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Monday, February 9, 2009

News Good Morning, News!

Posted by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey on Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 9:07 AM

Amazon introduces their newest Kindle model, and Stephen King will be writing a story exclusively for it. Wait, they're trying to sell this thing, right?

Obama is doing everything he can to help his economic stimulus plan pick up speed, but unsurprisingly, Republicans are doing their best speed bump impersonation.

Think waterboarding is bad? According to England's Telegraph, one Gitmo prisoner had his genitals sliced with a scalpel. Sorry, tough thing to read first thing in the morning, I know.

Marijuana usage may increase the risk of testicular cancer. Three… two… one… you've already forgotten what I just said, haven't you?

The grandmother of the octuplets born to a single mother is calling her daughter's decision "unconscionable." Does this mean she's not going to babysit?

Married Bee Gee Robin Gibb has a love child with his live-in housekeeper. But they didn't have eight of them—so there's that.

And finally, SNL's Seth Meyers chastises Kellogg's for dumping pot-smoking spokesman Michael Phelps. I mean, REALLY??

 

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Speaking from the perspective of someone who has had a vasectomy *and* been nearly drowned, I still think I wouldn't mind the scalpel, given the choice.
Posted by NIG GER on February 9, 2009 at 10:29 AM · Report
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About the testicular cancer, CNN's article said

"These types of studies have one important caveat -- cancer patients may be more likely to remember - or may be more honest about - past drug use than men in the general population."
Posted by ragold on February 9, 2009 at 3:03 PM · Report
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Those "really" segments make me want to blow my fucking brains out.
Posted by Will Radik on February 11, 2009 at 9:33 PM · Report

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