August 2010
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The United States of America; Marry Your Cousin →
Marry your cousin. Seriously.
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Huge Ice Island Could Pose Threat To Oil, Shipping →
Apparently the seas could be rising about 20ft soon. A 100-square- mile island made of ice has broken off from Greenland, and is floating across the Atlantic. And it may wreak havoc.
An island of…
May 2010
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Weekly News for 2010-05-09 →
Weekly News for 2010-05-02 http://bit.ly/cFtmDQ #
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Weekly News for 2010-05-02 →
Five Problems Destroying Our Oceans: #1 http://bit.ly/cjQ8O0 #
KFC Fried Chick Double Down (with extra Colonel’s Sauce) & Krispy Kreme Glazed Doughnut http://bit.ly/a23aEJ #
April 2010
9 posts
Five Problems Destroying Our Oceans: #1 →
Garbage
This one is the most obvious. It’s astounding how much of our trash finds its way into the ocean. Animals become easily entangled and trapped in our garbage, and it can destroy…
KFC Fried Chick Double Down (with extra Colonel’s... →
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Weekly News for 2010-04-18 →
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Weekly News for 2010-04-11 →
The Perfect First Date http://bit.ly/a9b9ec #
Five Problems Destroying Our Oceans: #2 http://bit.ly/dkq1GJ #
Collateral Murder http://bit.ly/cJGVGJ #
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The Perfect First Date →
Bacon roses and peep sushi! nom nom nom…
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Five Problems Destroying Our Oceans: #2 →
Mercury Pollution
Scientists report that our ocean’s mercury levels have risen over 30% the last 20 years, and will increase another 50% in the next few decades. Emissions from coal…
Collateral Murder →
WikiLeaks has released a classified US military video depicting the indiscriminate slaying of over a dozen people in the Iraqi suburb of New Baghdad — including two Reuters news staff. Reuters has…
White Supremacists Say Leader’s Slaying Was... →
VENTERSDORP, South Africa — Followers of one of South Africa’s most notorious white supremacists cast his death as a rallying point for their cause Sunday, with one top member claiming his brutal…
Weekly News for 2010-04-04 →
Five Problems Destroying Our Oceans: #3 http://bit.ly/ba22VI #
Scarface School Play http://bit.ly/ceYEKT #
Five Problems Destroying Our Oceans: #4 …
March 2010
18 posts
Five Problems Destroying Our Oceans: #3 →
Overfishing
Many marine scientists consider overfishing to be the worst impact humans are having on the oceans. The Food and Agriculture Organization estimates that over 70% of the…
Scarface School Play →
Preschoolers? Honestly? These parents need serious help. It is brilliant though. Bravo director!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uovMpapeCJQ
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Five Problems Destroying Our Oceans: #4 →
Acidification
The ocean absorbs as much as one third of the CO2 emitted worldwide, which keeps us cooler but makes the ocean surface much more acidic. This has the effect of limiting…
Bush Scared of Germs →
George W is back in the news! This one is a gem: A video has caught Bush wiping his hand on Clinton’s shirt after shaking hands with a Haitian while he was there in relief efforts. I can’t say I’m…
Five Problems Destroying Our Oceans: #5 →
Dead Zones
Dead zones are areas where the sea floor has little to no dissolved oxygen. These areas are often found at the mouths of large rivers, and are caused primarily by…
News for 2010-03-28 →
Wal-Mart Customers Experiences Racial Discrimination : Attention all Wal-Mart shoppers:
WASHINGTON… http://bit.ly/a1ApE5 #
His face is rather appropriate—because Pete has been arrested….
Blog Birthday! And Other Misc News →
Today is This Is Why We Fail’s one year blog birthday! Hooray!
