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Thu November 26, 2009

Source	Fark Headline		Comments
		[Main] "Hey kids, Daddy's going to run into the sailing shop and pick up a few things. Why don't you two play in the trunk while Daddy's gone, OK?" (hosted.ap.org)	(3)
		[Main] Drug mule claims that he had no idea that the 67 packages he swallowed contained 2.2 lbs of cocaine (dailymail.co.uk)	(7)
		[Main] Coed dorms leading to a massive increase in the obvious (abclocal.go.com)	(43)
		[Business] The last Pontiac made and sold in the US has quietly rolled off the assembly line (detnews.com)	(7)
(Some Guy)		[Main] This Thanksgiving be thankful a 300-pound, 6-foot bald homeless man with blue eyes didn't break into your home and steal your turkey (mlive.com)	(23)
		[Main] Long lost ghost trap keeps catching crabs. But enough about Anna Nicole Smith (kansascity.com)	(21)
		[Video] A fleet of streetlights (liveleak.com)	(9)
		[Main] These pictures will give you another reason to be thankful for the men and women on duty this holiday (boston.com)	(115)
		[Sports] Less than 24 hours after trumpeting his Allen Iverson retirement scoop, Stephen A. Smith is backtracking, reporting that Iverson is having a "change of heart" (sportsbybrooks.com)	(13)
(Houston Press)		[Main] Nobody can eat 50 eggs: The 5 best overeating scenes from the movies, in honor of stuffing your maw today (blogs.houstonpress.com)	(73)
		[Showbiz] Charlize Theron has a GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL of building soccer fields in South Africa. With luck, she'll raise enough cash to fund her G-G-G-G-G-G-G-GOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL (contactmusic.com)	(21)
		[Politics] Obama's latest misstep: misspellings on the White House State Dinner wine list. What the fark is this guy's problem? (politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com)	(90)
(Access Hollywood)		[Showbiz] According to Good Morning America, male pop stars who kiss men: Bad; male pop stars who beat women: Good (accesshollywood.com)	(29)
		[Main] 54 years after somebody stole a radio from a college's teacher's lounge, the thief anonymously sends the school an apology letter and $500 (desmoinesregister.com)	(31)
		[Video] Timelapse of swarming monster worms and sea stars (youtube.com)	(11)
(Mr. Carlson)		[Video] As God is my witness, here's the WKRP "Turkeys Away" episode (vodpod.com)	(11)
		[Main] Stealing £315,000 from your quadruple amputee niece's trust fund to buy vacations and jewelry is no way to save your marriage (dailymail.co.uk)	(61)
		[Showbiz] "Burn Notice" gets a fourth season, Bruce Campbell gets a fifth mojito (variety.com)	(47)
		[Sports] Apparently unaware of Brady, Elway, and Plunkett and their 7 Super-Bowl rings, Jim Kelly wants the Bills to draft a QB who "doesn't come from California" (usatoday.com)	(24)
		[Showbiz] Jon Voight says that Megan Fox isn't as good an actress as his daughter Angelina Jolie, says he'll have to make out with her to be sure (contactmusic.com)	(14)
		[Showbiz] Hugh Jackman and Daniel Craig auction their sweaty vests for charity, proving once again that philanthropy is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration (nowmagazine.co.uk)	(6)
		[Geek] "The Bulgarian National Space Research Institute has stated that not only are alien spies living among us, but that they object strongly to 'immoral behaviour' by humanity - such as causing global warming or using cosmetics" (theregister.co.uk)	(34)
		[Main] Inmates protest cold meals, seem to be unclear on the concept of prison (ajc.com)	(106)
		[Main] Photoshop this BASE jumper (cache.boston.com)	(35)
(iAfrica)		[Main] You're a cop, and your daughter dies in the hospital. Do you A) mourn, B) establish a scholarship in her honor, or C) go nuts and tear-gas the children's ward? (news.iafrica.com)	(37)
(Some Guy)		[Business] This holiday, I'm thankful for entrepreneurs, pie charts and schadenfreude. Mostly, I'm thankful for the internet for bringing all of these together in one hilarious email exchange (some NSFW-ishness) (27bslash6.com)	(44)
