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Headline: Scientists discover how cancer spreads They really should have been more specific.

Tim Blair lines it all up.

I have no idea what irony is anymore, obviously. I blame Alanis.

The Barney Christmas video is up, proving once again that the White House staff couldn’t act their way out of a paper bag. But, it did make me laugh.

What’s the rub, bub?

A Republican lawmaker yesterday proposed changing the U.S. Constitution to exclude noncitizens from the census for the purpose of drawing congressional districts, a move that effectively would deny them a voice in U.S. politics.

They aren’t citizens. Why do they need a voice in politics? If they want a “voice in politics”, shouldn’t they become citizens?

One step closer. Tea, Earl Grey, hot.

If they listened to you in the first place they wouldn’t have run off, now would they?

A whole article on the record-setting cold weather in America and no mention of global warming, Kyoto or Iraq. Good jorb.

Bush’s ratings are rebounding.

Regardless, I’m still not voting for him in 2008.

Oooo, they have invented the lightning gun. Unfortunately, I can’t use the lightning gun to save my life, I’m a flak cannon sort of girl.

Regarding this post of Pete’s, I’m having a hard time figuring out how being deaf is any sort of a liability in a written medium. And where’s the category for red-haired bloggers?

Sorry, no posting today. I’m playing technical director to a bunch of 5th graders. w00t!

And now I understand why teachers drink so much.

Walmart: possibly not as evil as Karl Rove.

AFP upset with Google. They’ve been saying we have to start paying for content for years now.

It won’t happen, but it’s funny.

I don’t quite understand Family Research Council’s dislike of the .xxx domain. I doubt that having its own domain will legitimize pr0n any more than having their own bookstores legitimizes them. And it will make them easier to block, should they migrate over there.

Tetris is 20 today. w00t!

I remember the happy days of Tetris on my Gameboy. Good times, good times.

Adobe is set to buy Macromedia.

More bad news for the SF Weekly.

Everybody is shocked, shocked to discover that Alito is a conservative judge. Okay, just the San Jose Mercury News is.

For all your zero-g ballon popping video needs.

I just don’t want to.

Netflix’s charm is that they have stuff that I can’t get locally, there are no late fees, and it requires minimal effort on my part. Or all that about choice in a post-scarcity world.

Lileks points out that not all American organizations have dropped Christmas for the holidays.

First cigarettes, now soda manufacturers. Next, candy, then sugar, then packaged meals, then fats, then flour.

Crescent of Embrace memorial for Flight 93 now the Bowl of Embrace. I guess I’ll drop my Cross of Embrace plans for Mecca then.

Cause you always have a spare USB port, right?

Cause you know how Haunakah and Kwanzaa have a tree decorated with lights and stuff as part of their celebration.

Washington DJ’s speech considered in-kind contribution thanks to McCain-Feingold. Free speech isn’t cheap, you know.

via Inoperable Terran

So, how long till these are widely available?

As you have that third helping of stuffing, stop to remember Ruth M. Siems who did so much to make Thanksgiving a better place.

Pandora.com. Have I mentioned recently that I love the internet?

We can harness the power of microwaves, bring microwave ovens into our houses, even make them ubiquitous and cheap, but we can’t make a microwave burrito that doesn’t explode when heated. It’s really starting to annoy me.

Almost real-time language translation. If it could make everyone’s lips move in sync with the translation, then we’d be on to something. I hope it works better than internet translators.

That’s cool. And sandy.

Comic Book Guy vs. Mary Mapes.

Sony’s unistaller of evilware is worse than the evilware itself.

People are bad for the environment. More people = more bad. No more people = good.

Yeah, there’s no happy medium or anything.

Handy for when you need an answer on your English Lit final.

So, they finally admit it. Google plans to take over the world.

Christopher Hitchens.

But this is clever.

I like (meaning: think it’s dumb) how they assume Judeo-Christianity is so far removed from rational, scientific thought.

