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Sunday, 1 August 2004
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The author of the "Dark Materials" fantasy series introduces a surreal Australian children's classic that's nearly unknown in America, Norman Lindsay's "Magic Pudding."
I's nice to know there are Americans who get it.
On Salon you can usually scroll down to get a free day pass.
[Salon.com]
12:34:27 PM 
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The copyright owner of "This Land is Your Land" is peeved over a
Flash animation parody featuring Bush and Kerry...
By now you may have seen the JibJab.com Flash animation (and if
you haven't, go watch it) parodying This Land is Your Land by
Woody Guthrie. The song was originally written as a socialist
response to "God Bless America."
Now the publisher that... [morons.org headlines]
10:51:18 AM
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The Mobility Denial System is an oil-slick-in-a-can, a combination of "Drilling Mud Additive, Flocculent and water" that renders surfaces as slippery as wet ice. Lots of tasty acronyms and buzzwords on the sell page, including "Anti-Traction Material (ATM)" and "Non-Lethal Slippery Foam."
Once applied, the material will degrade or impair the adversary's ability to move. For Interior applications it can be applied to flat, smooth, non-porous surfaces such as linoleum, tile, wood floors or staircases. Exterior applications include sloped, rough, porous surfaces such as concrete, asphalt, and grassy areas.
Link
(via Coolhunting)
[Boing Boing]
10:35:30 AM
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Canadian government demands nude pix of stripper-immigrants. Canadian Immigration officials are requiring that exotic dancers looking to enter Canada submit nude photos of themselves dancing, so ensure that they aren't nude-dancer-impersonators, sneaking into the country to do other kinds of work.
The potential dancers have to prove they can dance in the nude, immigration lawyer Mendel Green said Monday.
"They can't be partially nude," he said. "If they don't have pictures in the nude, they are not going to wiggle their bottoms in Canada."
Reg Req'd Link [Boing Boing]
1:15:15 AM
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Morons in the News: Congress Whipped by RIAA. The Senate is trying to undo the Betamax decision.
The Betamax decision refers to a SCOTUS ruling that said that if
the a given technology has legal uses, it's legal, even if it
could be used for illegal purposes as well.
The Inducing Infringement of Copywrites Act (S. 2560), proposed
by Orrin...
[morons.org headlines]
12:50:07 AM
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