(Herald)		[Main] Drunk Irish mom beans son in the face with a full beer can; to be charged with wasting beer (herald.ie)	(28)
(WRCB TV 3)		[Main] Apparently confused about which finger means what, Tennesseans perplexed by billboard with young woman giving the finger (wrcbtv.com)	(66)
		[Business] Car makers can't afford to go to auto shows any more, so look for new cars on Facebook instead (boston.com)	(8)
		[Music] Bob Dylan brings Christmas cheer to those without homes by donating all proceeds of his new holiday album to charity. Charities accept generous gift on the condition they don't have to listen to the music (reuters.com)	(11)
		[Main] Historic explorer tweets from beyond the grave. MAGGOTS COMING OUT (3news.co.nz)	(28)
(wpri.com)		[Main] Family raises money for turkey's cataract surgery, even though the procedure will cost more than a poultry sum (wpri.com)	(15)
		[Showbiz] Dane Cook shows his Thanksgiving charity by performing free shows. YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG (starpulse.com)	(26)
(wane.com)		[Main] Man builds stagecoach out of toothpicks, probably shouldn't try to ford the river any time soon (wane.com)	(15)
(Cosmos)		[Geek] Solar activity isn't a significant cause of global warming, we have thousands of years of tree-ring data to prove it. Oh wait (cosmosmagazine.com)	(117)
		[Main] A brief history of pie (time.com)	(48)
		[Main] Great excuses of our time: "I only visited the hooker because my wife was too pregnant" (thelocal.se)	(138)
		[Main] Homeless people ask for leftovers after town's cook-off competition. Local kid realizes they might be hungry the rest of the year, decides to do something (blog.al.com)	(75)
		[Politics] "It's now official: So in vogue are attacks on President Obama that even his proclamation calling the nation to a day of Thanksgiving has become the focus of criticism" (washingtonpost.com)	(160)
		[Video] Winner: girl who entered "Today Show" contest. Loser: Al Roker's ear drums (youtube.com)	(11)
		[Geek] Only one month in: Windows 7 passes Mac OS X(All Versions) in market share. No word on how many minutes it took to surpass the market share for Linux (computerworld.com)	(87)
		[Main] Airline that was voted worst in Britain claims it did not buzz an old lady's house, knocking off her roof tiles and scaring her half to death because they just don't do stupid stuff like that (myfoxdc.com)	(36)
		[Music] "When will hip-hop hurry up and die already?" (guardian.co.uk)	(49)
(Some Thief)		[Main] When removing furniture and belongings, you'll appreciate the efficient, professional service of a removal firm. Particularly if you're a burglar and it's not your house (thisisnottingham.co.uk)	(15)
(My Sinchew)		[Main] Someone's been playing Mad Libs at the editor's desk again: Two men in Bangladesh were jailed after they went to a Muslim shrine and beat and blinded a sacred (noun) _crocodile_ (mysinchew.com)	(16)
		[Main] "Between 1960 and 2008, turkeys bulked up by around 11lb to 29lb ... coincidentally in that same period the average American man gained 28lb, almost the equivalent of a turkey" (economist.com)	(33)
		[Main] Not News: Wishing someone a happy Eid al-Adha. News: In a Best Buy ad. Fark: After you stopped wishing people Merry Christmas in those same ads in favor of Happy Holidays (myfoxdc.com)	(187)
		[Music] Fatboy Slim's creative period is over; he has vowed never to drink again (contactmusic.com)	(5)
(Tameside Advertiser)		[Main] Religious education teacher jailed for teaching teenage boy to scream "Oh God!" (tamesideadvertiser.co.uk)	(48)
		[Main] Austin tropical fish store will have half off of everything on Black Friday, including the ladies (kxan.com)	(47)
		[Video] It's Arlo Guthrie and "Alice's Restaurant." Happy Thanksgiving (youtube.com)	(17)
		[Sports] NFL referee caught giving Tennessee Titans QB Vince Young a high five at conclusion of game. It's okay, the NFL can explain (nypost.com)	(28)
