January 2012
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For more than 60 years, Sirius has been entrusted with patrolling northeast...
– Sirus = The real-world equivalent of the Night’s Watch in “The Game of Thrones”
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December 2011
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November 2011
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People who watch Fox News, the most popular of the 24-hour cable news networks,...
– A new study from Fairleigh-Dickinson University, assessing which news outlets are the most informative. The most informative sources were, on the whole, NPR, The Daily Show, and Sunday morning shows as a whole. The least informative were Fox News, MSNBC, and “a local TV news broadcast.” (Unanswered:...
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Thirteen Movie Poster Cliches (And What They Say... →
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Georgia and Sunday liquor sales
Georgia’s age-old, all-out ban on Sunday alcohol sales ended Tuesday when voters voted for the dissolution of a blue law dating to the late 1800s.
I don’t care either way, but found this quote quite telling.
It’s from the mayor of Forest Park, one city to say no:
“If you can’t do without alcohol one day a week, there’s something wrong with you.”
thedailywhat:
Heartbreaking Tearjerker of the Day: Tarra, a resident of the Elephant Sanctuary near Nashville, attracted media attention two years ago due to her unlikely friendship with a mixed-breed dog named Bella who had wandered onto the sanctuary grounds. Sadly, Bella was attacked and killed by coyotes two weeks ago.
Since then, Tarra has been inconsolable.
“There’s nothing we can do to...
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October 2011
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