My favorite finding in this poll of 1,000 British adults on conspiracy theories is the 6% of people who think Microsoft is sending messages via Wingdings. The 3% who think the world is run by dinosaur-like reptiles are clearly just insane. via

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More like this Andrea

I’ve ripped Andrea Mitchell in the past, deservedly so, but credit where credit’s due, she’s good here:

Now was that so hard? Keep it up Andrea.
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Shafer’s bizarre charge of hypocrisy

I have less then no desire to talk about National Enquirers’ “story” on John Edwards and his supposed mistress (no I’m not going to link to it but some quick Googling will get you to it). I, like many, think its probably a bunch of crap and certainly hope thats the case. Having said that, [...]

Weirdest 23 minute video you’ll watch today

Food Party THIRD eggisode from Thu Tran on Vimeo.
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“Google bombing” might be dead. Except maybe not?

Watchmen trailer

Pretty tight, and loving the old school Smashing Pumpkins soundtrack. The director is the same guy who did 300. I think I’m a fan. The trailer is good enough that I think I’m going to go buy Watchmen at Barnes and Noble. I’m familiar with it but have never really been into graphic novels. After [...]

Feist, the Sesame Street remix

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Jane Hamsher announces that FireDogLake is going to have a user diary section, called Oxdown Gazette. Thats cool but honestly I’m more interested in the custom WordPress install they are going to use to power it.

Sweet, I can be buried there after all

As someone who’s Jewish and has tattoo’s I’ve often heard the saying that Jew’s with tattoos (hey that rhymes) can’t be buried in Jewish cemeteries. The Times though did some investigating (via) and it turns out thats basically not true, and never has been:

But the edict isn’t true. The eight rabbinical scholars interviewed for this [...]

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