Movie Madness

Hmmmm. Lots of rumors floating about this one. I'm surprised BushCo didn't off Spurlock 'cause we all know they don't want to find Bin Laden. He works quite nicely as a boogie man.

Daily Kos: Did Morgan Spurlock find Bin Laden?:

"Scant news on this story, but there are some rumors floating about that Morgan Spurlock, creator of the documentary 'Supersize Me' and the TV show '30 Days', may have done what the Bush Administration has been unable to do in over 6 years, find Osama Bin Laden. Join me below the fold!"

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No problem with the anti-semite snuff film The Passion of Christ. But they get a little agressive when there's a peak behind the curtain of there fairy tale.

Jesus loves 'His Dark Materials' / Shrill Bible-thumpers boycott 'The Golden Compass'; world's children grin devilishly:

"It goes like this: If there is some sort of creation, a piece of art, a TV show, a column or a book or a movie or a statue or a blog or a movement, a wine bottle or sexual position or Jesus-shaped dildo that somehow deeply threatens the various ultraconservative sects of Christian-blasted America to the point where their pale, dour representatives demand boycotts and distribute angry pamphlets and try to stop people from experiencing said hunk of culture because of how negatively it portrays their seething, condemnatory God, well, you know it's time to break out the Champagne. Or buy that book. Or get very, very naked. Or all of the above. Depending."

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Love this flick. Can't wait to see the newest version.

Review: 'Blade Runner':

"'Blade Runner: The Final Cut,' in limited theatrical release this weekend with a DVD box set arriving on Dec. 18, is the first version of the movie that truly seems like a finished product. The film is a few minutes longer, yet seems leaner, with a tighter narrative that is now worthy of the outstanding art direction and cinematography. This definitive print should be the last little push that 'Blade Runner' needs to complete its 25-year journey from box office failure to cult favorite to full-blown classic."

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The future is now.... well soon.... well several years from now.

Exoskeleton Is Wicked Nasty, I Need One - Geekologie

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Cool, but it ain't the original recipe. They've removed most of the good stuff (wormwood).

Legendary Liquor Coming To Bay Area Store Shelves:

"ALAMEDA, Calif. -- Absinthe, a legendary liquor known for its use and abuse by major literary and artistic figures, is about to hit local store shelves. "

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Sushi and Jazz

Very cool. Not bloody likely to make a dent in the problem, but cool none the less.

Electricity revives Bali coral reefs:

"PEMUTERAN BAY, Indonesia - Just a few years ago, the lush coral reefs off Bali island were dying out, bleached by rising temperatures, blasted by dynamite fishing and poisoned by cyanide. Now they are coming back, thanks to an unlikely remedy: electricity."

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Recently, he did a 5 hour set in San Francisco. That's a lot of jokes, y'all.

Dave Chappelle Breaks His Standup Record:

"Dave Chappelle has broken his own Laugh Factory endurance record. The 34-year-old comedian topped his record of six hours and seven minutes, set in mid-April, by taking to the stage Sunday and telling jokes for six hours and 12 minutes."

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I'm anxious to get back to San Francisco for some sushi and jazz. I've watched them build this place over the past couple of years and it just opened. About a block from The Fillmore.

Yoshi's new S.F. site wins accolades from both sides of the stage:

"The new $10 million nightclub and restaurant, which occupies the ground floor of the new 12-story Fillmore Heritage Center that houses condos and a planned jazz museum, looks and feels a lot like its graceful East Bay sister. Designed by the same architectural firm, Morimoto Matano Kang Architects, the high-ceilinged space has curving walls, wave-like soffits and a mix of light and dark woods. The club itself, washed in pale lavender light glowing from inside Plexiglas entry panels, is a two-story fan-shaped amphitheater with a semi-circular stage and seating for about 100 in the mezzanine. There are no poles blocking anybody's view of the stage."

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Behold! The future.... for other countries... actually reality in other countries.... never gonna happen in the U.S.

Can't figure out why we can't put forth the effort to create a national high speed rail system. We created the interstate and went to the moon but we can't have national high speed rail.

I'd never drive again.

