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Kucinich asks the tough questions

“Is that a bridge?“

Peabody's yeaaaa

Peabody’s, where dollar-store soap scent brushes roughly

against 50-year-old women, dressed like Wal-Mart sluts

waiting with shirts pulled low

for an overweight, balding 80s rock star

Like Disney. On STDs.

VW’s dogs sing ‘Star Wars’ march to tease Super Bowl ad

How Volkswagen Conducted Its Canine Chorus

Some choice comments from YouTube:

its still better than the re-re-release of the starwars? trilogy on blu-ray.
moediggity28

I find? your lack of RAM disturbing…
tigahwood

Witness the power of this fully functional? floppy disk duo.
metroid62

While the Force will always be? with you, memory space may not.
CutieMarkCommentary

These are not the? disks you are looking for.
TehGingersaurus

240p…we meet again.?
rushnerd

details from MAKE

Follow my attempt to not get sucked into reading too much on the 2012 elections by subscribing to my delicious 2012 tags.

Today, for example, I howled at @cliffschecter’s take on the poisonous GOP Debate Audiences

2012 Elections: It’s Delicious

What, you didn’t spend 1997 up at 2 a.m. watching MTV?

If not, check out AMP playlists for a good sense of what you missed.

According to the tumblr, “Meccano” by Sun Electric is impossible to find online.

Related: Here’s my half-baked recreation of my AMP favorites on spotify (note, you’ll need spotify’s software to click and play)

The best thing on the internet August 31: Prufrock451’s response to the question: Could I destroy the entire Roman Empire during the reign of Augustus if I traveled back in time with a modern U.S. Marine infantry battalion or MEU?

As with anything cool online, this has taken on a life of its own. The speed and intensity of the development of eight chapters of fiction, multiple movie posters and great fan fiction are exhilarating examples of just how quickly communities can spring up and create something interesting online.

Yes, you might be turned off by the military fantasy brewing on reddit, but the fermentation process is delicious.

You can continue to read or contribute to the story of the 35th MEU on Rome Sweet Rome

The original post: Could I destroy the entire Roman Empire during the reign of Augustus if I traveled back in time with a modern U.S. Marine infantry battalion or MEU?

Two interesting articles about my favorite website (well, favorite pastime while in front of a computer. Website doesn’t quite convey my obsession)

David Weinberger: Reddit and community journalism

What Reddit says about the expanding idea of journalism

My favorite #binladen tweets so far … http://twitter.com/#/dketterick

wendyhoke wendyhoke
“@nczeitgeist: Let’s put Obama on the cover of Madden.”

thesulk Alec Sulkin
I’m just glad it wasn’t the “there’s an asteroid we can’t stop” speech.

MMFlint Michael Moore
8 years to the day when Bush put on that costume and falsely declared “Mission: Accomplished.”

DonaldGlover Donald Glover
Best part of twitter when things like this happen are people who don’t know it happened yet and tweet “so crazy at the club right now!”shit.

Where is Abbottabad Pakistan: http://mojo.ly/lQKVdi

tcostello Tom Costello
Whoever got off the fatal shot is totally going to win an EGOT.

brianstelter Brian Stelter
NBC’s Chuck Todd: “One of the most significant, if not THE most significant, accomplishment for this president in this term.”

joshuadenney Joshua Denney
Then Obama walked off — LIKE A BOSS!

Penguin Jeremy Tanner
Listening to the President tell the best bedtime story I’ve heard in a long time. Goodnight, Osama bin Laden.

GhostOsama Osama Bin Laden
Well this sucks…I accidentally enabled location on my tweets.

dketterick Dan Ketterick
Navy Seals may have been involved … can anyone say “Charlie Sheen?” #winning #obama #binladen

copyblogger Brian Clark
Yippee ki-yay bin Laden.

brianstelter Brian Stelter
Brian Williams says some journalists received a three-word e-mail tonight that read, “Get to work.”

NewYorkObserver NewYorkObserver
Look at Obama’s face when Seth Meyers made the joke about Bin Laden last night. Meme-creators, go to town. http://twitpic.com/4s777w

Oh_Bruce Bruce
RT @jslconsulting: Bin Laden never should have got hooked on Foursquare. #FatalError

Oh_Bruce Bruce
RT @jslconsulting: Bin Laden never should have got hooked on Foursquare. #FatalError

DirectorGadget Matt Babb
Bin Laden is dead… Now we won’t have to see that video of him kneeling down and shooting that machine gun anymore!

jimmyfallon jimmy fallon
Got Bin Laden AND interrupted Celebrity Apprentice? Win for Obama all around.