Animal spirits

From The New York Times:

The New American Normal
By ROGER COHEN

As the U.S. descends into tribal division, expect the "animal spirits" to keep on hoarding. ...

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/28/opinion/28iht-edcohen.html


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NYTimes: Owner of Segway Company Dies in a Segway Accident

From The New York Times:

Owner of Segway Company Dies in a Segway Accident
By SARAH LYALL and JULIA WERDIGIER

James W. Heselden, 62, died Sunday after plunging from a cliff in West Yorkshire, England, apparently while on a Segway, the police said. ...

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/28/technology/28segway.html

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Tweet from @TwittterRock

@TwittterRock: "Darth Maul: More proof, as if we needed it, that clowns are evil." #starwars fun@ http://bit.ly/33sF0H

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Uh...um, The Onion?

Poll: 1 In 5 Americans Believe Obama Is A Cactus 09.22.10

WASHINGTON 輸ccording to a poll released Tuesday, nearly 20 percent of U.S. citizens now believe Barack Obama is a cactus, the most Americans to identify the president as a water- retaining desert plant since he took office.

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Mexico Killed In Drug Deal

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I Have Proof That For the Past 3 Months, The CIA Has Been Running A Covert Operation To Make This An Awesome Summer

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Spoiled, Doughy Brat Makes Local Parent Feel Spiritually Whole

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Obama To Hold Job Performance Review With Every American Worker

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Ooops she did it again...

snopes.com: Criminals Accidentally Dial 911

http://www.snopes.com/crime/dumdum/911.asp

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snopes.com: Leaf Pile Fatality

http://www.snopes.com/horrors/gruesome/leafpile.asp

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Mother of Zodd!!! "@ZenShadow: Palin's secret nickname for herself is 'Sarah the Savior' ".
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Tweet from @PRTandWiseline

@PRTandWiseline: #inews9k Headline: Lindsay Lohan Will Bail Out of Jail. Translation: Lohan fails at jail

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Sarah Palin: The Sound and the Fury | Politics | Vanity Fair

GAH!!!
http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2010/10/sarah-palin-201010?currentPage=all
Um........GAH!!!
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Bill Maher: New Rule: Rich People Who Complain About Being Vilified Should Be Vilified

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bill-maher/new-rule-rich-people-who-_b_737429.html?ref=fb&src=sp#sb=275088,b=facebook

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Tweet from @sa_meQal

@sa_meQal: Fire, helping to hide trace evidence for centuries.

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Tweet from @TheOnion

@TheOnion: [audio] 'Expect Delays' Signs Placed Randomly Throughout Nation http://onion.com/9J4WZz

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Zombie hunting SWF seeking kick-ass partner

http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/all/ SWF seeks SWM who enjoys farming, zoo keeping and serious preparation for zombie invasion for friendship, LTR and possible marriage. Must be willing to wear a kilt and own his own broadsword.

Must be down to earth kind of guy, no prior convictions, not subject to any criminal investigations. I will look you up on the state access database so don't bother lying about it. Am D/D free, you be too

Must hold liberal political views, while still supporting gun ownership, hunting and private land rights. *{okay,here's my thing-she wants someone that will kick an ass? Has she ever met one? Poor Donkeys always gettin a bum rap...}*
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Tweet from @devilishlysw33t

@devilishlysw33t: "If it looks like crap, and smells like crap, its either Wolf Blitzer, or crap."

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♫ Gamera is really neat....He is filled with turtle meat...♫ And other reasons why we love MST3K.

Tweet from @alltrueman

@alltrueman: Life needs more Scooby Snacks.

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Lynyrd Skynyrd inspiration dies in north Florida - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100920/ap_on_en_mu/us_obit_skynrd_inspiration_5
Who knew?
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SNOPES and Only in Northern Michigan

SNOPES!!!
Resident objected to a cross on his city's crest; other residents responded by placing crosses on their lawns.

