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October 2 2008 1 2 3166 diggsIf we are good at anything here at FSR, it is the creation of lists and guides — big, sweeping assessments and recommendations that can be bantered about for days on end in the comment area. And there’s nothing wrong with that, because we love writing them and it’s clear that you love discussing them — it is a win/win for all of us. With that in mi 318 diggsThe Hustler founder and freedom of speech advocate has produced an X-rated movie using an adult-film actress who resembles the Republican vice presidential candidate. 329 diggsWhile McCain blusters, teeth clenched and oozing sarcasm and disdain, Obama has kept his head -- and now he's taking control of the election. 130 diggsAs October rolls in so too do the MLB Playoffs. After 162 games 8 teams remain for a chance to make it to the World Series. We’ve put together a ton of hot fans to help guide you through the action. Because, really, if you’ve got sports and babes, what else do you really need . . . other than beer? 325 diggsOpponents have been vanquished and bad bets wiped away. Funny how that works since their ex-CEO is Henry Paulson - the man at the center of all the bailouts. 163 diggsFlickr has launched a new iPhone-optimized version of its site, and it looks fantastic. As you can see in the screenshots, the most used options run along the top of the page and, although there doesn't appear to be any AJAX-y cacheing going on, the individual pages load at a fair clip. 1110 diggsRed-faced Palin forced apologise to British Embassy after claiming she had held talks with the ambassador Sir Nigel Sheinwald. 166 diggsAstroengine exclusive interview with Particle Zoo founder, Julie Peasley. The hunt for the Higgs particle may have come to grinding halt until 2009, but that doesn’t mean you can’t discover the elusive particle for yourself. In fact, it’s not just the Higgs boson that awaits discovery in the zoo of Standard Model particles. 178 diggsRoger Federer has withdrawn from the Stockholm Open after announcing that he is to take a break from the sport. The world No 2 said he hopes to return before the end of the year but added that he needed a rest if he was to remain at the top of the game in the coming years. "2008 has been a tough year for me as I was always playing catch up after 193 diggsWhat if there was a religion in which an all-powerful god from outer space decided to send his unborn son on a suicide mission to planet Earth? So this space-god impregnates a human female and she gives birth to a baby who is both a human being and a divine incarnation, simultaneously the space god's spawn and the space god himself. 208 diggsIn case you haven't watched the news for the last few weeks, or talked to anyone, the US is undergoing something of a financial meltdown. A look at some of the increasingly desperate and creative ways businesses will try to stay afloat once things get much, much worse. 352 diggsAt the heart of pretty much every 'paranormal' phenomenon you find some lonely, attention-seeking soul, or several of them, willing to put a spooky little twist on an otherwise boring story. But it usually doesn't take a whole lot of examination to find the truth. 300 diggsAfter Michael Moore encouraged everyone to download his latest movie ‘Slacker Uprising’ for free and do what they like with it, lawyers working for him have sent a takedown request to a DNS company for a torrent of the movie to be removed from BTJunkie. The problem? Well, several as it happens. 236 diggsOne of the pioneers of commercial space travel is Richard Branson with his Virgin Galactic vehicles that will take passengers on sub-orbital flights 68 miles above the earth - just outside earth’s ‘boundary’ with space. 130 diggsCannabis is less harmful than alcohol or tobacco, according to a report by a research charity Thursday, which called for a "serious rethink" of drug policy. 139 diggsApple is exploring new ways to use the Mac OS cursor to provide users with additional information and usability options for files residing on their hard drive or linked via the internet before they're triggered or activated. 209 diggsAlmost 500 people have been trained as astronauts in NASA’s lifetime. And they haven’t all been the clean-cut, strong-jawed John Glenn types. Here are five astronauts who didn’t fit the mold... 200 diggsThere’s an old saying that reminds us how times change, but people don’t. What’s also true is that times change, but hooters don’t -- except that they’ve gotten much bigger over the last 25 years. This is also true about the restaurant. 385 diggsMister Maverick likes to think no one is paying attention..He gets fact checked on his 100% truth claim..and he fails... 