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lukewilhelmi: Oh hey, look. I made a promo video. Hire this guy. He’s in New York. 
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Mette’s Avant Garde French Toast costume
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Listen“Reason to Believe” by Tim Hardin Rod Stewart’s...
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TSA Announces Facebook Integration for Full Body... →
John Pistole, the head of the Transportation Security Administration, announced yesterday that full body scanners at airports across the nation will be seamlessly integrated with Facebook next month, allowing travelers to save, tag, and share their near-naked security photos with friends, family, and co-workers through the popular social networking site. Immediately after being subjected to a...
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“But it may also just as easily be the case that the FBI — as they’ve done many...”
– Glenn Greenwald (via azspot) My thoughts exactly. 
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“Any time we declare war on an abstract concept, not only do we waste decades, we...”
– Laurence Lewis, commenting on an article by Patrick Porter (via joshuajabbour)
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“Once, some time ago, during another time of economic downturn, a president named...”
– Roger Ebert (via azspot)
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U.S. Shuts Down Web Sites in Piracy Crackdown →
In what appears to be the latest phase of a far-reaching federal crackdown on online piracy of music and movies, the Web addresses of a number of sites that facilitate illegal file-sharing were seized this week by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, a division of the Department of Homeland Security. By Friday morning, visiting the addresses of a handful of sites that either hosted unauthorized...
Nov 28th
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U.S. Corporate Profits Hit Record in Third Quarter →
The nation’s workers may be struggling, but American companies just had their best quarter ever. American businesses earned profits at an annual rate of $1.659 trillion in the third quarter, according to a Commerce Department report released Tuesday. That is the highest figure recorded since the government began keeping track over 60 years ago, at least in nominal or noninflation-adjusted...
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Things we do to innocent people to prevent... →
Here’s a non-comprehensive list of things innocent people have suffered in order to prevent terrorist attacks on America: Monitored them on closed circuit television. Asked them to present photo ID at the airport. Required them to walk through a metal detector in order to go to the gate. Required them to empty their pockets. Required them to take their laptop out of its bag. Required them...
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“A short history of airport security: We screen for guns and bombs, so the...”
– Bruce Schneier (via joshuajabbour)
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Show off those toes, ladies! 
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Have Sex with a Guy with a Moustache Day Asylum is rolling with Movember in high fashion: promoting banging fellas with moustaches.  Some key moments worth typing:  Cancer steals titties. Cancer steals balls.  Cancer loves Glenn Beck and it hates nachos.  You’re not a whore if it’s for charity. Get your cookie dusted.  Remember remember: 18 November. Bang a moustachio. ...
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The smart Dutch take →
The Dutch permit pot smoking and its usage per capita is a fraction of the rate observed here in the U.S. They take a permissive stance on teenage relationships, and—you guessed it—the rate of teen sex is lower. Oh, and the teen pregnancy rate is lower: 15 out of 1000 versus 75 out of 1000. Abortion rates are 20% lower too. (via syntheticpubes)
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Listen“Drift Away” by John John Henry Kurtz From...
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Tina Fey accepts the Mark Twain Prize [Skip to 11:30 for the good stuff that PBS skipped.] And, you know, politics aside, the success of Sarah Palin and women like her is good for all women—except, of course, those who will end up, you know, like, paying for their own rape kit and stuff. But for everybody else, it’s a win-win. Unless you’re a gay woman who wants to marry your partner of 20...
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A California man got thrown out of San Diego’s airport when he refused a revealing full-body scan and then an alternative pat-down, telling a Transportation Security Agent, “If you touch my junk, I’ll have you arrested.” TSA Administrator John Pistole defended the system today, saying that all passengers want to know that their fellow fliers have been properly screened for weapons...
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Today’s map →
Notes: Ubiquitous hits “Empire State of Mind,” “Single Ladies,” “Bad Romance,” “Kids,” “Wake Up” and “A Milli” make this mix feel like 2009 all over again.  The medium tempo throughout the first half reminds me of moshing to the mid-tempo hits of Pearl Jam, Soundgarden and Nirvana back in eighth grade. Feels…so…slow…until… “Lust for Life” and “Hey Ladies” right the ship. (Some one please make...
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