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Bush Admits Ordering NSA Eavesdropping

Posted in Politics Dec 17, 2005 by jake_lex

In a live radio address this morning, President Bush admitted that he did indeed approve the use of NSA wiretaps and surveillance against Americans. To...

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A Cheap Holiday In Other People's Misery

Posted in Culture Dec 16, 2005 by jake_lex

A New Orleans tour company is offering guided tours of the most severely damaged...

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European Investigators Find Evidence of Secret US Prisons in Europe

Posted in Politics Dec 14, 2005 by jake_lex

An investigation led by a Swiss senator has found evidence that the United States illegally held terrorism suspects in secret prisons in Europe, then shipped...

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More People Pissed at Tivo

Posted in Geek Dec 10, 2005 by jake_lex

A possible application for the Tivo brand of video recorders has spurred a threat of legal action even before it hits the market. In this case, it's NBC...

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Intelligent Design Not Gaining Acceptance?

Posted in Politics Dec 4, 2005 by jake_lex

While the whole "Intelligent Design" thing seems to be convincing to rubes on the Kansas State Board of Education, as a whole it appears that it's not capturing...

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A Different Kind of Car Plant Shutdown

Posted in Politics Dec 3, 2005 by jake_lex

When General Motors launched their Saturn car line in the '90s, they touted it as a "different kind of car company." GM promised that Saturn would use...

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Black Pearls, Zorro, And Lobster Fucking

Posted in Culture Nov 28, 2005 by jake_lex

The nominees for the annual Bad Sex in Fiction award are...

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Sorry, Dubya, We Might Not Get To Go to the Moon After All

Posted in Politics Nov 25, 2005 by jake_lex

Astronomical deficits (get it, astronomical?) might spell an end to the ambitious initiatives to send manned flights to the Moon and/or Mars that George...

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When It Comes To Woodward, Follow The Bullshit

Posted in Politics Nov 21, 2005 by jake_lex

Deborah Howell, ombudsman for the Washington Post, used her Sunday...

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Goodnight Moon, Get Rid of that Fucking Cigarette

Posted in Culture Nov 20, 2005 by jake_lex

Since its publication, the children's book "Goodnight Moon" (spoiler alert: the kid says good night to the moon) has included a photograph of the illustrator...

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Sony Fucks Up Yet Another Way In DRM Debacle

Posted in Geek Nov 18, 2005 by jake_lex

OK, so let's see if I have the list of all the fuck-ups Sony pulled in this whole deal about their DRM software: first, they put a copy-protection program...

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Dumb Ringers

Posted in Culture Nov 14, 2005 by jake_lex

You know, we've all probably thought, "Damn, it would be fun to have an identical twin." (This, of course, does not apply if you are indeed half of a pair...

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Back to Prison for Exonerated Man?

Posted in Culture Nov 11, 2005 by jake_lex

A man recently exonerated of rape charges after spending nearly 18 years in jail is back in trouble after human remains were found on a salvage yard belonging...

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Frist: Who Ratted Out Our Secret Prisons?

Posted in Politics Nov 10, 2005 by jake_lex

A story appeared in the Washington Post Nov. 2nd about a...

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Red Hot Lesbian Cheerleader Action!

Posted in Culture Nov 8, 2005 by jake_lex

One of the things people say about porn is that it's unrealistic, full of things that would never happen in real life. Well, early Sunday morning at a...

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Bush To States: You Figure Out How To Pay for the Flu

Posted in Politics Nov 6, 2005 by jake_lex

See if this sounds familiar: George W. Bush announces a huge initiative to combat a threat facing the country. The plan involves making significant use...

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Clowns To The Left Of Me, Jokers To The Right, Here I Am, Stuck On The Crapper By Glue

Posted in Culture Nov 4, 2005 by jake_lex

Talk about a shitty trip to Home Depot: Bob Doughtery, 57, of Denver, CO, is suing Home Depot because his...

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Ford Motor Company to Workers: Piss On Your Own Time, Peons

Posted in Culture Oct 27, 2005 by jake_lex

Management of the Ford Motor Company's Michigan Truck Plant has issued a memo directing supervisors to keep track of the...

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Ancient Greek Creates Death Ray From Beyond Grave!

Posted in Geek Oct 24, 2005 by jake_lex

According to ancient legend, the Greek mathematician Archimedes (who came up with something or another; maybe he's the first guy who wrote the multiplication...

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