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Bush Tours America To Survey Damage Caused By His Disastrous Presidency | The Onion

Popular Videos – Brilliant Onion Video

Voted for on July 08, 2008 12:15am Commented on 1 time: 1

U.S. Ice Cubes Melting At Alarming Rate
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U.S. Ice Cubes Melting At Alarming Rate

Humor – Of the 28.9 billion tons of ice cubes produced commercially in June, it is estimated that less than half remain.

Voted for on July 07, 2008 10:20pm

Uncle Jay Explains the News - July 7, 2008
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Uncle Jay Explains the News - July 7, 2008

Popular Videos – Hope you had a happy Independents Day! Wait a minute, isn't that spelled wrong? Nope, because Uncle Jay explains the most important Americans ever: the Independent Voters! Really, they're important, just ask them. You'll see that they even have a cute mascot.

Voted for on July 07, 2008 03:03pm

Toyota to Add Solar Panels to Prius: Report
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Toyota to Add Solar Panels to Prius: Report

Autos – Last year I wrote about Solar Electrical Vehicles and their system for adding solar panels to the roof of your hybrid. It includes a supplemental battery pack and solar panels for the roof, which they said could increase MPG by 17% - 29% for a Prius.

Voted for on July 07, 2008 02:54pm

The buck doesn't stop here; it just keeps falling
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The buck doesn't stop here; it just keeps falling

Money – The almighty dollar is mighty no more. It has been declining steadily for six years against other major currencies, undercutting its role as the leading international banking currency.

Voted for on July 07, 2008 02:50pm

Bush Edits Out Jefferson's Anti-Religious Views
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Bush Edits Out Jefferson's Anti-Religious Views

Politics – President Bush was at Monticello for a 4th of July celebration and he delivered an address. But it's quite telling that his speechwriters, in quoting Jefferson, cut out an anti-religious statement from a long and famous quote.

Voted for on July 07, 2008 02:49pm

John Edwards to Debate Karl Rove
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John Edwards to Debate Karl Rove

Politics – GOP strategist Karl Rove and former Democratic vice presidential candidate John Edwards will debate the issues of the presidential campaign Sept. 26 as part of the university's Distinguished Speakers Series, The Buffalo News has learned.

Voted for on July 05, 2008 10:21pm

Judge Rejects Bush's Stance On Wiretaps
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Judge Rejects Bush's Stance On Wiretaps

Politics – A federal judge said that President Bush does not have the constitutional authority to overstep the law establishing the government's ability to conduct warrantless wiretaps on American citizens. FISA, in 1978, established the 'exclusive' means for engaging in wiretaps, and the president in his capacity as commander in chief can not evade that law.

Voted for on July 05, 2008 08:52pm Commented on 3 times: 1 2 3

Man Who Played Bozo the Clown Dies
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Man Who Played Bozo the Clown Dies

Celebrities – Larry Harmon, who turned the character Bozo the Clown into a show business staple that delighted children for more than a half-century, died Thursday of congestive heart failure. He was 83.

Voted for on July 05, 2008 01:48am

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All your YouTube viewing data are belong to us

Do No Evil – A judge has ordered that YouTube must hand over every record of every video watched by YouTube users to Viacom. That's the user name, address and IP address relating to every video clip you ever watched. And so, it seems, all your YouTube viewing history belongs to Viacom...

Voted for on July 04, 2008 10:04pm

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Viacom Now Owns You

Do No Evil – The YouTube lawsuit has reached a juncture, where a judge has decided that Google must give up all of its user data. Therefore, anyone who has an account at YouTube is now seeing their personal data exposed as part of the Viacom vs. YouTube litigation.

Voted for on July 04, 2008 10:04pm

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EFF: Viacom - YouTube User Data Ruling Violates VPPA

Gadgets & Tech – The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) chimed in, indicating the handing over of user data in the Viacom - YouTube case was a clear violation of the federal Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA).

Voted for on July 04, 2008 08:33pm

Former Sen. Jesse Helms Dies At 86
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Former Sen. Jesse Helms Dies At 86

News – Jesse Helms, the five-term Republican Senator from North Carolina, has died, CBS News has confirmed. He was 86.

Voted for on July 04, 2008 08:03pm

Source: Protective order will keep Viacom out of sensitive YouTube user data
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Source: Protective order will keep Viacom out of sensitive YouTube user data

Do No Evil – Google has been ordered to turn over YouTube user data to Viacom. But Viacom will be guilty of contempt of court if it uses that data for anything other than specifically proving the prevalence of piracy on YouTube, a source close to Viacom told CNET News.com on Thursday.

Voted for on July 04, 2008 04:25pm Commented on 2 times: 1 2

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12-year old boy in Orissa pushed out of Train for Rs. 50 (US$1.2), loses limbs

News – In a bizarre incident that sent shock wave across India, a 12-year old boy in Orissa's Rourkela was pushed out of a moving train for not paying Rs. 50 ($1.2) to a Travelling Ticket Examiner (TTE). The victim Shankar Singh has been admitted to a hospital. He is in a critical condition and already lost his leg and hand.

Voted for on July 04, 2008 04:15pm