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Nuckin' Futs - The JibJab Year in Review
comment posted at 8:22 AM on Dec-13-06

I'm an amendment to be - Yes an amendment to be. And I'm hoping that they'll ratify me. With political pressure towards signing bills becoming more relevant in the Rovian era of politics (example), will we see a shift in Congressional jurisprudence on issues such as Social Security, The War in Iraq (nytimes op-ed reg req), Ethics in the 110th? Perhaps Public Perception has a lot to do with it. Of course, some loopholes couldn't hurt.
comment posted at 6:38 PM on Dec-12-06

The 40 Best Celebrity Rumors Ever --from the editors at Nerve (and maybe nsfw, textwise). Sex, drugs, rock n roll, deaths, more sex, more drugs, etc. Dive in. But be careful. This stuff doesn't wash off.
comment posted at 4:36 PM on Dec-12-06

Pauly Shore has a bad experience on stage in Texas. [video link] NSFW
comment posted at 6:53 AM on Dec-12-06

Elizabeth "Lizzie" Bolden has died at the age of 116. I can only imagine the things that she must have lived & experienced first hand.
comment posted at 6:06 PM on Dec-11-06

Ladies and gentlemen, your bill to impeach President Bush is ready. Introduced by Cynthia McKinney.
comment posted at 10:20 AM on Dec-10-06

BarneyCam! A holiday video about the nation's First Dog, hosted on the official White House web site!
comment posted at 4:28 PM on Dec-8-06

From performing in a concert for Libyan leader Muammar Qadhafi, to serving as background music for the shock-and-awe bombing of Baghdad, Lionel Richie is much beloved throught the Arab world. A Nightline piece, and an upcoming GQ magazine article (via NPR) examine the Lionel of Arabia phenomenon.
comment posted at 6:08 PM on Dec-4-06

TV Land's 100 Greatest Catchphrases
The network will air a countdown special, "The 100 Greatest TV Quotes & Catch Phrases," over five days starting Dec. 11.
comment posted at 1:43 PM on Nov-28-06

But some residents have children serving in Iraq! A homeowners association in Colorado has threatened to fine a resident $25 a day until she removes a Christmas wreath with a peace sign that some say is anti-Iraq war. (picture of offending wreath).

Jeff Heitz, of the association board, sent a letter to Lisa Jensen saying: "Loma Linda residents are offended by the peace sign displayed on the front of your house. ...

Past peace sign overreactions include "'Peace' T-shirt gets man arrested" and "What A Girl Wants poster controversy"... so what's so wrong with peace?
comment posted at 7:23 PM on Nov-27-06

S4 from NY to Seattle.
comment posted at 4:27 PM on Nov-25-06

Israel recognizes same-sex marriages^wn performed abroad. But even heterosexual Israelis are still often forced to marry abroad by Orthodox rabbis. Israel has partialy recognized same sex civil unions since 1994.^wp The Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, Canada, and South Africa are the only other nations to legalize same sex marriage; however, most European nations recognize some form of civil union.^wp

Gay Palestinians often seek refuge in Israel since they may be tortured or killed by the Palestinian Authority; this continues dispite the fact that Jordanian law, as would be applied in the west bank, does not criminalize homosexuality. Israel sadly does not often grant gay Palestinians refugee status, forcing them to remain hidden within Israel.
comment posted at 6:47 PM on Nov-22-06

Babyfrutz is just one of many cute and funny baby videos on youtube.
comment posted at 6:22 AM on Nov-22-06
comment posted at 3:01 PM on Nov-22-06

An official reviewing absentee ballots in Florida (where else?) noticed that it looked like someone had raided an old stamp collection for the postage on one envelope. One stamp was from 1936 and another stamp had an inverted biplane. An authentic "Inverted Jenny" could be worth $150,000, but the ballot and envelope are sealed in a ballot box, which by law, can not be opened for 22 months and then must be destroyed.
comment posted at 8:36 AM on Nov-13-06

George McGovern's plan to stabilize Iraq: Step 1. Leave
comment posted at 7:05 PM on Nov-12-06

RIP, Jack.
comment posted at 3:53 PM on Nov-10-06

Ed Bradley has passed away. We are seriously mourning his loss at NPR. He was the ultimate professional, sharp as a nail, and a damn good friend.
comment posted at 10:49 AM on Nov-9-06

Newsfilter: RUMMY QUITS!! Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld resigns.
comment posted at 11:05 AM on Nov-8-06

It seems that Utah's #1 enemy has been captured. He looks ridiculous baby.
comment posted at 6:41 PM on Nov-6-06

