Sarah Palin, would-be banner of books (41)
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Time Magazine says that when Sarah Palin took office as mayor, she approached the town librarian and asked how to go about banning books from the town library: [Former Wasilla mayor] Stein says that as mayor, Palin continued to inject religious beliefs into her policy at times. “She asked the library how she could go about banning books,” he says, because some voters thought they had inappropriate language in them. “The librarian was aghast.” The ...
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Maurice said:
Wow. Just...wow.
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J. James B said:
Since we've established that we all read Boing Boing, is it really productive for us to keep "sharing" BB posts with one another? I'm just sayin'.
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Galtenbergs said:
[Former Wasilla mayor] Stein says that as mayor, Palin continued to inject religious beliefs into her policy at times. “She asked the library how she could go about banning books,” he says, because some voters thought they had inappropriate language in them. “The librarian was aghast.” The librarian, Mary Ellen Baker, couldn’t be reached for comment, but news reports from the time show that Palin had threatened to fire her for not giving “full support” to the mayor.
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Lee said:
Now this is something to investigate. Reporters ask her this question, not silly questions about her children. Ask the hard questions.
HOWTO Make a papercraft Masonic Lodge (4)
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Gary sez, "Papercraft Masters will enjoy making this 3-D Masonic Lodge, complete with seekrit symbols and 'tools and implements of Masonry, most expressive.' It's a pop-up model, so you can quickly hide it if cowans and eavesdroppers are lurking about." How to Make a Pop-up Lodge (Thanks, Gary!)
10 Things To Look Forward To At The Republican National (9)
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You got yours last week, Democrats. Men’s rooms specially designed to allow for a wide stance Overenthused delegates start drilling for oil on convention floor Sarah Palin stopped by security, asked for ID Enraged, chanting crowd burns effigy of Keith Olbermann Confused Ron Paul delegate forgets which convention he’s at, shows up wearing Iron Man costume Repeated attempts to serve both God and Mammon Angry women in heavy makeup who refuse to accept they haven’t ...
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John-Michael Oswalt said:
1 is good, 7 is a hit on the Dem post, 10 is probably true, and 3 is hilarious.
Klingon knife scares the crap out of dumb British scandal-sheet (51)
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Piss-poor scandal-sheet The Daily Mail has a hilariously breathless account of a giant stainless steel Klingon fighting-knife received by police during a knife-amnesty; to hear them tell of it hooded thugs are roaming the streets with Klingon duelling swords looking for little old ladies to terrorise. A spokesman for police in Gloucester, where it was surrendered, said: "It is a particularly nasty weapon that can, literally, take someone's head off. We are very glad it ...
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Maarek Stele said:
Note: Anthony Smitha has 3 of those things.
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Jemimus said:
Whahhaha!! The next thing we need now, is someone to actually go out and murder someone using a betleH. Think of the headlines! For a cool overview of other Klingon weapons: http://www.klingonimperialweaponsguild.org/pages/kristak.htmYou can buy replicas of ALL of these, btw. The one features in this new article is a pretty bad replica, btw.
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Gary M said:
I want one.
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Lee said:
This made me snort. An extremely dangerous weapon in the hands of someone trained to use it. Thankfully Klingons aren't real. And it is a horrible design for a weapon. It just looks scary but it is damn near just a sharp shield. The Star Trek folks worked very hard to make it look menacing, but it is just silly. I know it is based on a combination of martial warts weapons, but there is a reason the knife and its longer cousin the sword are so common. They work. This thing... just damn.
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captbunzo said:
surely britain must be getting safer day by day...
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MikeD said:
Yes, it's still covered in green plastic wrap.
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Benjamin Kohler said:
Holy shit. :-)
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lmjabreu said:
Hey! That's my bat'leth!
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Jason Allen said:
classic picture
Valve's Doug Lombardi admits PS3 success, 're-evaluating' development (4)
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Filed under: News So, looks like Valve cannot ignore the success of the PS3 anymore. Gabe Newell, head of the critically acclaimed studio sparked a bit of controversy when he repeatedly attacked the PS3's difficult development architecture, calling it a "waste of time." His studio refused to work on a PS3 version of The Orange Box, leaving it to EA to do the eventual PS3 port.However, it looks like the continued success of the PS3 ...
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Damon said:
Sweet. I think my Xbox can smell my brain...
HOWTO Make a Viking spoon (3)
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In this great little Instructable, Morfmir shows you how to make a "Viking spoon," using only handmade, historically accurate viking hand-tools. You need: Axe: any small hand axe will do fine. It just needs to be sharp. A good hand axe weighs around 500-600g hammer: you need a heavy hammer. If it is to small it will not have enough force to split the wood. wedge: A heavy iron wedge made for splitting firewood will ...
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Jacob W said:
What the hell is the point of this? Is a "Viking spoon" better than a regular spoon? CORY YOU HAVE GONE OFF THE RAILS AGAIN.
