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If you want cutting edge and top page stories, go to Digg or Reddit. Lots of places to find those stories, here are a few that you may have missed plus some random thoughts about front page stories too.

Walking into a bar Five Year Plans Welcome to the new software process, same as the old software process. Judge Rules Voting Machines ‘Unsecure, Unreliable and Grossly Outdated’ But State Can Use Them Anyway Despite their grossly inadequate and unsafe machines, Georgia will get another election using them West Virginia Wastes Money Drug Testing Welfare Recipients Same story from the GOP playbook... Holding Police Officers to Higher Standards TIL: WKRP Closing Lyrics Were All Gibberish And here I thought I was just remembering them wrong... 180214PhotoOfASingleAtom-Draft? Scientist captures image of a single atom Just wow How Adam West Played a Prank Using His Local Phone Book Wonderfully played prank... Going Secure Finally getting around to installing an HTTPS certificate Rocket Ship X-4 Short Stories written in the style of 1950's future adventure pulp All the jokes from Airplane! Ranked Someone actually went through the movie and rated every joke Animal Crossing Noir A video series that recasts the bright world of Animal Crossing into a very dark place A Shit History of Dune A funny video "overview" of the Dune story and backstory Will Stephen at TEDx New York How to Sound Smart in your TED Talk Big (well, not really big, just a few this time) Link Roundup! I have way too many tabs open and waiting so I really should share some of them A Couple of Political Links Not much commentary by me, just links to a few interesting stories Corruption And Fiscal Incompetence: GOP Core Values : Part 2 Not to be outdone by Florida, Governor Snyder in Michigan shows how corruption and fiscal incompetence is done up North Corruption And Fiscal Incompetence : GOP Core Values Corruption in the sunshine state reminds us how badly the GOP runs the place when they are in charge Louis CK Knows Things BuzzFeed : 25 Times Louis C.K. Proved He Is Our Greatest Philosopher Why Do Christians Believe Murder is Wrong? Is murder wrong because it’s inherently evil or only because God says it is? An HP Lovecraft quote From "The Call of Cthulhu" No, Democrats are not too Liberal, they are too Conservative People who claim Democrats are in denial and need to be Conservative, they are wrong. New Short Story - Shenzi and Her Tail A new short story about how Shenzi lost her tail Religiosity vs Everything Bad For almost every measure, the more religious a region is, the worse off the people are... Why do we even elect court clerks?? Elect people who make decisions. People who just do jobs should not get voted. Virginia Drops Bad Voting Machines - UPDATED Virginia Finally Bans "Worst Voting Machines in America" Of Course The Kids Are Alright 80's Metalheads and Groupies turned out just fine... Supreme Vindication No, I am not going to write something about the recent Supreme Court rulings Bad UX Design - Honda Fit "Source" as an important button??? Displacement Activity Well, this explains a few things in my past... Buying a Car is a Hassle The deliberately constructed adversarial relationship causes way more pain and trouble than it should Senator Blames Obama For GOP Destroying Obamacare - UPDATED Blames six-million people potentially losing insurance subsidies on Obama, not on GOP efforts to cut subsidies Three Notes About Antonin Scalia This scary person sits on our highest court... Bill Mahr Rails Against "Persecuted Christians" You would think they were under 24/7 attack from all sides. Bill shows how weak their claim is. Religious Liberty Fans Silent As Pro-LGBTQ Pastor Jailed Bet no one saw this coming... 27 Reasons Weird Al Is Bigger Than Ever Weird Al is still going strong Medieval Land Fun-Time World The Greatest Fake Trailer Yet More Writings Added writings to the sidebar Raining Spiders When flamethrowers are not enough Republicans Can't Afford Anything But War The Got Our Priorities party... The Last Male Northern White Rhino Sad... America - The Libertarian Dystopia - UPDATE 25 May, 2015 From "E Pluribus Unum" (from many, one) to "I'm ok, fuck you" Republicans Kill Successful Birth-Control Program in Colorado More punishment for sex No Sex-ed does not mean no sex... UPDATE Chlamydia outbreaks hits nearly 10 percent of small Texas school in district with no sex-ed policy Forgotten Assholes of History History lessons so we do not forget these assholes From the Way Back Machine - Life Just Is... Digging into history More from the Way Back Machine - Gray Goat Digging more into history How easily would the US military take Omaha beach today? Fun Quora Question/Answer... 150426FreeRangeKids-Draft? Free Range Kids Whatever happened to letting kids go outside... The Monkeys are Arming Themselves Female Chimps Seen Making, Wielding Spears House passes laws allowing mega-donors to write off their bribes Tax breaks for corruption "Think of The Children!!!" One of GOP's favorite anguished cries (other than "Think of the Millionaires") Speaking of the Rich The greatest trick the rich ever pulled was making us believe they pay all the taxes Electronic Voting Done By Idiots "If Virginia Elections Weren't Hacked, It's Only Because No One Tried" A voice of sanity against the Wingnuts At least someone in Texas is not an idiot Wingnut Wackos Mid April update on right wing wingnuts and their wacky antics Security Theater - Metal Detectors at Sports Stadiums Doing something for the sake of doing something, not for the sake of making places safer... Collection of links Links I forwarded to myself to read later Giant Train that Fixes Train Tracks Cool video of giant train that removes and replaces train tracks as it moves along Max Headroom The Definitive Oral History of 1980s Digital Icon Max Headroom Archive Restored Some old blog posts restored Mouse Guard Lego Display at Emerald City Comicon Lego and Mouse Guard make a good combination Emoji Haiku A Brief Complaint About Bad Web Design A topic I am all too familiar with Debunking the Myth of the Job Stealing Immigrant Working to counter some of the GOP rhetoric Chemical Party Funny video showing how some chemical bonds work A note on the quality of my writing I use "quality" in a less than literal sense A Strong Welfare State makes America more Entrepreneurial duh Brilliant Star Wars animated space battle beautifully animated in the style of 80's anime Friendly Neighborhood Atheists A positive article about an atheist family from CNN Twitter integration Added Twitter to the home page Integrating Disqus Expanding the blog with Disqus Teach the Controversy Just a funny image I was reminded of while perusing some Creationist posts The Tyranny of Ideas Damn if I have not lost my creativity over the years Rambling about websites past Just thinking back on how many times I have rebooted my website and how many variations on a theme I have gone through

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