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Monthly Archives: October 2005
Schoolyard Bully Pulpit
In our continuing effort to contribute to running the NYT “Tough Shit” editorial blockade, we respectfully present: Schoolyard Bully Diplomacy The New York Times October 16, 2005 Op-Ed Columnist By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF NIAMEY, NigerThis is a land of thatch-roof … Continue reading
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WIKI Welcome in Boston
Wiki‘s are wicked cool. What at first seemed to us like a gimmick or a cute toy, has proven to be a brainstorm of elegant simplicity. Ever since the first Killer WIKI, Wikipedia, reached critical mass several years ago (somewhere … Continue reading
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Beer Pong National Campus Rage
The bar is packed, the floor is wet, and dozens of glassy-eyed young people are squeezed around tables trying to lob Ping-Pong balls into cups of beer. It is the final round of a beer pong championship, sponsored by a … Continue reading
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Iraqi Voters in Dark on Election Eve
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) – Insurgents sabotaged power lines Friday, plunging the capital into darkness and cutting off water supplies on the eve of a landmark vote on a constitution that would define democracy in Iraq. The charter – hammered out … Continue reading
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South Central Nude Disco Exposed
HUNDREDS of clubbers are descending on the country’s only nude disco every Saturday night. The craze for letting it all hang out on the dancefloor is pulling in punters to South Central in Kennington Lane. Clubbers have to wear shoes … Continue reading
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Signs of the Apocolypse #76
A cat in Dobson, N.C., is believed to be the only cat in the world with two tongues, according to a Local 6 News report. The cat, named Five Toes, was born with two tongues and five toes on each … Continue reading
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Bush Blinks While America Sinks
In a number of interviews recontly, President Bush has seemed unusually ill at ease, licking his lips, shifting his weight, hesitating in his answers, and blinking, blinking, blinking… Bush blinks twice. He touches his tongue to his lips. He blinks … Continue reading
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Can’t Keep a Good Drug Down
Drinking and smoking — a match, apparently, made in heaven, but not heavily advertised by world religions — is about to experience a new, post-prohibitive reincarnation in the shape of NicoShot, a nicotine-laced beer. A German beer producer, Nautilus, has … Continue reading
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Middle East Immigrant Robs Bank in Austria
A bank robber dressed as an Egyptian mummy staged a successful raid on a bank in Vienna. The bandage-clad robber walked into a bank in the Austrian capital and stood in line waiting to be served. He then passed the … Continue reading
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We Can Beat That With Our Eyes Shut
A blind father of two has claimed a new world land speed record by reaching 167.32mph in a specially-made BMW M5. Mike Newman, 43, from Sale, Cheshire, was hoping to become the first blind person to break the 200mph barrier. … Continue reading
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Burn Incense and You Won’t Notice the Smell
A German architect has filed an application for a new type of cement made of dog poo. Friedrich Lentze, 57, from Berlin, applied for a patent for his "odourless heating and building material" made from the dog poo cleaned from … Continue reading
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