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Shane is speaking with a bishop after a service at a Baghdad church in March 2003, just before the American invasion: The bishop went on to tell me that the church in the Middle East was deeply concerned about the chur…
- 9/29/2006 1:17:37 AM
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Ships that pass in the night, and speak each other in passing Heard on the high seas today:Tourist: pointing towards land, “How far does the shoreline go?”Me: blinks “Umm… the whole way around, I think.…
- 9/24/2006 12:40:21 AM
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Gaddafi Demands Pope Convert to Islam

Tripoli - The elder son of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has called on Pope Benedict XVI to convert to Islam immediately, dismissing last week's apology from the pontiff for offending Muslims."If this person were reall…
- 9/20/2006 11:45:20 PM
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Forgive and move on, NU says

Ary Hermawan, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Nadhlatul Ulama chairman Hasyim Muzadi called on Indonesian Muslims on Monday to accept Pope Benedict XVI's apology for offending Muslims, saying it was "an obligation" accordi…
- 9/19/2006 9:25:25 PM
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Memory Meme

(Remorselessly cabbaged from Buddhagazelle) If you read this, if your eyes are passing over this right now, please post a comment with a COMPLETELY MADE UP AND FICTIONAL memory of you and me. It can be anything …
- 9/16/2006 12:22:10 AM
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Overheard:

V1 – “You don’t understand. Latin is the magic language. If there are magic words, they are going to be Latin words.” V2 – “No, you don’t understand; for us in Japan, English is magic .”
- 9/11/2006 12:23:13 AM
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Bush: 'History Cannot Judge Me If I End It Soon'

September 7, 2006 | Issue 42•36 WASHINGTON, DC—Despite, or perhaps because of, rising fuel prices, the unpopularity of the U.S. presence in Iraq, and mounting legal …
- 9/10/2006 1:31:38 PM
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New Power Plant Being Built

It will use arc burners to incinerate landfill trash and sewage, and supply steam to a local juciery. If it works as advertised, it will be very clean and efficient. (From SlashDot)
- 9/9/2006 10:33:57 PM
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And to think...

All the reading on Byzantium that I've done, I never knew about this.
- 9/9/2006 6:05:31 PM
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Russian Ghost Town

Immediately after the fall of the Soviet Bloc, this town was no longer supported by the government, so everyone packed up and left. It's been twenty years, look at it now. Wonderful. (From BoingBoing)
- 9/6/2006 2:44:51 AM
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Crocodile Hunter Killed!

A stingray's stinger apparantly went right through his chest. Sounds like she was a beaut! (From ZaKuroHitosu)
- 9/4/2006 1:15:04 AM
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The Looney Toons Are Dead

And you can see their skeletons if you go here. (From BoingBoing)
- 9/1/2006 2:56:51 AM
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