288 diggsSteve Ballmer’s announcement of a new OS from Microsoft and its foray into cloud computing, temporarily dubbed “Windows Cloud,” seems rather strange. This sounds like a big deal, and Ballmer is just casually saying they’ll have it out in a couple of weeks? Not Microsoft’s style. 272 diggsKristen Schaal takes over The Daily Show despite being uninformed and disinterested by world affairs. But hey! At least she excites the base, right? 98 diggsThe scenes on display Wednesday spared nothing when it comes to the messy side of the super life. One scene in the R-rated film has an unclothed pair of heroes lounging in their high-powered “Owl Ship” after a love-making session. Another focused on the gore-spattered ceiling left behind by some super-action... 755 diggsYesterday’s Economic Rescue/Bailout Plan contained hundreds of millions of dollars of what John McCain calls "Pork Barrel Spending." We’re talking $195M in tax cuts to Puerto Rican rum makers, millions to makers of children’s wooden toys, race track makers, and wool fibers. HUNDREDS of MILLIONS in EARMARKS and PORK BARREL SPENDING! 153 diggsChad Ocho Cinco, who has largely held his tongue this season, let it rip Wednesday in a conference call with reporters. It's one of the greatest organizations ever," Ocho Cinco said of the Cowboys. "This week, to show my respect for Dallas and its owner, Jerry Jones, I'm going to score and I'm going to kiss the star." 230 diggsHouse Peters Jr., a TV actor who became the original Mr. Clean in Procter & Gamble's commercials for household cleaners, died Wednesday. He was 92. 458 diggsArtist Evan Roth wants to send a message to the TSA that he is fed up with all the airport security nonsense. His nervy method of delivery - special metal plates inserted in carry-on bags - has already gotten the attention of screeners in trial runs. Among the messages: "Nothing to see here" and what Roth calls "the exact opposite of a box cutter." 194 diggsAfter four years of construction the world’s most sustainable skyscraper is nearly completed! Situated at One Bryant park in Midtown Manhattan, the crystalline structure will be the first high-rise to receive LEED Platinum certification. 263 diggsAspen is about as far as you can get from Baghdad. There are no suicide bombings, no power outages, food shortages or military checkpoints in this upscale enclave. But there is a skatepark, and Llewellyn Werner points to it as he explains why his project has the potential to transform Baghdad from a volatile war zone into a shining hub of tourism. 243 diggsFrom the Financial Center to Wall Street itself to the shell-shocked (former) Lehman Brothers building in midtown Manhattan, it's easy to find stressed-out financial workers sucking on cigarettes, and most will tell you they're lighting up more often. Nobody is thinking of quitting.... 93 diggsGeorge Lucas' "Red Tails" is ready for takeoff. Anthony Hemingway, who has directed episodes of "The Wire," "CSI: NY" and "ER," will helm the long-gestating World War II film, which Lucas set aside to work on "Star Wars" and "Indiana Jones" 247 diggsGood for them. 216 diggsVerizon, recently analyzed "four years of data from over 500 cases worked by the Verizon Business Investigative Response team," to produce a report that gives an in-depth look into how data breaches are occurring in four major industry groups: financial services, food and beverage, retail, and technology services. 176 diggsScottish folds are just so damn cute! 421 diggs 211 diggsResearchers have found evidence that Skype and Chinese partner TOM Online are monitoring text communications online for "sensitive" topics, and storing extensive logs on publicly-accessible servers. Not only is this a major security risk, it also raises questions as to what level Skype is complying with the requests of the Chinese government. 736 diggsWASHINGTON (Reuters) - A growing proportion of U.S. voters question Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin's readiness for the job, according to a national opinion poll reported by The Washington Post on Thursday. The poll results came as... 258 diggsA new TIME poll shows Sarah Palin is especially unpopular among likely women voters. 235 diggsCompare those succulent spareribs from Leon's in Chicago with the whole-hog barbecue in North Carolina's Skylight Inn, while planning a trip to Memphis for barbecue spaghetti. Here are our picks for some of the best, representing smoke-pit passions from coast to coast. It'll make you glad to be American... 251 diggsHere is a mix of cool custom desings that I found over the internet. 580 diggsMorning Joe, 10/2/08 135 diggsThe NBA released the findings of the Pedowitz Reporttoday, and apparently Tim Donaghy is the only referee found to beinvolved in the gambling scandal. David Stern at the press conference,"There are no cheating infidels in the NBA. Never!" 