You fit in with: Scientology Your ideals mostly resemble those of the Scientology faith. You strive to find the truth in all matters, but you also have a lot of faith in people and things. You are very logical, smart and charismatic and you value the truth above all else. 40% scientific. 20% faith-oriented.

Take this quiz at QuizGalaxy.com

For all your virtual brisket needs, the internet is there for you.

VDH does Europe.

When Robert Mugabe is speaking for your side, that’s not a good thing.

President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe spoke for the more radical opposition to U.S. control, saying Washington and its allies cannot continue to “insist on being world policemen on the management of the Internet.”

Kofi Annan shows some wisdom.

U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, who would open the forum’s first meeting perhaps early next year in Athens, denied the United Nations wanted to assume ICANN’s day-to-day duties.

“Let me be absolutely clear: the United Nations does not want to take over, police or otherwise control the Internet,” he said. “Day-to-day running of the Internet must be left to technical institutions, not least to shield it from the heat of day-to-day politics.”

If you live in the deep, dark wilds or California and you need power, and could use a little exercise, there’s a solution for you.

Open Source Media, formerly known as Pajama Media is now open for business.

Oil’s not that expensive compared to, say, dogs.

via Tim Blair

The US is frustrated with the UN. I know I’m shocked.

But cool nonetheless.

This just in, Google is going to take over the world.

Clearly Jones Soda is trying to corner the market on really nasty soda flavors that no one would ever want. Go Jones.

/really likes fufuberry.

While Google can tell you how to do everything, there are some things it’s not smart to ask it. Especially if you proceed to commit a felony. Allegedly, of course.

How many protestors does it take to change a light bulb?

None, protestors can’t change anything.

Instapundit with the links and several wise comments.

Bird flu still around in China and Thailand.

Tests on four people suspected to have contracted bird flu are still being carried out, one in Liaoning and three in Hunan province. But the Chinese state news agency Xinhua reports that 121 people from the area in Liaoning who had suspicious symptoms have now been declared not to have the disease by the local health ministry.

The hat has the wrong effect. Dang it!

It’s a rocket scientist that’s a girl! Apparently that’s news.

Is Intelligent Design science?

Sony is trying to spy on you.

Sony offers a website where users can obtain a program that uninstalls its software. He said both efforts should prove that Computer Associates and Russinovich’s complaints are unfounded.

”In theory there should be no concern,” Gilliat-Smith said.

Yeah, in theory.

To be mayor at 18, no thanks. I’m sure it’ll look great on his college application though.

Aren’t oil prices set essentially by the commodities market?

Phaser set to stun is now available. It’s a bit clunky still.

Apparently the British have never lived in major metropolitian areas where flaunting wealth is a bad idea. Luckily the government is there to warn them.

And nothing makes something more unfunny than thinking about it.

“It doesn’t take a lot of analytical machinery to think someone getting poked in the eye is funny,” he commented when asked about humor like the Three Stooges.

So, if you look disapprovingly at the Stooges, at least you can claim to be a thinker.

Scott is teh funnay today. Not that he normally isn’t, of course, just extra funny today.

LaShawn has been at it for 2 whole years now.

I have a comment from her before she became rich and famous. And I know a guy that talked to Sean Austin in Tidyman’s one day. Yeah, I’m surrounded by almost greatness.

VDH with some Greek history. Learn from, doomed to repeat, etc.

I don’t ride motorcycles, but that looks cool.

The Weasel Poll explained.

I really like this idea.

John Kerry’s been reading church growth stuff. I feel I need a 42″ DLP HDTV.

I was just sitting there, minding my own business, reading a book. I heard it start to rain. Ah, I thought, it’s raining. I’m quick like that. Later I noticed the noise had stopped. I thought nothing of it. Then an hour or so later my attention was drawn outside, the noise stopped because it’s been freaking snowing. A slushy, icy sort of snow. Now I have waited too long to buy new tires. Now I have to find my shovel. Now I can only hope Christmas does actually come.

So, the rioting is spreading.

When Alan Greenspan is puzzled, I find that worrying.

CBS is getting into the downloading content game. Call me when Food Network and Cartoon Network are available.