Maglev and Steel-Wheel Train Plans :

"As a proof of concept, the General Atomics maglev is impressive, but to fully grasp the potential of high-speed trains in this country, you still have to use your imagination. Here’s how it could work: You board a train in downtown Anaheim, Calif., at 5:30 on a Friday evening, destined for Las Vegas. Instead of inching out of the traffic-choked Los Angeles metro area on what is typically a 4- to 6-hour drive, or gambling that the 1-hour, 15-minute flight will depart on time, you glide out of the city, accelerating toward Barstow. As the train fires through the Mojave Desert, it hits a top speed of more than 300 mph, and then pulls into Vegas just 90 minutes after departure—in time for dinner before an 8:00 show."

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RIP Evel, RIP

Words from the Dope.

Papal encyclical attacks atheism, lauds hope:

"VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict, in an encyclical released on Friday, said atheism was responsible for some of the 'greatest forms of cruelty and violations of justice' in history."

Lying sack of shite. Really?! Atheism is responsible for some of the 'greatest forms of cruelty and violations of justice' in history?

Name one war. Name one event in which a group of atheist have slaughtered thousands.

And what about these?

Religiously based civil unrest and warfare
Inquisition - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Salem witch trials - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Just scratches the surface of the hell of earth religious organizations often force upon this earth.

Eff you Pope Dick.

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STFU. Otherwise, no comment.

Silence is Golden, But Only for Women

"In the land of romance, ladies might do well to shut their traps, while men can continue to blab."

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A little late with this but I owned a crap load of Evel Knievel toys back in the day. I thought he was the nuts.

Had about every toy on this page:

Evel Knievel - Ideal Toys

RIP, EK. RIP

Evel Knievel dies at 69:

"Evel Knievel, the hard-living motorcycle daredevil whose jumps over Greyhound buses, live sharks and Idaho's Snake River Canyon made him an international icon in the 1970s, died Friday. He was 69."

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Apparently we can't all get along and we never will. At least he was riding a bike.... but he was drunk. Good ol' Rodney.

Rodney King shot, wounded near California home:

"LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Rodney King, whose videotaped beating once made him an international symbol of police brutality, suffered minor injuries after getting hit by a shotgun blast, authorities in California said on Thursday.

An intoxicated King summoned officers to his home in Rialto, about 60 miles east of Los Angeles, on Wednesday night to report he had been shot, said Sgt. Don Lewis of the Rialto Police Department."

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I can't up with anything wittier than what the Geekology guys says.

Orgasmo Alarm Clock:

"The Orgasmo Clock wakes you up in the morning to the invigorating moan of a woman having an orgasm. Which is pretty freaking awesome if you ask me. It costs $25. I don't need one though, because I almost always wake up to a woman having an orgasm. Unfortunately it's my girlfriend having sex with my roommate. :("

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Alabama Gypsy Rose

I'm SO close to having the Athens GA post done. Close... but no cigar... yet.

One of my favorite people in the world joins the blogosphere. Huzzah!

Pointy Pointy

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This comes in just a tad cooler than Cooley's new baby's name:

De Matteo a New Mom:

"Former 'The Sopranos' star Drea De Matteo is celebrating after becoming a mom. The actress and longtime partner Shooter Jennings welcomed baby Alabama Gypsy Rose into the world on Wednesday."

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My hero.

Thief makes off with 180 Guinness kegs:

"DUBLIN (Reuters) - A thief made off with 180 kegs of Guinness beer after smoothly driving into the Dublin brewery which makes the black stout and snatching a trailer load of drink, police said on Thursday."

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If Guinness owned one of these there wouldn't of been a problem.

The Beer Pager: Never Lose Your Beer Again

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How could marketing candy like it was crack ever be a problem? Crazy world.

Jill Porter | Mint or drug: Is Hershey's cracked?

"FAMILY COURT Judge Lori Dumas Brooks wanted to make sure she wasn't overreacting. So she held the small blue packet of powdered substance in her palm and showed it around at work yesterday."

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After all of the beer and minty crack you just might need to find one of these in your stocking.