I actually remember this, this was a pretty cool thing actually. Really promoted solidarity in a community, and democracy (It was one person opposed to the greater populace) and it also had a lot to do with tradition and history aside from the matter of faith.
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Did a shoe company once market the "Incubus," a product named for a demon who violates women in their sleep?

Someone hates women's feet. It could be called a pathological hatred toward female footware...
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Does German chocolate cake actually come from Germany?

No, but it is a pretty good story.

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ONLY IN NORTHERN MICHIGAN

Second Cattle Herd Infected With Bovine TB Cause For Concern

Again with the cow TB.

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Tweet from @TheOnion

The Onion remembers The Workplace: That Place You Used To Go http://onion.com/cCyjoD #OnionWorkplace

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Oh and then there is mindless Bullcrap...

7 Scientific Reasons a Zombie Outbreak Would Fail (Quickly)

By David Dietle Aug 17, 2010 2,140,223 views

6 Movies That Didn't Realize They Let The Villain Win

7 Famous Movie Flaws That Were Explained in Deleted Scenes

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Night of the Living Trekkies....

Tweet & The Onion

Tweet from @SarahPalinsHand

Delaware, PLEASE don't vote for Christine O'Donnell. If she wins I'm out of a hand job.

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THE ONION

Second-Most Popular Kid In School Assumes Power Following Death Of Star Quarterback 09.15.10

NORFOLK, NE—Three days after the unexpected death of star quarterback Chad McIntyre, Norfolk High School's second-most popular kid announced Tuesday that he would immediately be assuming the duties of coolest person in school.

Nation Once Again Comes Under Sway Of Pink-Faced Half-Wit

Law Schools Now Require Applicants To Honestly State Whether They Want To Go To Law School
<one eyebrow raises>

Cuba Going Capitalist?

'But the Cuban sandwich is in no danger of losing its position, right?'

Since The Beginning Of Time, Mankind Has Discussed What It Did On Summer Vacation

by Jeremy Ryan

For as far back as historians can go, summer vacations have been celebrated by people everywhere as a time for rest and relaxation.

Hungover Couple Unaware They Broke Up Last Night
Probably for the best...

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Tweet from @PRTandWiseline

#inews9k BREAKING NEWS PHOTO: "I went with 'The Shatner'," Sarkozy says http://twitpic.com/2ope1e

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Tweet from @Enapov

As she secured her machete, she patted her newly occupied womb-knowing she could thwart any zombie in her path.#lastlinesofbadromancenovels

Someday she would know the name of her baby's father and the name of her father's baby...<One eyebrow raises>...#lastlinesofbadromancenovels

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Tweet from @nyssa23

RT @BuzzFeed: John Mayer deleted his Twitter. It's as if millions of inane tweets suddenly cried out in terror & were suddenly silenced.

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Tweet from @qikipedia

Largest known diamond: 10 billion trillion trillion carats & 4,000 km across http://tinyurl.com/2dkdgsz

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Tweet from @jimmyfallon

Happy Birthday Super Mario! http://bit.ly/bnRt9m

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Tweet from @PRTandWiseline

CLEAR! and Present Danger #hospitalfilms

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Food for the Unthinking and Only in Michigan

Pounds of Potatoes Ready to Eat in Posen

Every small community is known for something and in Posen, it's their potatoes.

Everyone has goals....Some are more difficult to achieve than others.

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Some Doctors Aren't So Smart in Their Personal Choices.. & Only in Michigan

Personal Choice or Bad Decision: You Decide.
Doctor stuck in chimney died of asphyxiation
Woman apparently trying to confront beau; body found days later

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

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Bacteria Causes Boil Water Advisory in Mesick

The name of the town alone would cause me to boil water .
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Tweet from @TheOnion

Archaeologists Unearth Lousiest Civilization Ever http://onion.com/d5soti

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Tweet from @Enapov

"@brotherzee: if Bruce Campbell directed Frankenstein w/ Robert Englund as the Dr & Kane Hodder as the monster I'd watch the crap out of it"

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Um, well...The Onion?