Google shows how Green Party candidates make news Last debate of the campaign took place in Massachusetts today. The candidates were surprisingly bold in their promises to bring commuter rail and economic development to Southeastern Massachusetts. Of course, as you can see from the attached Google news summary, very few of the reporters who attended were interested in the issues. They just wanted to know if Grace Ross, the Green Party candidate, was offended by a radio talk show host calling her a "Fat Lesbian". I was there as she laughed it off, saying that it certainly was no news and that it wasn't up to her to chastise people like the talk show host. I think that it is time for Metafilter users to say, in the words of John F. Kennedy, "Ich Bin Ein Fat Lesbian." Write to the Boston Globe and let them know that you too are a "Fat Lesbian".
comment posted at 5:56 PM on Nov-3-06

Next week in red and blue. Majority Watch uses a new, automated polling technology to track the 60 most competitive House races, displaying them in an interactive map of all the House districts. They are currently predicting 240 Democratic seats, and a solid Democratic trend. Political junkies should also consider Congressional Quarterly's excellent flash-based predictions (211 D, 207 R, 17 too close) and Electoral Vote, which compiles hundreds of House and Senate polls. The Senate is considered a toss-up by both of these sites.
comment posted at 11:10 AM on Nov-1-06

The McDonogh library has no books. The stalls in a girls’ restroom have no doors. Fights break out daily. About 50 students have been suspended; 20 have been recommended for expulsion. Several weeks ago, a teacher was “beaten unmercifully” by a ninth grader enraged at being barred from class because he was late.

The principal, Donald Jackson, estimated that up to a fifth of the 775 students live without parents. “Basically, they are raising themselves, because there is no authority figure in the home,” Mr. Jackson said. “If I call for a parent because I’m having an issue, I may be getting an aunt, who may be at the oldest 20, 21. What type of governance, what type of structure is in the home, if this is the living conditions?”

This is John McDonogh High School in New Orleans.
comment posted at 7:54 AM on Nov-1-06

The Daily Puppy's Halloween Parade 2006. More dogs in costumes. Cats in costumes. Dogs in bee costumes. Hamsters in costumes.
comment posted at 9:04 AM on Oct-31-06

NJ says yes to same-sex marriage! (altho it might not be called that in the end) -- link to pdf of ruling here.
comment posted at 1:49 PM on Oct-25-06

Fantasy Congress lets you build a team of legislators who score points for you by moving legislation through congress.
comment posted at 7:01 AM on Oct-24-06

Ever wondered how your state stacks up? Well, with this nifty tool, you can decide how the next revision should read! Also check out the state-by-state version!
comment posted at 7:46 PM on Oct-23-06

Shaq's Blue Ridge Thunder blunder just raided and attempted to ruin a Virginia farmer's life based on a "mistaken computer IP address". No mention has been made so far in the press beyond a newspaper of the town closest to the mistaken raid.
Blue Ridge Blunder and SHAQ ATTACK.

"On Saturday morning, Sept. 23, 2006, many police vehicles appeared in our driveway. Men in black with flak jackets ran to and around our house. My wife was at home alone. I drove up and asked, “What's going on?” Men ran at me, dropped into shooting position, double-handed semi-automatic pistols pointed at me, and made me put my hands against my truck. I was held at gunpoint, searched, taunted, and led into the house. I had no idea what this was about. I was scared beyond description. I feared there had been a murder and I was a suspect. My wife and I were interrogated about Internet crime. We are not avid computer users; we do not even e-mail. We knew nothing of what they were speaking. After seemingly convincing them of our computer “illiteracy,” we were questioned about our children and made to doubt their innocence. Our home was searched by a para-military search-and-seizure team. Our computers, digital camera, disposable cameras, DVD's, and VHS tapes were seized. We were held in our home under guard for five hours. Our children came home and were also interrogated. It was awful. We were accused of horrible crimes, crimes that even the mention of would ruin our reputations.
comment posted at 7:40 AM on Oct-20-06

The Worst Congress Ever. How our national legislature has become a stable of thieves and perverts -- in five easy steps. By Matt Taibbi. [Via TalkLeft.]
comment posted at 4:51 PM on Oct-18-06

Small Number of Video iPods Shipped With Windows Virus. As you might imagine, we are upset at Windows for not being more hardy against such viruses, and even more upset with ourselves for not catching it. Oops!
comment posted at 6:44 AM on Oct-18-06

America's 10 Dumbest Congressmen. How dumb are they? Bill Frist isn't even on the list.
comment posted at 9:52 AM on Oct-16-06