(Some Bluenoser)		[Main] Move over UK, there's a new Nanny State. Couple in their 70s hauled in on child abduction suspicion for waving at small boy (ngnews.ca)	(105)
		[Sports] Lions and turkeys and beers, oh my. It's your official Thanksgiving Day Football Thread (cbssports.com)	(860)
(Some Orange Steriod Guy)		[Music] The Brits answer to Guidos: Donk (vbs.tv)	(24)
(Gizmag)		[Geek] Italian doctor may have found a cure for MS - cleaning out buildups of iron in the brain. Still no cure for metalheads (gizmag.com)	(34)
		[Main] You know it's going to be a bad day when you wake up face down under a Cessna (latimes.com)	(34)
		[Geek] How to quit your job and ensure no future company will hire you (gizmodo.com)	(34)
		[Main] Boston Herald headline writers accurately condense 8th amendment lawsuit into five words: "Wife-killing tranny denied electrolysis" (bostonherald.com)	(54)
		[Geek] I think the Bugatti Veyron is a bit too cheap, but the iPhone 3GS Supreme on the other hand . . . (techeblog.com)	(16)
		[Main] Persuading someone to spend £1,200 on a breast lift for you just so that you can find a new home is a sure sign that you're a biatch (metro.co.uk)	(28)
		[Geek] You will never find a more wretched hive of dumb and gullibility than an audiophile's house (gizmodo.com)	(50)
		[Sports] Ron Artest, who once applied for a job at Circuit City to get the employee discount after signing $5M NBA contract, being investigated for welfare fraud (sportsbybrooks.com)	(26)
		[Main] It's curtains for two in beefeater scandal (smh.com.au)	(45)
		[Main] The letter coldly outlined the parents' choices: start paying rent or we throw your children in the trash or use them for medical experiments (boston.com)	(96)
		[Showbiz] Anonymous reviewer says that Avatar, at $237 million, is "literally vomit inducing." Makers of Gigli consider trademark-infringement lawsuit (guardian.co.uk)	(149)
		[Geek] The best animation summarizing a new science theory you'll see today (npr.org)	(22)
		[Video] Salvador Dali and Walt Disney collaboration "Destino" (youtube.com)	(12)
(Andrew Sullivan)		[Main] A moving Thanksgiving Day tribute to America expressed with a clarity that perhaps only a conservative, gay, Catholic, pugnacious and irrepressible expatriate Brit could attain. Happy Thanksgiving Fark (mcgillreport.org)	(94)
(NBC Sports)		[Sports] Oakland Raiders will play their first Thanksgiving game in 39 years. With the current roster, football fans wonder why they'll be ending that streak today (profootballtalk.nbcsports.com)	(21)
		[Main] ♫ ♪ I'm a Rocketman, ditching through the clouds into the sea. And I think it's gonna be a long long swim ♫ ♪ (stuff.co.nz)	(23)
		[Main] Photoshop this deep depth Dumbo (spiegel.de)	(29)
		[Sports] Ocho Cinco Condoms coming soon to a pharmacy near you. No word on whether they will make one big enough to cover Ocho Cinco, the NFL's biggest dick (nydailynews.com)	(37)
		[Video] Synchronized Robot Dancing (break.com)	(12)
		[Music] As Thanksgiving as Detroit Lions football, a big crackling turkey with all the fixings, and cold turkey sandwiches at 10:00 PM, it's Arlo Guthrie singing "Alice's Restaurant" (youtube.com)	(18)
		[Main] Before you have 15 firefighters and two tankers show up at your home to investigate a strong smell of gas, make sure it isn't just your pig farting (smh.com.au)	(32)
(Some Guy)		[Geek] NASA's Space Shuttle Atlantis (STS-129) zips along at about 18000 MPH high above Earth's rugged and rough terrain after undocking from the International Space Station on 25 Nov 2009. The huge 4288x2846-pixel photo is even more impressive (chamorrobible.org)	(22)
		[Main] ♫ Grandma got pulled over by a trooper / Driving with a kid Thanksgiving Eve / You may say that jailing her's excessive / But then again, she blew point four fifteen ♫ (news.cincinnati.com)	(79)
		[Showbiz] Jon & Kate Gosselin beat Kanye west for the coveted "Turkey of the Year" dishonor (contactmusic.com)	(21)
