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• Commented on British cops arrest people just to add them to the DNA database, claims inquiry
  http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1888126,00.html Germany's famed phantom serial killer who happened to work at the cotton swab plant....
• Commented on The return of BBTV: Boing Boing's former video acronym taken over by bedbugs
  Bedbegs were extremely rare in the US for around 3 decades. Why? Unlike many other treatments, DDT kills bedbugs to death....
• Commented on Guns 'n Gardens - How to Survive the Zombie Apocalypse
  What is the real difference in terms of how to paranoically prepare for plague (zombie or not), genocide, or volcanic/nuclear winter?...
• Commented on Senators draw maps of their home states
  I cant be the only one who immediately thought overpressure map....
• Commented on European Internet sinking fast under 3-strikes proposals
  "You think the 'entertainment industry' lobbied Malta to get 'their guy' appointed for the seat of 'Maritime Affairs and Fisheries'?" Why not, the fisheries council has in fact tried to set IP policy in the past?...
• Commented on Bank of America demands thumbprint from man with no arms
  Were I a teller, I would have blindly followed the rules and taken a prosthetic thumb print....
• Commented on When Guantánamo came to America: "Zeitoun."
  Those people are freaks, it only ever happened, like twice, before that....
• Commented on Student kills burglary suspect with Samurai sword
  "I mean, valuing your stuff higher than a human life? What kind of twisted person has those values?" Some twisted people might include these facts in their human life value judgment: The "victim" had 29 prior arrests, mostly for burglary/B&E,...
• Commented on Father's day photo-shoot ends with cops pointing guns, photographer face down on tarmac
  "I WOULD note that the fellow even admits he was standing in an area off-limits to the public" *snip* The bounds were secret. There is no explaining the bounds without giving up secrets, for your own good of course....
• Commented on Cockeyed: "I Caught Kevin Heoffer Barbecuing at Costco"
  Kevin is no everywhere girl....
• Commented on Nontoxic metal alloy that is liquid at room temperature
  NaK is also liquid at room temperature, and isnt really toxic. A bit caustic though, and a tad reactive....
• Commented on Ryanair serious about charging to use toilets in-flight, may charge extra "breathing fee" for inhaling during flight
  Oh boy. I bet you all just cant wait for your turn to watch someone pee into a ziplock bag....
• Commented on Chickens killed by poisonous snake bites taken off menu
  This is unacceptable. If your going to be killing chicken in dramatic fashion; bets should be placed first on where the chicken ends up....
• Commented on Secret cabal of Bisphenol-A companies meets to sell the public endocrine disruptors
  13ug/Kg/day can be in fact be quite significant when dealing with a hormonal agent....
• Commented on How Chryslers are made: chipper stop-motion film from 1939 World's Fair
  Every chassis gets a body, sedan or coupe. So we'll build an all steel body, in a color gay....
• Commented on How Chryslers are made: chipper stop-motion film from 1939 World's Fair
  Every chassis gets a body, sedan or coupe. So we'll build an all steel body, in a color gay....
• Commented on UK towns move to extend abusive license plate surveillance grid
  In other news, most of the people who survived World War Two are now dead....
• Commented on Sarah Palin's legal team doesn't understand DNS
  The president is nominally in charge. The AG is not. Its more like accusing one Bush appointee of acting like his predecessor....
• Commented on Guatemala: Twitterevolution, "YouTube Sedition," and Deepening Political Crisis
  "The media" does in fact care, slightly. They favor a strong business friendly government is all....
• Commented on Zogby poll: 52% of Americans support legalization of pot
  Marijuana is in fact a gateway drug. It introduces you to drug dealers....
• Commented on Merck and Elsevier publish fake peer-reviewed journal
  Is not HPV the main source of cervical cancer? Was I in error in thinking that?...
• Commented on Geoengineering wishful thinking is the new climate denialism
  "I also think it funny how technophiles who frequent this board turn into luddites when it comes to climate change or GM crops." I cant blame anyone for being nervous about the long term effects of GM crops, nor threatened...
• Commented on Israeli Army Fan Remake of "What What (In The Butt)" Viral Video.
  "Every human being has a choice between killing and not killing." Yes. On the battlefield this choice is phrased as kill or be killed. Its a nasty racket....
• Commented on High School Teacher Recounts "Sexting" Ordeal That Ruined His Career
  Part of the problem with public schools can be seen in some of the posts here. Let the schools take care of these problems. Instead, we have to invoke civil rights at every turn. My 3-yr-old doesn't get due process...
• Commented on Ronald Reagan was a secret FBI anti-commie snitch
  "who are buying up as many guns as they can in fear that Obama's going to take them away." That is not a completely unreasonable fear. It was Biden who sponsored the last "assault weapons" ban....
• Commented on "Marx was... second???"
  Worse still, with publicly held banks its often the operators of banks who get the lion's share, not the nominal owners. CEO circle jerk, they all sit on each others boards....
• Commented on America's bankers are oligarchs
  "And the advice from the IMF on this front would again be simple: break the oligarchy. " Ironic statement of the week....
• Commented on The Economist: the "least bad" way to deal with drug problem is to legalize them
  [i]"Once drugs becomes legalized, society as we know it will surely begin its sad descent to decay."[/i] The Waltz is corrupting our youth....
• Commented on The Economist: the "least bad" way to deal with drug problem is to legalize them
  Only moderate taxes on marijuana are tenable, otherwise your back to a black market, as seen with NY, NY tobacco....
• Commented on Conan and copyright, by Crom!
  Ease up, if this author isnt rewarded for his efforts, hes not going to wite any more books....