U.S. Patent 6313371: Underwear Deodorizer:

"Just in time for Thanksgiving leftovers comes U.S. Patent 6313371. It describes the Flatulence Deodorizer, which is a 'non-intrusive' pad you tape 'inside briefs or panties in the anal area'. It's basically a little activated carbon patch that neutralizes odors"

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Effing WEEEEEEEEEE!!!! 100 miles an hour on a zip line! So fast you have to have a fin between your feet.

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DBT Week in Review - 11/30/07

Coming soon: My song by song review of DBT's new epic album, Brighter Than Creations Dark.

DBT

Drive-By Truckers:

"ANNOUNCEMENT: THE HOME FRONT WORLD TOUR Premiere: Athens GA Jan. 10-12, 2008 We are thrilled to announce the beginning of our 2008 touring season. We will be kicking The Home Front World Tour 2008 off with a three night stand at our home base Athens GA's Fabulous 40 Watt Club on January 10, 11 and 12. The first night, January 10th will be a special benefit show for Nuci's Space - Artist's Resource Center DBT will play their new album BRIGHTER THAN CREATION'S DARK live in it's entirety, for what may be the only time ever. Two of our favorite bands: Don Chambers and GOAT and Bo Bedingfield and the Wydelles will open. Friday Jan. 11th and Saturday Jan. 12th will be full on Rock Shows and the premiere of our new tour. Openers will be Glossary (from Murfreesboro TN) on Friday the 11th and The Dexateens (from Tuscaloosa AL) will open on the 12th. These are two of the best bands in America so don't miss them. Stay Tuned for announcements of further tourdates in Europe and USA very soon. See you at The Home Front Rock Show, Drive-By Truckers BUY TICKETS STARTING NOV 30 AT 12PM EST "

Drive-By Truckers Discography



NineBullets.org - a DBT fansite :: View topic - Now that's a yard sale:

"Alright all you lucky bastards near Richmond... Wes and Jyl Freed are having a goddamn yard sale! I'm tempted to drive up there my damn self... ATTIC SALE: 12/1 & 12/8, 10-am-1pm. 1902 S. Battery Drive, Richmond, VA. 30 years of crap, must go! No tags, make an offer. All the usual yard sale stuff plus 11 antique gossip benches & some original artwork. Lots of dust, lots of junk to pick through & upstairs. Wear old clothes. No children. EARLYBIRDS WILL BE SHOT, PLUCKED & ROASTED."

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Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit

The Year In Review - Jason Isbell MySpace Blog:

"Now that I've been home for a day and I'm fairly well-rested (and Otis Redding is on my TV), I believe I can reflect on this year with some modicum of clarity. I'd like to start by sincerely thanking everybody who saw us play in '07. I saw some fantastic crowds, reconnected with some good old friends, and made a hell of a lot of new ones. I am still in shock over how many of you guys showed up and rocked out with us, and I'm glad to maintain some sort of contact with you from all these miles away (thanks Myspace)."

New Tour Dates!

Jason Isbell | Tourdates

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The Drams, Glossary, Two Cow Garage

dbts : Message: This is American Music Revue (O.T. on most lists)

I spent last night in Denton, for the This is American Music Revue. Grand Champeen, from Austin, TX (Michael Crow is a f'n BAD ASS guitar player), Glossary, from Murfreesboro, TN, Two Cow Garage from Columbus, OH, and The Drams from Denton, all shared the stage as one band or another, over the span of almost 3 hours of music. The show was topped off by members of ALL the bands on stage, paying homage to Tom Petty's, American Girl.

Seems that the bands drank 4 cases of beer, plus some whiskey, at Brent's house the night before, and after some rehearsing, they sat down with the new 4 hour Petty DVD to watch.
I gotta tell you, it was a DAMN fine cover, considering that only Champeen actually knew the song. I have it on the web at...

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&VideoID=22938489

If any of you folks are near Kansas City, they are playing there tonight. Chicago tomorrow, Milwaukee on Friday, and ending it in St. Louis Saturday. GET YOUR ASSES THERE!!!

For you guys on the car lists, Glossary has their new cd, The Better Angels of Our Nature, for free download on their site.

http://www.glossary.us/
But once you hear it, you will want to buy the bands copy, to help support good music.
If you motorheads can't get worked up over track 7, Gasoline Soaked Heart, try track 10, Blood on the Knobs (my favorite, so far)

Enjoy!!!