(Xinhua)		[Geek] Scientists discover primitive emotion-like behavior in fruit flies. Next week's news: PETA demands rights for fruit flies (news.xinhuanet.com)	(11)
		[Fark Party] Niagara Falls? (fark.com)	(4)
		[Main] News: Man gets stuck in underground crevice known as the "Birth Canal" for nearly 24 hours before rescuers free him. Fark: They accidently drop him back in and he's stuck again (sltrib.com)	(90)
(Some Malicious Town)		[Music] Paul Weller will play two concerts at London's Royal Albert Hall, continues to be irritated when fans ask him what it was like working with Ronny Cox and Kurtwood Smith (nme.com)	(19)
		[Sports] Matt Stafford wired for sound in last week's amazing Lions-Browns finish. This could be the beginning of an amazing career (nfl.com)	(89)
		[Business] "The hottest toy this Christmas is an interactive hamster that drives a car and squeaks happily when petted on the nose." Richard Gere squirms knowingly (reuters.com)	(21)
		[Showbiz] You're a washed-up, has-been, British pop star. Do you: C) shop for property in Australia so you have a good base to hunt UFOs? "He needs to mellow out and chase aliens." (news.com.au)	(22)
		[Politics] The White House's unprecedented use of 'unprecedented' is... unprecedented (politico.com)	(127)
		[Sports] Answered (sports.espn.go.com)	(39)
		[Music] NME's top songs of the decade list includes the obligatory ironic pop song at #1, followed by the expected bunch of hipster indie crap you've never heard of (3news.co.nz)	(36)
		[Showbiz] 18 foreign language movies you really, really should see (denofgeek.com)	(186)
(theTVaddict.com)		[Showbiz] Get your first look at the new cast of 24. Can you spot the mole? (thetvaddict.com)	(43)
		[Main] Burger King unveils 1000 calorie monster burger. Just looking at it is enough to give you a heart attack (3news.co.nz)	(160)
(Dawn)		[Politics] How a prank caller drove two nuclear-armed nations to the brink of war, made them check to see if their refrigerators were running (dawn.com)	(25)
		[Music] The best Brazillian babe banging out biatching bossa nova while barefoot you'll see today (youtube.com)	(4)
		[Politics] Remember how Obama promised no one making less than $250k would see a dime of tax increases? Well, that promise may get broken to fund Afghanistan. If only they'd known about that war during the campaign (weeklystandard.com)	(213)
		[Business] Dubai is Dubroke (gawker.com)	(120)
		[Music] Ain't no party like a turkey giveaway party 'cause a turkey giveaway party don't stop until Ludacris, Big Boi, and Akon give thousands of turkeys to Atlanta families (contactmusic.com)	(8)
		[Main] The six most horrific lessons ever taught in elementary school (cracked.com)	(70)
		[Sports] English soccer fans "furious" at record high prices organizers charge them to watch their team suck at 2010 World Cup (dailystar.co.uk)	(24)
		[Main] Thirty-two percent of American men are obviously watching Alton Brown more than the Dallas Cowboys this year (fe2.story.media.ac4.yahoo.com)	(132)
		[Main] Old and Busted: Crashing a wedding reception. New Hotness: Crashing Obama's first State Dinner (news.yahoo.com)	(73)
(Wikileaks)		[Main] Truthers won't be getting much sleep this week after Wikileaks posts 573,000 pager messages from 9/11 (911.wikileaks.org)	(244)
		[Video] Utah politician delivers a Freudian double entendre when speaking about gay rights (liveleak.com)	(42)
(Some Guy)		[Main] Photoshop this Unisphere (themorningnews.org)	(33)
		[Main] Coño man, it has been 10 years since Elián touch our hearts, Ft Lauderdale (miamiherald.com)	(54)
		[Showbiz] Not so fast, Stephen King fans; that announcement about a Shining sequel was a bit premature. Thank god (shelf-life.ew.com)	(38)
		[Sports] The new Cleveland Browns have been finding bizarre ways to lose for over ten years now (cleveland.com)	(12)
		[Main] Theme of Farktography Contest No. 238: "Hello Old Friend. It's Nice to Meet You.". Details and rules in first post. LGT next week's theme (farktography.net)	(122)

Wed November 25, 2009