Moving on… We are now utilizing a brand new backend system, independent from Tumblr. I’d like to thank Tumblr for being such a…
North Korea fears 2012 disaster film →
Just when you thought North Korea had decided to keep its big mouth shut about numerous absurdities, this story breaks. I have no doubts that you’ll thoroughly enjoy this one. I can’t wait for the…
mrs spencer pratt →
When you take a glance at this photo, tell me you don’t see a woman attempting to be a man. maybe a young ellen degeneres. after all, spencer did date heidi montag–it sort of makes sense in some…
Bacon Turtles! →
look at these delicious little beasts. definitely dont want to hit one of these with your car–you’d just be wasting a life-threatening snack.
Bacon Turtles! →
Tiger Woods XXX 3 →
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Wal-Mart Customers Experience Racial... →
Attention all Wal-Mart shoppers:
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, N.J. — A 16-year-old boy who police said made an announcement at Walmart ordering all black people in a southern New Jersey store to leave was charged with harassment and bias intimidation, authorities said Saturday.
The boy, whose name is not being released because he is a juvenile, grabbed one of the courtesy phones at Walmart’s...
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Common weedkiller turns male frogs into females →
Ever seen a dude turn into a chick?
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Atrazine, one of the most commonly used and controversial weedkillers, can turn male frogs into females, researchers reported on Monday.
The experiment is the first to show such complete effects of atrazine, which had been known to disrupt hormones and which is one of the chief suspects in the decline of amphibians such as frogs around...
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February 2010
5 posts
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dear readers
im sorry i have been such a ghost lately. ive been busy recording/rehearsing with my band and building a website. i have not died or disappeared completely. here is something to quench your thirst for failure…
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Palin One-Ups Herself
Sarah Palin has gone and outdone even herself at the Tea Party convention. Here’s a photo taken during a speech in which she mocked President Obama for his use of a teleprompter, which reveals several notes written on her left hand.
Take a closer look:
Well played, Quitter Palin.
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Pope Benedict criticises UK equality legislation →
Pope Benedict has criticised the Equality Bill, currently going through Parliament, claiming it ‘violates the natural law’.
Church leaders are said to be worried that the bill might expose them to legal challenges if they refuse to employ openly gay people or transsexuals.
The Pope has confirmed that he will visit Britain later this year - the first papal visit to the UK since John...
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Republicans: A Recent Polling
I’ve been criticized about how liberally this blog positions itself, or how one-sided it is. I wish I could say that those complaints apply to this story, but the pure fact that this story and these numbers are true—casts all doubt aside about the majority of the republican movement. Hopefully, not all conservatives are a part of this ‘comic relief’. A new Daily...
January 2010
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WatchWatch this interview—the failure that is Heidi Montag
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“This is the first time I have been cheated on (to my knowledge) and man, it...”
– Jake Pavelka, The Bachelor
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Is It This Easy to Pull Straight Nude Pics From... →
The Drudge Report has an image of a woman from an airport scanner up right now. It’s scandalous enough as is, but it’s shockingly easy to make it look even more like a normal nude photograph.
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Conservatives damning Avatar as leftist propaganda
Conservative critics have begun a new chapter in film review: Ignoring the merits of a great film and ridiculing the incidental political landscape of the film itself. According to the Los Angeles Times, right-wing commentators have been lining up to slam Cameron’s film as a soiled, suspect product of Obama’s America. Have they forgotten that Avatar has been in the making for past 4...
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December 2009
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Man Arrested for DWI on Snowmobile on Hwy 169 →
stuffaboutminneapolis:
A man who’s been convicted of six DWIs has been arrested again, this time for allegedly driving drunk on a snowmobile.
State police arrested 50-year-old Brian Holmstrom after he got stuck in the snow on Highway 169 in Shakopee on Christmas Eve morning.
It was just before 8 a.m. when a trooper tried to help, only to smell alcohol.
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“Bush-era Democrats weren’t nearly as determined to frustrate the majority party,...”
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Student Killed By Exploding Chewing Gum →
A 25-year-old student in the Ukraine has been killed by an exploding stick of chewing gum, according to the Russian news agency Ria Novosti.
The student, who attended Ukraine’s Kiev Polytechnic Institute and remains unidentified, was apparently working at his parents’ house when the incident occurred.
“A loud pop was heard from the student’s room,” a police...