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Commented on Affectionate kitteh distracts cop
AWWWWW man, our black kitteh-baby ALSO reached out and touched us at the shelter... for realz. We adopted him on the spot, he's been the best cat I've ever had. He's literally our "kid", it's kind of scary actually. He's...
Commented on Lou Jing, half black Chinese girl, sparks race debate in China
Goodness she's beautiful. I'd be more tempted to bat for the other team if there were more women like her wandering the planet......
Commented on Samasource: How African refugees are scoring Silicon Valley Internet jobs
I second David Carroll's comment. This is the kinda thing that actually drives peace... people like this drive peace and progress. Not politicians with their noses up each other's asses....
Commented on Gallery of creepily retouched baby photos
I do believe they refer to these as "Glitz" photos - I've been watching way too much of that "Toddlers and Tiaras" show, God help me....
Commented on American woman marries auto-rickshaw driver
I want to see their beautiful babies. I believe in love....
Commented on Indiana prosecutor says she's duty bound to prosecute grandma who bought cold medicine
Amen to #54 and #69. My husband happens to be from that area of the state - yes... it's a nasty stretch of road populated with way too many methheads. The laws in Vigo County are strict for a reason...
Commented on Steampunk butterfly
Ursula V. does such beautiful work. I've been watching her work via dA for quite some time... she never ceases to impress!...
Commented on Pics from a beauty pageant in a Russian women's prison
@ #5, YES. The word "swimwear" has been and forever will be pronounced with a v in my family. When I was accepted to fashion school my dad paraded around the house crowing: "DayVEAR, EVENINKVEAR, SVIMvear!"...
Commented on Retro-futuristic motorcycle
Can I just say... yeah slavery and racism suck, this post is about design (not the aformentioned slavery or racism), nd vryn hr mst lkly hs n prblm wth plcng Nlsn Mndl n pllr - th sm mn wh strtd...
Commented on Retro-futuristic motorcycle
I kind of like their overblown marketing copy. At least it's well done, it's a nice change from the overblown SKULLS FLAMES DEATH HELL OMG OMG that most bike companies see as solid branding......
Commented on Awesome jump blues/swing duo doing "Nagasaki"
ya rly!...
Commented on Shotgun expert shows his stuff
I've seen this video before (my dad is an avid trap and skeet shooter), and also made the same comment as #1. Yep. He's amazing....
Commented on 1950s Beauty Pageant Judging Guidelines
Comparing this to the 4-H judging standards is just so perfect. I, for one, have no issue with beauty pageants - the contestants know what they're getting into and that they will be judged on ridiculous criteria. Don't hate. HOWEVER...
Commented on Top Shelf Jazz's "Fast and Louche" -- part Cab Calloway, part Atomic Fireballs, all good smutty Prohibition jazz
Come tour the U.S.! Please!...
Commented on Richard Metzger interviews Julien Nitzberg about his documentary film, "The Wild Whites of West Virginia"
Totally agreed with #1. Jesco was even a guest star on Roseanne back in the day. They're nuts, colorful, insane, and amazing to watch. Sincere too. However, I don't think they're as dumb as most people would believe......
Commented on God Bless America
Classy BoingBoing, real classy. Making guns look bad....
Commented on Abusive "coal-thugs" try to break up anti-mountaintop-removal festival
Here's the thing... it's a hard road for both sides of the argument. Part of my heart goes out to those drunk rednecks, they truly DON'T have any other way to make a living based on their location and education...
Commented on Yuki 7 giveaway
I love Kevin Dart's work. I bought one of his Yuki prints for a friend's birthday, and it was the nicest print I've ever seen. Super sweet giveaway!...
Commented on TV preacher proves that only the Christian god is real
@ #16 - YES. Guys like this televangelist give the rest of us a bad name. Please don't take him seriously. Not all of us are kooky and judgemental....
Commented on Uganda: "Invisible Children," Joseph Kony's Army, and How It Ends.