	[Main] Actual headline: "Atlantis glides home with choked pee nozzle." Subby is hoping that's how his night ends too (theregister.co.uk)	(38)
	[Video] The Electric Company licks a lolly. I feel durty (oldie but goody) (youtube.com)	(19)
	[Politics] Every powerful, important world leader needs a War Room. No idea why the Australian Prime Minister needs one (news.com.au)	(59)
	[Main] Judge sentences killer to two life sentences plus 498 years (kansascity.com)	(62)
	[Main] Dundee girlfriend does what any Scotswoman would do in her place (thescottishsun.co.uk)	(128)
	[Fark Publicity] An online editor observes the power of Fark: "Fark and Drudge are national sites and they attract people looking for a particular type of entertainment. It's like fishing - you go where the fish are" (4th paragraph from the end) (tcpalm.com)	(13)
	[Video] Alright, Subby's going to go out on a limb and say that this is the coolest stop motion Lego recreation of the rooftop bullet dodging scene from The Matrix, ever (io9.com)	(26)
	[Main] Atheist group asks to put up sign honoring war veterans near Christmas display. Pennsylvania town responds by outlawing Christmas displays, claiming "the liberals" have destroyed Christmas (pennlive.com)	(864)
	[Main] Scientists have now created a baby bottle that heats itself up in 60 seconds. A perfect gift for parents who can't be troubled to spend that kind of time on their children (dailymail.co.uk)	(147)
	[Politics] There will be a maelstrom of crazy in Nashville in early February (politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com)	(261)
(7 News Boston)	[Sports] 13 NBA referees linked to Tim Donaghy gambling scandal (www1.whdh.com)	(92)
(Some Guy)	[Main] Photoshop this guy in reflective shades (dl.dropbox.com)	(94)
	[Main] Suing Activision over World of Warcraft? Don't forget to subpoena Depeche Mode and Winona Rider, since she can "explain the significance of alienation in Catcher in the Rye." Makes sense (kotaku.com)	(272)
	[Main] Hannity: This is one of the coldest years on record, so global warming is a hoax. Science: This is one of the warmest years on record, so Hannity is a douche (feeds.mediamatters.org)	(1247)
(Some Guy)	[Sports] Under tremendous public pressure the BCS addresses the idea of a playoff with a website designed by Poli-Sci majors. Mid-Majors unavailable for comment (playoffproblem.com)	(137)
	[Geek] Our zombie galaxy feasts on cannibalized corpses. And you thought astronomy was for dorks (blogs.discovermagazine.com)	(24)
(Some bereaved bovine)	[Main] Spotted cow removed from Mad River in NY. The image in your mind's eye is wrong (lacrossetribune.com)	(91)
	[Sports] Tarvaris Jackson still thinks he can be Vikings franchise quaterback, Surely Ole' Brett Favre will retire after this year (twincities.com)	(54)
	[Music] Taking another step towards a successful career in the adult industry, the Pussycat Dolls break up (contactmusic.com)	(24)
	[Main] This is why you can't have nice things, America: "rather than a retelling of the Nativity story there will be a disco, a contemporary circus, a continental market and a seven foot fairy on stilts." (corner.nationalreview.com)	(440)
(asahi.com)	[Geek] Deadly Australian redback spider thought to have invaded Japan, with tangled web of bureaucracy allowing it to enter major cities. Crikey (asahi.com)	(54)
(Riehl World View)	[Politics] Gays: Hey Democrats, here's some money. Dems: Thanks. Gays: So when are you going to schedule a vote on gay marriage? Dems: What's that? Sorry, can't hear you over the sound of my sucking up to moderates (riehlworldview.com)	(272)
	[Main] Canadian judge rules that the Happy Gilmore golf swing is wrong, biatch (features.csmonitor.com)	(90)
	[Showbiz] Peter Jackson says it will take two more years before his audience can say : "Who the heck is Tin-tin?" (slashfilm.com)	(66)
(Some Guy)	[Sports] PETA wants UGA VIII to be an animatronic bulldog (wsbtv.com)	(69)
