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1. | The Observer | International | Armed and dangerous - Flipper the firing dolphin let loose by Katrina
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| | ....Armed dolphins, trained by the US military to shoot terrorists and pinpoint spies underwater, may be missing in the Gulf of Mexico. Experts who have studied the US .... | 
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2. | NOLA.com: T-P Orleans Parish Breaking News Weblog
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| | ....The Times Picayune article can be found here, but let’s look at one key passage:.... |
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3. | Katrina Takes a Toll on Truth, News Accuracy - Los Angeles Times
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| | ....You may want to sit down for this one. It turns out that the MSM coverage of Hurricane Katrina was, in many cases, wildly exaggerated and, well, wrong..... |
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4. | Societies worse off ‘when they have God on their side’
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| | ....Societies worse off ‘when they have God on their side’. “Religious belief can cause damage to a society, contributing towards high murder rates, abortion, sexual promiscuity and suicide, .... |
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5. | ALA | Banned Books Week
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| | .... country over say that very thing every day of this year. And that's why my professional organization, the ALA, along with many other groups, chooses the last week in September to annually celebrate one of their most important and popular programs: Banned Books Week..... |
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6. | CNN.com - Don Adams of 'Get Smart' dead - Sep 26, 2005
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| | ....It seems the influence of Maxwell Smart has even reached accountants. Vale Agent 86. (How come Gilligan didn’t get this much attention?).... |
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7. | Serenity
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| | ....It doesn't mean as much as it would from some people when I say that Serenity is ten times better than the original Star Wars. I don't like Star Wars, and I think Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome is at least five times better than the first Star Wars. However, Serenity is a terrific .... |
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8. | TIME.com: Interview: Neil Gaiman and Joss Wedon -- Page 1
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Tolkien and C.S.Lewis were good friends, until they weren't. Courtesy of .Jesus is not "cool". Courtesy of .Time magazine interview of Joss Whedon and Neil Gaiman -- geekery overdose! Courtesy of .
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9. | Everybody Hates Chris: Everybody Hates The Pilot - Google Video
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| | .... Times said the Jets were 2-1 - it took TWO writers to get that wrong... anyway, at least Vinny can throw, even though he tends to get intercepted
- If you didn't see Everybody Hates Chris last week, and if you didn't TiVo it, Google Video is streaming it here until Thursday
- Proving Economics 101, the number of NYPD recruits dropped when the starting salary dropped
- Donkey bollocks are a part of NYC school children's .... |
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10. | FEMA Plans to Reimburse Faith Groups for Aid
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| | ....The Washington Post reports that FEMA has announced, for the first time ever, the availability of government reimbursements to faith based charities in the wake of Katrina..... |
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11. | Official Google Blog: We wanted something special for our birthday…
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| | .... over 20 million pages. John Battelle talked with google about and they were baffled by this new number (via battellemedia.com), but that's all old news.
Google who really has been acting like a petulant teenager this year, announced yesterday that their index is 3 times larger than everyone else's, oh and you're just going to have to trust us, because we've removed the counter from our homepage. .... |
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12. | World City Reviews
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| | ....City Reviews at CityCulture.org.... |
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13. | ALA | 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-2000
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| | .... does. Pregnancy and childbirth seem like such uniquely terrifying (to me, anyway) experiences that to have someone holding your hand through the entire process would be invaluable.-----This week is Banned Books Week. I urge you to read at least one from this list. You know what that means! Time to bust out the Judy Blume. Awww yeah.
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14. | eastbayexpress.com | News & Features | News | War Pornography | 2005-09-21
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| | ....Reading this article made me feel sick..... |
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15. | CBS News | Brown Still On FEMA Payroll | September 27, 2005 11:30:06
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| | ....There's lots of buzz about last night's CBS News report on former/not-so-former FEMA director Michael Brown's status:.... |
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16. | the US Attorney in Guam was demoted and ordered off public integrity cases
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| | ....The New York Times reports this morning that the US Attorney in Guam was demoted and ordered off public integrity cases only days after telling his superiors in Washington that he was opening an investigation into Jack Abramoff .... |
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17. | CBS News | Hurricane Rita Blog | September 27, 2005 21:30:07
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| | ....There's lots of buzz about last night's CBS News report on former/not-so-former FEMA director Michael Brown's status:.... |
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18. | BBC NEWS | Magazine | Tingo, nakkele and other wonders
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| | ....A fun BBC article about some interesting foreign phrases that don't make it into the guide books or language classes. One of my favorites: the Japanese katahara itai, which means laughing so much you get a stitch .... |
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19. | Patrick Ruffini :: September Straw Poll: Tag the Vote
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Patrick Ruffini’s latest 2008 straw poll is up, and this time you have the option of “tagging” your vote. Basically, this means you can put in a few words describing your .... |
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20. | Google Video
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| | .... the Web except as a marketing scullery maid.
