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Dvorak Uncensored » Funny Video of the Day: Stephen Colbert asks Congressman who supports the public display of the Ten Commandments to actually recite them!
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Whole Foods bans sale of live lobsters, pats self on back
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In a bold move that will save the company hundreds of thousands of dollars, placate whiney customers, and provide a huge amount of free advertising, Whole Foods has announced that it will continue to pander to the lowest common denominator and ban the sales of live lobsters in its stores. In a statement released by […]
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Hilarious! Scotsmen drive up sales of Mangoes by 47% cheering for England opponents
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Tesco, the largest retailer in Great Britain and Wal-Mart front, has seen a 47% increase in the sales of mangoes this past week in the run-up to the England vs Trinidad & Tobago match tomorrow. Apparently the Scots, who aren’t the biggest fans of their Southern Lords, are throwing rum-soaked calypso parties to cheer on […]
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Why Goalies Hate the New World Cup Soccer Ball
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Short and sweet article on the new football used in this year’s games. Basically, the ball was designed to frustrate goalies and produce higher-scoring games. It’s essentially designed to behave like a baseball; slow the rotation and the stability goes to hell. It’s interesting to note that, so far, the games have been scoring in […]
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ESPNsoccernet – Idiot Web Design
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ESPN’s site for the World Cup doesn’t work in Firefox. The entire site is driven by a DHTML drop-down menus which disappear whenever you move your mouse to choose something. So most of their content is locked away behind a menuing system that (I’m guessing) was designed with only Internet Explorer in mind. I don’t […]
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At least someone said it
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Robin van Persie took Arjen Robben to task for the one-man show Robben decided to put on Sunday. Robben, who did have the games only goal, was virtually unaware that other teams members were actually on the field at points, choosing instead to take low-percentage, high-risk shots on goal. The Dutch, long known for solid […]
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House rejects Net neutrality rules
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Back to more mundane topics, the House of Representatives today voted against Internet neutrality. Why should you care? Because now your Internet Service Provider (ISP), which is often given a monopoly by your local government, can choose not to deliver certain kinds of content. Say you have SBC as your ISP. They get into a […]
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World Cup US TV schedule
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Have to scroll down a bit. Thanks to Comcast for not partnering with anyone to provide expanded coverage. You do know that this is the largest sproting event in the world, right? (That’s right, America, Super Bowl isn’t the biggest.)soccerTV.com
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Dutch fan
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Ah, Flickr is going to be an endless source of entertainment for the games. Check out this Dutch fan. Better yet, check out the Oranje photo pool. Hup Holland!
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World Cup!
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It’s finally here and once again the Oranje are set to face Argentina (although not until June 21). As always, one of the best places for World Cup coverage is the BBC. Their World Cup page is here and you can download a PDF wallchart here. Of course, for all the latest, check out The […]