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August 27th, 2008
09:42 am
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Funny Commercial: Toy Story as an Exploration of Sexuality
Funnee "See Differently" ad from Volkswagen psychoanalyzing Toy Story

Current Location: wurk
Current Mood: amused
Current Music: Trance Tuesday #052 - Part 5-Tranceportal.org
Tags: funnee

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09:17 am
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Could the scammers at least try to bother with learning English???
I mean really, my 8 year old could write better English...
Hello my name is Marina [ed: the email was addy'd by "Isabel" not Marina] You probably are not much surprised that have received my letter, I understand that you at all do not represent who I, but it not the big problem. I ask you to give to me some minutes to read my letter. As I already spoke my name is Marina I live in city St. Petersburg to me of 28 years. I have written to you that will get acquainted with you, I have received yours e-mail the address in agency of acquaintances to me have told that you very good and kind person. I have paid for it 2000 roubles.


It depresses me that there are people who reply to these things...

Current Location: wurk
Current Mood: sad
Current Music: Trance Tuesday #044 - Part 7-Tranceportal.org
Tags: idiots on the loose

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August 21st, 2008
01:30 pm
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How is Babby Formed?...
I can't believe I missed this meme for so long, but its funnee, so follow the link for funnee:
http://www.somethingawful.com/flash/shmorky/babby.swf

Note: Original text from
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080810030304AAz4LT9

Also memorialized with its own domain: http://howisbabbyformed.com/

Current Location: wurk
Current Mood: amused
Current Music: Ibiza Trance House 2008 - CD1 - Part 3-CD1
Tags: funnee

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August 19th, 2008
01:12 pm
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I'm leaning...

Current Location: wurk
Current Mood: amused
Current Music: A State Of Trance Official Podcast Episode 028-Armin van Buuren
Tags: funnee, politics

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August 14th, 2008
03:53 pm
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A Cthulhu Tract: Why We're Here
Cthulhu Tract

Current Location: wurk
Current Mood: amused
Current Music: Breathe-Art Of Trance
Tags: funnee

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09:13 am
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Score one for Edumication
Judge says the University of California can deny course credit to high school science courses that don't teach science.

It seems pretty obvious that if a HS science course doesn't actually teach science, then it shouldn't be used to score college prep credits for science, but as usual, some people don't understand that point and sued.

How can a HS science course not actually teach science? Well, when the science course in question insist that the Bible is infallible and use that as a basis to reject common science frameworks like evolution.

UC is not claiming that all Biblically based frameworks are not allowed.
[T]he university has approved many courses containing religious material and viewpoints, including some that use such texts as "Chemistry for Christian Schools" and "Biology: God's Living Creation," or that include scientific discussions of creationism as well as evolution.


UC drew the line at a text from Bob Jones University "Biology for Christian Schools," declares on the first page that "if (scientific) conclusions contradict the Word of God, the conclusions are wrong."

Some more information on the ruling can be found at Panda's Thumb.

Current Location: wurk
Current Mood: hopeful
Current Music: The Saint-Orbital
Tags: freelink

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August 7th, 2008
01:40 pm
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New Documentary: "The March of Shame"
Funnee video from College Humor "The March of Shame".

They even got an announcer who is a dead-on Morgan Freeman impersonation.

Current Location: wurk
Current Mood: amused
Current Music: Katskills-The Orb
Tags: funnee

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August 5th, 2008
12:46 pm
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Security Theater: Border Agents Redux
Follow up to my earlier post on Border Agents Gone Wild and the new rules about seizing laptops without warrants.

Here's a post with some more analysis on the issue at hand and wondering if the vague and seemingly open-ended rules now in place can be used to search all internet traffic.
In that sense, it would seem to make little difference if the information is "imported" into the US via a physical laptop or via a VPN, or for that matter by a web connection. The right to search a laptop for information, then, is equivalent to the right to tap any and all international connections, without a warrant or probable cause.

And, of course, its only reasonable that the government gets all VPN keys so it can check up on that information flowing so freely across the border... :-/

Current Location: wurk
Current Mood: disgusted
Current Music: A State Of Trance Official Podcast Episode 036-Armin van Buuren
Tags: corruption, idiots on the loose, stoopidity

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August 4th, 2008
06:28 pm
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Awesome Martin Fighting Machine
A beautiful sculpture honoring H.G. Wells in his home town.

Mars Atttacks

If I ever make it over the pond, I'm going to have to go visit.

Current Location: cumfy chair
Current Mood: inspired
Tags: cool

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01:16 pm
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"De-Baptism"
Atheists bond during 'de-baptism'

What a great event idea! At a meeting of atheists, have them symbolically pass under a blow dryer for "de-baptism"! hahahaha!
"Do you agree that the magical potency of today's ceremony is exactly equal to the magical efficacy of ceremonial baptism with dihydrogen oxide, and do you agree that the power of all magical ceremonies is nonexistent?" Frank Zindler, president of American Atheists, said to launch the de-baptism.

After a resounding "amen" from the audience, the first person in line yelled, "Dry me brother! I'm free!" The crowd laughed as each person squeezed his or her eyes shut and walked underneath the blow dryer.


I'll have to remember this if I ever attend any atheist gathering :-)

Current Location: wurk
Current Mood: amused
Current Music: Trance Tuesday #046 - Part 3-Tranceportal.org
Tags: freelink, funnee

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August 3rd, 2008
09:45 pm
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Security Theater: Border Agents Gone Wild
Well, its official: Minimum-wage, power-goons at the border can take your electronics and keep them forever, share the data with anyone they want, and never give it back... and all do any of the above without cause and for no reason at all. At least that's what the official DHS policy says.

I'm sure most agents take their work seriously and honestly believe they are doing an important job. But the policies covering them are overly broad, have no oversight, and there is no recourse for anyone caught up in the idiocity.

