinkers."

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And, some meta. Funny, but she should really try snarking on links. So much easier than 'writing'.

And Chuck Todd sucks at his 'job'.

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Worst Decade

Good stuff in this S&R post.

Scholars and Rogues � The 2000s in review: worst decade of the decade:

"This was a decade during which a man with the equivalent of a sixth grade education appeared to run the Western World. This was a decade in which the political hacks who actually did took the “free” out of “free market” while pirating U.S. coffers like crack-addicted sexaholics in a Tijuana whorehouse. This was a decade in which the methodical thinker who replaced the Three Stooges in the White House was given eight weeks to recreate the Garden of Eden."

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"This was a decade during which the Dow opened around 11,600 and closed around 10,500. Meanwhile, the national debt began around $5.6 trillion and reached around $12.9 trillion. Don’t worry, though. Lots of people got rich. Just not us."

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A Decade of the Internet - Yahoo! News:

"Over the past 10 years, the phenomenal growth of the Web has fundamentally changed the way we live, work and communicate. In November, a Pew Research Center study showed some startling changes in how we use the Internet:

- 2000: 46% of adults used the Internet
- 2009: 77-79% of adults use the Internet

- 2000: 5% of households had broadband
- 2009: 63% of households have broadband

- 2000: 0% connected to Internet wirelessly
- 2009: 54-56% connect to the Internet wirelessly"

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But it's so far away.....

Woman shot, killed in Zip City | TimesDaily.com | The Times Daily | Florence, AL

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Water, water everywhere....

AFP: Scientists discover Earth-like, water-rich planet: study

Glint of sunlight confirms liquid in lake on Saturn's moon Titan

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Got to get a J.O.B.

A little visual perspective on the cluster fuck BushCo left us.

Job Loss Chart: What 3.6 Million Jobs Lost Over 13 Months Looks Like

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A great quote from Obama last week.

AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth:

"We can't embrace the losing formula that says only tax cuts will work for every problem we face; that ignores critical challenges like our addiction to foreign oil, or the soaring cost of health care, or falling schools and crumbling bridges and roads and levees. I don't care whether you're driving a hybrid or an SUV -- if you're headed for a cliff, you've got to change direction. (Applause.) That's what the American people called for in November, and that's what we intend to deliver.(Applause.)"

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Looks like the stimulus is near passage, and it ain't perfect due to out of touch Democrats like Ben Nelson, but as Obama said, and I paraphrase "Let's not make 'perfect' the barrier to progress".

Once you go Barrack, baby.....

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Would someone please inform the corporate media that the Dems are in control.

This chaps my ass so bad.

We FUCKING won!

GOP Lawmakers Outnumber Dem Lawmakers By Almost 2 To 1 In Cable News Stimulus Debate Again:

"Last week, ThinkProgress released a report showing that, in the debate over the House economic recovery bill on the five cable news networks, Republican members of Congress outnumbered their Democratic counterparts by a ratio of 2 to 1. The analysis tallied interview segments about the stimulus on CNBC, Fox Business, Fox News, CNN, and MSNBC during a three-day period, finding that the networks had hosted Republican lawmakers 51 times and Democratic lawmakers only 26 times."

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Surely to make heads explode on all sides. Great move.

Obama appoints gay man to faith-based initiatives office.

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As long as we have Wal-Mart and Toby Keith this could never happen again.

Nothing is permanent.

I love the 'rained hell' line. Would be a good band name.

Toxic Gases Caused World's Worst Extinction: Discovery News:

"Feb. 4, 2009 -- An ancient killer is hiding in the remote forests of Siberia. Walled off from western eyes during the Soviet era and forgotten among the endless expanse of wilderness, scientists are starting to uncover the remnants of a supervolcano that rained Hell on Earth 250 million years ago and killed 90 percent of all life."

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This YouTube is called David after the Dentist.

It could be called JPW during his Dead Head faze.

We've all been there.

"I have two fingers". Classic.

"Why is this happening to me". If I only had a dollar.

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Hookers and Blow

Oh Sarah, you're making it too easy.

What's the over under before she's replaced? Or, will the Rethugs employ their usual bull-headedness and keep her on the ticket. I hoping for option #2.

Palin On Pledge Of Allegiance: "If It Was Good Enough For The Founding Fathers, It's Good Enough For Me":

"Question: Are you offended by the phrase 'Under God' in the Pledge of Allegiance? Why or why not?

Palin: Not on your life. If it was good enough for the founding fathers, its good enough for me and I'll fight in defense of our Pledge of Allegiance."

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How easy? This easy:

Political Punch:

"For her part, Ms. Clark -- a self-employed gold miner who wants Alaska to become an independent nation -- says that the McCain campaign pushback that Pain was never part of the AIP is 'hooey.'

