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Saturday, 25 October 2008

Dictionary.com Word of the Day

quandary:

a state of difficulty or perplexity.

My constant state kids.

[Dictionary.com Word of the Day]
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Barack Hussein Obama II

Clayton Cubitt tells Boing Boing,

Rachel Hulin (former photo editor at Nerve) is doing get-out-the-vote in battleground state Wisconsin, and documents this choice example of anti-Obama propaganda flyers being stuffed in mailboxes, in the guise of a letter directly from "Barack Hussein Obama II."

Wisconsin Day Two: Barack Hussein Obama II (rachelhulin.com)

[Boing Boing]
9:17:08 PM

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Raped Indian nun denounces police

A Roman Catholic nun raped in the Indian state of Orissa, allegedly during a riot by Hindus, publicly denounces local police.

This is an appalling story; the police stood aside and watched.

[BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition]
8:56:06 PM

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Send astronauts to Mars permanently: Aldrin

The first astronauts sent to Mars should be prepared to spend the rest of their lives there, in the same way that European pioneers headed to America knowing they would not return home, says moonwalker Buzz Aldrin.

I've been reading "Gum" by Ashley Hay. It's a history of the eucalypt. Reading about the early Europeans in Australia makes you very aware that these people had in a sense left the planet forever. They were in as alien a place as could be imagined with no hope of ever returning. I've always assumed that space explorers would at some time have to do the same. Tough though. At least Australia has an atmosphere.
It will be interesting to see how long it would take for an analogue to Darwin's experience in Australia occurs on another planet. Darwin spoke to two young girls in Sydney and was shocked to find that, although they spoke, as he said, the King's English, when he referred to them as English, they strongly denied this saying, "We've never seen England. We're Australian."

[ABC News: Breaking Stories]
7:17:35 AM

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