December 2008
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King Black Acid – Passing Through the Photon Belt →
King Black Acid – 144 Thousand Member Acid Army... →
King Black Acid – Exit Ground Level Pt. 1 →
King Black Acid – Royal Subjects →
The Truth About Diet Soda →
Just because some drinks are low in calories doesn’t mean they can’t lead to weight gain
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Congrats to Wasilla's newest teen mom! - 236.com -... →
It’s a boy! 17 year-old Bristol Palin gave birth to “Tripp,” making mom Sarah a 44-year-old grandmother. Menstruating grannies are a phenomenon most commonly found in Appalachia or the ghetto. It was…
Laura Bush's Denial:"Bush Presidency Not a... →
Bush uses final 50 days left in office to tout his” legacy”.Laura Bush stands by her man and disagrees with critics who call the presidency of Bush a failure. In an interview to be aired today she…
11 Geeked-Out Movies we're Waiting For in 2009 →
The holiday movie season has come and gone without so much as a certified blockbuster. Thank goodness for 2009, which is chock-full of movies for every fanboy (or girl).
Dishonest Lenders Saddle Grads With Crushing Debt →
Natalie Hickey picked up $140k in student debt, some of it at interest rates as high as 18%. Her monthly payments are roughly $1,700, more than her rent and car payment combined. Caught in an…
DMFail: Why you shouldn't send private messages on... →
If you are the kind of person who can’t help but look when you drive by an accident scene, DMFail is for you. The site, which has been all the rage on Twitter for the last few days, shows direct…
Which is worse? →
Yankees: Exhorbitant Spending Almost a Public... →
The Yankees as public trust, public service. Uh…right. Hal Steinbrenner for President, U.S. UN Ambassador..
Massive iPod Touch Sales Over Christmas →
Apple’s new iPod Touch appears to have been a huge hit this holiday season with evidence that the high end iPod has seen massive gains in marketshare.
Cause of disappearing coral still unknown →
The coral reefs covering less than 1 percent of the Earth are disappearing at alarming rates as scientists struggle to learn why, a U.S. researcher says.
Cheney: ‘I Don’t Have Any Idea’ Why People Don’t... →
In addition to his well-documented abuse of power and disregard for the rule of law, Cheney’s public disapproval ratings might be explained in part by his own personal disregard for the public. When…
MP3 Player Saves Skiers Lost On Alps →
The light from an MP3 player saved two winter sports enthusiasts after they got lost in the Swiss Alps. The 22-year-old men, one a skier and the other a snowboarder, were suffering from mild…
Psychic Fail: Sylvia Browne Predictions 2008 - 0... →
Auto industry will rebound. Housing market will get stronger. Job market will get better. Bet on medical stocks. Time for a new spiritual guide.
Lifehacker Top 10: Top 10 Ways to Repurpose Your... →
The Ten Coolest Movie Posters of 2008 (PICS) →
The ten movie posters below not only got our attention, they also kept us interested, entertained and excited about the movies to come. These ten rose above all others to become the upper echelon of…
Sikh Signs For Package, UPS Driver Enters His Name... →
A UPS driver entered a Sikh man’s name as TERRORIST on its online package-tracking database. The man’s family discovered the epithet when they searched for a package UPS failed to deliver.
Israel and Gaza in one image (from BBC) →
Room 214 →
A teacher is bullied to give up his Twitter name — Kevin Rose responds.
Cuil Fail: Traffic Nearly Hits Rock Bottom →
Remember the ill-fated Google-killer Cuil? Named ‘Cuill’ and very much in stealth mode for the first part of the year, they finally emerged end of July 2008 with a ‘massive’ search engine that would…
Happy Deer is Happy →
Disney Scuppered Peter Pan Movie Starring Audrey... →
A live action film version of Peter Pan, which would have starred Audrey Hepburn in the title role and Laurence Olivier as Captain Hook, was scrapped because of a bitter legal wrangle between Great…
The Great Unknown Is Filled With Your Ideas →
What if you’ve had the greatest idea in the world… and then someone steals it from you? And what if that happens again and again and again? You’ve probably just stepped into The Great Unknown.
