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[solarbird]

I haven't known what to do with these, so here they are!

US court allows lawsuit by American victims of Mr. Bush's torture programme advance. Two undercover FBI agents, both known to be FBI undercover agents investigating corruption by US contractors, were held and tortured for months. A third American was also held and tortured for months.

Comments

[windbourne]

GRRR. Okay. I am for realz done with facebook. I've been leaning towards it for a long while, but I think this pushes me over. ~_~;; Thanks for the other links, too. (The OnStar is also relevant to me.)

[aberranteyes]

Creationist "science" textbook tries to explain electricity, gives up. It's a MYSTERY!

"Fire, water, air and dirt / Fuckin' magnets, how do they work?"
- Insane Clown Posse

Also, go check their sample chapter on the formation of the moon.

"Tide comes in, tide goes out. You can't explain it."
- Bill O'Reilly

"Retrograde evolution, winding down, down, down!"
- Mark Mothersbaugh, "What I Know" (Three-Fisted Tales of "Bob")

[solarbird]

Fuckin' magnets, how do they work?
That has what I've been thinking constantly since I saw that post. FUCKING MAGNETS HOW DO THEY WORK actually tells you no less than their introductory paragraph.

from someone who would know

[solarbird]

[batyatoon]

I looked at the textbook and all I can think of is the British spoof show "Look Around You".

"Water is all around us. But what is water? It's an interesting question because water is almost impossible to describe. One could ask the same about birds. What are birds? We just don't know."

*head. on. desk.*

[solarbird]

Awesome. I didn't even think about that, but you're so right. XD