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• Commented on Swiss Pirate Party
  what? A party built around internet freedoms spreads rapidly via the internet?! Absurd! Though, really, great news - always exciting to see the birth of something that meaningful....
• Commented on Space monkeys appreciated
  So, time to show off my youth: Captain Simian and the Space Monkeys, anyone? Man that show was awesome! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Simian...
• Commented on Praying man gets tazed by police and escapes
  so, umm, that sure does look wacky. And I'm all about police stating why they are arresting a person when they do so - that's rather vital. But. This feels faked. Or fudged in some way. The police so inexpertly...
• Commented on Bayou: chilling ghost story, a graphic novel about race and haunts in the deep south
  I've been hunting for a need graphic novel to read for a little while - this'll be great until I go back to school in NOLA in the fall. Also - A teacher in middle school lent me "Boy's Life",...
• Commented on JJ, you popped my Star (An open letter to JJ Abrams about losing my virginity to the new Star Trek)
  Thanks for writing this - it was hilarious and thoroughly amusing. It's always great to see that the community built around fetishizing the future (as the gadget community tends to be) is diverse and includes plenty of people who go...
• Favorited Chief Army Chaplain in Afghanistan distributes local-language Bibles, orders congregation to convert locals on Boing Boing
• Commented on Chief Army Chaplain in Afghanistan distributes local-language Bibles, orders congregation to convert locals
  @Moriarty #26 Yeah, the point generally holds true, though - wealthier nations don't fight wars against each other; democracy (like having McDonalds, like having golf courses) correlates really strongly to wealth. Here's the link where I pulled that information from:...
• Commented on Chief Army Chaplain in Afghanistan distributes local-language Bibles, orders congregation to convert locals
  @Moriarty #16 The Golden Arches Peace Theory is wrong: "Unfortunately for world peace, the Big Mac Attack Rule finally broke down in 1999. On 24 March 1999, NATO began its air attack on Yugoslavia. Faced with angry nationalism, vandalism and...
• Commented on Liberal hunting permit
  @national broccoli Yeah, few things have upset me more than that. Full of bitter ironies, the silencing of free speech proponents. ps: it's "the boy"...
• Commented on Liberal hunting permit
  yeah, I'll join the choir of "oh god WTF clowns are balanced by murder?!", though that itself is kind of funny, once actually removed. And that said, I like that you can do it while drunk. Oh, and I really...
• Commented on Kids' Diplomacy board made out of a pizza box
  okay, that's like the best thing ever. It's creative problem solving, zero-sum, game theory, plus personal relations all rolled into one endearingly vicious little mess. Go teens!...
• Commented on Give yourself horse legs
  I give it two years before "centauring" becomes a thing....
• Commented on KeepCup, which is basically a plastic cup
  that was the cock-blockiest gadget review ever. Doubleplusgood...
• Commented on Questions for Ford's CEO?
  My first vehicle was a 49cc Diamo scooter. My second vehicle will probably be a bike. I'm a college kid, and so almost certainly out of the market you're interested in. Anyway, my thoughts: What I need in a vehicle,...
• Commented on Israeli Army Fan Remake of "What What (In The Butt)" Viral Video.
  shitstorm in...oh, wait, it already happened? thanks, internets. I thought this was amazing, in a similar vein as the photos of Israeli women in uniform featured on this blog a while ago. Like everything involving the Israeli military, it is...
• Favorited DIY: How to write a book on Boing Boing
• Favorited Carlos Alberto's wooden Vespa scooter on Boing Boing Gadgets
• Favorited Carlos Alberto's wooden Vespa scooter on Boing Boing Gadgets
• Favorited Gaza: Bullet Points, Moment of Silence, Open Thread on Boing Boing
• Favorited Video from the Presidential Campaign, Republican Division on Boing Boing
• Favorited Watching Back: a list for kids who care about technology and freedom on Boing Boing
• Favorited Universal Declaration of Human Rights, animated on Boing Boing
• Favorited Universal Declaration of Human Rights, animated on Boing Boing
• Favorited World's largest wargaming table art installation on Boing Boing
• Favorited Christian Ska band performs "Jesus is My Friend" on Boing Boing
• Favorited Christian Ska band performs "Jesus is My Friend" on Boing Boing
• Favorited An apology to Ursula K Le Guin on Boing Boing
• Favorited Untitled 1 on Boing Boing
• Commented on Our World
  The northern hemisphere where Greenland ate everything else in the arctic circle?...
• Commented on Ten-Minute Raccoon Butt Shelf
  Are there t-shirts yet?...