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The $1.4 Trillion Question 
afu via MetaFilter on Tue, 30 Sep. 2008
"Through the quarter-century in which China has been opening to world trade, Chinese leaders have deliberately held down living standards for their own people and propped them up in the United States. This is the real meaning of the vast trade surplus—$1.4 trillion and counting, going up by about $1 billion per day—that the Chinese government has mostly parked in U.S. Treasury notes. In e
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Cats Defending Henhouses
digaman via MetaFilter on Tue, 30 Sep. 2008
Worried about social-network data mining? Facebook hires Ted Ullyot, former right-hand man to former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, as its general counsel. Tapping Ullyot, who worked on the infamous torture memo and
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Collaborative handwritten Bible created across America
Quidam via MetaFilter on Tue, 30 Sep. 2008
"To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the New International Version (NIV) of the Bible, the best-selling translation with more than 300 million copies in print, Zondervan has launched Bible Across America, a cross-country RV tour. Bible Across America features an RV, piloted by a four-person team, that is traveling across the continenta
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Oooh!
Catfry via MetaFilter on Tue, 30 Sep. 2008
Video of the destructive reentry into the atmosphere of the Automated Transfer Vehicle back from its trip to the ISS.
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Jump to it
(unknown author) via MetaFilter on Tue, 30 Sep. 2008
Sometimes with Youtube, there's a specific part of a video you want people to see. Splicd generates a url to send people that clip. For instance: cooking a rat or an interesting part of a lecture. (On loa
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Completely new websites!
(unknown author) via MetaFilter on Tue, 30 Sep. 2008
Tired of the current web? Have all the cool domain names already been registered? The second web bills itself as geocities 2.0 with a web browser-esque interface stuck on top of it "a completely new World Wide Web. A new Web Browser, a new domain name system and completely new webs
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'Our sources say it contains chemicals, dangerous chemicals'
VicNebulous via MetaFilter on Mon, 29 Sep. 2008
A tense standoff has developed in waters off Somalia over an Iranian merchant ship laden with a mysterious cargo that was hijacked by pirates.
Somali pirates suffered skin burns, lost hair and fell gravely ill "within days" of boarding the MV Iran Deyanat. Some of them died.
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60 Concert Posters From Ten Amazing Artists
Effigy2000 via MetaFilter on Mon, 29 Sep. 2008
60 Concert Posters From Ten Amazing Artists. Warning! All 60 images are on the one page so this page might take a while to load.
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It's not the economy, stupid.
(unknown author) via MetaFilter on Mon, 29 Sep. 2008
"You know, we spent $3 million to study the DNA of bears in Montana. I don't know if that was a criminal issue or a paternal issue..." (previously) The infamous bear study bought up by McCain in the first debate is
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SpaceX finally makes it to orbit
b1tr0t via MetaFilter on Mon, 29 Sep. 2008
SpaceX's fourth flight was successful. Scaled Composites' X-Prize winning SpaceShipOne made the first privately funded hop into space. SpaceX just took the next big step and inserted a dummy payload into orbit. Next, they wi
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oh gross!
nickyskye via MetaFilter on Sun, 28 Sep. 2008
80's sillibiz, parody of the Cabbage Patch Kids. Garbage Pail Kids cards.The checklist. A few of the Garbage Pail Kids' artists: Luiz Diaz l John Pound l Tom Bunk. Gar
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Gives a whole new meaning to "Terror Watch List"
(unknown author) via MetaFilter on Sun, 28 Sep. 2008
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Brilliant!
The Casio F91W is a cheap, common digital watch which, as described by Casio themselves, has a "tried and true style great for casual wear". It has a fairly unremarkable set of features: water resistance, a light, an alarm and a calendar. There is, however, one undoc
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Sometimes Twitter is actually useful.
cthuljew via MetaFilter on Sun, 28 Sep. 2008
Jack Thompson is so disbarred no one at Cheers knows his name. Jack Thompson is so disbarred, he has to wear boxers. More on a brilliant Twitter feed.
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Next, run with scissors.
(unknown author) via MetaFilter on Sat, 27 Sep. 2008
Judge a book by its cover. See if you can guess the Amazon rating.
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If the Bar can get any lower...
adamvasco via MetaFilter on Sat, 27 Sep. 2008
Sami al-Haj, The TV cameraman, 38, was never charged with any crime, nor was he put on trial; his testimony makes it clear that he was held in three prisons for six-and-a-half years – repeatedly beaten and force-fed – not because he was a suspected "terrorist" but beca
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He Chose ... Poorly.
bwg via MetaFilter on Sat, 27 Sep. 2008
Survive the Outbreak: Interactive zombie movie. At certain points of the movie you will be prompted to make a choice.
What would you do?
You'll most certainly die, but at least you get to come back and try again.
*NSFW due to profanity.
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Coming soon to an episode of Primeval
Artw via MetaFilter on Sat, 27 Sep. 2008
According to new fossil evidence 50 million years ago the skies above London were ruled by a relative of the goose, the size of a light aircraft, with toothy crocodile-likejaws. Or as The Sun puts it... DON'T RUCK WITH THIS DUCK!
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Muxtape Tells All
crazyray via MetaFilter on Sat, 27 Sep. 2008
Muxtape's Justin tells the story play-by-play. You may remember an earlier post about muxtape being shut down. After all kinds of speculation, discussion, and
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"It was the parents not wanting to continue the journey with their kids," Landry said...
docpops via MetaFilter on Fri, 26 Sep. 2008
Safe Haven laws have been around for almost a decade. Not wanting to be left out, Nebraska passed their own this past year, with some possible unintended consequence
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