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Democracy Now: 800k gals of oil in MI waterways,...

EPA Blasted over Handling of Michigan Oil Spill Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm has sharply criticized the Environmental Protection Agency and the Canadian company Enbridge for what she has described as a “completely inadequate” response to the oil spill near the Kalamazoo River. More than 800,000 gallons of oil have spilled into Michigan waterways after the rupture of an...

Jul 29th

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It's not just the Gulf of Mexico that's dealing...

From coalspeaker “The river of nightmares..”: A fuel spill in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania..the overturned truck with an image of a gentlemen’s club illuminated in the sunshine in the background.. Now the question: Just how much oil is in the Susquehanna River, and what effect will it have on drinking water.. Then there’s Nigeria, too. Yeah, fuck solar, hydro and wind!...

Jul 28th

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Feel like reading something dark? I’m doing a web fiction series @ http://jaj.thepete.com but start here: http://thepete.com/a/jaj

Jul 28th

Watching the first ep of the new Sherlock series...

Enjoying it more than the Sherlock Holmes movie with Ianto from Torchwood we tried to watch the other night.

Jul 28th

At Target... I covet the Chrome duct tape... It is...

Jul 28th

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From jay.thepal.us: @Jay ThePal and @Kay ThePal...

jaythepal: YEAH, MAN! We hosted this week’s audio podcast from Hucklebug.com!! DOOD, you gotta check it out! Sunday, July 25, 2010 Hucklebug Episode 195 Hucklebug Episode 195: ThePals are in town!, RIPs, Shout-Outs, movies (Hell in the Pacific, Julie & Julia, Fido, Red Sun, Surrogates, Sherlock Holmes), Lowlights & Highlights, Fuck offs & You Rules, The World if Puppets Really WERE...

Jul 27th

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tech.thepete.com: #WTHeck? Why does Apple charge... →

Jul 27th

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Wisdom from TheHellfire... @Cherishhellfire's...

cherishhellfire: “Mingle With Amazing People Accept What Is Befriend Failure Slow Down Do Less Find What Makes You Tick Read More Stop Watching The News Stretch Get Outside Choose To Be Happy” — 11 simple ways to be happy (via lifesigns) (via hedgewytch) The above was posted by one of my favorite persons—go follow her on Tumblr or Twitter! She’s like no one you’ll ever...

Jul 27th

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Jul 27th

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“...you see that you are nothing, and being...

followingmichaelaround: “We live in illusion and the appearance of things. There is a reality. We are that reality. When you understand this, you see that you are nothing, and being nothing, you are everything. That is all.” — Buddha (via sophiniesom) Ch! Does @Hodgman know Buddha ripped off the way he ends his tweets? But seriously, I do believe in some of what Buddha is saying above. I...

Jul 27th

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“No ideas are original.”

– People who steal their ideas. (via ronen-v, ronenv-posts)

Jul 27th

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Jul 27th

Watching "Pillars of the Earth" on Netflix Instant...

The production values remind me of “Spartacus: Blood and Sand” but it’s shot like “The Tudors” with acting somewhere in between. Did you see “Pillars”? What did you think? http://www.thepillarsoftheearth.tv

Jul 27th

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Jul 27th

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12 hours ago, 70 in NYC--now, 85. Let's hope the...

Fingers crossed!

Jul 26th

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Downloading all of the "Afghan War Diary" files... →

Jul 26th

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Listening to DemocracyNow: The New Pentagon... →

website666com: Ignore the MSM—listen/watch/read Democracy Now’s coverage, including comments from Daniel Ellsberg—the Godfather of government leaks (he released the Pentagon Papers). No wooshy graphics, no glitzy sets, no brain-dead anchors—Democracy Now. This is an amazing story and when I first saw it break, I immediately began looking forward to today’s coverage of the story on...

Jul 26th

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Jul 26th

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Installing Windows 7 on my MacBook Pro while...

Here we go again! Wish me luck!

Jul 26th

Yay! The rain returns to NYC...but for... HOW...

Perfect timing as we just left a Japanese Street Fair out in Queens. The street fair was pretty minimal, sadly. I’ll try to post videos later.

Jul 25th

Bet you can guess where I am based on the chandeliers. http://dailybooth.com/u/3wpzw

Jul 25th

Tiny Starbucks and heat waves make friends of us all. http://dailybooth.com/u/3wpe5

Jul 25th

It's the middle of the night in NYC right now and...

Just look: >_

Jul 25th

!!! http://dailybooth.com/u/3w95v

Jul 25th

Jul 24th

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Jul 24th

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Big Ole T-Storm rolling into NYC!

Listen! via AudioBoo

Jul 24th

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Actually, I find Bill Murray overrated.

But if the Christians hate him, I think I’ll go watch Stripes or Caddyshack—you know, back when he was actually, fricken hilarious.

Jul 24th

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Listen yet? @ThePete and @Siskita guest-host the...

thepetefm: Hucklebug Episode 194: The new human Overlords take their kingdom, RIPs, Shout-Outs, movies (Siskita & Pete: Toy Story 3, Departures, 50 Worst Movies Ever Made, Wasabi/ ThePete: Space Adventure Cobra, Battle In Seattle/ Siskita: Karate Kid), Lowlights & Highlights, Fuck offs & You Rules, Favorite Hucklebug Moments. Music: “The Hucklebuck,” performed by Otis Redding,...

Jul 23rd

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Jul 23rd

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From last week: One of BP's lesser offenses:...

via americablog.com Hit that AmericaBlog.com link to read more about this story—which is totally proof that BP is made of stupid.

Jul 23rd

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#NYC #MTA Board to Approve Fare Hike AGAIN. #WTF

hugparty: oh COME ON wwjzd: Raising the monthly MetroCard from $89 to $99 Max out a monthly “unlimited” card at 90 trips, and put a cap of 21 rides on weekly “unlimited” cards. Charging a dollar for a new card when customers don’t refill old ones. FUCK. NO. WTF? If you put a limit on the number of rides it’s not “unlimited” is it??? And don’t forget a hike to...

Jul 23rd

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Most surreal time to be dressed as zombies--during...

“Zombies” crash on I-84 near Lloyd exit Credit: ODOT Emergency crews had various lanes of eastbound I-84 shut down as they investigated the crash. ...

Jul 23rd

Whoa--I pick up my Kindle 2 for the 1st time in 2...

Wouldn’t you know it: Damn casing shatters around the plug! What, is Amazon getting it’s cables from Apple or something?

Jul 23rd

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Jul 23rd

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Huh... while I was out, Qik exported two videos...

Seriously—the videos are so old, I can only confirm for sure when one of them was shot because it was of the big Wall Street protest. WTF, Qik???

Jul 23rd

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Jul 22nd

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Jul 22nd

In case you missed it: RT @hucklebugdotcom Woo hoo! Hucklebug Episode 194, w/guest hosts @ThePete & @Siskita! http://tinyurl.com/294geg5

Jul 22nd

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Now CHINA has an oil spill, too! Time to learn a...

screencap source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-10710888 So, nice that we’re already seeing headlines that say “worse than thought.” Hopefully, the Chinese are learning from BP’s mistakes. Here’s the caption for the video shown above: Efforts to clean up an oil slick are continuing in China, amid fears strong winds have dispersed the pollution more...

Jul 21st

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