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Top 10 Banned Books

Comment in News (1 digg, 0 replies) - on 09/29/2008

I am surprised that there is no mention of Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut. It must have narrowly missed the top ten because for a while it seemed like the book Nazis were always trying to get this book out of school libraries and education curriculu … (see comment)

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What, The Daily Show's Not Educational?

Comment in News (4 diggs, 0 replies) - on 09/09/2008

The News Hour with Jim Lehrer is easily the best television news program. Every time I see it come on I think I am going to be bored out of my mind and want to change the channel -- but instead it subtlety sucks me in and I always end up watching the whol … (see comment)

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Want To Go Green? Have Fewer Children

Comment in News (0 diggs, 0 replies) - on 08/28/2008

"Catholics shun birth control." That is a generalization. Not all Catholics shun birth control, it is the institutional Catholic Church that proscribes it. Do you think go-to-mass-every-Sunday Catholics like Michael Moore and Stephen Colbert (who is a … (see comment)

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Postal Service Posts $1.1 billion Loss In 3rd quarter

Comment in News (6 diggs, 1 reply) - on 08/07/2008

Delivery on Sundays? A few years ago the USPS was talking about getting rid of Saturday delivery. (see comment)

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Solar Energy, All Night Long

Comment in News (-1 diggs, 0 replies) - on 08/01/2008

How much energy can be harnessed from clicking a mouse all day at work? (see comment)

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Restaurant Tipping Law To Change

Comment in News (0 diggs, 0 replies) - on 08/01/2008

Sorry. Names must have changed from the script to the movie (or I had a bad source) ... as in the movie the one uttering the lines of Mr. White is actually Mr. Pink ... and Mr. Blonde's lines belong to Mr. White. Here is the scene in the movie: http:// … (see comment)

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Restaurant Tipping Law To Change

Comment in News (-8 diggs, 1 reply) - on 08/01/2008

NICE GUY EDDIE Okay, everybody cough up green for the little lady. Everybody whips out a buck, and throws it on the table. Everybody, that is, except Mr. White. NICE GUY EDDIE C'mon, throw in a buck. MR. WHITE Uh-uh. I don't tip. NICE GUY EDD … (see comment)

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Baseball Physics: Deception and Battered Expectations

Comment in News (0 diggs, 0 replies) - on 07/17/2008

Randy Hundley's view of the knuckleball: "You see the ball and you just know you've got a bead on it, then you swing, and poof, it's not there anymore." (see comment)

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Arizona Law Professor: McCain Not Eligible To Be President

Comment in News (-1 diggs, 0 replies) - on 07/12/2008

Next thing you know they are going to say Arnold Schwarzenegger can't run for U.S. President ... (see comment)

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The Sport with One Rule: No Murder

Comment in News (0 diggs, 2 replies) - on 05/29/2008

How is this sport different from the Ba' in Kirkwall, Scotland? http://www.bagame.com (see comment)

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Home Court Advantage Continues to Dominate the NBA Playoffs

Comment in News (-1 diggs, 0 replies) - on 05/16/2008

Unfortunately, it does add a little bit of a WWE element to the sport. However, the better team, the team that plays better for that game, typically prevails even if they are the away team. It is perhaps because the teams are so evenly matched this year … (see comment)

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Home Court Advantage Continues to Dominate the NBA Playoffs

Comment in News (2 diggs, 3 replies) - on 05/16/2008

Please read the following article: "Why NBA teams can't win on the road" by Bill Reynolds Providence Journal http://www.projo.com/sports/billreynolds/sp_bkn_re ... … (see comment)

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‘Don’t Even Know What to Test For’

Comment in Videos (0 diggs, 0 replies) - on 05/09/2008

Don't you know that suffering is a mystery and a gift? I guess you didn't pay attention in CCD class. (see comment)

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Memory Loss Linked to Short Arms and Legs

Comment in News (0 diggs, 0 replies) - on 05/06/2008

This sounds related to the Barker hypothesis, which points to your health as a fetus and within the first two years of life as having enormous impact on your adult health. I would think that leg length is related to health and nutrition during your growth … (see comment)

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Is there a legal right to be obese?

Comment in News (0 diggs, 0 replies) - on 04/29/2008

You sound like the famous Charles Atlas print ad. (see comment)

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Experts: We're 10 Years Away from Lowering Gas Prices

Comment in News (-1 diggs, 0 replies) - on 04/28/2008

I like how the phrase "exert downward pressure" was used with a story on gas. (see comment)

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'Bee-boy' born in Russian town

Comment in News (2 diggs, 0 replies) - on 04/21/2008

Pravda is probably not the most reliable news source. If you look in the right hand column next to the story you will find: BREAKING NEWS - USA plans to encircle Russia with missiles and radars - Hunger and wars in store for the world -Hugo Chavez goes … (see comment)

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AT&T: Internet To Hit Full Capacity By 2010

Comment in News (-1 diggs, 0 replies) - on 04/19/2008

We need to hop on The Grid. (see comment)

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DNA Tests Free Man of Rape Charges, AFTER 23 years in Prison

Comment in News (1 digg, 0 replies) - on 04/17/2008

The cop was Scott Hornoff of the Warwick, Rhode Island PD. http://www.crimelibrary.com/notorious_murders/not_ ... (see comment)

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Do We Care About Swearing Anymore ??

Comment in News (1 digg, 0 replies) - on 04/14/2008

We have generally become an informal and discourteous society. Not many people hold doors for other people anymore. Most people don't bother to introduce themselves to new neighbors that move into the neighborhood (I'd guess most people probably don't kno … (see comment)

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