Billions of dollars wasted and all we have to show for it are stories of people dealing with inconveniences, random destruction and idiots at the border causing delays and trouble.

Current Location: cumfy chair
Current Mood: annoyed
Tags: corruption, idiots on the loose, stoopidity

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08:48 pm
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Irony Alert: Idiot Christians try to ban Fahrenheit 451
Fahrenheit 451 is a classic cautionary tale about the dangers of group think, censorship and the importance of reading. Ironically, a book cautioning against censorship is under threat of censorship from a group of religious nuts in Texas.

The wackos are upset because the book includes swearing (because tender high school eyes might spot a word they have never heard and we all know that adults never ever use curse words), but most horribly, the firemen in the book burn a bible! Oh the horror!!! And particularly ironic since the main character in the book makes a special effort to save the bible.

The problem started when one kid didn't like what she read, so she was assigned another book. But as is usual with these Christian wackjobs, they are imposing their rigid ignorance on others and insisting that no other kid get a chance to read the masterwork. They can't be content that the kids don't have to read it, they want to censor it so the kids can't read it.

How bout this. If you don't like the book, don't read it, but don't tell me what my kids can't read. I can make that call myself, thank you.

Current Location: cumfy chair
Current Mood: annoyed
Tags: freelink, idiots on the loose, stoopidity

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August 2nd, 2008
09:28 am
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Why is a guy wearing a Blackwater shirt during a DEA bust?
DEA bust of a medical marijuana dispensary, and one of the agents is wearing Blackwater gear???
WTF?

Current Location: cumfy chair
Current Mood: disturbed
Tags: corruption

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July 31st, 2008
06:41 pm
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Third Wacky Theist Story of the Day: A Crucified Plastic Frog is a "Public Obscenity"
Crucified frog sculpture near Pope's summer holiday base provokes protests

Its just a plastic frog people... sorry you find it upsetting, but its not our fault your myth deals with a crucified figurehead...

Current Location: cumfy chair
Current Mood: annoyed
Tags: corruption, idiots on the loose, stoopidity

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05:28 pm
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A good quote
"Every now and then i see a girl so beautiful it ruins my whole day."
--R. Crumb

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Current Mood: amuzed
Current Music: Tiki Avengers Theme

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01:46 pm
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Today's other freelink story: The ongoing stoopidity of crackergate
PZ Meyers has been involved recently in "Crackergate" where he came to be in possession of a stale cracker that some people think is extra special.

Well, now some wacky group of Catholic leaders has written a public letter condemning PZ's actions which PZ posts and criticizes.

The scary part is that this Catholic group seem to think that they are beyond ridicule because they think this cracker has magical properties and that PZ somehow "defamed" it and displayed irreverence towards their beliefs.

The Catholics are compleatly free to believe their cracker is special, but that belief does not mean that anyone else is required to treat the cracker with any more reverence than a stale saltine. And the thought that PZ has to apologize because he treated the cracker like the stale saltine it was is ludicrous.

Your religion is your own delusion, keep it to yourself. And if someone else gets ahold of something you are handing out willy-nilly, but that person doesn't treat it with the same respect as you do, that's really your problem, not theirs.

Keep up the good fight, PZ!

Current Location: wurk
Current Mood: aggravated
Current Music: Chaplin-Infected Mushroom
Tags: freelink, idiots on the loose, stoopidity

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01:32 pm
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Christians demand removal of 'satanic' 10 Commandments
'American Stonehenge' monument draws occult, pagan worshipers

I think I saw this structure once on a trip thru Georgia and remember reading about it once or twice before.

Seems some Christian groups are mobilizing against anyone else posting 10 commandments.
"We have atheists and Satanists getting the Bible's Ten Commandments removed from public property," said Mark Dice, spokesman for the group The Resistance, "yet the satanic Georgia Guidestones have stood for decades, and nobody seems to care. Well, we do."

The problem is, unlike the Christian 10 commandments that keep getting pulled down from public property,
these 10 commandments are a private monument placed on private property and in no way bear an air of official government.

Unfortunately, knowing the types of people these groups attract, the monuments will undoubtedly be the victim of defacement or destruction before too long.

So if you happen to be in the outskirts of Georgia you might want to see these monuments for yourself before some religious nut takes away your freedom to think differently.

Current Location: wurk
Current Mood: annoyed
Current Music: Trance Tuesday #022 - track 3-Tranceportal.org
Tags: freelink, idiots on the loose, stoopidity

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July 29th, 2008
03:33 pm
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Dr Horrible's Sing-Along Blog
If you are one of the half-dozen or so who have not heard of Dr. Horrible, here is your notice:

Go Get and Watch Dr. Horrible!!!

Current Location: wurk
Current Mood: enthralled
Tags: funnee

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July 16th, 2008
11:27 am
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iPhones from the Future!
Time Machine needed

Current Location: wurk
Current Mood: amused
Current Music: Boileroom-Sasha
Tags: funnee

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July 15th, 2008
07:10 pm
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More tales from our culture of insanity/fear: Father chastised for taking pics of his own kids
Pedo-crazed parents call father a "pervert" for photographing his own children at a park

"The children wanted to go on an inflatable slide and I started taking photos of them having a good time. Moments later the woman running the slide told me to stop.

"When I asked why, she told me I could not take pictures of other people’s children. I explained I was only interested in taking photos of my own children and pointed out that this was taking place in a public park.

"I showed her the photos I had taken to prove my point. Then another woman joined in and said her child was also on the slide and did not want me taking pictures of the youngster.


Perhaps we need to just dump some valium in the water mains or something... people really need to chill and get some perspective.

via boingboing

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Current Mood: annoyed
Tags: idiots on the loose, stoopidity

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