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• Commented on First photo of baby coelacanth
  It's so old, it's in black and white....
• Commented on An Insider's View of the Fort Hood Tragedy
  Notary, please grind your ax somewhere else. Hasan is an American, he grew up in Virginia, so your arguments don't fit this case. Yes, he is a Muslim, but the evidence overwhelmingly suggests that he had psychological issues. Crazy people...
• Commented on Put This On: web video series for dudes on "dressing like a grownup"
  Boba, thanks for the correction--I blame my oversight on Casual Fridays!...
• Commented on EU replaces definition of "open standards" with meaningless drivel
  EU defines the glass as being half full. I've also read about further shenanigans in the MS OOXML spec, where the packed committee has been changing the definition retroactively, now that they made it a 'standard.' Disgusting....
• Commented on Put This On: web video series for dudes on "dressing like a grownup"
  I still prefer the paleogism of a denim shirt and jeans being a 'Canadian tuxedo.'...
• Commented on Goat rentals for clearing brush
  Plus, you can't eat a lawnmower!...
• Commented on Brit business secretary promises to punish accused file-sharers' families with Internet disconnection by 2011
  Lord Mandelson seems to be asking, "How can you have any pudding, when you won't eat your meat?"...
• Commented on What to do if you smell a terrorist
  Since 9/11, there have been an extremely limited number of credible terrorism threats in the US. Even the FBI is reduced to picking up low-rent wannabes like the Fort Dix Six, but according to this ad, it's a huge problem....
• Commented on Legal battle over Shepard Fairey Obama poster takes an unexpected turn
  I disagree that the image is a copy, if you look at it closely, there are many significant differences in Fairey's interpretation of the original. Imo, a true derivative work would be a Photoshop treatment, which I think would yield...
• Commented on Dyson's Air Multiplier looks great, feels good, hurts wallet
  I can't wait for the Dyson bidet!...
• Commented on Access Copyright tells Canadian gov't: no home TV recording, no ripping music, no moving old ebooks to new readers
  Business 2.0: If there is no market-based solution, the problem must remain unsolved....
• Commented on Letters of Note -- blog of written correspondence from well-known people
  And so, Warhol goes off and designs the Sticky Fingers cover...complete with working zipper, LOL. That's the way to deal with a client!...
• Commented on All of Mojo Nixon in free, legal MP3 -- US ONLY
  You forgot to mention his sidekick, Skid Roper. Here's a video of them doing 'I'm Gonna Dig Up Howling Wolf.' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHzoYj4TJuA...
• Commented on Robert E Howard collection, HEROES IN THE WIND: revisit your heroic past
  I had a similar phase with Kull and Conan. For better or for worse, it set me up for the Gor series......
• Commented on Epic Christian painting of historical figures and "lefty" archetypes
  I don't get it--where is God here? All I see is a holy man who lived approximately 2000 years ago....
• Commented on How private equity firms make billions by driving companies into bankruptcy
  I suggest we trade Goldman Sachs to the Chinese to pay down our debt. They know how to deal with business criminals over there....
• Commented on Booker White "Aberdeen Mississippi Blues"
  Awww yeah, Bukka! Looks weird to me to see it sanitized to Booker--doubly weird in Comic Sans Bold, or whatever this new font is....
• Commented on Conservapedia proposes de-liberalized Bible
  Well, that's what happens when you don't have R. Crumb on your side....
• Commented on Olympic Committee Member to Chicago bid team: US Customs is "harrowing experience"
  This is great news...for teh Republicans!...
• Commented on IT Crowd comes back for a fourth season!
  I can't wait until they make an American version with Seth Rogen and Justin Long, or whoever. Just kidding, but you know it's going to happen....
• Commented on Shelley Rickey's "Bad Dog Pâté"
  I'm confused. I want to eat this poop. Is that bad?...
• Commented on Warhol and the bounty hunters
  I prefer to think it's Rudy Rucker. "It's soothing to realize that my mind's processes are inherently uncontrollable."...
• Commented on G20 protesters blasted by sonic cannon
  I guess this is what happens when judicial activism, right-wing style, turns the First Amendment into Orwellian 'free speech zones,' and with the jackboots all powered up via Homeland Security pork. Just wait until they start using the drones....
• Commented on Indiana prosecutor says she's duty bound to prosecute grandma who bought cold medicine
  JIMH--Very good! I know how hard it is for young people today and I want to help. Just ask my grandson, Spaulding. He and I are regular pals....
• Commented on Indiana prosecutor says she's duty bound to prosecute grandma who bought cold medicine
  "I've sentenced boys younger than you to the gas chamber. Didn't want to do it. I felt I ... owed it to them." Judge Smails...
• Commented on Mitch Horowitz: What is the occult?
  What has always appealed to me is the concept of occult as 'hidden knowledge,' with occult practitioners breaking the bonds of superstition and authoritarianism, which have historically held societies in check. The difference, as it has always been, is between...
• Commented on Are Muslim Women Oppressed? Ask One
  Go to Lebanon, and you'll see many bikini-clad Muslim women. Sorry if that doesn't conform to the monolithic narratives being espoused by some people in this forum....
• Commented on Magritte painting swiped in daylight heist
  It'll probably be paid for with TARP proceeds....
• Commented on France adopts law that lets entertainment goons take your family off the net if one member is accused (without evidence) of violating copyright
  Sarkozy le Americain sez: "Let them all eat digital cake."...
• Commented on 9/11 hoax fools all of Germany
  9/12 hoax fools all of FOX followers....