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BigPapaSmurf
SFN Die Hard
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 Posted - 02/14/2005 : 09:52:13
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www.NewsoftheWeird.com
A team from Duke University found that the male monkey will forgo his own rewards (juice) in exchange for being permitted to view pictures of female monkeys' bottoms. [LiveScience.com, 1-28-05]
In a January CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll, in answer to the question whether President Bush is a "uniter" or a "divider," exactly 49 percent of Americans said he was a uniter, and exactly 49 percent said he was a divider. [CNN, 1-19-05]
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"...things I have neither seen nor experienced nor heard tell of from anybody else; things, what is more, that do not in fact exist and could not ever exist at all. So my readers must not believe a word I say." -Lucian on his book True History
"...They accept such things on faith alone, without any evidence. So if a fraudulent and cunning person who knows how to take advantage of a situation comes among them, he can make himself rich in a short time." -Lucian critical of early Christians c.166 AD From his book, De Morte Peregrini |
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Gorgo
SFN Die Hard
USA
5310 Posts |
Posted - 02/14/2005 : 11:15:07 [Permalink]
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Great!
http://www.newsoftheweird.com/archive/index.html
'Recurring Themes
"I don't think I've done more than two days' work in three years," said the New York Liquor Authority's director of wholesale services, Patricia Freund, explaining to the New York Post in December that she is another example of how bureaucracies deal with "problem" workers who are hard to fire. Freund was exiled to an office with no work and no responsibilities (though continuing to draw her $82,000 salary), which she said was in retaliation for raising a stink about Gov. George Pataki's Christian prayer breakfasts and Jesus-laden mementoes, which she said was discriminatory toward Jewish employees, such as her. [New York Post, 12-28-04]'
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I know the rent is in arrears
The dog has not been fed in years
It's even worse than it appears
But it's alright-
Jerry Garcia
Robert Hunter
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
14408 Posts |
Posted - 02/14/2005 : 14:51:54 [Permalink]
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From the Daily Rotton:
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The eve of the Roman feast of Lupercalia. Naked youths would run through Rome, anointed with the blood of sacrificed dogs and goats, waving thongs cut from the goats. If a young woman was struck by the thong, fertility was assured. Pope Gelasius I decided this was a bit too much, and co-opted the Roman holiday to be the Feast of St. Valentine in 484 A.D.
And our Republican cretins in action:
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Washington -- Scientists in the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service say they've been forced to alter or withhold findings that would have led to greater protections for endangered species, according to a survey released Wednesday by two environmental groups.
The scientists charge that top regional and national officials in the agency suppressed scientific information to avoid confrontations with industry groups or to follow the Bush administration's political policies.
And for the fight fans:
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Zambian boxing fans not fooled by ridiculous bullshit
Independent | Submitted by: Reid Fleming
"A Congolese boxer has been accused of using black magic to overpower his opponent and weaken the referee during a grudge match in Zambia. Lubandi Mamba Mulozi, a champion fighter from the Katanga province of the Democratic Republic of Congo, walked into the ring covered in white powder and carrying charms... The fight was finally stopped when a referee collapsed and had to be carried from the ring. The Zambian officials who stopped the fight said: 'It is believed that magic was used - we are supposed to protect life.' But Mr Mulozi insisted he had not used any black magic, only 'his own powers' and demanded a rematch to give him a chance to avenge his brother, who broke his collar bone in a boxing match against [Willie Nkandu] in 1996. Before the fight, Mr Mulozi had said he wanted to bring a coffin to Zambia to take home Mr Nkandu's body after the fight, but could not find a way to carry it from his home in Congo to Zambia. The crowd, many of whom had bet on the outcome of the match, were unimpressed with the antics and accused both fighters and the referees of having fixed the match."
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"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
"The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude
Brother Boot Knife of Warm Humanitarianism,
and Crypto-Communist! 
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