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Bryn said:
Where's the video on how to carve a Viking axe out of a spoon?
Woz urges engineers to follow their hearts (Stephen Shankland/CNET News.com) (1)
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Stephen Shankland / CNET News.com: Woz urges engineers to follow their hearts — SAN FRANCISCO—Steve Wozniak got his start as a down-to-earth engineer, but the Apple co-founder made the case for keeping your head in the clouds sometimes. — In an on-stage interview with Tech Nation's Moira Gunn here at the Intel Developer Forum …
Bush, Cheney, McCain Agree: McCain Not Tortured in Vietnam (1)
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Microbattery built by viruses (9)
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MIT researchers made progress using viruses to assemble microbatteries that are half the size of a human cell. Paula Hammond, Angela Belcher, and Yet-Ming Chiang and colleagues have already used the viral assembly method to make a battery's anode and electrolyte and hope to fabricate the cathode next, resulting in a complete device that could someday power biosensors or medical implants. (Seen here is an array of the battery electrodes, each one just four micrometers ...
306 - The Genetic Map of Europe (38)
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Genetically speaking, Finns and Italians are the most atypical Europeans. There is a large degree of overlap between other European ethnicities, but not up to the point where they would be indistinguishable from each other. Which means that forensic scientists now can use DNA to predict the region of origin of otherwise unknown persons (provided they are of European heritage). These are among the conclusions to be drawn from a genetic map of Europe, produced ...
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Soren said:
wow. that's really really really cool.
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Isaac said:
Unsurprisingly, the UK is also an outlier
You Can't Libel The Dead, But Disch Gives It A Hell of a Shot (1)
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A while back I posted about Disch's death and his last novel which features Philip K Dick. I may have even thanked him for including PKD, I don't remember - it's all a blur. Anyway, I just finished the book and, well, woah...First let me ask a question: Why in the hell is Disch so pissed at PKD? Oh yeah, right...While Disch was always effusive in his praise of PKD's work, this book is anything ...
Life is a side quest -- I wanna ride it all night long! (2)
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Filed under: Rants Kylie Prymus is the first columnist for PS Fanboy. A Ph.D candidate in philosophy, Kylie specializes in the sociology of technology. Through this new weekly column, Kylie will explore the impact of PlayStation on thought and culture. I have returned, noble fanboys and fangirls! Yes returned to the land of milk and honey - if by milk you mean PixelJunk Eden and by honey you mean Soulcalibur IV. As I sat in ...
Scamorama: book explains how to get into scambaiting as a hobby (18)
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Every idea implies its opposite, and there's no clearer proof of this than the amazing Internet practice of "scambaiting," well-documented in Eve Edelson's Scamorama: Turning the Tables on Email Scammers. You know those ridiculous fraud emails you get from deposed princes, corrupt bankers, desperate widows (and so on), with weird capitalization and punctuation, asking you to advance them some money so that they can liberate a giant, multibillion-dollar sum and give you ten percent for ...
Valkyria Chronicles officially dated for Nov. 11 (1)
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Filed under: New Releases, News SEGA has quite an original, complex, and deep gaming experience with Valkyria Chronicles. If you've read through our hands-on from E3, you probably don't need us to remind you of that. However, when will our fellow North Americans get the chance to play it? The answer to that is: soon, or, November 11 to be exact.In addition to a release date, Siliconera has spoken with associate producer Christopher Kaminski for ...
Farting preacher back on YouTube (41)
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After an inexcusably long absence from YouTube, the farting preacher is back. (Thanks, Coop!)
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Jim said:
I love this so much. I've been seeing this for years and years, but it never gets old :)
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Bill said:
it's bit juvenile, but I can resist laughing.
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mwsmedia said:
Sometimes, you just need to laugh at an extended fart joke.
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Jim said:
We watched this so many times in college. On VHS even, before YouTube was even a thought!
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tayknight said:
ah. classic.
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Ingotheranchhand said:
yay! This video always brightens my day. Nothin' fights strep-throat like the Fartin' Preacher. God bless him.
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DaveP said:
Oh Yeahya, that feels sooooo good.
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Chimpadink said:
I am 24 years old...but I swear that watching a preacher dubbed over with a woopie cushion is STILL funny
TSA adds 16,500 people to terror watchlist for forgetting ID, then reconsiders (18)
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The TSA maintains a list of "suspicious" fliers who do things like forget to take their sewing scissors out of their knitting bags before boarding a flight. To this list, they have added 16,500 fliers who forgot to bring ID to the airport, though they say that forgetting your ID will no longer brand you forever as a potential terrorist. Forgetting your sewing scissors will still go down on your permanent record, though. The TSA ...
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Clay said:
I'm pretty sure that if you are against terrorism and say so that they will put you on the watchlist.
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