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Headline-sidebar type stuff, but wanted a fresh post on the front page, so. Here.

Democrat wins Hastert's seat. It's never too early for Vodka n' Nyquil on a Sunday.

Google removes 'street view' images of Fort Sam Houston from Google Maps at the request of the DOD. Ooopsies.

Google spokesperson Larry Yu said it was against Google's policy to seek access to military installations or otherwise private facilities. "Our policy is to stay on public roads," he said. "A driver broke that policy."

Italian court upholds the right of a cheating wife to lie to the court about the affair in order to preserve her 'honor.' This word you keep using, I do not think it means what you think it means.

Homeland Security and ICE vow to crack down on illegal immigration. Believe it when we see it.

US Fish and Wildlife Service under pressure to classify polar bears as 'threatened,' based entirely on climate projections and not current data.

A comment on that article from an Alaskan:

Alaskans do not need outsiders to tell them how to manage their state's wildlife. The polar bear population is at an all-time high right now, and they are being shot as they seek food in the villages across the north. There is no interest in Alaska to allowing outsiders to meddle in their affairs.

If some climate models are correct, we could be on the verge of a long cooling period, aka ice age.

Based on those models, I would like to propose that polar bears be stripped of their 'vulnerable' status and listed as 'fashion fur.'

The last thing you'll see in the coming ice age, if polar bears aren't eradicated:

Found another one! Man, I could eat a million of these things.

posted by Laura. at 12:20 PM

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