December 2011
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Seven US States Are Limiting College Voting... →
“Seven states have already passed strict laws requiring a government-issued ID (like a driver’s license or a passport) to vote, which many students don’t have, and 27 others are considering such measures. Many of those laws have been interpreted as prohibiting out-of-state driver’s licenses from being used for voting.
It’s all part of a widespread Republican effort to restrict the...
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Royalists Work to Stifle Criticism of Thailand's... →
“We have reached a stage where people would want to drive you out of the country or even want to kill you for having different thoughts,” said Anon Numpa, a lawyer who represents a dozen clients accused of insulting the monarchy.
… Kong Rithdee, a columnist for the newspaper The Bangkok Post, compared the campaign to prosecute perceived criticism of the monarchy to the fatwa placed on...
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Insane Clown Posse Still Kickin' It →
“Q: I was really annoyed when people got hung up on the line “Magnets, how the fuck do they work?” from the Bang Pow Boom single “Miracles.” Even with scientifically knowledgeable people, asking how magnets work is the beginning of a paragraph-long explanation. A while back VICE asked a bunch of random people on the street how magnets work and only one person knew.
A: The...
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The Pending Extinction of Pubic Hair in America →
“Once upon a time, all vulvas were coated in a protective layer of coarse, woolly tresses. Hard to believe, right? It’s kind of like the revelation that horses once had toes, or that the Ford Mustang once had tailfins. But like any evolving species, the vulva has morphed into something sleeker, starker, and altogether more modern.”
It never cease to amaze me how you can write...
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An Ode to InDesign
Oh, InDesign. I love you so. You have never let me down with the things I could do with you. Where would I be if not for your love, InDesign? The only time I remember us in a quarrel was when you crashed at work in the middle of an assignment. But I don’t blame you, InDesign, I’m allergic to work too. You’re always there when I need you, and you make me so happy. I love you so,...
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The Future
JS: Your older doppelganger just walked onto this bus.
NG: My older self would never take the bus!
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Chinese Senior Citizens Find Love & Companionship... →
“Retired and divorced chiropractor Qian Weizhong is also on the prowl. On a recent Tuesday at IKEA Mr. Qian was excited to get the number of a woman he referred to as a “nice lady.” He plans to ask her out soon, he said … At the weekly IKEA romance session in Shanghai, the elderly arrive in swarms of 70 to 700 to get the free coffee offered to holders of the IKEA...
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