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The Top 10 Most Unfunny Comedians of All Time

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:13:51 GMT

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We’re not sure how they’ve done it, but by some dastardly karmic injustice these 10 a-holes have made successful careers for themselves as comedians by… being about as funny as putting your dog to sleep.

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Carrot Top is so unfunny, it’s a stretch to even call him a comedian.

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we can’t remember a single joke this dude has told since 1987.

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Listening to a fat dude wheeze about how much it sucks to be fat

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Whoopi Goldberg’s audience are middle-aged soccer moms who love Walmart

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Richard Lewis is everything that was wrong with the 1990’s embodied in a douchey hair-do and a dick face.

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using the most annoying instrument on earth makes people hate you – or at best makes you look like a crazy b*tch with too many cats.

#3 Kathy Griffin

#2 Carlos Mencia

#1 Dane Cook

We contemplated not including Dane Cook on this list. Not because he’s actually funny, but rather because he’s so monumentally horrible in so many ways, we figured it was better to just have the article run from 10-2, with #1 assumed from the outset.

Tags: humor, funny, entertainment

The internet at sort-of-40

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 21:11:23 GMT

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Clip Source: www.guardian.co.uk

The internet is sort-of-40 this year.

if you set the October 1969 networking of US research universities through Arpanet as the start point then it is a significant birthday.

To mark this, we want to tell the internet's story.

Below there is a list of 30 events from the past 40 years – encompassing the technological development of the internet

At the bottom of this page is a form where we would like you to nominate events memorable to you

1969 Arpanet starts Computers at two academic departments in California are linked by Arpanet, the predecessor of the internet

1971 @ Ray Tomlinson devises electronic mail for arpanet. He settles on @ to separate the name of the user from the name of their computer

1978 Spam Gary Thuerk sends what is now considered the first unsolicited commercial email. Major Raymond Czahor of the US defence communications agency assures Arpanet users it will not happen again

1978 Bulletin boards

1985 .com

1989 Start of the web

1996 Proto-Google

2004 The war on spam

Tags: internet, science, communication, computers

Galilean Nights

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 20:54:27 GMT

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Clip Source: antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov

Jupiter's Galilean moons are just visible in this photo as tiny pinpricks of light very near the bright planet.

Clip Source: www.galileannights.org

On 22-24 October 2009, the International Year of Astronomy 2009 Cornerstone Project, Galilean Nights, will see amateur and professional astronomers, enthusiasts and the public taking to the streets all around the globe, pointing their telescopes to the wonders that Italian astronomer Galileo observed 400 years ago.

Spread over three nights, astronomers will share their knowledge and enthusiasm for space by encouraging as many people as possible to look through a telescope at our planetary neighbours. The focus for Galilean Nights is the objects that Galileo observed, including Jupiter and the Moon, which will be well-positioned in the night sky for observing.

Tags: astronomy, science, nature

The Best Villians in Film History

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 20:21:12 GMT

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Clip Source: www.pajiba.com

Our unofficial official video editor for the site, hh (responsible for Wall-E: The Cannibal Years), has returned with another gem: A well-edited together montage of the best villains in cinematic history — or at least those of the human variety.

It’s something of a cinematic best of list, edited together for the YouTubers. It’s also kind of transfixing to watch. I appreciate even more than that villains themselves are not labeled, so the challenge goes out to y’all. How many of these movie villains can you identify? Me? I’m just tickled pixie that Drexl Spivey made the cut. By damn, it is white boy day.

Check out the video, I suspect that among you all, you’ll have no problem identifying all the flicks, and knowing our readers, I’m sure you’ll take pains to point out the omissions.

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Tags: movies, entertainment, bad guys, horror

Joe Biden: the worrying rise of Barack Obama’s Mr Wrong

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:32:55 GMT

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clipper's remarks: The real difficulty with Mr Biden, however, is his judgment.

On all the big questions, he has been – to put it politely – on the wrong side of history.

The problem is that Mr Obama may now be listening to Mr Biden. Having supposedly already settled on an Afghan strategy in March, he is giving a very public impression of Hamlet as he wrings his hands and conducts endless White House debates – with details leaked to the press – about what to do.

Clip Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Want to know how to deal with a momentous issue of war or grand strategy? You could do a lot worse than check out what Vice-President Joe Biden thinks – and plump for the opposite.