Bugs Bunny has ruined Mozart’s operas for me. I listen and see Elmer Fudd as the lead.

Now, if only they made it for adults.

Google Printjust got a major upgrade.

IMing like it’s 1995. Could they make it more primative?

I never got this out of Leviticus. I think I’m going to go build a landing strip in my backyard though. Just in case.

You are ‘French’. In the nineteenth century, it
was the international language of diplomacy.
It is a ‘beautiful’ language, meaning that it
is really just a low-fidelity copy of Latin.

You know the importance of communicating
‘diplomatically’, which for you means both
being polite and friendly when necessary and
using sophisticated, vicious sarcasm when
appropriate. Your life is guided by either
existentialism or nihilism, depending on the
weather. You have a certain appreciation for
the finer things in life, which is a diplomatic
way of saying that you are a disgusting
hedonist. Your problem is that French has been
obsolete for a long time.

What obsolete skill are you?
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I have really got to do something about WordPress not returning to the post page after posting a comment. Remind me some time when I have time to fix that. Thanks.

Read the first sentence.

via Best of the Web

Bush and Alito and his friends deal with the senate.

“The American people must know the truth!” Reid responded.

“How are they going to know anything with the doors locked?!”

Reid was quiet for a moment. “Leaks!”

Aren’t.

You can just assume that conservatives are racists.

Theodore Dalrymple and VDH on the inherent problem with Islamic suicide bombers in the West.

This just in: People waste time reading blogs during the work day.

Bird flu = Nuclear War. Oy.

Mmm, roasted chicken.

Keep your iPod Shuffle like-new with Legos.

The historical revisionism must stop. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe comes first.

So, Mr. Sulu is gay. This changes everything!

Flying Space Monkey has some questions that would give the Speaker of the House something to blog about.

It’s like people are people, no matter the technology!

via Slashdot

God is trying to tell this guy something.

So you’re walking along the street in Manchester, and you discover you need to make a call right now. What can you do? Luckily Vodafone is there for you.

Sir Isaac Newton invented the cat flap. Who knew?

via Mad Minerva

Manolo says, the fashion, it is not the nuclear rocket brain surgery.

Dilbert has a blog now.

So I was stuck on the latest Teen Girl Squad and totally failed to notice the last couple Strongbad Emails, both of which were quite decent.

It’s a good thing I didn’t see that picture until now. I wouldn’t have like the cartoon as much. Of course, the 80s was a bad time for everyone picturewise, I think.

Now all pigs are banned from one UK school’s classrooms.

Disney has Rocketman available on DVD, but only if you’re a Disney Club member. This does not endear me to your franchise, release it publicly already.

“Despite the seriousness of the Bush White House, more than one Bush staffer reads The Onion and enjoys it thoroughly,” he said. “We do have a sense of humor, believe it or not.”

As shown by the cease and desist, right?

I don’t quite understand why I’m not on the list.

Everybody relax. There have been 121 cases of bird flu in humans since 1997. All of them got it from either handling chickens or eating undercooked chicken. It’s not transmittable from human to human. It could theoretically mutate, but then again, I could theoretically mutate into Superman. It’s just the same old there-isn’t-enough-vaccine-quick-go-get-a-shot scare that happens every fall, only more so. I expect, if it hasn’t happened already, that talk radio commercials will be extolling the efficacy of grapeseed oil and gold in combatting the bird flu.

Trying to expand its holiday selection, Jones Soda has Halloween flavors out.

But you have to respect that amount of political know-how.

What is with this guy from Alaska and his stupid spending of government money?

Big old debate about barbecue over at Instapundit. I’ve never had real pork barbeque so I can’t give you an informed opinion. I don’t see how pork can top beef in anything, but I’m willing to give it a fair trial.

Some blackberry user from Post Falls has sore thumbs.

Alton is very dissappointed in you, humanity.

How to blog good: part 1, part 2.

Open Office 2.0 is now available for download. Get it while it’s fresh.

Transparent aluminum is now available for all your aquarium building needs.

John Derbyshire points out the future of conservatism.