'This is like a cat covering up crap in its litter box,' she says.

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Even numb-nuts Carville gets in on the act:

Prominent Clinton supporter slams Palin, says she’s not qualified � - Blogs from CNN.com:

"“They tout her experience as mayor of this town in Alaska,” said Carville. “This is the picture of the City Hall. It looks like a bait shop in South Louisiana,” the Baton Rouge native said. “This is executive experience to be Vice President of the United States, to be a heart beat away from the presidency, to have to take over the country when we’re fighting three wars, when we’re having the biggest credit crisis we’ve had in this country?”

When Bachman suggested that Carville’s criticism smacked of sexism, Carville fired back. “Congresswoman, I don’t know how to tell you this, but I supported a woman for President of the United States.”"

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Repubs do know how to throw a party.... during a hurricane.

Hookers and blow, y'all:

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Here's a GMILF that knew how to party like a Republican:

Actress Helen Mirren: I used to 'love' cocaine:

"LONDON - Oscar-winning British actress Helen Mirren said she used to love cocaine, but stopped taking the drug after learning that a Nazi war criminal profited from the trade, according to a magazine."

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RIP Jerry, RIP

Singer-actor Jerry Reed dies at the age of 71:

"NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Jerry Reed, a singer who became a good ol' boy actor in car chase movies like 'Smokey and the Bandit,' has died of complications from emphysema at 71"

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Shite Hits the Fan

2 weeks, 2 day until Alabama Football kicks off. ROLL TIDE!

Man, I'm so excited.

Coach Nick Saban lands on the cover of Forbes Magazine.

Julio Jones and Terrence Cody for Heisman!

The Most Powerful Coach in Sports - Forbes.com

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Neat article on Bay Area chefs. I was surprised how many national food/restaurant trends have originated from the Bay Area.

Also, I've had the pleasure of dining at the Dining Room in SF. Best meal I've ever had. Glad I didn't have to pay for it, though.

The Bay Area's visionary chefs:

"Keller's creations can be whimsical but he's also a perfectionist - he insists that fish be stored upright, the way they swim - and he's trained stars such as Grant Achatz at Alinea in Chicago, and four-star chef Ron Siegel at the Dining Room at the Ritz-Carlton in San Francisco."

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Good doggie! A few DBT references involved.

Toddler rescued in woods | TimesDaily.com | Florence, AL:

"Shanes said Fox must have spotted the boy when he was pulling up to the search area, just north of Salem Church of Christ.

'And when I opened the car door, he just took off to check it out and found him,' Shanes said."

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Shit hits the fan... literally.

Flying dog poo art causes museum chaos in Switzerland:

"GENEVA (AFP) - A giant inflatable dog turd by American artist Paul McCarthy blew away from an exhibition in the garden of a Swiss museum, bringing down a power line and breaking a greenhouse window before it landed again, the museum said Monday."

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Not for the faint of heart. I think they took down the video due to copy right issues. You can probably dig it up on YouTube somewhere, though.

Two words (for you sporting folks) Joe Theisman.

Janos Baranyai Photos & Video: Hungarian Weighlifter Turns Elbow Inside Out (GRAPHIC)

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Victory!!!

Grandpa McOnion Belt has gots him a genius plan.

"I love the smell of paying down the deficit. Smells like 'Victory'!

Bullshit like this would have worked in 2000 and 2004. Folks are a little to savvy to swallow this load in 08.

McCain: "Victory" Savings Will Pay Down Deficit

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Meanwhile in the war you never hear much about on the TV......

We're like the shitty party guest that just won't leave. But instead of throwing up on the carpet we throw up carpet bombs on the entire country.

"Uhh, you guys need to, like, leave now".

Iraq raises idea of timetable for US withdrawal:

"BAGHDAD - Iraq's prime minister said Monday his country wants some type of timetable for a withdrawal of American troops included in the deal the two countries are negotiating."

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Almost as good as McSame's plan for paying down the deficit.... McSame's plan for dealing with Iran.

Diplomacy, y'all.

McCain jokes about killing Iranians with cigarettes

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One step closer.

Initiative would allow pot sales at liquor stores:

"Relax it and tax it."

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We're # 12!

Travel day today. Here's to hoping that the skies are friendly today.

Slobberbone fan Stephen King keepin' it real:

Q&A: Talking with Stephen King - TIME:

"I mean, I know people who can tell you who won the last four seasons on American Idol and they don't know who their f------ Representatives are."

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Riiiiiiight. OK.

Rove: "Congress Pushed Bush to War in Iraq Prematurely"

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One Meal-ee-on Dollars.

