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• Commented on Man learns that Charles Manson is his biodad
  The son's bongstache is a nice touch....
• Commented on Glowing bacteria that finds landmines
  "What I mean is, I would guess that armies that use high-quality, well-sealed mines, probably also aren't the same ones that indiscriminately mine farmland in order to inflict misery on future generations of peasant farmers. Those ones would likely be...
• Commented on Glowing bacteria that finds landmines
  An interesting idea, but it'll never be implemented. 1) Minefields are prone to explosives contamination, so the false positive rate would be too high. 2) Some types of mines would remain sealed, even after years in the ground. The false...
• Commented on Millions of dollars worth of Chinese Christmas bongs seized at LA harbor
  That's like $8 a bong. I haven't been in a head shop for a long time, but doesn't that make the retail price some huge markup?...
• Commented on Plaices of Death
  Amazing that YouTube won't take this down, constituting "animal cruelty." If this were any animal other than a fish- bird, mammal, whatever- would it stay up?...
• Commented on Tiny "Flores Man" of Indonesia declared a new human species
  Like nanuq says- just because somebody "says so" doesn't mean the argument is over. The Stony Brook University Medical Center? Really? Taxonomy is plastic. Wait a few years and someone will recombobulate it, and the argument will begin anew....
• Commented on Maricopa deputy steals defender's paperwork during a court case
  Joe and his guys have gotten increasingly bold over the years. They pretty much think themselves bulletproof when it comes to contempt. And the locals keep... voting... him... in....
• Commented on Pfizer abandons property it won in Supreme Court housing battle
  Soooo.... Pfizer's going to give all those nice dislocated people their homes back, right?...
• Commented on Coffee flavor Yoplait
  Fage makes great starter culture for your own yogurt, too. Yummy....
• Commented on Coffee flavor Yoplait
  Are they still claiming that Yoplait is actually yogurt? Or did the FTC make them finally relabel it as "HFCS-flavored milk product with modified corn starch and tricalcium phosphate"?...
• Commented on Home made Russian water purifier
  Next up at Starbucks: magnetized water infused with essence of millet. $8 a liter....
• Commented on Large Hadron Collider: Now This Is Just Getting Ridiculous
  Message for the future: If we should NOT operate the LHC, please go back in time, and spread around enough bread so that a bird picks some up and drops it on some critical component so it shuts down whole...
• Commented on Bicycle defense kit fits in Altoids tin
  What? No hex nuts for lodging in the muffler?...
• Commented on What Role Should GM Food Play in the Future of Agriculture?
  Brainspore> Borlaug was a hybridizer. Best as I know, he never produced any foods that were transgenic. He was one of the best breeders of all time- hybridizing crops- and although I believe he was a supporter of transgenic plants,...
• Commented on What Role Should GM Food Play in the Future of Agriculture?
  I used to make GM plants- "save the world" junk, total pie in the sky. Last time I checked, there were no GM foods designed explicitly to boost production. This is to say, all the foods that had jumped through...
• Commented on Goldwag: Some thoughts about 9/11 Truth
  Interview with family of 9/11 hijackers on Dateline NBC from 2002: http://ro.getalyric.com/asculta/w9KkUVEwUr4/brother_of_911_islamic_jihad_says_sorry...
• Commented on Disposable laptop design
  Old computer problems: *Viruses *Worms *Spyware Emerging computer problems: *Termites *Delamination *Translucent grease stains from when you ate that pizza while surfing the web that one time...
• Commented on Arthur Goldwag on the queen of the "birther" movement
  The butthurt is particularly strong this year....
• Commented on Bees That Drink Human Tears
  Sure, but they don't beat the vampire moths (genus Calyptra)....
• Commented on Arnold Schwarzenegger's coded F-bomb in veto
  And going up one more line, it says TI FUCK YOU. Why bring Texas Instruments into this whole mess? To put a spin on it like Douglas Adams, it would have been amusing to have it spell out "FUCK YOV"....
• Commented on The Hazards of Lab Work
  Back when I was an explosives chemist, some guys I worked with who used to be in the automotive industry making airbags (which use sodium azide as the gas generator) told me that some particularly "funny" guys would dust the...
• Commented on Woman with dystonia can only walk backwards
  They tried to do a compelling story on someone who didn't get the vaccine, but they were dead....
• Commented on The Cove director on watching his film with the dolphin hunters
  Manzanar, Hiroshima, and Nagasaki? I have three more words: You started it. I've seen the videos out of Taiji. If the Japanese want to kill dolphins, then they'd better be prepared for the repercussions when it hits the big screen....
• Commented on Anvil Shooting: using explosives to fire anvils -- yes, ANVILS -- into the air
  Just a little memo to the Teeming Millions: all it takes it one tiny bit of black powder between the two anvils, and scooting/aligning it could be enough to initiate it. I'm sure that's part of the reason for all...
• Commented on Yellow Cake cartoon by animator Nick Cross
  Oooooh I LOVE documentaries!...
• Commented on Arizona Republic quotes psychics as experts on the future
  Very telling about the Republic is how the comments on the newspaper's website are slightly to the right of Peggy Noonan....
• Commented on Video of laser weapon fired from airplane
  I remember almost a decade ago, they were shooting down armed Katyusha rockets in mid-flight out at White Sands Missile Range. So- yeah, hey, sure- cool and stuff, but our bridges are falling down, our schools are falling apart, and...
• Commented on G20 police uses arrested student as trophy in group photo
  Stay classy, Pittsburgh!...
• Commented on Student kills burglary suspect with Samurai sword
  Another satisfied Cutlery Corner customer!...
• Commented on Conservative California legislator gives pornographic account of his multiple affairs (including a lobbyist) into open mic
  I think people are being a little unfair here. For a change, the Republican involved was diddling a) someone of the opposite sex and b) over the age of consent. Progress!...