256 diggsThe gruesome pictures include children's cartoon favourite Daffy Duck having his head blown off by a gun-wielding Bugs Bunny, as blood is sprayed everywhere.Another violent picture shows famous cartoon cat and mouse duo Tom and Jerry as never before - with Tom the cat chopping Jerry into small pieces in a pool of blood and guts. 245 diggsMcDonald’s is pretty much as wholesome a slice of Americana as we have. Only, not so much when you take a look at some of these perturbing commercials throughout McDonald’s history. 280 diggsBuilding on a security researcher's description of a method of hacking passport RFID chips (and using some of that researcher's code) a group has described how to insert arbitrary data into key fields—in this case, Elvis' personal info. 779 diggsTell iPhone users to visit http://www.barackobama.com/iphone and download the Obama '08 free application. Use it to organize your contacts and make calls into key battleground states. 107 diggsPhish have announced three special comeback dates in Virginia for next March, their first since disbanding in 2004. We’ll definitely be attending the Phish reunion shows - it’s been too long since we last caught beard nits off a hippy after stumbling into the middle of a drearily self-satisfied drum circle in the carpark of an old WWF arena. 201 diggsTwo trends in cellphones are combining to create a new security risk. On the one hand they are becoming more powerful, and more like computers. On the other, they are universally relied upon. 172 diggsHere is a worrying thought. Or maybe not. One rich philanthropist could take it into his head to re-engineer the planet's climate. It might only cost a few billion dollars, and even in these days of financial meltdown there are people around with that kind of cash. 384 diggsEarlier this year, a close aide to Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin investigated whether emails from private accounts belonging to state officials could be obtained by prosecutors or state investigators. She forwarded her findings to Palin and Palin's husband Todd. 318 diggsAs services like DVR become more prevalent, consumers are watching fewer and fewer commercials, and product placement is becoming increasingly more significant. It doesn’t matter how funny or creative a commercial is if people are fast forwarding through them. So how does Apple get its products onto some of todays most popular shows? 120 diggsLong story short = Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex (8.10) Beta Release notes.. 275 diggsAre you the director of some high profile movies, feel you have a piracy problem but no longer do business with MediaDefender? Do you want to fail, badly? Then maybe you should follow the lead of Darren Bousman, director of the Saw movie sequels - and ask members of the public to upload fakes files on BitTorrent sites. 107 diggsThey may be great masters of the gridiron, but they're also the whiniest coaches in college football. At No. 10 we start with Kentucky's Rich Brooks. Last year he accused Tennessee of stealing the Wildcats' signals. This year, it was Middle Tennessee. Does Brooks really think stealing signals is the only way teams can beat the Wildcats? 165 diggsYesterday, Mets pitcher Ambiorix Burgos was being sought by authorities after allegedly killing two woman in a hit-and-run accident in the Dominican Republic. As a side note the article also includes an article by the Daily News playing down the fact that Burgos killed the two women. Maybe because it happened in the Dominican Republic? 99 diggsApple's exclusive iPhone wireless carrier AT&T said this week it's in no hurry to begin deploying a fourth-generation wireless network, as it believes there's two to three years of "runway" left in its current and future 3G technologies. 662 diggsJohn McCain is pulling out of Michigan, according to two Republicans, a stunning move a month away from Election Day that indicates the difficulty Republicans are having in finding blue states to put in play. A McCain event planned for next week in Plymouth, Michiigan, has been canceled. 94 diggsThe Victoria School of Business and Technology is holding its ground, following a threat by Apple to take legal action if the local firm does not change a corporate logo it has used since 2005. 174 diggsIf illegal logging continues at the current pace, the Amazon rainforest could be destroyed within decades. To halt the destruction, Peru has created a special force of 3,000 officers to be known as the Environment Police. 201 diggshe assault on CAPTCHAs continues unabated, with new evidence that Windows Live Hotmail is vulnerable to farmer-assisted support. Keeping the CAPTCHA bots out is easy—it's keeping humans out that's troublesome. 156 diggsThe cars of the future look fuel-efficient -- and yes -- one might say -- ugly. Here's a look at some of the ones that turned heads at the Paris Auto Show recently. 460 diggsA very good piece on why Obama should be elected. 