Mr Biden was chosen as Barack Obama's running mate last August because he was old, white and supposedly knew a lot about foreign policy.

What Mr Obama overlooked was that Mr Biden, who served as a senator for tiny Delaware for 36 years, had never run anything in his life, or taken decisions rather than talking about things, at legendary length.

Making fun of Joe Biden is a bipartisan affair. A quip about Biden being a windbag is guaranteed to bring a Democrat and Republican together in Washington.

Mr Obama himself even dabbled in it in February when he responded to a question about yet another Biden gaffe by saying, "I don't know what Joe was referring to, not surprisingly",

A miffed Mr Biden used his weekly lunch with the President to ask him not to "diss" him in public.

Tags: history, politics, idiots, global warming via political hot air

How D&D leads to every form of evil

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:50:57 GMT

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clipper's remarks: LOL... go to the site to see the diagram

Clip Source: www.nytimes.com

Tags: d&d, internet, computer, computing, technology, technorati, nerds, geeks

Baby in Stroller Hit By Train

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:35:27 GMT

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Clip Source: www.foxnews.com

A six-month-old boy has miraculously survived a train slamming into his stroller after it rolled off an Australian railway platform.

The collision happened as a city-bound service pulled up to Ashburton station, in a Melbourne suburb.

A security video shows the boy's mother taking her hands off the stroller's handles and failing to notice as it slowly edged toward the tracks.

Click here to watch the video.

The mom suddenly spots the baby stroller picking up speed and she rushes with outstretched arms to try to save her young child, but the stroller tips over the edge of the platform and the baby slams onto the tracks head first.

Australia's Herald Sun said the train ploughed into the stroller, dragging the child along beneath the train's front car.

But the boy was hauled from the tracks with little more than a bump on his head.

Paramedic Jon Wright said the six-month-old just "needed a feed and a nap".

Tags: child, children, train, horror, entertainment

SUV Drives Through Starbucks

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:18:54 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Content Warning: naughty captions and car-on-store violence.

Clip Source: ace.mu.nu.

SUV Drives Through Starbucks
Here off-duty Sacramento sheriff's deputy, Lisa Gargano, drives her SUV into a Starbucks. She was later arrested for DUI for being under the influence of prescription drugs.

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Tags: crime, car, auto, california, coffee

Lolcats etc.

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 22:52:54 GMT

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Clip Source: icanhascheezburger.com

Tags: lolcats, animals, human

One gay man, two lesbians, a three-legged cat and a poisoned curry plot

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:43:59 GMT

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Clip Source: www.dailymail.co.uk

A gay man tried to poison his lesbian neighbours by putting slug pellets into their curry after he was accused of kidnapping their three-legged cat.

Gary Stewart, 37, had been at loggerheads with Marie Walton and Beverley Sales for months.

But things looked brighter when he made a peace offering of some curry, claiming he had ordered too much from the Indian takeaway.

When the women started to eat, they found the curry studded with slug pellets.

They called the police and Stewart was arrested.

He appeared before magistrates in Manchester where he admitted attempting to poison the two women on September 22.

He denied a further charge of making threats to kill.

Stewart is even alleged to have kidnapped the family's three-legged cat, Amber, and dumped her in a village miles away.

The cat was eventually found after posters were put up with her photograph.

Slug pellets - which normally contain the chemical metaldehyde - can be extremely dangerous to animals and children.

Tags: bizarre, humor, crime, animals

Brainy Quotes

Sat, 10 Oct 2009 14:58:14 GMT

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Clip Source: www.brainyquote.com

Born again?! No, I'm not. Excuse me for getting it right the first time.

Dennis Miller

Eskimo: "If I did not know about God and sin, would I go to hell?" Priest: "No, not if you did not know." Eskimo: "Then why did you tell me?"

Annie Dillard

I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use.

Galileo Galilei

If a man would follow, today, the teachings of the Old Testament, he would be a criminal. If he would follow strictly the teachings of the New, he would be insane.

Robert Green Ingersoll

If Jesus had been killed twenty years ago, Catholic school children would be wearing little electric chairs around their necks instead of crosses.

Lenny Bruce

Clip Source: www.brainyquote.com

Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, than that of blind-folded fear.

Thomas Jefferson

Tags: quotes, religion, entertainment, humor

Remnants of Childhood - do you have any?

