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The Dread is worse than the Pain
An interesting study…the brain can be much more painful than pain itself…. cd It found that among 32 volunteers who agreed to have a series of shocks to the foot,…
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Do you like to Party?
This looks pretty cool. Jason in Arizona sent me this link hoping that Mink Hippie and I would write about some of our burning man experiences last year or maybe…
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Recipe for virility: visit the Asadachi
Someone sent me this video clip of what appeared to be a sushi bar. The sushi was quite unlike any I had ever seen, though. Apparently, all the house specialties…
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China Makes Artificial Rain for Beijing
This might seem at first glance to be just a simple story, but if you take a moment to think about it further, it raises some very interesting questions….things like…
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Schools battle toilet trespassers
Latrines are a big deal in public health – keeping poop from spreading around a community massively decreases illness and death (particularly among children). So, my first reaction to this…
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Memorial Cost at Ground Zero Nears $1 Billion – New York Times
What?!? One BILLION dollars?!? Now don’t get me wrong – the WTC disaster was a horrible tragedy and I have no objection to a memorial for the thousands of people…
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Kinky Kim rules in North Korea
Thanks, Huffpo. Albright also appeared on the Daily Show two nights ago to promote her book. She described a conference which she attended at the White House, ostensibly called by…
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Democracy Now! | Stephen Colbert's Blistering Performance Mocking Bush and the Press Goes Ignored by the Media
Steven Colbert is a God! The democracy now link is below and at the top of the page you’ll find the links to streaming video of the event…This guy has…
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Independent Online Edition > Asia
I don’t know who to feel worse for the men who are retiring to get dumped or the women that feel compelled ot dump them….keep in mind, as Mink Hippie…
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Creators of TV's Lost meld Television and Literature
Okay….I have to admit to really liking this twisting of reality. Now, I’ve only seen the first season of lost. I am waiting for the second season to come out…
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Providing a Plaintive Voice For the World AIDS Epidemic
NPR often airs excerpts from the Radio Diaries project. I heard Thembi Ngubane’s Radio Diary on All Things Considered on 19 April and I cried. She is articulate and likable…
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8.1 Quake Shakes the Pacific, Tsunami Warning for Islands
Not surprising that the radio this morning was going crazy about the potential Tsunami which would have the first waves hitting Hawai’i at about 11:30 am PST. The excitement wasn’t…
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Couple, 33 and 104, Tie the hitch.
Isn’t there a movie about this? There should be… cd KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – A 33-year-old man in northern Malaysia has married a 104-year-old woman, saying mutual respect and friendship…
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Mexico's Fox to OK drug decriminalization law
I think it is great the Mexico is willing to so clearly tell the US where to shove it’s impossible and insane drug war…. cd Mexico’s president will approve a…
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Reuters AlertNet – Jailed Mexican drug lord throws huge kids party
I’m loving Mexico more and more. The place where druglords throw huge parties for children. I want to be Mexican. I wonder if they will let me emigrate? cd Reuters…
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'Longest' bra chain goes up in Cyprus April 30
56 miles of bras! NICOSIA (Reuters) – Women on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus say they are poised to create the world’s longest chain of up to 100,000 bras to…
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Dead dolphins found in Zanzibar
A friend of mine just bought a backpackers’ hostel in Zanzibar. It looks like just about one of the most gorgeous places on earth and I can’t wait to visit.…
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Bush pans Spanish Star Spangled Banner
This is the most ridiculous thing ever!!! Can you believe these guys push all this patriotic bullshit on all of us Americans, no matter what language we speak, and then…
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Mexico to decriminalize pot
North America is suddenly becoming a much cooler continent. It’s like a constant struglle between the red states and everything that surrounds them. Canadian, Mexican, and Blue States Rally, we…
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Cruelty to Lobsters
It’s a good thing the animal rights lovers didn’t have dinner with me and Mink Hippie on my birthday. She took me to an incredible fukn sushi place that had…
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New York Killers, and Those Killed, by Numbers – New York Times
About 70% of murders get solved. Killings are most likely to happen outdoors between 1 and 2 AM.  Mosts murderers and victims know each other, but instances of stranger…
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For bloody shnizzle, my pizzle!
Snoop uses the car company I drive for on occaision. There is a funny story of how he and one of our drivers, an older woman, became pretty good friends…
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'Lost' actress opts for jail time over community service
She doesn’t look very sorry, does she? (BTW sorry for the screwed up formatting on my posts this week – I’m in Atlanta and having trouble with this !@#$! computer….)…
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Police hunt Leone 'killer chimps'
The alpha-male, Bruno, who led the attack threw stones at me when I visted the sanctuary! Of course, the Pakistani UN soldiers that were also visiting were taunting the chimps……
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785 Billion Dollars in Estimated Insurance Claims
I was working today as a driver and my last client was a guy that forgot his coat at the airport on the Island of Lanai. They were kind enough…
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