218 diggsOver the next few pages we’ll be looking at gaming’s unsung heroes – objects like rocks, puddles and, er, breasts – and how they’ve changed over the decades. After you’ve witnessed the horrors within, you’ll never complain about graphics again. 214 diggsThe outrage expressed by many so-called Main Street folks over the proposed Wall Street bailout is based on more than a sense of injustice.It's about revenge, and Washington politicians would be wise to listen up... 235 diggsBelieve it or not, there was a time when George Clooney was a struggling actor. Everything changed when he took on the starring role in what may perhaps be the worst film of the Batman franchise, 1997's stone-cold horrible Batman & Robin. 179 diggsScientists using NASAs RHESSI spacecraft have measured the roundness of the sun with unprecedented precision. They find that it is not a perfect sphere. During years of high solar activity the sun develops a thin cantaloupe skin that significantly increases its apparent oblateness: the sun’s equatorial radius becomes slightly larger than its poles. 98 diggsUltimately the computer screen and keyboard you are using right now will no longer be useful. Only 12.5% of electronic are currently recycled. Here's why that number is so low: 126 diggsTitle III Sec. 317. "A Seven-year cost recovery period for motorsports racing track facility." ---- That's fancy talk for "Bush likes NASCAR". 316 diggsGary Vaynerchuk, wine expert and twitterer extraordinaire, is ready to blow your mind with his wine bottle trick. It should also save you about a minute and a half every time you sit down with a bottle. 321 diggsRussia hopes to deploy a new nuclear missile next year designed to penetrate anti-missile defenses and will build eight submarines to carry it, defense officials said on Thursday. The latest statements underline Moscow's determination to upgrade its nuclear strike forces on land, sea and air... 240 diggs[PICS] 360 diggs"The good folks at Obama For President just made your week. Jay-Z will play a free show in Bayfront Park Amphitheater this Sunday at 8:30 p.m. to drum up voter registration for his favorite presidential candidate." 148 diggsSeen in the Antarctic, these amazing striped icebergs look like strange creatures from the deep. Littering the Antarctic, these large pieces of freshwater ice have broken off to form rainbow colored glaciers. 382 diggsThose who still remember times of peace before the Civil War (1975-90) would say that comparison with Switzerland is not so far fetched. Many banks made home there and the culture diversity and color was simply astounding. Combine it with natural grandeur, and there you have it - something to be treasured in the heart of anyone who experienced it. 263 diggsNot shedding the pounds as quickly as you'd like? The answer may be found in these common gym mistakes. 194 diggsEver wonder which animated films should have sequels? Well, this article attempts to answer that question by listing a few such movies. 183 diggsIt was one of the iconic pictures of Hurricane Ike: a lone house still standing in Gilchrist on the Bolivar Peninsula. It was used by media outlets around the world. And wherever it showed up, people asked the same thing: How the heck did that house survive? With the use of some archival photos, it turns out no one should've been surprised. 184 diggsMore than 90 percent of nursing homes were cited for violations of federal health and safety standards last year, and for-profit homes were more likely to have problems than other types of nursing homes, federal investigators say in a report issued on Monday. 258 diggsSometimes temptation can be all-consuming, especially when you're still chasing a repeat of your first high. That’s why, Hollywood, we’re staging this sequel intervention — because sometimes, it's like you're on crack. So we’ve provided you with this 12-step list of movies that need no continuation. Seriously, back off. 97 diggsYou've seen the whole Estoque shebang in Lamborghini's words, pictures, and videos. Let us add our own word to it: hmmm. It's a Lamborghini, so it's hard not to like it. And we hate to tread out the refrain, but it's much nicer in person. 220 diggsMuch of the coverage of solar cells is focused on the material doing the dirty work of converting energy from incoming photons into usable electrons, which is a main factor behind the efficiency and properties of the cel 189 diggsRick Astley is up for Best Act Ever at the MTV Europe Music Awards this November. A script in this page will vote automatically for him as long as you keep it open... let's Rickroll the EMAs! 77 diggsFrom Aint it cool 158 diggsAKRON, Ohio -- A 90-year-old homeowner who was about to be foreclosed on shot herself when Summit County sheriff's deputies attempted to serve her with a foreclosure eviction, according to Summit County Sheriff's Department officials... 458 diggsMoveOn.org blames McCain advisers. He blames Obama and Democrats in Congress. Both are wrong. 