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February 2008
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Take That, Prius! Here Are Some Extreme Green Cars [Novelties]
From Jalopnik | February 22, 2008These cars are so green they're covered in grass. Well, fake grass, anyhow. Some kind of Astroturf. We're not sure why these people are covering... more
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Sweded!
From The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan | February 22, 2008by Peter Suderman As I predicted in my review, it looks like a number of high-profile critics weren't too kind to Be Kind Rewind (if only... more
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Elementary, My Dear Watson
From Extreme Mortman | February 22, 2008Hillary Clinton said this about Barack Obama last night: “And there are differences between our records and our accomplishments. I have... more
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Amusing hand-faces
From Boing Boing | February 22, 2008From the May, 1933 ish of Popular Science: a bunch of amusing faces you can make by arranging your hands just so, while clutching various... more
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GM Readying MINI Fighter?
From The Truth About Cars | February 22, 2008Auto Motor und Sport (AMuS) has it from "well informed circles" that GM is working on not one but two more versions of the new Saab... more
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Wake-up call gets a substantive riposte
| February 22, 2008
From Los Angeles TimesFacing what many view as a dream candidate, Hillary Rodham Clinton set out Thursday night to prove the point -- that Barack Obama is just... more
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eBay Auction of the Day: 1966 Vespa
From Winding Road | February 21, 2008This amusing eBay Motors auction is for a 1966 Vespa (Piaggio?), complete with a really sweet little sidecar, and rendered in faux Military... more
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Nick Antosca: Where Do Writers Send Their Political Contributions?
From The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com | February 21, 2008[First posted here.] Writers are generally a destitute bunch, but there are some exceptions. I amused myself earlier today by looking a bunch... more
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My Dad is Better on Taxes Than Your Dad
From The Corner | February 20, 2008Over at AmSpec, Jeremy Lott has a pretty amusing suggestion about who to vote for to ensure that conservative principles return to the White... more
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Latest From The Department of Hotels And Urban Destruction
From Extreme Mortman | February 20, 2008As a former HUD staffer, we were quite amused to read this in Al Kamen’s column today: Yes, it’s the beautifully designed photo... more
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Fawlty Claims
From The Corner | February 19, 2008That 'Revocation of Independence' letter making the rounds is not really from John Cleese. But it's still amusing people -- even having made... more
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Damon Wayans debuts on the Web
Damon Wayans' new Web comedy channel, WayOutTV, is rolling out its initial slate of videos, with a little PR wattage from YouTube, which is... more
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Obama Camp Lowers Wisconsin Expectations
From The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com | February 18, 2008The Obama campaign took concrete steps to lower expectations for their candidate in tomorrow's primary in Wisconsin. On a conference call... more
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'Trust Us, We're Experts!': Monica Crowley On Maggie Williams
From The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com | February 17, 2008A mighty tip of the hat to HuffPo commenter "StillAmused" who made certain I took note of this hilariously awesome moment on today's The McLaughlin... more
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Every contestant had a prayer
| February 15, 2008 From Los Angeles TimesChristians never do pop culture right. Their rock songs are clogged with nature metaphors, their video games are too soft, their Orlando... more
