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February 2011
“The chemicals designed to mimic THC, the active ingredient in marijuana, are...”
– ‘Fake Pot’ With Marijuana-Like Highs to Be Banned Tomorrow - Bloomberg (via tedr)
This is probably a good thing. Who knows what the chemicals will do to you. Kids need to get back to smoking good old fashioned weed.
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“I have rule which I often forget. If one person is doing something much better,...”
– Dave Winer, in a footnote to this post about Keith Richards.
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WatchHababah Cistern, Yemen: 360 Degree Panorama (full screen)
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“Reading Keith Richards’ autobiography, just starting it, but already...”
– Dave Winer
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“In my opinion, any future defense secretary who advises the president to again...”
– Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates in an address to West Point cadets on Friday. (Submitted by DannyDB.) (via officialssay)
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Churnalism →
onethingwell:
Enter a press release to see which UK papers and websites have ‘churned’ it into news, complete with slick interactive visualisations of every cut ‘n’ paste.
An example: if you paste this press release into Churnalism, it shows that The Daily Mail churned it into this news item, pasting a whopping 98% of the press release directly into the published article.
So, curious readers...
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Anonymous asked: is it omar khadaffy or moammar gaddafi? why does every news channel spell and say it differently? Isn't there a RIGHT way?
Stop cheering along the Yemeni revolution
jqadams:
Tunisia is ready. Egypt is ready. Morocco and Algeria are probably ready. Bahrain is ready. Libya is necessary. Yemen is not ready or necessary. Yemen has more in common with Afghanistan than with Egypt. It is tribal, it is already chaotic. The central government in Yemen is like the Afghan central government — disastrous but necessary.
We ought to have learned by now that...
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“I would like to hear more of an explanation from Governor Walker as to what...”
– Madison, Wisconsin Police Chief Noble Wray
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ABC News: How Many Different Ways Can You Spell... →
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Kad’afi, Mu`amar al-...
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U.S. Companies Lobbied To Keep Libyan Market Open... →
On October 5, 2008 U.S. and Libyan business leaders met with Department of Commerce Assistant Secretary Israel Hernandez as he opened a new Foreign Commercial Service office in Tripoli. In the same year, more companies and trade associations than ever before disclosed that they were lobbying the U.S. government in Washington to keep the newly opened African nation open for business. Much of that...
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“The Bush Administration has been quick to stress Libya’s comeback as a...”
– Time Magazine 6/16/06: Why Gaddafi’s Now a Good Guy
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