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Are You Stealing From Your Photographer?

Posted 23 weeks 1 day ago by Carrie Kirby

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We've removed this article from our archives. We have great respect for photographers and their work. We do not endorse reprinting copyrighted photographs even for personal use.

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Know a homeless veteran who needs a job? Call Bill O'Reilly.

Posted 23 weeks 1 day ago by Paul Michael

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Last night, quite by accident, I found myself listening to Bill O'Reilly's "The Radio Factor." This is not a habit of mine, I left work late and don't usually catch talk shows after 6pm. Anyway, I became quite engrossed as I heard Bill O'Reilly make a rather generous offer to homeless veterans. And I'd like everyone to help spread the word.

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Aahhh . . . Averna!

Posted 23 weeks 3 days ago by Myscha Theriault

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With the weight of winter upon me, I’ve been missing Italy of late. So when I received a request from Averna’s PR person to review a sample of their new sambuca, she didn’t exactly have to twist my arm. An authentic Sicilian sambuca made by a family in the spirits business since 1868? Bring it on.

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Blogs are Not Second Class

Posted 24 weeks 4 days ago by Linsey Knerl

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Those of you who have come to know Wise Bread and Parenting Squad are probably aware that they are blogs – Killer Aces Media FairBlogs ™ to be exact. So what’s the big deal? Apparently, in some web circles, blogs are nothing to be impressed by.

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What If Everyone Suddenly Became Frugal?

Posted 25 weeks 13 hours ago by Xin Lu

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What if a magical spaceship from the planet Cheapos came to earth and brainwashed everyone so that every single American stopped buying useless junk and started to live way below their means?    Here are some things that I think could happen if the denizens of the United States became tightwads over night. The effects will be global, and they are not all good.

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Fox News: Let Slip the Dogs of War

Posted 25 weeks 1 day ago by Will Chen

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According to Fox News, Mike Huckabee's statements about showing Iran the "gates of hell" was the most popular statement of last night's debate, even among moderates. On the other hand, Fox called Ron Paul's sensible warnings "the most negative thing we've tested in all of these debates."

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Kevin Rose supports Ron Paul, Barack Obama

Posted 25 weeks 4 days ago by Will Chen

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As far as I can tell, Rose has never submitted any Ron Paul stories himself, though I suspect he might have voted for more than a couple of them.

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The one website everyone needs to read (apart from WB of course)

Posted 25 weeks 4 days ago by Paul Michael

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I like to keep up with all the latest news and info. I'm a big fan of Digg, BBC news, NPR, CNN, all the usual suspects. I thought I was fairly well-versed on the places to get my information and keep me "in the know." Then a friend of mine came over to visit from England, and he gave me a gift. It was a stick of deodorant that contained no harmful heavy metals. When I asked why, he said "what, don't you read News Target?"

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Why League of Women Voters calls presidential debates "frauds"

Posted 31 weeks 2 days ago by Will Chen

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The League of Women Voters is withdrawing its sponsorship of the presidential debate scheduled for mid-October because the demands of the two campaign organizations would perpetrate a fraud on the American voter.

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Goodbye and thank you

Posted 32 weeks 4 days ago by Andrea Dickson

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Thanks for the memories!

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Norman Mailer on Democracy

Posted 34 weeks 4 hours ago by Will Chen

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Norman Mailer: Democracy is a grace. Democracy is something essentially splendid because it's not at all routine or automatic. Democracy in fact on the concept, the notion that there are more people who re good than bad. And that's a very large notion.

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The self-preservation argument against waterboarding

Posted 34 weeks 5 days ago by Will Chen

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"Waterboarding reached the U.S. via a circuitous route. The Spanish exported the practice to the Philippines, which they colonized for centuries. It was then adapted by U.S. forces there at the start of the 20th century and, eventually, adopted by some police forces in the U.S."

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Spammer 1, Reddit 0

Posted 37 weeks 6 days ago by Will Chen

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The top story on reddit right now is "VOTE UP if ouw ant GEORGE BUSH in Prison!!" It received 740 votes in 6 hours. There are several things wrong with this post:

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Poem on opting out

Posted 38 weeks 5 days ago by Philip Brewer

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A while back I wrote a piece on Opting out of the money economy, a topic I've long been interested in. Because of that long interest, the poem "Getting By" by Gary L. Lark caught my ear when it was on the most recent Writer's Almanac.

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The two-mile challenge

Posted 39 weeks 1 day ago by Philip Brewer

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Bicycling for transportation is something that's important to me, so I was immediately attracted to the 2-mile challenge. Check out their site and see what's within 2 miles of your address.

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Should George W. Bush write for Wisebread?

Posted 41 weeks 21 hours ago by Paul Michael

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I'm not sure how many of you watch the news or read the news blogs on a daily basis. I know I can't, it's way too depressing to do every day. But when I saw that George W. Bush, our President, claimed he was fiscally responsible I almost snorted tea out of my nose and onto my monitor. Fiscally responsible? Seriously?

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Great Moments In Geek History

Posted 42 weeks 13 hours ago by Will Chen

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This awesome reddit thread has got to rank up there as one of the greatest moments in Geek History. Ascii art of our beloved Fry on a retro-styled Web 2.0 website is perfection. If anyone needs me, I'll be having a geekgasm.

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Exercise (and alcohol) good for your brain

Posted 45 weeks 6 days ago by Philip Brewer

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A story in the New York Times says that exercise helps human brains build more neurons (a process called neurogenesis). It also reports on some mouse studies that show that exercise actually improves intellegence, at least in mice. Other things that induce neurogenesis: marijuana, alcohol (in moderation), sociability, and chocolate.

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Best self-portrait photo ever

Posted 46 weeks 13 hours ago by Will Chen

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Above: Astronaut Clay Anderson capturing an image of his helmet visor reflecting the international space station and the Earth. August 15th. Photo by NASA. Click for larger version. I'm a big fan of NASA's Image of the Day archives. It is usually a great place to find spectacular space images.

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Rolling Stone article on ethanol

Posted 48 weeks ago by Philip Brewer

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In my recent post Plan for expensive fuel, I mentioned sustainable fuels in a somewhat dismissive fashion. I'll have more to say about that eventually, but in the meantime, I wanted to link to Rolling Stone magazine's excellent article on the limitations of ethanol as a replacement for fossile fuels:

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