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Shaved my head
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Marie said it would make me look like an egg. It sort of did, although this photo (taken after about 60 hours’ re-growth) doesn’t really show it.
The “Citizen Kane” of poop jokes?
May be NSFW for some.
Washington: 1, Cornwallis: 0
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Presidential Pokemon.
Awesome.
Presidential Pokemon (animation)
Attack of the spiders!
Hello Skynet!
Slashdot: “Killer Military Robot Arms Race Underway?”
(citing NetworkWorld):
We are beginning to see the first steps towards an international robot arms race and it may not be long before robots become a standard terrorist weapon to replace the suicide bomber, according to professor Noel Sharkey, from the Royal United Services Institute Department of Computer Science. […] Currently there is always a human in the loop to decide on the use of lethal force. However, this is set to change with the US giving priority to autonomous weapons – robots that will decide on where, when and who to kill, according to the professor.
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OMG, they’re actually using the D-word.
Depression risk might force U.S. to buy assets
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Fear that a hobbled banking sector may set off another Great Depression could force the U.S. government and Federal Reserve to take the unprecedented step of buying a broad range of assets, including stocks, according to one of the most bearish market analysts.
Aren’t the Washington types still insisting we’re not yet in a recession?
Photo of the day: “Who’s the big creepy spider?”
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No longer just an urban legend?
Police hunt for doctor in kidney-snatching ring
Shakil, a 28-year-old recovering from a transplant in a Gurgaon hospital, winced as he described how his kidney was forcibly removed.
“Two armed guards took me to another room. They took blood samples … forced me onto a stretcher and then they gave me an injection,” he said. “When I woke up, I had pain in my waist and I was dizzy.”
Shakil and others in nearby hospital beds said a man approached them with promises of well-paying jobs. Instead, he brought them to the house in Gurgaon, they said.
See also Snopes.
Via Flyertalk.
Chimpy speaks! (SotU 2008)
I’m not sure this counts as “liveblogging,” but I’m going to record a few thoughts as I go.
I’ve missed a couple of these, but wanted to see how badly Bush humiliates himself in waffling about the current state of the economy.
See also other coverage on:
* MyDD
* AMERICAblog
* Also some comments on OpenLeft and DailyKos
Sparing you folks on the front page…
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