US Becomes Largest Wind Power Producer in the... →
The United States has overtaken Germany to become the largest producer of wind energy in the world, generating enough capacity to eliminate the burning of 91 million barrels of oil per year.
GOP Got Cops To Delay Palin InLaw Drug Arrest... →
The Republican party was able to manipulate Alaska law enforcement to hold off on arresting Bristol Palin’s future step-mom’s on drug charges until after the election. Is this legal? I can only…
What Carriers Aren’t Eager to Tell You About... →
TEXT messaging is a wonderful business to be in: about 2.5 trillion messages will have been sent from cellphones worldwide this year. The public assumes that the wireless carriers’ costs are far…
Burger King Lies to Its Customers →
It is time to take Burger King to task. Let them know you don’t appreciate being lied to and that you don’t allow spyware on your computer. Let the state attorney general know you don’t like this…
Damn vikings! (PIC) →
Calvin and Hobbes on the Financial Crisis →
Man Shot For Talking During Benjamin Button Movie... →
29-year-old James Joseph Cialella Jr was watching David Fincher’s The Curious Case of Benjamin Button at the Riverview Theatre in South Philadelphia on Christmas when a family seated in front of him…
Controversial Stop [PIC] →
Stop But Dont Stop.
Scientists plan to ignite tiny man-made star →
It is science’s star experiment: an attempt to create an artificial sun on earth and provide an answer to the world’s impending energy shortage.
Bush administration has been too lax in policing... →
Federal officials are bringing far fewer prosecutions as a result of fraudulent stock schemes than they did eight years ago, according to new data, raising further questions about the Bush…
United Airlines Ruins Christmas As Only A Crappy... →
Thomas’s scheduled travel on United Air on Christmas Eve went pretty much how you’d expect: his flight left four hours early, and his rebooked flight at 4 a.m. was overbooked. The horror, inside.
National Poll: 75% of Americans glad that Bush is... →
Seventy-five percent of those questioned in a CNN/Opinion Research Corp. survey released Friday said they’re glad Bush is going; 23 percent indicated they’ll miss him. “As President Bush prepares to…
Simple Desktop File Sharing with Giver →
With Giver, you can share files between desktops on your network with absolutely no configuration necessary. Other Giver clients are automatically discovered using Avahi
Linux Mint 6 Felicia Review : It Must Be Christmas →
Linux Mint version 6 Felicia came out on December 15th and I have been running it on my Dell Inspiron 530 Q6600 system for the past week. I should note, however, that while Mint includes proprietary…
Himalayan villagers on global warming frontline →
Temperatures in the Himalayas are rising by around 0.06 degrees Celsius (0.108 Fahrenheit) annually, according to a long-term study by the Nepalese department of hydrology.The rate is far above the…
American car manufacturers didn't read Calvin and... →
This comic from fifteen years ago is incredibly relevant today.
CIA 'using Viagra' to win over Afghan warlords →
America’s CIA has found a novel way to gain information from fickle Afghan warlords - supplying sex-enhancing drug Viagra, a US media report says.
Jim Hightower: A Senatorial Hissy Fit Over the... →
Right Wing Livid Over Union Auto Workers Wages, Silent About Citibank CEO’s $108,000/hour Wage
Please Don't Divorce Us! (slideshow) →
This is a very cool slide show that shows the real human side of the race to nullify thousands of same sex marriages in California.
'Watchmen' Fan Cordially Invites Fox to Eat... →
(Okay, let me clarify a little bit for anyone who might be reading this letter that isn’t either a)obsessed with The Watchmen or b) the head of the Fox Corporation.) Back in the 80s, Fox purchased…
Father And Son Set Off For Unsupported Trip To... →
A father and son team are due to set off on an unsupported trip to the South Pole. The expedition, should it succeed, will see gap year student Matt Gaskell, 18, become the youngest person to…
McDonald's admits to paying 1,000 people to stand... →
OSAKA, Japan - Around 1,000 people were paid to join the queue outside the Midosuji-Suomachi branch of McDonald’s for the release of their Quarter Pounder burger in the Kansai area on Tuesday, it was…