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  1. Re:Freedom to be a slave isn't freedom on McCain Campaign Uses Spider/Diff Against Obama · · Score: 1

    I believe most Libertarians would still support keeping threatening to kill people illegal.

    "Most"? Well that's comforting to know.

  2. Re:Hmmmm - interesting.. on Nielsen Collects FL Tax Breaks, Then Outsources Jobs · · Score: 1

    What with it being a British colony and all.

  3. Web 2.0 in a nutshell on Web 2.0: A Strategy Guide · · Score: 1
    From bash.org:

    <dsully> please describe web 2.0 to me in 2 sentences or less.
    <jwb> you make all the content. they keep all the revenue.

  4. Bilingualism "protects the brain" on Learn a Foreign Language As an Engineer? · · Score: 1
    Bilingualism "protects the brain, delaying onset of dementia by four years" ... at least according to some Canadian studies.

    Which second language apparently doesn't matter ... as long as you use it reasonably regularly.

  5. Re:The uranium... on 550 Metric Tons of Uranium Removed From Iraq · · Score: 1

    The uranium in form of 4-inch, cone-tipped bars was hidden under a thin layer of soil and embedded in walls in and around several military complexes of Iraq. Photo of one of one of the uranium bars

    This is another proof that Iraq attempted to produce nuclear WMD.

    I'd mod you funny if I had the points :-)

    For the short-of-patience, the linked picture is of depleted uranium slugs. As used by the US and UK forces in the first and second Gulf wars, and as such rather likely to be hidden under a thin layer of soil and embedded in walls in and around several military complexes of Iraq.

  6. Re:You can't have your yellowcake and eat it too. on 550 Metric Tons of Uranium Removed From Iraq · · Score: 1

    MOD PARENT UP... please!

  7. Re:DSL+Cable on Working With 2 ISPs For Home Networking? · · Score: 1

    ...and probably "Roll your own" solutions, but as most of us know, that can provide months and months of aggravation!

    Surely you meant "months and months of aggregation?"

  8. MOD PARENT UP on White House Refused To Open Unwelcome EPA E-Mail · · Score: 1

    ...and perhaps Mr. Thompson might like to comment?

  9. Re:apropos on Non-Compete Pacts Called Bad For Tech Innovation · · Score: 2, Funny

    Steven Gorgoon
    CEO Intelligent Biosystems

    You misspelled 'Gorgon'.

  10. Re:Politicians will vote for the law on New FISA Bill Would Grant Telcoms Immunity; Vote Is Tomorrow · · Score: 1
    Politicians gaming the system for publicity purposes?

    I'm shocked.

    Vote anarchist! :-)

  11. Re:Okay. Here's *MY* blog entry, Senator on McCain Asks Supporters To Campaign On Blogs · · Score: 2, Funny

    My fave Cthulhu one is "Vote for me and be eaten last!"

  12. Even more breaking news (Supremes 1 - 0 Bush) on UK Can Now Hold People Without Charge For 42 Days · · Score: 1

    US Supreme Court rules that Guantanamo Prisoners have rights and can challenge their detention in US Civilian Courts: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7451139.stm

  13. Re:Good riddance! on The SUV Is Dethroned · · Score: 2, Funny

    We're laughing at the suburban twats who bought them because they thought their 2.4 children were too large to fit in a normal sedan.
    Won't somebody think of the children? At least in these times of record obesity...
  14. Oh crap. on Space Station Toilets Poop Out · · Score: 1

    Sorry, had to be said.

  15. Re:What's most worrisome on Court Finds Spamming Not Protected By Constitution · · Score: 1

    What's most worrisome is how close it was. A 4-3 decision isn't very comforting. Who were the three?

    Larry, Curly and Moe, I think it was.
  16. Re:They can break anything... on Intel, Microsoft Despised the XO Laptop · · Score: 1

    People living in the stone age can break *anything*. They have no 'feel' for technology.
    Mr. Cheney! Please put away the laptop.
    It's time for your medication.
  17. Re:One way to solve this on Mark Cuban Calls on ISPs to Block P2P · · Score: 1

    And then Amazon came along, and you know what...? They actually made what I wanted available for purchase. And now I'm a paying customer again.
    Jeff! Is that you?
  18. MOD PARENT UP on YouTube Video Warned About School Shooting · · Score: 1

    ...please. Well said, dgr73.