(Alt Press)	[Music] Anthrax is so desperate to sell albums to the emo crowd, they're teaming up with members of Fall Out Boy (altpress.com)	(44)
	[Main] News media reports that Obama has pardoned his first turkey. AIG and GM beg to differ (fe18.story.media.ac4.yahoo.com)	(178)
	[Main] It's the Fark Annual Thanksgiving Eve Draw A Hand Turkey For Mom Contest. Past losers include Jerry Garcia and James Doohan. LGT last year's results. VE. Gobble Gobble (fark.com)	(59)
	[Showbiz] Donny Osmond wins Dancing with the Stars. Well...that's...you know what, I can't bring myself to care. Sorry (hollywoodinsider.ew.com)	(63)
(NBC Sports)	[Sports] Houston Texans announce that LB Brian Cushing's Twitter account is a fake even though it references his official web page which includes the exact same Twitter feed (profootballtalk.nbcsports.com)	(9)
(Some Guy)	[Main] Man smokes pack of cigarettes then hangs himself. See, those things will kill you (ydr.inyork.com)	(71)
	[Main] Students angry over dress code stage a protest, learn the school can in fact suspend all 1,500 of them (ajc.com)	(361)
	[Politics] Time Magazine reporter Photoshops semen into Louisiana senator's hair, because the traditional delivery method is so old fashioned (huffingtonpost.com)	(86)
	[Business] MSNBC ponders "Is Black Friday really worth the effort?" Ohhh, MSNBC, you're gonna piss off Walmart, careful now (msnbc.msn.com)	(94)
	[Geek] Economic downturn forces Japanese robot makers to concentrate on utilitarian machines that will take your job years ahead of schedule (pics) (timesonline.co.uk)	(19)
(Some Guy)	[Main] Georgia Supreme Court reverses theft conviction, rules a riding lawn mower isn't a "motor vehicle" (rn-t.com)	(49)
(Some Guy)	[Sports] Take a tour of Target Field, Minnesota Twins' new stadium. Amenities include concession stands with walleye on a stick (minnesota.publicradio.org)	(64)
	[Sports] Latest threat to disrupt 2010 World Cup in South Africa? Gangs of marauding monkeys that will carjack vistors at stop signs (pic) (guardian.co.uk)	(23)
(WTHR)	[Main] Indiana schools face an epidemic of "ball tapping." You thought of a better headline, but were too busy crying on the floor in the fetal position to submit it (wthr.com)	(348)
(Syracuse.com)	[Business] A bank shows fiscal responsibility and refuses to lend more money to a project that is over budget and behind schedule. State appellate court tells them they have to pay up anyway (syracuse.com)	(38)
	[Politics] John Bolton has a glorious mustache. Your argument about Iran is invalid, and was so all along (cbsnews.com)	(121)
	[Showbiz] The greatest seasons from twenty classic shows. Well, at least it got The Simpsons right; nothing will ever top season four (ew.com)	(205)
	[Politics] Republicans now claim the Health bill is "Longer than War and Peace"; but since it's only 209 pages they must mean "Longer classic comix version they read in remedial freshman lit" (news.yahoo.com)	(235)
	[Main] Don't tase me, doe (theglobeandmail.com)	(55)
	[Main] Obvious tag doesn't come even close: "Thanksgiving gatherings could spread swine flu" (msnbc.msn.com)	(64)
	[Showbiz] The good: "Zombieland 2" is in the works and will be in 3D. The bad: it'll come out in 2012, which means that the real Mayan apocalypse will trump the fake zombie apocalypse (denofgeek.com)	(99)
(538.com)	[Politics] "If you want to be a strict constructionist, fine, but be one even when it's inconvenient" (fivethirtyeight.com)	(338)
	[Politics] India fires nuclear-capable missile as part of a deterrent strategy against China and Pakistan. So much for trying to curry their favor (upi.com)	(50)
	[Main] Two arrested for threatening YouTube rap, are sentenced to read 80,000 barely literate YouTube comments (upi.com)	(86)
(Some Guy)	[Main] Another reason China is kicking our ass: Push button boob jobs with instant D-liscious results (weirdasianews.com)	(lots)
(Some Guy)	[Geek] All those 'off the cuff' remarks that you should ignore in the ClimateGate emails found their way into "off the cuff" computer code. FORTRAN (shudder) code labled 'fudge factor' (bishophill.squarespace.com)	(370)
