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CNN: Would-be Bush assassin could face life

Turns out he won’t have to be tried in Texas to get a fair jury.

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Forbes: Holiday Toy Report Lists Perilous Playthings

It’s the annual list of dangerous toys, brought to you by the Public Interest Research Group, the group with the vague name that likes to ruin everyone’s fun. For some reason toys that strangle, deafen, choke and kidnap children are among the most dangerous this year.

“There are two types of toys that parents should know more about and become concerned about,” said Alison Cassady, PIRG’s research director and author of this year’s report. […] The first is the water yo-yo ball. “You can throw it around like a regular yo-yo but this just goes out about five feet and snaps back quickly. If you swing it like a lasso it wraps around your neck.”

Every time? How efficient. The other thing parents need to be concerned about is some chemical that makes kids grow a third arm, or something.

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MedPageToday: Lack of Hugs Can Change Children’s Neurobiology

Ah, a new way to plead innocent.

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Reuters: Man pees bed, learns lesson

“He was too drunk to go to the toilet,” said a police spokesman. “The next morning he put a switched-on hairdryer on the bed to dry it and left the apartment.” When the 60-year-old returned, his home and belongings were in flames.

Sounds like he was too drunk to figure out the best way to clean up after himself, too.

Here’s something fun: Balderdash, the game that allows you to see exactly how crazy you and your friends are. Here’s a synopsis: One player reads a word from a card. The word is almost always something sufficiently obscure that no one has ever heard it. It is, however, always a real word. Then everyone writes down a fake definition and the player who gave the word reads all of the definitions supplied by the other players along with the real definition. When the laughter subsides, everyone tries to figure out which definition was the real one. Points are awarded based on your guessing the right definition and the other players guessing your fake definitions. You are rewarded for coming up with realistic definitions.

We usually play another way, which I’m happy to see was included in the Wikipedia article:

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eBay: THE HOLLYWOOD SIGN (This is your chance to own a World-Famous landmark)

It’s the original Hollywood sign, not the current one. For an opening bid of $300,000, you can be the proud owner of a rusted metal pile that is covered with graffiti and is missing pieces that were cut off and sold for souvenirs. Bid early, bid often. [via YesButNoButYes]

IOL: Dung shows dinosaurs grazed on grass

Dinosaurs ate grass as far back as 65 million years ago, some petrified shit announced last week. Prior to that discovery, scientists figured grass didn’t show up on Earth until 55 million years ago.

“This is food for thought, so to speak,” researcher Caroline Stroemberg of the Swedish Museum of Natural History told AFP.

What a card that Caroline Stroemberg is! Seriously though, what is the significance of the 10-million-year discrepancy?

“We’ve always believed that Earth was grass-free at the time of the dinosaurs. This has always fascinated people because grass is such an important part of our ecosystem. Now we’ll have to rethink a lot of things,” Stroemberg said.

Seriously. Tell us what is so important about the dung.

The evidence of early grass also suggested that the early mammals with teeth adapted to chew grassy matter could have lived alongside the dinosaurs, according to the researchers. [sic]

Holy hell I thought this was going to be interesting. Sorry. It’s not a total loss, though. At least I posted something about dinaosaur dung. A SinPies.com milestone!

Fantasy Feeder [via Screenhead]

Here at Fantasy Feeder we either want to be fat or we want to fatten. We’re feeders and feedees obsessed with over endulging our huge bellies and fat bottoms, and we’re here to share stories, play online games and encourage each other to gain weight.

With awful pictures. It’s one thing to be resigned to obesity, it’s quite another to encourage it. And don’t click over unless you’re prepared to see revealing photos of people whose goal is to be as large as possible.

Follow our weekly weightgain challenge if you’re really serious about fattening yourself or your partner.

Are there people out there who feel the need to fatten up but can’t figure out how? It’s weird, I tell you. Head to the site’s forum for a glimpse into the rationale.

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Gizmodo: Plush pee and poo:

Stuffed animals for the kids! One is yellow and is shaped like a drop of pee and the other is brown and, sure enough, it’s shaped like a pile of shit. Toys were way cooler when I was a kid.

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Broadcasting & Cable: Smut Spike All PTC’s Doing

I’ve said before that the Parents Television Council is in a class all by itself when it comes to attempting censorship. But this is just hilarious:

According to PTC’s Web site, the group filed a total of 23,542 complaints in July (10,775 against Fox and 12,767 against ABC).That would account for all but five of the FCC complaints for the month. Let’s repeat that. Out of 23,547 complaints in July, PTC claims 23,542.

They’re either lying about how many complaints they’ve logged or they’re absolutely nuts. Take your pick.

By the way, you small-government, fiscal conservatives do realize that someone is being paid to log those complaints, don’t you? Write to the PTC to complain about how much taxpayer money they’re wasting.