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It seems talks in Copenhagen are stalled for a number of reasons. One, is that our shameful “democratic” process in the United States is actually trying to shoehorn in lackluster measures so they can continue business as usual.
Another reason why things are stalling is because the developing world is woefully incapable of funding the [...]

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With all this talk about Kindle and eBooks being a cheaper alternative… have we forgotten about these lovely things called public libraries? They have New York Times best sellers and many newspapers for *free* all year round… and when you’re done reading them, you don’t have to store them, you don’t have to recycle [...]

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It looks like the National Organization for Marriage has filed a copyright claim for the audition tapes that were posted on YouTube. Per unjust and unconstitutional DMCA’98, YouTube disabled the video.
This is yet another case of people being able to abuse the DMCA’98 to violate free speech rights.
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Hey guys. I don’t know if you’ve taken a gander at the new FoxNation.com site… it’s full of hate-mongering idiots who hate gays, Mexicans, blacks, Muslims, gays, and are all actually quite seriously calling for violence against a legitimately elected government… surprised? Me neither.
Let’s all take some time to educate ourselves on the [...]

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I’ve been seeing a lot of hub-bub about O’Reilly going after some of these bloggers and such. I just now saw a clip where he said that the far left was afraid of him and his producer.
O’Reilly can send his producer out my way, and I’ll offer two statements. One: kiss my ass. [...]

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Hey my fellow Mahomet, IL residents…
We will be meeting at Espresso Royale at 7pm Central on Tuesday the 31st to discuss promoting a refuse burning ban in the Village. Please email me if you have any questions. If you would like to join in, and you’ll be there, please comment below.
Espresso Royale is [...]

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Hey folks, if you see manchicken.com or anyconsole.com go offline, don’t be alarmed.  I am currently working with our favorite hosting company, RailsPlayground.com, to set up a VPS for my sites.  This is a step I am taking to further my own public service, soon I will be managing sites for some local non-profit groups [...]

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It’s been a while since I’ve put up a recipe, and that’s not because I don’t love you all… it’s because I’ve been mastering something that has taunted me for a long time: thick-crust pizza.
Now, you’re probably saying “but manchicken, pizza usually has cheese on it, and vegan cheese substitutes all taste like ass!”  Well, [...]

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So I have to call out a racist commenter on the blog today.  In recent days someone posing as one “Ira Goldstein” has been posting in the comments section of my blog with an awful lot of ignorant hate-speech about President-elect Barack Obama.
If this ignorant person is reading this blog, I just wanted to let [...]

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I voted early for the first time today, and I must say that it is such a pleasant experience.  The only thing I didn’t like is that I had to schlepp to the county administrative building deep in the heart of Urbana.  Here are advantages of voting early:

Fewer lines — Not as many people vote [...]

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