A Very Warren Christmas

"I ate the reindeer," I told the children. "And Santa's in Abu Ghraib with
a hood over his head and a dog in his ass."

After a while, I had to shout to make myself heard over the noise.

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ASCII Rock:

Classic music videos done in ASCII art.

Opte.org: A graphical map of the internet

Legend:
Asia Pacific - Red
Europe/Middle East/Central Asia/Africa - Green
North America - Blue
Latin American and Caribbean - Yellow
RFC1918 IP Addresses - Cyan
Unknown - White

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Inflatable church brings new meaning to "Mobile wedding"

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"The painting is now being sold on internet auction site eBay to raise money for a charity which donates money to parents of US soldiers who want to supply their children with body armour in Iraq.

Bidding has so far reached $4,000 (£2,067). "

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Scientists are testing a vaccine they believe could prevent heart disease and reverse damage to clogged arteries.

It works by priming the immune system to recognise types of cholesterol in the blood as foreign, so that it attacks and destroys them.

animal tests by Sweden's Lund University found the jab could significantly reduce the build up of harmful deposits.

However, some experts have cast doubt on whether it would work on humans.

Professor Chris Packard, an expert in vascular biochemistry at Glasgow Royal Infirmary, warned that while laboratory tests show the immune system can be primed to wipe out oxidised low-density lipoprotein - a form of cholesterol involved in heart disease - bigger studies showed little impact on heart attack rates.

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Scientists at the University of Liverpool claim they have found a way of turning off one of the most painful aspects of rheumatoid arthritis.

Joints become swollen and sore, partly because the body sends white blood cells, or neutrophils, to the joints in order to combat the disease.

But neutrophils also release a vast amount of toxins into the joints that can cause joint damage.

Now scientists say they can be curbed, while still being effective.

Professor Robert Moots, Director of Research and Development at the university's Clinical Science Centre, and Professor Steven Edwards at the School of Biological Sciences claim to have identified a way of switching off the harmful function of neutrophils without affecting their ability to protect the body from infection.

The team discovered neutrophils stop secreting toxins that attack the joints when a specific molecule on their surface is blocked by using certain antibodies.

Professor Moots said: "This is a most exciting discovery because for the first time, we believe there is an opportunity to suppress disease in rheumatoid arthritis without the terrible cost of side effects, which is a major problem with all the other anti-rheumatic drugs."

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100th Anniversary of Mount Wilson Observatory reached.

Despite being technologically primitive, the observatory of George Ellery Hale and Edwin Hubble is still active and still producing useful results in studying nearby stars.

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city_of_dis has become born again due to the efforts of a street preacher.

It's funny.

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"We need to hire a junior lobbyist/PAC manager. Attached is a job description. Salary is $85-90K. Must be a male with Republican stripes."

This was sent by Viacom's Vice President of Government Relations. Ethics laws? What ethics laws?

"This is a blatant violation of federal law prohibiting discrimination against women in hiring," Melanie Sloan, executive director of CREW said today. "It is stunning that one of the largest corporations in America is so comfortable violating this 40 year-old prohibition that it has openly sent an e-mail advertising its discriminatory hiring practices to the very body that passed the anti-discrimination laws in the first place. One cannot help but be concerned that Viacom may have a practice of discriminating against women. As a result, CREW calls upon both Congress and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to begin immediate investigations in into Viacom's hiring practices."

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Have you accepted Jesus?

Flash required for salvation.

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Sponsor an antiabortion protestor!

The more picketers who demonstrate outside a Planned Parenthood clinic, the more donations the Planned Parenthood clinic receives.

A number of Planned Parenthood affiliates have created different versions of this scenario. Here's how it works at Planned Parenthood of Central Texas (PPCT) in Waco, where the Pledge-a-Picket program is going strong: Each time a protester shows up at the clinic, a donation is made to PPCT. This campaign makes lemonade out of lemons by allowing Planned Parenthood supporters to pledge between 25 cents and one dollar per protester.

Despite the low pledge cap, which is designed to encourage donations, the money adds up, especially since the picketers never go away. Every month, participating donors get a short update on activities and a monthly billing for their pledge. It's like sponsoring a runner in a charity marathon.

Once a week, PPCT puts a sign outside its clinic that says, "Even Our Protesters Support Planned Parenthood." To date, the Pledge-a-Picket program has raised $18,000 for PPCT.

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