  19. Not this again on Creationists Silence Critics with DMCA · · Score: 1
    Hebrews 13:8

    "Jesus Christ Almighty. The same thing yesterday, today and forever more."

  20. Re:Conspiracy? on Man Arrested for Refusing to Show Drivers License · · Score: 1

    I find it hard to believe that there are so many people out there who would willingly bend over and spread their cheeks for anyone in authority who asks for whatever reason.

    How do you think the Republicans get in every time?

  21. Re:Local Sevices and Laws not paid by Foreign Taxe on Will the Pope Declare Google Evil? · · Score: 2, Informative
    Oh, you mean Bono who moved his tax base from Ireland (where he lives) to the Netherlands?

    That "champion of Christian morality"?

    Insert Dermot Morgan's "C.J. Haughey" voice: "You Two? Four tuneless gobshites who couldn't hit a cow's arse with a guitar."

  22. Re:Now will the opposing party actually push back? on U.S. Attorney General Resigns · · Score: 1

    Now, with respect to this current President, I think most of the Iraq arguments that the anti-war left are putting out are bogus. The idea that Bush knew there wasn't WMD and lied anyway I think is laughable. Even Saddam's generals thought Iraq had chemical weapons and were imploring him to use them when the US invaded in 2003.
    Care to provide refs for this?
  23. Re:specifics? on Broadcasters Want Cash For Media Shared At Home · · Score: 2, Informative
    Mind if I quote that article?

    Pepsi-Cola announced Friday that the labels of its Aquafina brand bottled water will be changed to make it clear the product is tap water.

    The new bottles will say, "The Aquafina in this bottle is purified water that originates from a public water source," or something similar, Pepsi-Cola North America spokeswoman Nicole Bradley told CNN.

    Pepsi will change current labels on water bottles to say the water comes from a public water source.

    The bottles are currently labeled: "Bottled at the source P.W.S." Americans spent about $2.17 billion on Aquafina last year, according to Beverage Digest, an independent company that tracks the global beverage industry. The U.S. bottled water business in 2006 totaled roughly $15 billion, it said.

    Two. Billion. Dollars. On Tap Water.
    That's Two. Billion. Dollars. in case you missed it the first time.

    This whole Eau de P.W.S. saga brings to mind H.L. Mencken's quote:

    Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin to slit throats.
    Pepsi-Coka - bastards to a man, every last one of them. Definite 'B' ark material.
  24. Re:specifics? on Broadcasters Want Cash For Media Shared At Home · · Score: 1
    Coca-Cola are the only ones claiming it is "purified and treated". They never responded to requests for proof of this from one of the local newspapers.

    "Sidcup Tap Water" sounds much nicer than "Dasani" anyway.

  25. The FCC Song on Senate Committee Passes FCC Indecency Bill · · Score: 2
    Do US radio stations take requests anymore? If they do, perhaps you can ask them to play ex-Python Eric Idle's "FCC Song"...

    The FCC Song by Eric Idle

    Fuck you very much the FCC
    Fuck you very much for fining me
    Five thousand bucks a fuck so I'm really out of luck
    Thats more than Heidi Fliess was charging me.
    So fuck you very much the FCC
    For proving that free speech just isn't free
    Clear Channel's a dear channel
    so Howard Stern must go
    Attorney General Ashcroft doesn't like strong words and so
    He's charging twice as much as all the drugs for Rush Limbo
    so Fuck you all so very much

    So fuck you very much dear Mr. Bush
    for heroically sitting on your tush
    For Halliburton, Enron, all the companies who fail
    Lets send them a clear signal and stick Martha straight in jail
    She's an uppity rich bitch, but at least she isn't male
    So fuck you all so very much

    So fuck you dickhead Mr. Cheney too.
    Fuck you and fuck everything you do.
    Your pace maker must be fake
    You haven't got a heart
    As far as I'm concerned your just a pasty faced old fart
    And as for Condolezza she an intellectual tart
    So fuck you all so very much

    So fuck you very much the EPA
    For giving all Alaska's oil away
    It really is a bummer
    When I can't fill my Hummer
    The ozone a no go zone now that Arnold's here to say
    The nuclear winter games are going to take place in LA
    So fuck you all so very much

    So what the planet fails
    Lets save the great white males
    And fuck you all so very much

    YouTube video of Idle performing his "FCC Song" here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4ajZ-5kTXk
    Also available as downloadable MP3 here: http://www.pythonline.com/plugs/idle/index.shtml

    Warning: uncensored and contains naughty words. As you might have noticed.