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Discodeine – Synchronize
Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker provides the vocals on this great track from French dance outfit Discodeine. I ran across this yesterday on the excellent Pop In Stereo, which is totally going on the blogroll.
Read More »Golden Girls Nesting Dolls – Now On eBay
Several months ago, a lot of you were plotzing over Ginger Williams’ hand-painted Golden Girls nesting dolls. Ginger writes us this morning with the news that the dolls are now available on eBay.
Read More »Fox News Rejects DADT Repeal Ad
Raw Story reports that Fox News has rejected a Palm Center ad advocating for the repeal of DADT. Not surprising. The 30-second spot by the Center, called “Business As Usual,” includes testimony from military leaders of NATO allies arguing that lifting the ban on gay soldiers is a “non-event” and does not diminish combat effectiveness. “Fox’s ‘reason’ was that the …
Read More »Barbara Bush Confirms “Fetus In Jar” Story
North Korea Shelling South Korea
In what is being characterized as the worst incident in decades, North Korea has begun shelling a disputed South Korean island. The South Korean military went to “crisis status,” and fighter planes were put on alert but did not take off. South Korean artillery units returned fire after the North’s shells struck South Korea’s Yeonpyeong Island at 2:34 p.m., said …
Read More »No DADT Discharges In Last Month
Yesterday the Pentagon revealed that under the new rules, not one soldier has been discharged under DADT for a full month. Under new rules adopted Oct. 21, Defense Secretary Robert Gates put authority for signing off on dismissals in the hands of the three service secretaries. Before then, any commanding officer at a rank equivalent to a one-star general could …
Read More »Insurance Industry Insider Apologizes For Plot To Discredit Michael Moore
Watch this.
Read More »HIV Drug Effective In PrEP Study
A just-released pre-exposure prophylactics (PreEP) study reveals that taking the HIV drug Truvada once a day reduces the incidence of HIV infection by about 44%. The result was even better among men who were the most compliant about taking the drug every day. The drugs tenofovir and emtricitabine, packaged as a once-daily pill and sold in drugstores as Truvada, reduced …
Read More »Pixar Staffers – It Gets Better
(Tipped by JMG reader Anthony)
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