Home Sweet Home

Noted Individuals Who Have Experienced Homelessness

(I want to take a moment to remind you that nearly the entire city of New Orleans is Homeless and they need your help, please donate to Habitat for Humanity and their efforts to rebuild a community in New Orleans)

Better Luck Next Time

A word processor accused of stealing damaging documents about electronic voting machine manufacturer Diebold Election Systems was arraigned Tuesday on three felony counts. Stephen Heller was charged in Los Angeles Superior Court with felony access to computer data, commercial burglary and receiving stolen property. He pleaded not guilty. "It's a devastating allegation for a whistle-blower," said Blair Berk, Heller's attorney. "Certainly, someone who saw those documents could have reasonably believed that thousands of voters were going to be potentially disenfranchised in upcoming elections."

Those Who Help Themselves

Senator Rick Santorum's charity donated about 40 percent of the $1.25 million it spent during a four-year period - well below Better Business Bureau standards - paying out the rest for overhead, including several hundred thousand dollars to campaign aides on the charity payroll, records show.

Just Say It

Pictures Of Walls

Another Corona

Eclipse Calendar

Listable Not Lunchable

Listible is a new way to get relevant resources quickly. Listing combined with tagging and voting gives you a greater relevancy.

Case For Impeachment

Why we can no longer afford George W. Bush

If Looks Could Kill

The Top 10 Deadliest Animals.

Homeland Defense?

Governors of both parties said Sunday that Bush administration policies were stripping the National Guard of equipment and personnel needed to respond to hurricanes, floods, tornadoes, forest fires and other emergencies.

Compass & Square

The Symbolism of Freemasonry

Would You Like A Mint?

Breath Palette - The world's first 32 flavor toothpaste kit.

Were Not Your Monkey

Sex Pistols turn down Hall of Fame honor.

Build A Better One

Photos of antique mouse and rat traps.

A Metafilter Meme

"Bush should read this book".

One Hand Clapping

These Zen Koans, or parables, were translated into English from a book written late in the thirteenth century by the Japanese Zen teacher Muju (the "non-dweller"), and from anecdotes of Zen monks.

Take A Letter

International business address formats and personal salutations.

Jeb's State

Black Box Voting has released their study of the Palm Beach County voting machines in the 2004 election, and found a lot of anomalies, including votes stamped two weeks before the election. Here's the explanation, from Black Box Voting's website.

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Can We Ban GOP Marriage Too?

Ohio lawmaker to propose ban on GOP adoption.

Star Wars Origins

How did George Lucas create Star Wars?

Control The Demand

1982 article on De Beers' great diamond scam - diamonds originally not being all that special a gemstone until they orchestrated one of the most successful cartels ever.

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