When Poets Attack Tony Snow denies that the president called him a nut, but now, poet Nikki Giovanni called Ken Blackwell an S.O.B., in quite a public place.
comment posted at 1:51 PM on Oct-15-06

The Shape of a Mother There are a lot of sites out there that document the changes a woman's body goes through during pregnancy. The goal of Shape of a Mother (picture-heavy, NSFW) is to document what also happens afterwards. Women from all over the world submit stories and pictures of how their bodies changed after giving birth and how it affects their self-image. From the site's creator: "It occurred to me that a post-pregnancy body is one of this society's greatest secrets; all we see of the female body is that which is airbrushed and perfect, and if we look any different, we hide it from the light of day in fear of being seen."
comment posted at 3:21 PM on Oct-14-06

"I've seen what happened in Abu Ghraib, and Abu Ghraib was not torture." [brief youtube video, safe for work, only tortured analysis, no actual torture or sex]
"The bottom line was it was sex. . . . It wasn't primarily about torture."
comment posted at 11:01 AM on Oct-13-06

Mark Warner shermans? Who will this leave as the moderate Democratic not-Hillary favorite of the"netroots?"
comment posted at 8:37 AM on Oct-12-06
comment posted at 8:42 AM on Oct-12-06

Plane/Helicopter Crashes into NYC high rise. ???
comment posted at 2:10 PM on Oct-11-06

During the Great Depression, thousands of young people wrote to First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt for help. They asked for clothing, money, and other forms of assistance.
comment posted at 7:31 AM on Oct-4-06

Web discussion forums have some fantastic content. There is an excellent rank-ordered, categorized index of many of them, but the attempts to create a search engine for these forums, akin to that which already exists for the newsgroups, have generally failed. Let's wish Omgili some luck then. Maybe even do so in their forum.
comment posted at 12:37 PM on Sep-25-06

Don't mess with my Citgo sign!
comment posted at 3:45 PM on Sep-24-06

Every episode of the Simpsons.
comment posted at 8:15 PM on Sep-23-06

Folks, the condom broke Friday night and I searched all weekend for someone who could prescribe me EC. It is now Monday and I have to report that I have been unable to find anyone who will write me a fucking prescription for EC. None of the hospitals in the surrounding counties would write it for me. I stopped my search at about 100 miles from my home because my telephone book wouldn't take me out any further than that.

I have been asked about my sexual practices. Whether I'm 'monogamous' or 'in a relationship' if I'm married, if I have kids, how many kids I have, if I was raped or 'traumatized' but there wasn’t' ONE question about my health. Not one. The few places that said that they had a doctor who would occasionally write prescriptions for EC told me that I had to ask for that doctor specifically and then they proceeded to tell me that I would be 'interviewed' to see if I meet that doctors 'criteria' and then they proceeded to ask me all the above questions before telling me that I should 'try anyway' and I 'might be able to talk him into it'.

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comment posted at 3:53 PM on Sep-22-06

"The New York Times" Latin Edition
comment posted at 7:17 AM on Sep-22-06

[O]ne muggy day in mid-August [2002], [Diebold consultant Chris] Hood was surprised to see the president of Diebold's election unit, Bob Urosevich, arrive in Georgia from his headquarters in Texas. With the primaries looming, Urosevich was personally distributing a "patch," a little piece of software designed to correct glitches in the computer program. "We were told that it was intended to fix the clock in the system, which it didn't do," Hood says. "The curious thing is the very swift, covert way this was done. . . . It was an unauthorized patch, and they were trying to keep it secret from the state," Hood told me. "We were told not to talk to county personnel about it. I received instructions directly from Urosevich. It was very unusual that a president of the company would give an order like that and be involved at that level."
- Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Will the Next Election be Hacked?
comment posted at 7:13 AM on Sep-22-06

First blog from space Milestones yet to be reached: First convoluted post about breakup from space; first fringe political views from space; first emo band in space (sponsored by MySpace, natch).
comment posted at 5:40 PM on Sep-20-06

Meet our new Special Envoy to Darfur, where genocide is taking place-- Andrew Natsios--he did a heckuva job at the Big Dig in Boston, and in misunderestimating the costs of Iraq, and --while head of USAid--at refusing funding AIDS drugs in Africa because many Africans 'don't know what Western time is.
comment posted at 9:34 PM on Sep-19-06
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comment posted at 5:51 AM on Sep-20-06

So, exactly how much do Congressional staffers make? What about their bosses? Regardless of amount, some think it's not enough, and some think it's plenty already.
comment posted at 6:05 PM on Sep-19-06