	[Main] "It often is reported that 46 million turkeys will be eaten on Thanksgiving, and that it is the busiest travel time of the year. Government statistics suggest that neither claim is accurate." (online.wsj.com)	(51)
(Some Avalon)	[Music] Bryan Ferry's next album has him working with Nile Rodgers, Jonny Greenwood, and Flea. Talk about a supergroup (nme.com)	(20)
(Some Guy)	[Geek] Danish media claim that swine flu is just another plot created by multinational corporations to contol people's minds, like 9/11 or Kentucky Fried Chicken (russiatoday.com)	(37)
	[Geek] Motherlode of gorillas remains vulnerable, much to the delight of one deranged Italian plumber addicted to shrooms (sciencedaily.com)	(8)
(Some Comic Geek)	[Geek] Just in time for a long holiday weekend: New comics shipping November 25th. What are you picking up for the drive/flight? (downtowncomics.ning.com)	(43)
	[Main] It's not quite Thanksgiving yet, but the Christmas trees are already trying to kill us all (thelocal.de)	(54)
	[Main] You claim the government owes you $200 million. Do you c) rent a van, hang a "My $200 Million Dollars" sign on it, park in the middle of the street two blocks from the White House, and start throwing Molotov cocktails? (myfoxdc.com)	(77)
	[Main] If at first you don't succeed at breaking into a supermarket, trap, trap yourself in the ventilation system five years later (orlandosentinel.com)	(26)
	[Main] Studies show that men who stifle their anger at work are more than twice as likely to die of a heart attack; those that don't are more than twice as likely to die of malnutrition and exposure from living in a cardboard box (news.yahoo.com)	(297)
	[Video] RLY slow motion footage (liveleak.com)	(23)
	[Sports] News: Ottawa Senators starting goalie Pascal Leclaire out for a month after breaking his cheekbone. Fark: He was injured while sitting on the bench (usatoday.com)	(25)
	[Sports] Good: New Jersey Nets close in on NBA record. Bad: It's the record for most consecutive losses to start a season (sports.yahoo.com)	(20)
	[Business] If Nokia breaks your phone, be forewarned it's your fault for sending it to them in the first place, so you'll have to pay for any repairs necessary (consumerist.com)	(25)
	[Sports] Polite headline: "Michigan, Notre Dame must re-evaluate their places in football." Translation: "They need to get over themselves already because everybody else has" (usatoday.com)	(87)
	[Geek] The economy is so bad that billionaires are now building their yachts out of crap they picked out of the ocean (theregister.co.uk)	(7)
	[Main] Photoshop this semiconductor tracker barrel (inapcache.boston.com)	(48)
	[Main] Dog works the drive-through at a convenience store (with awesome picture of the employee) (tampabay.com)	(282)
(Some Chick)	[Main] Ten secret text message codes parents need to pay special attention to. NALOPKT (wbtv.com)	(630)
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	[Showbiz] Who's down with OBE? Alan Cumming (contactmusic.com)	(23)
(Waterbury Republican American)	[Politics] Poll finds that swine flu is more popular than Senator Chris Dodd (D-one for) (rep-am.com)	(47)
	[Video] We've all seen obscured, blurry meteor videos before, but this footage from a CCTV camera in South Africa is truly a jaw-dropper (liveleak.com)	(57)
	[Showbiz] Afghanistan set to launch their own James Bond series, hopefully to be as successful as Turkish Star Wars (news.yahoo.com)	(18)
	[Geek] The absolute best Bioshock cosplay you'll see... ever. No, really, it doesn't get any better than this (iheartchaos.com)	(57)
	[Main] You know that guy who spent 23 years in a coma but aware of everything going on? Even money says it's a hoax (msnbc.msn.com)	(307)
	[Sports] From the Amazing High School Football Plays file: Punt returned for 33 yards covers about a football field and a half in real time (liveleak.com)	(31)