Thanks for featuring this. Invisible Children is a great cause, something that I and my friends have been raising funds towards for several years. It's literally a terrible walking nightmare - true terror....
Commented on Books about (or at least by) weird but interesting people
I'm looking forward to reading Mr. Kirn's book. Thanks for the head's up!...
Commented on Woman kills elephant with bow & arrow
Wh wh - jst knw ll th psss wld cm t nd whn bt hw crl hntng s. I read the article in the Telegraph and noted that the meat from this elephant fed quite a few villagers in the...
Commented on Photos from abandoned clothing factory
Yeah, all I could think was "Seinfeld" when I saw this. I just saw that episode the other day!...
Commented on Art student creates invisible car with cool paint-job
Sweet....
Commented on When the Engineer Gardens
My family uses this exact system, and it works great. Cheers!...
Commented on Mister Jalopy: "$upport Independent Business and Reject the Fakers"
In regards to the commenter who said that the company in question masquerades as a "member" of a certain DIY site - YES. It is in fact very creepy. I'm not going to jump into this copyright discussion, but I...
Commented on Hunt for Gollum: gorgeous-looking unauthorized fan-sequel to Lord of the Rings made for £3000
@20 - Yes, she's waaaaaay better looking in the role than LT. I'm anxious to see this. Wow. And yes, I'm a nerdo who will be sitting with my appendices in hand....
Commented on Unicorn Art Car, Free to Loving Home (Craigslist Sign of the Times)
I just wanna see THIS car. Please?...
Commented on Time-lapse video of mural painting by Phil Lumbang
I have to say... I could watch time-lapse videos like this all day long. For realz....
Commented on Thematically composited photos of New Yorkers over time but not space
This is super cool. An epic win for sure....

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nic0mac commented on Samasource: How African refugees are scoring Silicon Valley Internet jobs
Arkizzle, One of the problems with helping here at home is that it has become so bureaucratically hard to do something on a level that does good for many. Try to imagine if part of Obama's stimulus package were to be used in the same way as FDRs works program. Could a city like Detroit or Cleavland request the funding to hire 250 people to go in and tear down all those houses that are sitting on abandoned or tax forfeit land so it could revitalize the neighborhood by providing parks or micro business parks devoted to new entrepreneur's. It...
arkizzle / Moderator commented on Samasource: How African refugees are scoring Silicon Valley Internet jobs
I live in the UK, but I'm sure you know what you're talking about. I still think, if you are going to complain about others' positive efforts, you better be out doing something to make a difference....
nic0mac commented on Samasource: How African refugees are scoring Silicon Valley Internet jobs
Arkizzle, I do actually feel that that this is a positive effort and I would consider donating to it if there were a way that I could feel comfortable knowing that it is a true charity. The problem is that there is no way for me to look at this charities financials overseas and when I inspect their website the only financial information I see a bunch of numbers that are stated as approximates but add up to helping 500 people get incomes of $300, that equals $150,000. I would say that that is a good accomplishment, but they...
Itsumishi commented on Affectionate kitteh distracts cop
Agreed on the black cats being very affection and difficult to photograph! A few months ago I got some kittens (same litter) and whilst they both were extremely affectionate at first it did not take too long for the ginger kitteh to take a bit of a disliking to being patted too much (or maybe he just always thinks its a game to scratch and bite your hand), whilst our little black kitteh is still very affectionate. I've also got about a million photos of Ziggy Stardust (ginger) whilst I've got about 3 of Flavor Flav. Mainly because the auto-focus...
MongolPGF commented on Samasource: How African refugees are scoring Silicon Valley Internet jobs
If anyone happens to stumble upon this ancient story (Blog posts don't last as long as they used to) there's some guys in South Africa who've very recently begun piloting similar concepts for job creation using mobile phones. (See: www.mobenzi.com). Africa now has over 400 million mobile phone subscribers and from what I can see, the mobile internet seems the future for the continent. Mobile phones also seem way more practical than setting up these computer labs in harsh conditions. Anyway, its all quite inspiring stuff....

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