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Mon March 22, 2010

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(Some Guy)

Photoshop this extraordinary eye (animalpicture.ru) (28)

(Some Guy)

A Fark/Reddit Party in Armenia? Sure, why the hell not? (armeniadiaspora.com) (37)

Meet the amazing Lego king who has much, MUCH more free time on his hands than you (thesun.co.uk) (19)

(Some Guy)

New Jersey legislation seeks to redefine "smoking" as "inhaling/exhaling smoke or any other substance or vapor that can be inhaled and exhaled". What could possibly go wrong? (tobacco-facts.net) (56)

It was a tough few years, but in 2010 Phoenix Police can afford to fly their surveillance jets again, so they just bought another one for $4M. WTF? Why do the police need a jet that can cross the city in two minutes? (azcentral.com) (57)

(San Luis Obispo Tribune)

Former 1st Lieutenant in the Marines during WWII passes away at the age of 93. She was also a Hollywood dancer, college professor, Amazonian explorer, award-winning photographer, and loving mother. They don't make 'em like her anymore (legacy.com) (77)

Sun March 21, 2010

(Some Dinosaur)

Murderous editors, billionaires paying off underage prostitutes with cocaine, ties to the Church of Satan and illegal predatory pricing schemes: just another day in the San Francisco alternative newspaper business (thestranger.com) (45)

Over 250 exotic birds die in blaze at Las Vegas nature preserve. Firefighters responded to the scene with gallons of bleu cheese and ranch sauce dip, celery sticks, and pitchers of beer (msnbc.msn.com) (31)

Thieves fly coop after robbin' 150 birdhouses. Crooks watched prey like a hawk, may have hatched plot or just winged it on a lark, ducking in to snipe goods. Cops swallow pride, tern to Elliott Nest for flicker of hope, swift arrest (helenair.com) (23)

McDonald's in Washington, DC receives order for 212 waaaamburgers with 212 sides of french cries (msnbc.msn.com) (lots)

Acupuncture may be useful in treating joint destruction, multi-organ failure, flesh-eating disease, and paralysis. And by "treating" I mean "causing" (news.bbc.co.uk) (64)

Photoshop these spotters (spiegel.de) (26)

(randi.org)

Skeptic extraordinaire and scientific investigator "The Amazing Randi" comes out of the closet. I'll be in debunk (randi.org) (129)

Two religious figures missing from their graves. Is it Easter already? (news.bbc.co.uk) (15)

The RCMP are unhappy with the Olympics Closing Ceremony's depiction of Mounties as people who put on women's clothing and hang around in bars (cbc.ca) (31)

Six baffling mistakes criminals apparently make all the time (cracked.com) (28)

"Calm has returned to a northeastern B.C. school after a police investigation revealed that an alarming letter posted throughout the school was actually a student's English assignment" (vancouversun.com) (9)

Blogger documents rural Japan's population decline and imminent decay with striking photographs of abandoned cities, drab farms, and crumbling structures that make Youngstown, Gary, and Detroit look cheerful (guardian.co.uk) (30)

Man brags to cop about $230,000 that was mysteriously deposited in his bank account, ends up getting not-so-mysteriously deposited in jail (consumerist.com) (18)

(KCCI)

Officer pulls over mother for unrestrained child in car, upon hearing she does not have a child seat for her 80-mile trip home does he: a) give her a ticket, b) arrest her, or c) drive to the local Wal-Mart and spend $60 to buy her a child seat? (kcci.com) (49)

Old and busted: new math. The new hotness: new geography (news.com.au) (36)

"I heard a woman shouting behind me that a little boy was driving. I could just see a pair of tiny eyes above the dashboard... But for a five-year-old he had actually driven quite well" (mirror.co.uk) (22)

Canadian flyer, downed, crash-lands at Bolling Air Force Base. One injured (washingtonpost.com) (42)

Ben Folds one-ups the Chatroulette Piano Improv guy by doing it live with two thousand people in the audience (youtube.com) (98)

Many people welcome the arrival of spring in many different ways. For instance, the people of Annapolis, Maryland welcome spring by torching socks (upi.com) (9)

When installing 20 wind farms, "checking that the sites are windy" is the first step, not the last (dailymail.co.uk) (90)

Grandpa was right: they're all crooks and your doctor IS trying to kill you. ""The great majority of doctors have no idea; they don't even understand the distinction between on- and off-labeling." (washingtonpost.com) (226)

(MOBA)

There's actually a Museum Of Bad Art and as luck would have it, their collection is browsable online (museumofbadart.org) (147)