Tequila Brad

Here's the greatness Brad recorded that night:

American Girl - This is American Music Revue

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Photography

MySpace.com: Read Bulletin:

"Please Vote! Body: Adam Smith has been nominated for The 11th Hour Publication's 'best photographer' award for 2007. The Readers choice awards will be announced on January 13th at The Cox Capital Theater in Macon. If you like my work please take the time to vote for me. Also in the running is Hank Vegas (the band I manage) for 'album of the year' and 'best rock band.' www.11thhouronline.com is the link login and vote! thank you ! A www.adamsmithphotography.com"

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Music

Guns N'Roses N'promises:

"When Peanuts creator Charles Schulz announced his retirement in the late 1990s, there was much talk about his final strip. One popular prediction was that Charlie Brown would finally get to kick the football - advice that Schulz very wisely didn't take. If Charlie Brown kicked the football, it would undo 50 years of good comics with one bad one. That's exactly how I feel about 'Chinese Democracy.' We, the remaining Guns N' Roses fan base, are Charlie Brown. The album is the football. And Axl Rose is Lucy, repeatedly setting deadlines he knows he'll never make, because the public is gullible enough to believe him. (I think Slash is Schroeder in this analogy, and Stephanie Seymour is the Little Red-Haired Girl, although I haven't totally thought that part out.)"

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'Sweet Caroline' was Caroline Kennedy:

"LOS ANGELES - Neil Diamond held onto the secret for decades, but he has finally revealed that President Kennedy's daughter was the inspiration for his smash hit 'Sweet Caroline.'

'I've never discussed it with anybody before — intentionally,' the 66-year-old singer-songwriter told The Associated Press on Monday during a break from recording. 'I thought maybe I would tell it to Caroline when I met her someday.' He got his chance last week when he performed the song via satellite at Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg's 50th birthday party."

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Clapton: My boozy sex life - Mirror.co.uk:

"Eric Clapton did not have sex sober until he was in his 30s due to his booze and drug use, he has revealed."

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MANSON'S SICKO SPENDING:

"A new complaint filed yesterday in LA Superior Court by Bier's lawyer, Keith Fink, added more items to the list, including African masks made of human skin, a full skeleton of a 4-year-old Chinese girl that Manson is said to have turned into a chandelier, and another skeleton of a man in a wheelchair - all illegal items in the US. He allegedly continued his spree with swastika wall tiles and matching custom rugs, a mounted grizzly bear and two mounted baboons. "

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Springsteen bandmate on hiatus for health reasons:

"NEW YORK (Billboard) - Keyboardist Danny Federici, an original member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, is taking a leave of absence from the group while underground treatment for melanoma."

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The Raw Story | Romantics sue video game maker over song:

"The Romantics have filed a federal lawsuit against Activision Inc., the maker of 'Guitar Hero,' saying the popular video game infringes on the band's rights by featuring a soundalike recording of its 1980 hit 'What I Like About You.'"

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Rolling Stone : Radiohead Conspiracy Theories: Totally Nuts, or Just a Little Nuts?

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best of craigslist : air guitar

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best of craigslist : Frankenpick:

"Latest offering smuggled from the former Soviet Union, this pick utilizes old Russian nuclear laser technology. Strap on the convenient Velcro micro-unit, plug into any 1200 Watt power supply, and aim the solar panels directly at the sun and dial in the guitar style of your choice. From Chet Atkins to Duane Allman, guitar herodom is literally at your fingertips. The micro sensors process the bass and drum beats and submit a series of small electrical shocks directly into your nervous system causing you to involuntarily crank out searing leads. A word of caution: actual electrical discharges my vary, and side affects could include erratic blues face, trembling of the hips commonly known as Presley syndrome, drooling and involuntary anal discharge. In extreme cases, you may be mistaken for a drummer. Local sales only. Cash only. Contact your health care professional if erection last more than 6 hours. No scammers please. "

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No, I Insist

Another city another time zone. Jet lagged like a mofo.

Really short one today

Insisted, I tell ya.

