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By now, most of you have encountered Captcha, that anti-spam thingie which asks you to type in the squiggly letters to authenticate your humanity. In some instances, you're not only proving that you have a pulse, but...

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Fluxxlab taps energy from revolving doors to generate free electricity

"The designers at New York City based Fluxxlab studio have come up with the unique idea of creating sustainable energy from otherwise wasted human energy from the revolving doors that abound in a huge number of buildings across cities. Named the Revolution Door, this project...

Interactive Drunk TV? Dude, I'm So Buzzed!

From the mindless-competitive-reality-TV-entertainment desk comes news of a new, web-only, drunken trivia game show to be launched this spring by Endemol and Metacafe. Way to stick to that lowest common denominator,...

iTunes TV downloads reach Canada

"One criticism of Apple's iTunes Store has been the non-availability of TV shows outside of the US and the UK. The announcement that shows will now be offered to Canadian residents is a step in the right direction.The initial batch of shows originate from Canadian and US...

McDonald's Employee Charged With Oversalting Officer's Burger

"McDonald's Employee Charged With Oversalting Officer's Burger Kendra Bull, a 20-year-old employee of a McDonald's in Union City, Georgia, was arrested Friday and now faces criminal charges for allegedly putting too much salt on a police officer's hamburger. After using the...

Dangers of a Cornered George Bush

"The “new” strategy of surging troops in Baghdad has simply wasted more lives and bought some time for the president. His strategy boils down to keeping as many of our soldiers engaged as possible, in order to stave off definitive defeat in Iraq before January 2009. Bush...

It’s What Bush Craves!

"We observe the modern American political theme – global democracy, global freedom, global security, global planning – from afar, as if on a big screen, framed and shaped for our consumption, neat. Americans watch and wonder. George W. Bush speechwriters, neoconservatives...

McCain apologizes for gaffe on troops

This is taking "political correctness" to a new and even more disgusting level.Not only is the Emperor not wearing any clothes, he threw them out along with the First Amendment."McCain apologizes for gaffe on troops By Christina Bellantoni THE WASHINGTON TIMES March 2,...

Senator McCain: U.S. lives wasted in Iraq

Although Senator John McCain does back the war in Iraq, he has openly criticized how President Bush has handled the war.  And he once again made his position very clear on the Dave Letterman show, saying that...

Democrat Hypocrisy Laid Bare :: MAXINE

"A question posed by the opinion columnist, Jeff Jacoby, Boston Globe, yesterday is a great question indeed: “WHAT DOES IT mean to support the troops but oppose the cause they fight for?” Really … What Does It...

Boston Hoax - good publicity?

"The nine devices that shut down Boston, MA this morning and after noon turn out to be nothing more than an ad campaign by The Cartoon Network... Please tell me heads will roll, people fired and Turner Broadcasting...

Jack Black's talent, career wasted

When I first saw the poster for Nacho Libre last summer—a picture of Jack Black leaping shirtless against the sky in tights and a cape, with wild hair and a mustache—I was excited for weeks. It seemed to promise the kind of film I'd been waiting five years for him to...

Truce with my Inner Self... one essay enough to activate your sixth sense (a ...

"The Lord within us Working in your office, you brood why you were born. To work till you exhaust, no enjoyment felt on reaching home, your wife craves for some time for herself and children. You think your energy is being wasted in the corrupt World. My friend, a painter...

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