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Somebody is having some fun with his God Hates Signs poster at the expense of the utterly-lacking-a-sense-of-humor-totally-insane group from the Westboro Baptist Church. These are the morons that protest at the funerals of soldiers. They believe that God is letting our soldiers die because America permits homosexuality; very Old Testament.
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A man who was driving through a park almost did hit and run when he knocked over a teenage girl on his mobility scooter.

The wild man from New Zealand attacked the group of girls who were playing the open fields and purposely ran into one.

It is not known why he made his attack but the girl was treated for bruises on her arms and legs.

He is due appear in court next week.

Found on METRO.co.uk

60 is the new 30, but you still can’t trust ‘em.

Mark Millar’s Superman Pitch Revealed as Godfather-Like Epic « FirstShowing.net

“I want to start on Krypton, a thousand years ago, and end with Superman alone on Planet Earth, the last being left on the planet, as the yellow sun turns red and starts to supernova, and he loses his powers.”

I love Mark Miller’s body of work, but this idea just reeks of … stupidity.  Much like Singer’s “Superman Returns” was a homage to Superman 1 and 2, Miller’s proposal would be a fitting homage to Superman 3 and 4.  Bryan Singer seriously needs to get off his ass and put together a proposal that will ensure his return to the franchise.

Understanding Windows Live Essentials in Windows 7

Microsoft wants to end the confusion that occurs with Vista and XP, where someone may have Windows Messenger, MSN Messenger, and Windows Live Messenger installed simultaneously.

My god, is this finally going to happen?  I have an MSN account, a Live account,and a hotmail acount, AND an x-box account.  It would be glorious to be able to bring them all into one account that can access all the services at once.

thanks to wil!

Iron Man Officially Joins Marvel’s Avengers Line-Up! « FirstShowing.net

It’s now official. Tony Stark aka Iron Man has officially joined The Avengers. Marvel has announced today (the full press release can be found on SuperHeroHype) that Robert Downey Jr. will appear in both Iron Man 2 and The Avengers as Tony Stark, with Jon Favreau set to direct Iron Man 2 and executive produce The Avengers. Additionally, Marvel confirms the announcement made a few weeks ago surrounding Don Cheadle replacing Terrence Howard as Col. James “Rhodey” Rhodes. Cheadle is officially signed on to appear in Iron Man 2 and other Iron Man sequels (and presumably spin-offs) as well as The Avengers. Additionally, Marvel confirms that the full line-up will include: Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, the Hulk and more. Sounds like every comic book geek’s wildest dreams are finally coming true!

OMG.  I think I might faint!

MTV Shows Music Videos Again | khumptydotcom

Productivity just took a huge blow. MTVMusic.com has pretty much every music video, ever. They’re searchable, embeddable, and in high quality. MTV has actually started showing music videos again and without the cable bill.

Dynamics Of A Cough Caught On Film – Geekologie

That’s right, what you’re looking at is some nasty bastard coughing, and the resulting air turbulence.

Similar Face carvings in two separate locations in Henry Crater, Group-A and Group-B show how these two locations separated by a few miles hold almost Identical Artifacts with the same directional composition, Each face has their own character features, nose and hair.

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Seriously? Once I realized I was supposed to be seeing profiles of faces; I could sorta-kinda see it. However, I would not say it was obvious. Where do these loonies come from?

Windows 7 details galore: interface tweaks, netbook builds, Media Center enhancements – Engadget

Obviously, the big news is the new taskbar, which forgoes text for icons and has new “jump lists” of app controls and options you can access with a right-click. You can select playlists in Media Player, for example. Super cool: when you scrub over the icons, all the other app windows go transparent so you can “peek” at the windows you’re pointing at.

Obviously MS has a lot banking on windows7, but I’m not seeing very much that’s adding to my XP experiences.  And that big that I quoted there is actually a game stopper for me.  No way am I going to run a machine that I have to hover over every icon to see what’s open in each program.  Please please please MS, make this eye candy crap optional.  I’ve hated it in Vista, I’ve hated it in Ubuntu, and every time I turn around everyone’s trying to slap it into their programs, sometimes without an off button.

Also: I hate transparency for windows.  Does anyone actually like/use it?  I find that it just confounds me more then it helps me.

Slashdot | Minefield Shows the (Really) Fast Future of Firefox

“If you are using Firefox 3 (or even Chrome) you should consider taking a look at Mozilla’s Minefield. This browser (alpha version yet, but stable) would give a new meaning to ‘fast browsing experience.’ Some Firefox extensions aren’t supported, but riding the fastest javascript engine on the planet definitely worth a try. Minefield’s install won’t affect your Firefox, so there’s no risk trying it. It’s fast. Really. And I’m loving it.”

Reading about all these new browsers and internet programs makes me think back to why I switched from IE to FF.  I had a need to.  IE wasn’t working right, and it lacked some serious features that FF offered.  I’m happy with FF and don’t have a need to switch to another browser.  Even if the new ones is “blisteringly fast”, I’m perfectly happy with FF.

Featured Windows Download: PlayOn Adds Hulu and Others to Your Xbox 360, PS3

In addition to the three streaming video sites mentioned above, PlayOn also supports CBS, CNN, and ESPN

I’m going to give this a try when I get home tonight.  I don’t like the idea of having to pay for software though, eww

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Whoosh…

Two white supremacist skinheads were arrested in Tennessee over plans to go on a killing spree and eventually shoot Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, court documents showed on Monday.

Skinheads

Do we really need Tennessee anymore?

Spicy Email of the Day | Celebrity Smack! Gossip & Entertainment Blog

I would like inform you that Scarlett Johansson (actress) actually is a clone from original person Scarlett Galabekian,

I can just taste the crazy.  TASTE IT.

Tit-for-tat extreme: eBay seller sues over negative feedback

As to why he filed the suit, Jones told the Telegraph that the feedback was “unfair” and “unreasonable,” and that the refund should have warranted positive feedback instead. “I’m losing money by the day and my business could go under because of it. I’ve been left with no option but to take legal action and I’m sure I’ll be successful,” Jones said.

I think he hit the nail right on the head in the quote there, but didn’t understand a key concept of the ratings system: it’s designed to warn other people of bad business on Ebay.  If you do something wrong, then yes, you should be getting negative ratings.  Sending the wrong (and damaged) item is definitely one of those wrong things.  This is one of the primary reasons that I no longer utilize Ebay.  After having several instances of the sellers trying to blackmail me into giving them positive review, I finally just gave up on the site.

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“Are you joking? Is this is a joke? Or is that a real question?”

Jesus Christ woman.  Seriously?