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Apple MacBook 2.4GHz 13" Laptop for $850 (after... →
If you’ve been looking to get a Mac laptop, this is the current version of the cheapest MacBook available.
Keep in mind there’s a $105 mail-in rebate, so your initial cost will be $955 (the article also mentions that the unit is supposed to be in stock until October 1 and the rebate expires 9/30. I’m guessing they honor orders placed before 9/30, but that’s definitely...
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Restless Christian: Pulpit Freedom Sunday →
Congress passed a law restricting freedom of speech for clergy, specifically by denying them the ability to:
participate in, or intervene in any political campaign on behalf of, or in opposition
to, any candidate for public office
This law is a requirement for any church which wants to retain its tax exempt status, which previously had been given without any such restrictions.
Now a...
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"Praise undeserved, is satire in disguise." —...
Added Undercover Nun:
Message to those Republicans who thought Stephen Colbert was sincerely praising them, when he answered the question “Do you endorse the Pledge to America?” with “I endorse all Republican policies without question.” — Love, Undercover Nun
This reminded me of The Irony of Satire
Political Ideology and the Motivation to See What You Want to See in...
“When a man walks into a room, he brings his whole life with him.
He has a...”
– Don Draper, Mad Men s04e08, “The Summer Man”
(I had fallen behind on Mad Men. I heard everyone start to rave about how the season had gone, starting with s04e07. It may have started there, but I think this episode was even better.)
Thanks for the new avatar, Steelopus →
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Last.fm? →
I’m probably the last person on earth to join Last.fm but I’m there now so you can stop worrying.
If you are too, please let me know, although I don’t know how much attention I’ll end of giving it.
Also: What do the cool kids use to send their “this is what I’m listening to on iTunes” information to Last.fm for other people to silently judge them?
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WatchColbert testified before House Subcommittee
Wow. Tough room. Apparently they threatened anyone who laughed with having to go work as a migrant field worker.
(5m47s)
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Catholicism and Casinos
This may come as a surprise to those of you not living in Las Vegas, but there are more catholic churches than casinos.
Not surprisingly, some worshipers at Sunday worship services put casino chips, rather than cash, in the offering plate.
Since they get chips from many different casinos, the churches have devised a method to collect the offerings.
The churches send all their collected chips...
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Did you miss Jelisa on Jeopardy?
If so, you have a limited time opportunity to see it here:
http://tntluoma.com/private/J-Money1.m4v (104mb)
http://tntluoma.com/private/J-Money2.m4v (113mb)
These links will disappear in about 13 hours (around noon on Friday, Eastern Time, USA).
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If you don't like all the extra text from reblogs...
Then
try
this.
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ungracefulme asked: OMG What if there WAS a giant sex party and my mom really nailed Steve's or Rachel's or Myriam's mom and WE'RE SIBS AND NEVER KNEW IT. BRB. Gotta go get some DNA.
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“So while America’s Republicans turned ‘climate change’ into a four-letter word —...”
– Thomas L. Friedman’s column is one of today’s NYTimes most-emailed. Here’s more:
“There is really no debate about climate change in China,” said Peggy Liu, chairwoman of the Joint U.S.-China Collaboration on Clean Energy, a nonprofit group working to accelerate the greening of China. “China’s...
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Apparently one of my followers is a Scott Bourne...
Make that “former followers.”
Oops, make that two.
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Exclusive Preview of Angry Birds for Blackberry
Click image below to embiggen.
(hat tip to DaringFireball for the link)