(Some Guy)

Comic-Con could be threatened by: A)Too many geeks dressed as furries, B) Protestors who hate Star Wars fanatics, or C) Al Gore? (fearnet.com) (98)

Royal Navy sailors begin campaign for new carrier HMS Prince of Wales to be renamed HMS Ark Royal. HMS Ark Royal 300+ years of kicking ass and taking names (timesonline.co.uk) (114)

U.S. Customs and Border Protection wants to spend $8 million to enlarge and update port of entry in Forest City Maine, which is mostly used by the locals... all five of them (bangordailynews.com) (63)

(Some Guy)

Photoshop this auto art dealer (bigpicture.ru) (40)

Advocates for swan safety fear someone or something is hunting waterfowl and turtles for the meat in one New York park. In other news, New York has advocates for swan safety (nypost.com) (33)

EPA may order Florida to cut speed limit to 55 to reduce ozone, upsetting retirees who don't want to drive that fast (articles.orlandosentinel.com) (107)

Like shooting fish in a barrel. Very slow and giggling fish (seacoastonline.com) (26)

Socialist California nearly killed Steve Jobs because he had to wait on the organ transplant list with everyone else, even though he was the sickest and richest (businessinsider.com) (139)

Rollerblading in Baghdad, marching between the tanks to film Arafat, joking about the time she was shot in the face by a sniper, or piloting a houseboat up the Mississippi with beer and Cuban cigars; Margaret Moth lived life to the fullest (edition.cnn.com) (69)

Parents in "bicycle-friendly" town won't let children ride to school because they don't trust parents who drive their kids to school (boston.com) (141)

The next time you start complaining about how bad your job stinks, compare it to this guy (boston.com) (40)

(Some Guy)

A speed "trap" is not "entrapment" (redding.com) (278)

While(C.diff++) { printf("Everybody panic. And no .atm()");} (azcentral.com) (126)

The $575 million settlement over cleanup of Ground Zero? Can't have it. Not yours (upi.com) (85)

Wall Street bankers protest the oppression of their people. From the inside of their offices, because it was cold outside. And no, this is not from Onion (nytimes.com) (84)

(Some Guy)

The history of the audio cassette tape. Get your pencils ready (murketing.com) (109)

Sea lion netted in Sea Lion Caves. Sea lion lyin', sees no sea, so sea lion caves to Beavers (oregonlive.com) (23)

Between the ages of 13 and 24 and taking the bus in the UK? Enjoy your drug test and full body scan, suspect (news.bbc.co.uk) (117)

Analysts believe gas prices won't bend you over like in the Summer of 2008, but expect to be felt up like the town pump wearing a tube top before an Independence Day picnic (chron.com) (93)

Houston area church prefers its "stations of the cross" themed art show entries to depict that part of the Passion where Christ was given Starbucks, and a foot massage (chron.com) (57)

(Alertnet.org)

Earthquakes in places that start with GUA trifecta now in play, as Guatemala gets hit with a 5.3 magnitude temblor. Residents of Guam look around nervously (alertnet.org) (32)

(Some Guy)

President Obama settles up Canadian beer bet with case of Yuengling. Furious Sam Adams storms off to join Boston Tea Party (nbcphiladelphia.com) (148)

New York City is a sparkling-clean citadel of peace and good cheer - and so, citizen, city goverment is well within its rights to ticket you for putting your feet up in an empty subway car (nytimes.com) (72)

Radiation from space may be the reason everyone's Toyotas are accelerating (io9.com) (69)

You know it's going to be a bad year if it's only March and you've already been shot in the head twice (buffalonews.com) (26)

Spotlights used by the Border Patrol are hindering an observatory in Southern Arizona from finding any aliens (azcentral.com) (36)

(Grapevine)

Southern Iceland evacuated following eruption of random ASCII characters at Eyjafjallajökull (grapevine.is) (74)

(St Louis Globe Democrat)

When texting your friend to come over and check out some drugs you just scored, be sure not to inadvertently send the message to a drug task force agent (globe-democrat.com) (29)

(Some Guy)

Photoshop these Antarctic arches (bigpicture.ru) (24)

(pbpulse.com)

-eating champ wins corned beef eating competition (pbpulse.com) (29)

School janitor arrested for trying to poison pupils' soup, which if it was anything like the swill they served us in school, would have been a big improvement (news.yahoo.com) (24)

Actual headline--'Butt in mulch starts a fire at BIA hotel'. Apparently one should keep one's ass out of a compost pile? (bangordailynews.com) (26)