This guy is a Super Genius.

Ga. man tries to deposit fake $1M bill:

"AIKEN, S.C. - A bank teller in Clearwater had a million reasons not to open an account for an Augusta, Ga., man Monday, authorities said. Alexander D. Smith, 31, was charged with disorderly conduct and two counts of forgery after he walked into the bank and tried to open an account by depositing a fake $1 million bill, said Aiken County Sheriff's spokesman Lt. Michael Frank."

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We're # 12! We're #12! We're #12!

Iceland best place to live, Africa worst: U.N.

"BRASILIA (Reuters) - Iceland has overtaken Norway as the world's most desirable country to live in, according to an annual U.N. table published on Tuesday that again puts AIDS-afflicted sub-Saharan African states at the bottom.

Rich free-market countries dominate the top places, with Iceland, Norway, Australia, Canada and Ireland the first five but the United States slipping to 12th place from eighth last year in the U.N. Human Development Index."

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Genetically Modified Baby Weapons

And not the 'tater variety, either.

What is it with rednecks and driving places on lawnmowers:

Man Warned for Hauling Tots in Boat:

"(10-15) 10:59 PDT Beckley, W.Va. (AP) -- He told police he just wanted to take the grandchildren out for a spin and treat them to some food at an area drive-in restaurant. But a police officer warned the man that hauling four unrestrained children, all around age 4, on a busy street in a 15-foot motorboat pulled by a lawnmower isn't a good idea. The 61-year-old man drove to Beckley's King Tut Drive-In on Saturday afternoon from his home in the nearby community of Bowling Addition."

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In other baby news......

I didn't know you could use them as a weapon?!? That's freakin' cool. I gotta gits me one. When I do, I'm going to trick it out with little baby spikes and baby razor blades. I'm going to have the baddest baby weapon in town. People will cross to the other side of the street to not meet me and my weaponized baby.

Mom Convicted of Using Baby As Weapon:

"A jury has convicted a woman of swinging her 4-week-old son at her boyfriend during a fight and fracturing the infant's skull."

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My online pal Jesse has jumped into the blogging fray. He's created a blog about beer. Freakin' genius.

Check it out.

Fresh Beer Every Friday:

"My Beer Manifesto. My Beer Goals. My Beer Philosophy. Beer, beer, beer. Other than my family, a few sports, and music, beer is my favorite thing to talk about, study, and admire"

I also hope to invite other bloggers (or could we call them, "bLAGERS?") to post here every once in awhile. Hopefully, this will be people in regions I can't quite get to.

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Wonder if they can make little tiny toxin trees to plant on my liver

Genetically modified plants vacuum up toxins

"CHICAGO (Reuters) - Scientists have figured out a way to trick plants into doing the dirty work of environmental cleanup, U.S. and British researchers reported on Monday. Researchers at the University of Washington have genetically altered poplar trees to pull toxins out of contaminated ground water, offering a cost-effective way of cleaning up environmental pollutants."

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I will never work another job where I have to sit in a cubicle. Hell on earth. What's worse is I worked for a company that had half cubicles. Meaning, you didn't have any walls. You just stared at 4 other people who were 2 feet away from you all day long. It super awesome when the loud chick in talking on her phone and the back of your head all freakin' day long.

Talk about needing a baby weapon.....

This will reach the east coast in 10 years.

Why Silicon Valley Is Rethinking The Cubicle Office

"Intel Corp. is often credited, or blamed, for popularizing the office cubicle. Now it is joining some prominent Silicon Valley peers in reconsidering the concept. The chip maker, emulating experiments at companies such as Cisco Systems Inc. and Hewlett-Packard Co., is planning tests in three U.S. locations of new office layouts. Plans include tables where several users can plop down with laptop computers, multiworker desks, and lounge-like settings with armchairs -- all a far cry from the mazelike grid of tall gray cubicles in most Intel buildings. Behind such tests is a growing recognition that classic, Dilbert-style cubicles have many shortcomings. For one thing, they tend to block visibility without blocking much noise from other cubes."

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Brains.... BRAAAINS!

I can make it turn right and left. I'm a super freakin' genius.

Right Brain v Left Brain | Herald Sun:

"THE Right Brain vs Left Brain test ... do you see the dancer turning clockwise or anti-clockwise? If clockwise, then you use more of the right side of the brain and vice versa. Most of us would see the dancer turning anti-clockwise though you can try to focus and change the direction; see if you can do it. "

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Go out and find yourself whore.....

This is gonna be great.

Sure, some Democrats will get hit by this, cause, well, Democrats like to fuck too, but we ain't all squeamish about it.