Construction Complete On 9/11 Truther Memorial 09.07.10

UNDISCLOSED—On a remote patch of Kansas prairie believed to fall outside the range of U.N. spy satellites, construction is finally complete on the long- awaited 9/11 Truther Memorial, sources confirmed Wednesday.

Department Of Interior To Clean Nation's Filter

News in Brief »

Area Man Suddenly Realizes He's The One Who's Been Killing Off World's Bee Population

Outbreak Of Va-Va-Vooms Traced To Miniskirt-Wearing Blonde

Report: Afghan Mineral Deposits Could Completely Revolutionize Nation's System Of Corruption

Brain Exercises Don't Stop Alzheimer's

'Poor Will Shortz.'

Summer Days, Driftin' Away

by Jean Teasdale

Well, the Summer of Jean has come and gone. You Jeanketeers will know what I'm talking about: In a column back in June (boy, does that feel like a lifetime ago…), I discussed how I was really going to take charge of this summer and make it my own.

City Of Chicago To Modernize Outdated Graft Programs

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Tweet from @nyssa23

RT @DeathStarPR: Here on the Death Star, we remind people to treasure every moment. Because it could be your last. #DeathStarCares #StarWars

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People Flock to Manton Harvest Festival

It's the festival that just keeps going.

It's like the Energizer Bunny or The Song That Never Ends....

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from my friend Xig

How a cadaver made your car safer

Auto industry doesn't like talking about how much safety innovation was built around testing cadavers

Well, God put us all on Earth for something - just don't tell us about it and play creepy music at the same time. It's over the top.


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Tweet from @SocialNetwork

Hollywood Updates Facebook in Lineup of Fall Movies - Zorianna Kit | ABC News LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Social... http://tumblr.com/xxqhwdrwa


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Tweet from @lizzwinstead

Jan Brewer: The Legend of Creepy Hollow

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Tweet from @unrealfred

"Strange things are afoot at the Circle K."

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Tweet from @PRTandWiseline

@tigerljily I see yr Vets4Obama sticker & raise yu Where's The Birth Cert? sticker on truck in elem school pking lot up north

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Desuko's Junk Drawer

Desuko's Junk Drawer....I love this place. It has really great pictures of bizarreness.
Some of the pictures are like, "Whoa, where in the world did you find this?" And some are just plain offensively funny and some are just plain offensive, some are just plain funny, but if you are offended then don't go there. Seriously.
That's plain and simple.
http://desuko.tumblr.com/

I don't understand people who get on the web and complain that something is offensive and then like a train wreck, they go out of their way to see it. Stop complaining. If you don't want your children to see this stuff then monitor their activity. It's as simple as that.
It is ridiculous to me how many people complain about the cartoons their children watch without ever watching them themselves and how many people complain about content on television, without watching the program and making an intelligent judgment. Granted, gore for gores-sake, sex for sex-sake, seriously, if that is the only thing your presenting, then, what's your point?
But a good story that happens to teach a lesson and includes certain, lets say, unsavory things. Might be better for the general public then an episode of "Lassie".

Also, be careful what you present to the public. We're all a bunch of sarcastic asses out here and we'll do anything for a laugh...Case in point below...


The companion site to Desuko Movie Spot, where you can find all our favorite flotsam and jetsam from the web.

Tweet from @PRTandWiseline

#inews9k BREAKING: Beck challenges Boehner to a "cry-off" fundraiser to benefit corporate welfare

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Only in Northern Mich

Oil and Gas Companies Lose Interest In Northern Michigan

Oil and gas companies that once sparked interest in leasing Northern Michigan land, are beginning to lose interest.

Surprise Surprise.
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Tweet from @ConanOBrien

I announced the name of my show today right here: http://bit.ly/cc3jhU (Spoiler alert: The words "Tonight" and "Show" aren't in it.)

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