Well, this week, the Web seems to have declared "screw this, we're gonna go take it: Google is uploading a commercial-free version of UPN comedy "Everybody Hates Chris" to via its video search engine and ...
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21. | Guardian Unlimited Money | Special_reports | 24-megabit broadband launched at £24 a month
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| | ....I’m currently looking around at the best offerings for dsl broadband and the offers are around 40 euro for 2mb broadband - while in the UK, BE are offering 24mb broadband for £24 per month! £24 is roughly equal to 36 euro..... |
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22. | CNN.com - Bush eyes bigger military role in disasters - Sep 26, 2005
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| | ....You know, there is very little in the world that makes me more objectively terrified than the idea of George Bush and his den of incompetent hacks fiddling with the Posse Comitatus Act. Indeed, if you were to ask me what one thing would get me marching in the streets, this would .... |
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23. | UPN and Google Video
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| | ....If you missed the Sept. 22 premiere of UPN’s "Everybody Hates Chris" and actually care to see it, you can watch the entire episode over at Google. The series premiere -- 21 minutes long sans commercials -- while not a Web first (earlier this year, the WB debuted one of its new series on Yahoo before airing it on television, and last year premiered .... |
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24. | Picture This: Ben Affleck, Senator From Va.
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| | ....Ben Affleck..... |
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25. | recent out-of-character statement
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| | ....So excuse us if we’re a little cynical about all the attention given to Bush’s recent out-of-character statement, where he (gasp!) called on Americans to conserve gasoline and drive less:.... |
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26. | The Raw Story | CBS News says Michael Brown rehired as FEMA consultant
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| | ....http://rawstory.com/news/2005/CBS_News_says_Michael_Brown_rehired_as_FEMA_consult_0926.html.... |
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27. | AMERICAblog: Because a great nation deserves the truth
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| | ....Blood for porn. Rotten.com stock surges..... |
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28. | A List Apart: Articles: Introducing the CSS3 Multi-Column Module
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Oh, please please, let this new CSS multi-column proposal become a standard.
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29. | Anti-War, My Foot - The phony peaceniks who protested in Washington. By Christopher Hitchens
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| | ....SLATE: Anti-War my Foot! The phony peace-niks who protested in Washington by Christopher Hitchens..... |
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30. | Seth's Blog: What makes an idea viral?
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| | ....This explains why online ideas, like some memes, spread so fast but why they’re often shallow. For more, see Seth Godin’s blog.... |
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31. | He Man does 4-non-blondes
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| | ....He Man asks 'What's going on?' Plus disco animation. Watch the whole thing for Skeletor and She-ra cameos..... |
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32. | The Seattle Times: Nation & World: Reports of anarchy at Superdome overstated
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| | ....Well, we already know that the reports of the sniper shooting at the helicopters was a fabrication, as were the reports of evacuees trashing rest stops and abusing volunteers. Now the The Seattle Times runs down what the conditions at the SuperDome were really like:.... |
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33. | CNN.com - Penguins stay snug and secure in minefields - Sep 27, 2005
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Penguins stay snug and secure in minefields
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34. | How Microsoft and Palm Got Together Over Software
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How Microsoft and Palm Got Together Over Software
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35. | CNN.com - 'Intelligent design' debate back in court - Sep 26, 2005
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| | ....From CNN: 'Intelligent design' debate back in court..... |
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36. | Family Guy presents Stewie Live
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Subservient Stewie
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37. | The New Yorker: PRINTABLES
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BWAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAA!The New Yorker's comment on the Intelligent Design debate. I'll probably be following the Dover County trial and will be trying not to post about it here. That would just .... |
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38. | Don Adams Dies at 82
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| | .... The cone of silence came down on Maxwell Smart for good today… Don Adams Dies at 82..... |
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39. | Большой Город / Ящик дл идиотов
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| | ....Вот тут жж пнули, мол не лучше вашего телевизора с петросянами..... |
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40. | CNN.com - Brown puts blame on Louisiana officials - Sep 27, 2005
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| | ....And then there's Michael Brown..... |
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