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 16:27:03 GMT

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clipper's remarks: "...there's a brand-spankin' new Walmart that opened near me with mint-condition shopping carts and a fresh, smooth parking lot with a ever-so-slight down hill slope to the cars from the store. A few jogging steps is all I need to roll myself and my groceries from the front doors all the way to the far end of the lot."

Clip Source: www.reddit.com

I still like to push the shopping cart and then jump up and "ride" it. I'm in my mid 20's. What childhood related activities do you still enjoy?

Clip Source: www.reddit.com

Sliding across my wood floor in my socks.

Kicking loose rocks down the street, just to see how far they will go and where they will randomly change course.

Walking through puddles in the rain.

Making wings with my hand outside of the car window while I speed down the road.

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Don't forget scrunching through huge piles of autumn leaves...

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Puddles! Oh, and the more adult version of veering slightly in the road for a puddle while driving to make a big whoooshy splash

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I pretend I use the force to open up automatic doors

I jump over things as I'm walking down the street, just to see if I can.

Clip Source: www.reddit.com

Ooooh! I always crunch the ice. My wife, walking along side me, tries to act like she's not with me.

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Every once in awhile I will go up the stairs on all fours.

Clip Source: www.reddit.com

The best part of being a "grown up" is being able to buy candy and toys whenever I want. Seriously.

Tags: humor, children, childhood, entertainment, confessions

The Yawn Explained: It Cools Your Brain

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 15:54:29 GMT

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Clip Source: dsc.discovery.com

If your head is overheated, there's a good chance you'll yawn soon

The finding solves several mysteries about yawning, such as why it's most commonly done just before and after sleeping, why certain diseases lead to excessive yawning, and why breathing through the nose and cooling off the forehead often stop yawning.

The key yawn instigator appears to be brain temperature.

"Brains are like computers," Andrew Gallup, a researcher

"They operate most efficiently when cool, and physical adaptations have evolved to allow maximum cooling of the brain."

Clip Source: dsc.discovery.com

"It is interesting to note that instances of excessive yawning in humans may be indicative of brain cooling problems," Gallup, Jr., told Discovery News, pointing out that patients with multiple sclerosis often experience bouts of excessive yawning "and MS involves thermoregulatory dysfunction."

"Bouts of excessive yawning often precede the onset of seizures in epileptic patients

and

headaches in people who suffer from migraines,"

Tags: science, brain, health

'Coral Boy' cured of unusual skin condition

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:33:09 GMT

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Clip Source: www.mirror.co.uk

'Coral Boy' cured of unusual skin condition - before and after pics

Lin Tianzhuan has been dubbed Coral Boy since the age of 13, when large shell-like growths began covering his arms and legs .

As the bizarre skin condition worsened, the 38-year-old was prevented from leaving the house because he could no longer bend his limbs.

But following a year of specialist treatment and surgery, Lin’s skin is finally free of ‘coral’. See the amazing transformation in the pictures above.

Aside from a few discoloured patches of skin, Lin is now hoping to make a full recovery and get his life in Shuimen, southern China, back on track.

His experience is similar to that of Indonesian Dede Koswara, who was nicknamed Tree Man when his skin developed the texture of bark. However, after Dede underwent sugery for his condition, the tree-like growths returned.

Tags: health, science, bizarre

Paranormal Resarch, University of Virginia

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:46:26 GMT

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Clip Source: www.healthsystem.virginia.edu

The late Dr. Ian Stevenson, Founder of the Division of Perceptual Studies

The Division of Perceptual Studies (DOPS), formerly the Division of Personality Studies , is a unit of the Department of Psychiatric Medicine at the University of Virginia. Utilizing scientific methods, we investigate apparent paranormal phenomena, especially:

Children Who Claim to Remember Previous Lives (reincarnation)

Near-Death Experiences

Out of Body Experiences

Apparitions and After-Death Communications

Deathbed Visions

Watch a video of Dr. Jim Tucker describing the Reincarnation Research being done here at DOPS. View the Video

We welcome written accounts of experiences of these kinds. See What We Study and Contacting Us .

"I was bold in the pursuit of knowledge, never fearing to follow truth and reason to whatever results they led."

-Thomas Jefferson (1812)

Tags: science, paranormal, research, mystery