Roberts says God forced his resignation:

"TULSA, Okla. - Richard Roberts told students at Oral Roberts University Wednesday that he did not want to resign as president of the scandal-plagued evangelical school, but he did so because God insisted.

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Pretty incredible. There still are some good folk out there.

Driver's quick thinking prevents head-on crash on GG Bridge:

"(11-27) 22:25 PST San Francisco -- A Mill Valley man prevented a potentially serious crash on the Golden Gate Bridge today by using his pickup truck to guide a sport utility vehicle - in which the driver had gone unconcious - away from oncoming traffic, the California Highway Patrol said. A 62-year-old Tiburon woman driving south over the bridge at 6:50 a.m. slumped over her steering wheel after suffering a medical condition from which she later died. John Beatty, a 50-year-old electrician who was driving to work across the bridge as he's done almost every weekday for the past 30 years came up behind the Jeep Grand Cherokee stopped in the second lane from the center divide."

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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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Alabama Slammer

Wow! Investigative journalism. Thought that was dead and gone.

Part one: How a coterie of Republican heavyweights sent a governor to jail

For most Americans, the very concept of political prisoners is remote and exotic, a practice that is associated with third-world dictatorships but is foreign to the American tradition. The idea that a prominent politician -- a former state governor -- could be tried on charges that many observers consider to be trumped-up, convicted in a trial that involved numerous questionable procedures, and then hauled off to prison in shackles immediately upon sentencing would be almost unbelievable.

But there is such a politician: Don Siegelman, Democratic governor of Alabama from 1999 to 2003. Starting just a few weeks after he took office, Siegelman was targeted by an investigation launched by his political opponents and escalated from the state to the federal level by Bush Administration appointees in 2001.

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Remember the good old days of the Nixon adminitration?

The Republicans who would've impeached Bush? | Salon.com

Nov. 26, 2007 | During the past six years, leading Republicans in Congress have prioritized allegiance to a Republican president above all other governmental and constitutional concerns. But there was a time when U.S. lawmakers, regardless of party affiliation, actually voted the way of their conscience. There was a time when a president could not break the law or ignore a summons from Congress with impunity. Indeed, by the height of Richard Nixon's Watergate scandal, a number of congressmen -- including Republicans staunchly loyal to their party -- acted to uphold the law and make Nixon accountable.

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Been living in one for the past 7 years

Evidence of a parallel Universe

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It's fundamental

Creating lifelong readers:

"If you are reading this column, chances are you are more successful than the average person, more involved in your community and less likely to be in prison. That is not because of anything I have written. It is because you have chosen to read."

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He felt the noize a bit too much

Quiet Riot singer found dead in Las Vegas - Yahoo! News:

"LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Kevin DuBrow, lead singer of the popular 1980s heavy metal band Quiet Riot, has been found dead from unknown causes at his home in Las Vegas, authorities said on Monday."

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Eye of the Beholder

The traveling gets cranked back up this week.

Keep your eyes peeled towards AAW for an upcoming post on my trip to Athens GA and a special post on a very special record that's coming out soon.

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To hate it so, they sure to spend a lot of time researching it.... on their fake Wiki.

What Do Conservatives Spend Their Time Thinking About?

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Bush crony bites the barby.

Howard's reign in Australia is over

SYDNEY, Australia - Labor Party leader Kevin Rudd swept to power in Australian elections Saturday, ending an 11-year conservative era and promising major changes to policies on global warming and his country's role in the Iraq war.

The change in government from Howard's center-right Liberal-National Party coalition to the center-left Labor Party also marks a generational shift for Australia.

Rudd, a 50-year-old former diplomat who speaks fluent Chinese, urged voters to support him because Howard was out of touch with modern Australia and ill-equipped to deal with new-age issues such as climate change.

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A question I ask my students.

Sense of Beauty Partly Innate, Study Suggests:

"Is art beautiful because we are taught so, or are notions of beauty hard-wired into the brain?

When people were shown pictures of sculptures in a new study, brain scans suggest they judged beauty by at least partly hard-wired standards."

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Stuffed

Still stuffed and so enjoyed only spending about an hour on the computer yesterday that today's post will be so like totally be DBT YouTube.