The stupid thing must be broken.

What type of partier are you?
Your Result: The designated driver

You are the gem of any party, the rock, the one who can roll with the group and have a ton of fun, even though you are completely sober most of the time. You may have a rare occasional drink, but really don't need it or care if you have one. The ( Read more... )

Curiouser and curiouser.

With an unhealthy dose of eugenics to boot. Watch it free here, then read this review, then go see it in a theater if you like; but I'm not giving these bastards a penny.

POPE Benedict XVI plans to bring back the celebration of mass in Latin, overriding a rare show of protest from senior cardinals. [The Australian]

Roma locuta est. Causa finita est.

If you are on Facebook and know Derek Bishop (AKA
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A huge border enforcement drill involving hundreds of agents chasing make-believe migrants on the Miami shoreline proved to be hugely successful for some 40 actual Cuban refugees Thursday.  Two incoming boatloads squeaked by the “Operation Vigilant Sentry” squads, including one group of 21 that came ashore at a nudist beach. [Truthdig]

China issued the Human Rights Record of the US in 2006 in response to the Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2006 issued by the U.S. [People's Daily Online]

Facts & Figures | Full Text

The full text is worth a read, regardless of your opinion of the CCP. The report contains its share of foolishness (apparently the Commies still favor the ( Read more... )

W&M contingent information via Facebook.

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This won't mean anything to anyone else, but I thought it might do someone some good to know that someone else, namely me, is very, very happy right now.

Dear Students,

Dr. X will not be holding his 700 class on campus tonight due
to illness.  The quiz is postponed to next week, and he will post an
alternate activity on Blackboard in lieu of class.

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