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Can Owning A Cat Void Your HP Warranty? – The Consumerist

December 12, 2011December 12, 2011 ~ CBPS ~ Leave a comment

 

[If] there’s fur inside the computer, causing HP to declare his computer a “biological hazard” and send it back un-repaired.

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UC Davis Pepper-Spray Incident Reveals Weakness Up Top | Matt Taibbi | Rolling Stone

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Every time we looked the other way when the president asked for the right to detain people without trials, to engage in warrantless searches, to eavesdrop on private citizens without even a judge knowing about it, we made it harder to answer the question: What is it we’re actually defending?

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Dashcam Video – Swept Away By The Tsunami | ITN

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Winning comment:’ I’m surprised the car didn’t sink under the weight of this guy’s balls’ – Ed.

21st Century Killer Drum Solo

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Terry Bozzio was a major influence on my playing. I heard him for the first time when he played with Frank Zappa in the 1970’s. He’s moved from blazing solos to melodic percussion work. Brilliant.

20th Century Killer Drum Solo

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Buddy Rich was not an influence when I was learning to play, but I came across this and I was pretty captivated. He works his ass off.

Minatur Wunderland

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The Body Odd – 4 reasons a song gets stuck in your head

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So it helps to know that earworms are an incredibly common experience: Studies suggest that 90 percent of people get them at least once a week. Over the last decade, researchers have spent time collecting data to learn who gets earworms, how often they occur, how long they last and which songs won’t budge from our brains.

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A Majority of Americans (Including Both OWS and the Tea Party) AGREE on the Most Important Issues … We Just Don’t Realize It | ZeroHedge

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I have repeatedly demonstrated that – despite the false divide-and-conquer tactics of the mainstream parties and mainstream media – the overwhelming majority of Americans agree on the most important issues facing our country.

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Why I Feel Bad for Pepper-Spraying Policeman, Lt. John Pike | The Atlantic

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…it’s a dozen scared kids and a police officer named John Pike spraying them in the face from three feet away. And while it’s his finger pulling the trigger, the police system is what put him in the position to be standing in front of those students.

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BBC News – Pakistani derision at ‘obscene text’ ban

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As expected, the #PTABannedList has made its way all over Pakistan, & kids are swearing more elaborately & frequently than ever. Well done.”

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