A Buddhist monk is likely to face five years in prison for violating strict anti-smoking laws in the tiny Himalayan nation of Bhutan.

Wow... Just wow.

Also live stream of the Protests in Cairo.

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LOL! Korean Co-Prosperity Sphere... I find the very idea of this game amusing in so many ways (also I see what you did there having North Korea taking over Japan and the land Japan took during the Great Pacific War smooth, and I'm sure it won't piss off anyone ( Read more... )

Dear Crazy-wing of the Ohio "conservatives":

Thank you once again for embarrassing the entire state in the national media by an mocking and demeaning an opposing protester with Parkinson's Disease instead of being, I don't know, civil and restrained. I thought you guys might have gotten the memo after the Honorable Sen. John McCain had to ( Read more... )

The Daily Show: Mass Effect

Good points all around in this - "If Coakley loses, Democrats will only have an 18 vote majority in the Senate... A bigger majority than George W. Bush EVER had in the Senate when he did whatever. The. F*ck. He wanted"

I'm not that big a fan of the Democrats but this sums everything up:


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( PIFTS.EXE Incident )

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For workers 20 to 24 years old, the jobless rate skyrocketed to 13.5 percent in January, compared with 9.8 percent a year earlier, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The unemployment rate for those ages 25 to 29 rose to 10.1 percent last month, from 6.4 percent a year ago. Nationally, the unemployment rate was 7.6 percent last ( Read more... )

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US Government to spend $5 Million on promotion of marriageNon-traditional forms need not apply I take it and why should we be trying to push people into a serious (and theoretically life-long) commitment when they're obviously not ready? Personally, I think better quality relationships (of all stripes) should be stressed not the sheer ( Read more... )

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Crisis of Credit Visualized

SubPrime Mortgage Mess Explained (NSFW)

The Credit Crunch (according to home)

Militants belonging to a group called Sri Ram Sena, who claim to be custodians of Indian culture, said Valentine's Day is un-Indian. The threat comes days after the group's activists stormed a bar in the south western city of Mangalore, dragging out and beating women they accused of acting obscenely and "going astray". ... Gangadhar Kulkarni, an ( Read more... )

From Christianity Today:

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