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Ars gratis armes

from The Arizona Republic Gun culture gains popularity in art, fashion and decor As nation debates mass shootings and gun restrictions, weapon motifs spread By Megan Finnerty | The Republic | azcentral.com Even though Phoenix craftsman Brandon Gore already owned an AK-47, he had to buy a new assault rifle when it came time to [...]

The Percentified World

The World as 100 People infographic by JackHagley.  

Murderer Spills The Memes

from The Daily Mail The first ever ‘murder confession’ by MEME? Reddit user is reported to the FBI after he ‘admits killing his sister’s abusive meth-addict boyfriend with his own drugs’ using a picture of a bear A Reddit user has been reported to the FBI after he used a popular cuddly bear meme to [...]

BILL HAYES: A Year In Trees

from The New York Times A Year in Trees By BILL HAYES Rebecca Mock SOMEONE asked me the other day how I had gotten over the sudden death of someone I loved. What I wanted to say but found myself unable to explain (for it would have sounded too strange) was that I learned a good [...]

Willy Out The Window

from Johnson City, TN News Channel 11 Witnesses: Man drove 90 mph with genitals hanging out the window By Kylie McGivern, Weekend Anchor / Producer / Reporter - email WJHL-TV: News: Weather, and Sports for Johnson City, TN KINGSPORT, TN (WJHL) - Three women testified against former Mount Carmel Vice-Mayor William Blakely, graphically recounting times he [...]

Terry’s POPwater

Roger Ebert Gone

Thank you (and Gene Siskel, too) for helping so many know, love and understand film.

Nurse Ratched Slept Here

from The New York Times Once a ‘Cuckoo’s Nest,’ Now a Museum By KIRK JOHNSON The movie “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” was filmed at the Oregon State Hospital in Salem. The new  Museum of Mental Health  honors the experiences of the patients who have lived there over the decades. More Photos » SALEM, Ore. — [...]

Big Daddy Gates Bankrolling Development of Next-generation Condom

from International Business Times A Brief History Of The Condom, From Tortoise Shells To Bill Gates By Roxanne Palmer Bill Gates has already put some of his money toward building a better toilet, and now he’s turning his attention to another kind of bodily function. The Microsoft billionaire is putting up money through the Bill and Melinda [...]

Bill Gates Bankrolling Development of Next-generation Condom

from International Business Times A Brief History Of The Condom, From Tortoise Shells To Bill Gates By Roxanne Palmer Bill Gates has already put some of his money toward building a better toilet, and now he’s turning his attention to another kind of bodily function. The Microsoft billionaire is putting up money through the Bill and Melinda [...]