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New in the Maker Shed - DIY Design Electronics Kit
http://blog.makezine.com/ archive/ 2008/ 05/ new_in_the_maker_shed_diy.html?CMP=…-
Speech Controlled Wheel Chair
http://hackedgadgets.com/ 2008/ 05/ 18/ speech-controlled-wheel-chair/This Speech Controlled Wheel Chair is something that won’t catch on or ever be mass produced but that doesn’t make it any less cool! "A speech recognition system (HM2007) was connected to an Innovation FIRST controller board, and they both where mounted on an old electric wheel chair.
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Evolve or die: Can we shed our moral primitivism before it’s too late?
http://www.bestcyrano.org/ THOMASPAINE/ ?p=713Evolve or die: Can we shed our moral primitivism before it’s too late? Published by cyrano2 under ALF, Alternative Media, American Capitalism, Animal Cruelty, Animal Liberation, Anti-Capitalists, Banality of Evil, Bourgeois democracy, Brutality, CJO VIRTUAL UNIVERSITY, Capitalism, Capitalist Crises,
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Second Life∴ The Infomercial (excerpt)
http://torley.com/ %ef%bd%93%ef%bd%85%ef%bd%83%ef%bd%8f%ef%bd%8e%ef%bd%84-%ef%bd…Second Life is an awesome place where you can unleash your creativity after it was repressed in childhood, deal with your emotional pains and trauma from failed relationships, learn useful skills to enrich your existence, and do a lot of badass stuff that simply isn't possible in the "real world".
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So, now Carlyle gets to control the part of government business it doesn't ALREADY control
http://takeitpersonally.blogspot.com/ 2008/ 05/ so-now-carlyle-gets-to-control-p…well, at least they're keeping it all in the family... The consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton said yesterday it is splitting up, selling its U.S. government business to private-equity firm Carlyle Group for $2.54 billion and spinning off its commercial business into a separate company.
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Free Derry 2008
http://complexsystemofpipes.wordpress.com/ 2008/ 05/ 18/ free-derry-2008/1968 didn’t just happen in France. Inspired by the Black civil rights movement in the Southern US, residents of Derry’s Bogside chased out the unionist police forces and built barricades to keep them - and later the British army - out of Free Derry until 1972.
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At Long Last, Have They No Shame?
http://phoenixwoman.wordpress.com/ 2008/ 05/ 17/ at-long-last-have-they-no-shame…The interview of George W. Bush by Politico’s Mike Allen has inspired a firestorm of outrage among the people who are paying attention because of Bush’s announcement that, in solidarity with the troops who are sacrificing their lives in Iraq and Afghanistan, he has sacrificed … his golf game.
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Iraq Veterans Testify To Congress
http://cspanjunkie.org/ ?p=83Congressional Progressive Caucus held a meeting to hear the experience of members of Iraq Veterans known as Winter Soldiers. The following video is from “C-SPAN” broadcast on May 16, 2008 http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2015200658654274370 part 2 http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4208798317553199768
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Prisoners loved it
http://nobodypasses.blogspot.com/ 2008/ 05/ prisoners-loved-it.htmlOh, no -- apparently soon I can get gay married, but the company that sells my Fresh Botanicals Hairspray has discontinued the product!!!!!!! What the hell am I going to do? I've used that shit for 10 or 15 years, and it works like glue -- without alcohol! And without destroying my life from an allergy attack!
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Don't Break The Bottle (Original)
http://www.wiredawake.com/ uk/ novelty-gifts/ dont-break-the-bottle-original.htm…Don't Break The Bottle (Original) Amuse and annoy wannabe wine drinkers via these fiendish, bottle-wielding brainteasers. Simply lock the vino of your choice in the puzzle's complex clutches and watch as your host struggles to set it free. That's another wine mess you've gotten me into! (Choose from wire or wooden models).
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Big Media: Still Covering For Bush And McCain
http://phoenixwoman.wordpress.com/ 2008/ 05/ 17/ big-media-still-covering-for-bu…From Media Matters’ Jamison Foser: During a speech to the Israeli parliament yesterday morning, President Bush attacked Barack Obama, comparing him to Nazi appeasers for the Illinois senator’s willingness to hold discussions with Iran.