"I have been thinking that I would make a proposition to my Republican friends... that if they will stop telling lies about the Democrats, we will stop telling the truth about them." - Adlai E. Stevenson Jr., Speech during 1952 Presidential Campaign

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I wonder how much more slowly the airplane and the industry would have developed if the Wright Brothers had managed to protect their patent. But at least the airplane was not covered under intellectual property laws, or we might still be flying in biplanes.

"Samuel Beckett was once asked to explain the significance of the title character in his masterpiece, Waiting for Godot. "If I knew," he replied, "I would have said so in the play."" - I'm so happy I didn't buy a ticket.

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Bad Taste Bears - Pearce & Muffy

Escher for Real - "The work of M.C. Escher needs no introduction. We have all learned to appreciate the impossibilities that this master of illusion's artwork presents to the layman's eye. Nevertheless, it may come as a surprise for some, but many of the so-called 'impossible' drawings of M. C. Escher can be realized as actual physical objects. These objects will resemble the Escher's drawing, of the same name, from a certain viewing direction. This work below presents some of these three-dimensional models that were designed and built using geometric modeling and computer graphics tools."

Running commentary - "Welcome to SightJogging, the most ridiculous way to see a city ever invented. Carolina Gasparetto, the appropriately named founder, thought it up a couple of years ago, presumably after one too many grappas or one too many ab crunches, and it launched officially late last year. The theory is simple: you have a city tour while running. Yes, you’re right: she should have called it Running Commentary."

Two years in prison for downloading latest film - "Germans risk two years in prison if they illegally download films and music for private use under a new law agreed yesterday."
This is ridiculous. It's becoming like Prohibition.

Why be gay? - "The suppressed thoughts are often unwelcomed ones. These might be problems of school, of the family, health, fears, trauma and bad memories of the past and many others that are too many to list here. Actually mankind has been facing many unwanted thoughts such as threats to one's life since he was walking on the earth. He faced many life-threatening threats from ferocious animals aound his environment."
Someone pimped this in my comments box. I think Tim Tang is back.

Deism vs the Bible 3: (Magic in the Bible) - "Magic and mythical creatures aren't real but the Bible says otherwise. 1. Giants, 2. Unicornsm 3. Dragons and Leviathan, 4. Cockatrices, 5. Divination, 6. Sorcery and Voodoo"
I like the unequivocable proof of a geocentric solar system.

I KNOW WHO YOU ARE AND WHAT YOU DID XIAXUE XIA XUE WENDY CHENG - After a while, you really wonder.