However, the biggies will all be hypocritical Republicans. Preachin' about abstinence and morality and the sanctity of marriage with their doe-eyed wives standing next to them at a noon presser and by 2 p.m. they're hog-tied by Mistress Sabrina with a ball gag in their mouths.

I fucking hate hypocrites and a love a good come uppance (pardon the pun).

'I Abhor Injustice,' Alleged Madam Says:

"'Miz Julia' doled out a steady stream of advice, both practical and philosophical.

From her California home, she e-mailed tips to the 132 women who worked across the Washington area for the firm Pamela Martin & Associates. Her newsletters, now excerpted in court records, were a virtual how-to manual for avoiding all kinds of trouble in a business said to specialize in erotic fantasies.

'One never quite knows where evil, i.e., the vice squad is lurking in this business,' read one arch entry from 1995. 'The misogynists get a real kick out of surprising (shocking) you girls, when you give them the opportunity!!! . . . Therefore, you are to lock, double lock, triple lock all doors!!! . . . Figure it out, before they 'get cha'!!!'"

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If you didn't catch this you need to. Moyers is back at PBS and boy-howdy did he turn on the lights. Go watch the roaches scurry:

Bill Moyers Journal . Buying the War - PBS

How did the mainstream press get it so wrong? How did the evidence disputing the existence of weapons of mass destruction and the link between Saddam Hussein to 9-11 continue to go largely unreported? "What the conservative media did was easy to fathom; they had been cheerleaders for the White House from the beginning and were simply continuing to rally the public behind the President — no questions asked. How mainstream journalists suspended skepticism and scrutiny remains an issue of significance that the media has not satisfactorily explored," says Moyers. "How the administration marketed the war to the American people has been well covered, but critical questions remain: How and why did the press buy it, and what does it say about the role of journalists in helping the public sort out fact from propaganda?"

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This has always been the most bullshit of arguments.

Put Bush's 'puppy dog' terror theory to sleep:

"Does the President think terrorists are puppy dogs? He keeps saying that terrorists will 'follow us home' like lost dogs. This will only happen, however, he says, if we 'lose' in Iraq.

The puppy dog theory is the corollary to earlier sloganeering that proved the President had never studied logic: 'We are fighting terrorists in Iraq so that we will not have to face them and fight them in the streets of our own cities.'

Remarkably, in his attempt to embrace the failed Iraqi adventure even more than the President, Sen. John McCain is now parroting the line. 'We lose this war and come home, they'll follow us home,' he says.

How is this odd terrorist puppy dog behavior supposed to work? The President must believe that terrorists are playing by some odd rules of chivalry. Would this be the 'only one slaughter ground at a time' rule of terrorism?

Of course, nothing about our being 'over there' in any way prevents terrorists from coming here. Quite the opposite, the evidence is overwhelming that our presence provides motivation for people throughout the Arab world to become anti-American terrorists."

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She blinded me with science:

Nanoo-Nanoo

Researchers see nanotechnology treatment for spinal cord injuries:

"Nanotechnology is showing promise in treating spinal cord injuries and could conceivably reverse paralysis, according to a report on the future of the emerging technology in medicine.

The report, released at a Washington forum this week, said nanotechnology -- or the use of materials on the scale of atoms and molecules -- may also help cure other ailments believed to be intractable by repairing damaged organs or tissue.

This suggests damage from heart attacks or strokes, bone or tooth loss or ailments such as diabetes and Parkinson's disease could be treated with nanotechnology, researchers said."

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Brains.... BRAINS!!!!

The five biggest neuroscience developments of the year

"2. The neural alteration of morality. Six people with damage to the ventromedial prefrontal cortex were presented with moral dilemmas (e.g., would you smother a baby to prevent bad guys from finding and killing people in hiding) and were found to be two to three times more willing to kill than people without brain damage. The advertised conclusion is that such willingness to kill is objectively immoral. The feared conclusion is that if brain design determines what's moral, you can change morality by changing the brain—and once technology manipulates ethics, ethics can no longer judge technology."

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Can I keep my what from whating?

Can you keep your brain from aging?:

"Welcome to the age of neuroplasticity: the notion that adult brains are more adaptable, capable of reprogramming themselves, than was once thought. As a host of popularizers have begun to argue, neuroplasticity has enormous implications not only for our physical health but for our mental health. One recent example, Sharon Begley's Train Your Mind, Change Your Brain: How a New Science Reveals Our Extraordinary Potential to Transform Ourselves, aims to harness the self-improving yen of aging baby boomers while couching the desire in highbrow guise (offering up a dash of Buddhism, a short history of Tibet, a little biology). Even more than evolutionary psychology—yesterday's brain cause du jour—neuroplasticity has become fundamental to how we try to understand the brain, and ourselves."

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