	[Main] Police searching for the grinch or grinches who crushed a gingerbread town containing 650 gingerbread homes. "The people who did this must be full of gingerbread dust. They will smell a long way." (news.com.au)	(33)
	[Video] Ummm... yeah (youtube.com)	(49)
	[Geek] Power plant in Norway uses salt to generate electricity. The excitement that scientists are feeling is a white-NaCl ride (news.com.au)	(33)
	[Business] Vietnam raises interest rates to combat eroding confidence with its dong, plans to try Spanish fly next (bloomberg.com)	(15)
	[Main] Lovers reportedly have sex in clock tower in broad daylight - of course that's only second hand (telegraph.co.uk)	(60)
	[Showbiz] Man risks certain death to prank an entire theater full of "Twilight: New Moon" fans (with glorious video) (examiner.com)	(268)
	[Geek] Royal Caribbean unveils first child tracking system that lets parents avoid...errr, I mean, track their children (usatoday.com)	(16)
(Some Guy)	[Main] Irish turn their annual Christmas lighting ceremony into a drunken riot. Once again (belfasttelegraph.co.uk)	(86)
	[Geek] Data from NASA's STEREO spacecraft have confirmed the stunning reality of MONSTER WAVES ON THE SUN (science.nasa.gov)	(9)
	[Showbiz] Smug, swaggering, mean middle-aged men such as Simon Cowell, Jeremy Clarkson, and Gordon Ramsay are fast becoming Britain's top cultural export to the world, thanks to their authenticity (independent.co.uk)	(30)
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	[Main] Musician appeals for return of stolen tiki. The curse never ends, Greg (nzherald.co.nz)	(34)
	[Showbiz] King Kong's metal skeleton fetches 121,250 bananas at auction (abc.net.au)	(21)
	[Main] Ten tips to ease the hassles of holiday flying. 'Staying home' conspicuously absent (usatoday.com)	(51)
	[Music] While most of us eat a gallon of ice cream or have a good cry, John Mayer buys a Ferrari when he's sad (contactmusic.com)	(31)
	[Showbiz] All work and no play make Steve a dull boy: King announces sequel to "The Shining" (slashfilm.com)	(50)
	[Politics] President Hopey McChange decides to not sign an international treaty banning land mines and will stick to the Bush-era policy instead (sfgate.com)	(347)
	[Video] Why you shouldn't make major decisions about a relationship while playing Scrabble™ (youtube.com)	(30)
	[Music] From the year 3000: Future archaeologists try to piece together the ancient mystery of the Beatles... John, Paul, Greg and Scottie Pippen (iheartchaos.com)	(18)
	[Main] For those with all day to work out, doing a Sudoku puzzle burns an amazing 90 calories an hour (dailymail.co.uk)	(38)
(Some Guy)	[Main] Man kills his second girlfriend because she wouldn't help him dispose of his first girlfriend's body (ktla.com)	(81)
	[Video] The coolest xbox that can't play Xbox games (youtube.com)	(93)
	[Politics] Dana Perino, former Press Secretary for George W. Bush: "We did not have a terrorist attack on our country during President Bush's term" (Video) (mediamatters.org)	(388)
	[Main] Man in mall food court shoots himself in the knee, presumably in an attempt to avoid the persistent bourbon chicken lady (seattletimes.nwsource.com)	(59)
	[Sports] New York Giants coach Tom Coughlin had a stalker. A male stalker. A retarded male stalker. No, the stalker wasn't Eli Manning (deadspin.com)	(43)
	[Politics] Palin tells Marg Delahunty Canada should 'dismantle' public health-care system. Canada tells Palin to shut the hell up (ca.news.yahoo.com)	(330)
	[Main] Incredible gallery of Cockermouth floods, 72 nightmarish Cumbria shots (bbc.co.uk)	(44)
	[Sports] 2 Michigan State football players dismissed from team. Only 18 more to go, Dan Antonio (clickondetroit.com)	(22)
(journal times)	[Main] Man loses semi-truck and 5-year-old son at strip club. Why yes, drinking was involved (journaltimes.com)	(40)
(Galileo, Galileo)	[Main] Photoshop this inauguration (esa.int)	(44)
(Charlotte Obs)	[Politics] Billy Graham thinks God was using Sarah Palin "to wake America up," presumably to witness John McCain's godawful decision making skills (charlotteobserver.com)	(90)