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Caspar Weinberger Dies at Age 88
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Author: ryanvis
All the politicians that helped me cut my social teeth are passing. Link
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Chelsea Reduces Water Treatment Capacity In Face of Lawsuit
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Author: ryanvis
Chelsea city council decided at their meeting on the 14th of this month to shut down one of their reverse osmosis water softeners in an effort to placate Chelsea Investment Group, LLC in their lawsuit against the City and the City Manager. The full story in the Chelsea Standard explains the reasoning for this in […]
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To Buy or Not To Buy – Dyson Vaccuum
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Author: ryanvis
So, dear readers (there are more than one of you, right?), I need an opinion. We have three pets, two of whom shed hair like limbs at a leper convention. The house is, understandably, a little on the hairy side. It’s getting much worse than we can take and the vacuum we have just isn’t […]
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AOL TV
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Author: ryanvis
Miss Pinky and the Brain? Love F Troop? Need to welcome Kotter back one more time? Check out AOL TV; all kinds of classic (and newer) shows available for your viewing pleasure. IE only, however (kind of lame). AOL Television: In2TV [via TWiT]
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Engadget Busted Stealing Content
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Author: ryanvis
Ah, the wonderful world of Engadget. I always forget how unbelievably pretentious Engadget is until they decide to step in it publically. Like today when they got called out for ripping off content from another site (one which they’ve apparently had a spat with). Until one of those sites breaks a story. This one is […]
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Write Your Congresscritter – DMCA Reform (HR 1201)
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Author: ryanvis
Take a second, customize this letter, and send it to your Congresscritter. The DMCA is the worst piece of legislation this side of the PATRIOT Act. HR 1201 aims to reform some of that awful legislation by removing and clarifying what is and is not infringing (the current lawsuit-initiator du jour). EFF Action Center
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Now I Really Want a PSP
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Author: ryanvis
They have Lemmings for the PSP! Man I love that game. Lemmings Plunge Onto the PSP – Kotaku
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Abortion 101
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Author: ryanvis
Voltaire said, “If we believe absurdities, we shall commit atrocities.” He was right, and both extremes in the abortion controversy demonstrate that. But the ‘pro-life’ side has a worse case of absurdity than the pro-choicers, and that won’t change until (at a minimum) they face up to what they really want. Say what you want […]
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Who says religion is boring?
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Author: ryanvis
Today is Purim, the Jewish holiday commemorating the story of Esther (full back story here). Why should us goyims care? We are also commanded to eat, drink and be merry. According to the Talmud, a person is required to drink until he cannot tell the difference between “cursed be Haman” and “blessed be Mordecai,” though […]
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*sniff* A Little Slice of Home
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So, Frank Turner is a little, uh, touched, which is something I didn’t know. Not “stab you on the subway” touched (we don’t have a subway… sheesh), but “God has told me to do this really, really silly thing” touched. Frank wants to host a radio show on 1340 WEXL-AM (AM?) and needs the prayers […]