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Praying Muslims Terrify US Airways Flight
Comment in News (17 diggs, 0 replies) - on 11/29/2006
> they basically did everything that security officials look for when trying to indentify terrorists And that's the problem. Security officials are looking for the wrong behaviors. The problem isn't that most terrorists aren't religious, the problem is … (see comment)
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Craigslist wins discriminatory housing ads case, "Whites Only" ok
Comment in News (2 diggs, 0 replies) - on 11/21/2006
It's legal to discriminate against *roommates* for whatever you'd like. There's a famous "lesbian roommate" case that established this precedent: a landlord took a woman as a tenant, he evicted her when he discovered she was a lesbian, she sued and lost … (see comment)
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New Spiderman 3 Trailer
Comment in News (1 digg, 0 replies) - on 11/10/2006
Could be that the report was unconfirmed, and Spider Man was too consumed by his anger and loss, too fixated on revenge, to ask whether he was going after the right person. (Iraq war analogy?) (see comment)
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Vista networking icon pokes fun at Ted Stevens
Comment in News (0 diggs, 1 reply) - on 11/09/2006
I just the other day got, a Windows Longhorn was sent by Bill Gates' staff at 10 o'clock in the morning sometime in 2003 and I just got it January 2007. Why? Because it got tangled up with all these things going on the internet commercially. (see comment)
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Apple ditches "Mac Guy" from Mac commercials
Comment in News (10 diggs, 0 replies) - on 11/08/2006
Fenderline, Rumsfeld, and the Mac Guy. Tough week for losers. (see comment)
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10 Greatest Martial Arts Movies of All Time
Comment in News (2 diggs, 0 replies) - on 11/08/2006
New Legend of Shaolin. Mandatory. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110054/ (see comment)
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John Dvorak: Is Vista a Dead End?
Comment in News (1 digg, 0 replies) - on 11/03/2006
Microsoft abandons Windows? What's Apple going to abandon OSX for, then? http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,1927886,00.asp (see comment)
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Weird Al: White, nerdy, and here to stay
Comment in News (1 digg, 0 replies) - on 10/23/2006
I feel ooooooooooold. (see comment)
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NSFW video on official Smallville website
Comment in News (1 digg, 0 replies) - on 10/18/2006
Oops, the Digg submission script ate my screenshot link: http://pics.livejournal.com/tongodeon/pic/0004s8k2 (see comment)
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World’s worst use of a jpeg.
Comment in News (1 digg, 0 replies) - on 10/13/2006
Let's hope the "bad guys" don't discover: > djpeg -pnm -gray text.jpg | gocr - (see comment)
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Bye, Bye Bill of Rights
Comment in News (1 digg, 0 replies) - on 10/07/2006
It's not shocking or surprising. It was a party-line vote by Republicans and only Republicans, to give a Republican president more power. http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=109&session=2&vote=00259 … (see comment)
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CLAIM: FILTHY FOLEY ONLINE MESSAGES WERE PAGE PRANK GONE AWRY
Comment in News (-4 diggs, 0 replies) - on 10/05/2006
This is just awesome. Not content just to discredit Foley, not content to just discredit the speaker of the house who protected him, Drudge and Limbaugh are moving forward to discredit themselves by pushing crazy conspiracy theories. (see comment)
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CLAIM: FILTHY FOLEY ONLINE MESSAGES WERE PAGE PRANK GONE AWRY
Comment in News (0 diggs, 0 replies) - on 10/05/2006
He's not being blackmailed. It's only blackmail if it's still secret and its release is being threatened. Once secret information is revealed it's either slander/libel or true evidence of wrongdoing. (see comment)
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Why Some Republicans Want to Lose
Comment in News (10 diggs, 0 replies) - on 09/28/2006
"There's no choice for republicans in 2008 but to stick with whatever retard gets the nomination." No, there is. Get active in your party and start nominating good people. Fight against the retards. Vote in your local primary. Consider running for of … (see comment)
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PC Guy from Apple Ads Way Smarter Than Mac Guy
Comment in News (12 diggs, 0 replies) - on 09/28/2006
I love Macs and I'm typing this post on one right now, but the "mac guy" comes off as a total tool. John Hodgman is my hero and intellectual better. (see comment)
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Most Iraqis Favor Immediate U.S. Pullout, Polls Show
Comment in News (1 digg, 0 replies) - on 09/28/2006
"Most Iraqis must be stupid or ignorant if this is true. If US troops pull out, a lot more people will start dying at the hands of these death squads" Most Iraqis back those death squads. Those death squads are run by the Shia majority who control the … (see comment)
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Most Iraqis Favor Immediate U.S. Pullout, Polls Show
Comment in News (2 diggs, 0 replies) - on 09/28/2006
The US is doing some terribly unpopular things which have also been massively counterproductive to our goals, our allies, and our ability to project foreign policy. That's not liberal bias, that's objective reality. Ignoring this reality is conservati … (see comment)
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Proof Spin Works: 42% of Americans Think Bush Controls Oil Prices
Comment in News (0 diggs, 0 replies) - on 09/22/2006
This summer I remember a lot of people from both parties saying "Bush should do something about these high oil prices". I told them that Bush wasn't responsible then and he's not responsible now either. (see comment)
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FOX: Ignore McCain Since He ‘Was So Traumatized’ By P.O.W. Experience
Comment in News (3 diggs, 0 replies) - on 09/20/2006
After checking with my friend the international human rights lawyer I need to correct my own post above, which was both inaccurate and imprecise. I'll just quote what he told me: If we go to war with a non-signatory, their soldiers and civilians are not … (see comment)
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FOX: Ignore McCain Since He ‘Was So Traumatized’ By P.O.W. Experience
Comment in News (5 diggs, 0 replies) - on 09/20/2006
"The Geneva convention governs how *sigantories* of the Geneva convention will behave towards one another's soldiers." No they don't. The Geneva Conventions govern how the signatories behave. Period. The enemy soldier's nation doesn't have to be a sig … (see comment)

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