175 diggsThough the viral videos for Paul Blart: Mall Cop were short of impressive, the trailer for the film is surprisingly funny. Kind of like Die Hard but way, way funnier. Plus the mustache. 241 diggsPick any candidate you want, even their spouses are available. I gotta admit, though tiny Cindy McCain looks hilarious and Michelle Obama is vicious with her big hammer/pick axe. 302 diggsPretty amazing shot--taken by a "carcass cam" in a wolf natural preserve. (Image definitely not for everybody.) 314 diggsThis man went on to score 4 touchdowns in a single game. 179 diggsOn the Internet, faulty information seems to follow the path of least resistance. It gets passed on by the people who are most eager to believe it, and therefore least likely to find out if it’s actually true. On Digg, a site that tends to elevate left-leaning stories, the “CBS censorship” canard found a willing audience. 295 diggsJUST IN: China + Saudi Arabia hold billions worth of bad loans and are threatening to stop lending money to the US Govt, blackmailing the US into buying them back. "Bush said he would veto any bill that prohibited the purchase of foreign securities" WE MUST STOP THIS NOW, THIS BAILOUT IS NOT FOR MAINSTREET OR WALLSTREET IT IS FOR THE CHINESE! 674 diggsYou can eat Wikipedia in China! 197 diggsA truck is a vehicle for carrying goods and materials. The word "truck" possibly derives from the Greek "trochos", meaning "wheel." In North America, the big wheels of wagons were called trucks. When the gasoline-engine driven trucks came into fashion, these were called "motor trucks..... 188 diggsseriously... wtf? 398 diggsMissippi's Literacy Program - FAIL! Check out the newspaper clipping! 48 diggsQuinton "Rampage" Jackson will meet Brazilian legend Wanderlei Silva for the third time, and Forrest Griffin will defend his light heavyweight crown against unbeaten Rashad Evans in two featured bouts at UFC 92 on Dec. 27 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. 536 diggsThe debt was $5.7 trillion when Bush took office; the bailout legislation passed by the Senate last night would raise the debt ceiling further to $11.315 trillion. The Wonk Room has more. 449 diggsA what burger? 148 diggsApple has released an update to iTunes to version 8.0.1. The update is available in Mac OS X's Software Update and provides the following features:iTunes 8.0.1 improves stability and performance and provides a number of important bug fixes, including... 97 diggsSometimes, even if there is no conflict of interest or corruption going on in news, the perception that there might be a guiding hand behind editorial or reviews can be enough to damage the reputation of a site. Full disclosure is incredibly important, and if readers get the whiff of something being kept from them, there is often hell to pay. 793 diggsPalin thinks our commander in Afghanistan is someone named "McClellan." It is, I believe, McKiernan. And Palin is DEAD WRONG. He absolutely said that tribal involvement in Afghanistan COIN strategy would not work. 959 diggsDuring the course of the debate, CNN was running a viewer response line for uncommitted voters in Ohio. Overall the numbers portended a very strong performance for Biden 250 diggs30 minutes after the end of the Vice Presidential debate, Biden is beating Palin in the Fox News Poll. 541 diggsTorie Clarke — who worked with McCain back in Arizona and with the Bush Administration's Department of Defense — and Matthew Dowd, who worked for George Bush's communications team while in the White House, both agreed that Biden won the debate. 384 diggsJoe Biden did more for the equality of the sexes with his honest display of paternal emotion during the vice presidential debate than Sarah Palin's presence on the executive ticket has or will ever do. Biden visibly teared up when he rebutted the idea that "just because I am a man" he didn't understand what it was like to wonder whether a child wou 713 diggsSarah Palin has experience being a runner-up -- which will come in handy in November. Tonight she barely kept up. 217 diggsOne more hour 421 diggsCollection of creative bus stop advertisements from around the world. 505 diggsThe CNN/Opinion Research Corp. said 51 percent of those polled thought Biden did the best job, while 36 percent thought Palin did the best job...On the question of the candidates' qualifications to assume the presidency, 87 percent of those polled said Biden is qualified and 42 percent said Palin is qualified." 201 diggsRep. Brad Sherman says he has been told that there will be Martial Law if bill is not passed - FEAR MONGERING is how our laws are being forced on us. 706 diggsThe wife of L. Ron Hubbard, 40, founder of the Dianetics Mental Health movement, filed suit for divorce today, charging he is suffering from a mental ailment.
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