Has the web become boring?
(NYT link, registration required) With the demise of the Cool Site of the Day and the transition of MetaFilter to NewsFilter, the question is posed: Where have all the interesting sites gone? Is this...
View ArticleSuicide by McDonalds
-- Frank Nastasi was depressed and wanted to kill himself May 15 when he accelerated his Cadillac DeVille to 95 to 100 mph and aimed for the McDonalds at the end of the road. Nastasi survived the...
View Article2" GI Joe Rifle Confiscated in Airport Security Crackdown
Airport security staff confiscated a TWO-INCH plastic gun from a toy soldier. "They examined the toy as if it was going to shoot them . . . Then they asked me if there were toy grenades as well. I...
View ArticleNo Child Left Behind?
States dumb down tests to avoid losing federal education funding.
View ArticleTampering with democracy
Diebold Election Systems makes electronic voting machines being installed throughout the US. The problem? The systems contain serious security flaws that could possibly have been the reason for major...
View ArticleStrom's Jeffersonian Connection
Everyone's favorite segregationist dixiecrat had an out-of-wedlock, mixed-race daughter that he "provided financial support" to from 1941 on. The mind boggles how, at any moment in the last 60 years,...
View ArticleA vote for Bush is a vote for terrorism
A statement sent to the Arabic language daily al-Hayat by the terrorist group Abu Hafs al-Masri Brigades said it supported President Bush in his reelection campaign, and would prefer him to win in...
View ArticleGet 'em while they're hot
"Everyone's talking about Gmail, but it's still only a handful of lucky ducks who have snagged an account. And while the rest of us go hungry, you can be sure that the best email addresses are being...
View ArticleBig Dick Cheney
Upon closer inspection, it seems the vice president’s smile was not his biggest, ahem, asset. Is that what we think it is?
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