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Paul Simon and the Helpless Wolves

According to this post on the Steve Hoffman Forum Paul Simon is not the nicest guy. Steve Berlin from Los Lobos talks business and it’s not a nice picture we see. Welcome to the sausage factory!

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April 6, 2008   No Comments

Gunman opens fire at Virginia Tech

Gun / ~USMC~ http://www.flickr.com/photos/szuppo/Gunman kills 30 at Virginia Tech shooting before being killed - AP
A gunman opened fire in a Virginia Tech dorm and then, two hours later,
in a classroom across campus Monday, killing at least 30 people in the
deadliest shooting rampage in U.S. history, government officials told
The Associated Press. The gunman was killed, bringing to death toll to
31. [all 1,616 news articles at Google News]

So, this is the (sad) news. But the discussion already rages on if guns should be forbidden or not. And a few hours after the events the first conspiracy theories are already available.

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April 16, 2007   No Comments

Vile Bunny

Bunny / Photo: skryche http://www.flickr.com/photos/skryche/Feldhase attackiert Frau in Linz - ooe.ORF.at
Eine Begegnung der unheimlichen Art hatte Montagvormittag eine 74-jährige Frau in der Linzer Wallnerstraße. Sie, ihr Mann und Polizisten wurden von einem Feldhasen attackiert.

Die Frau wollte gegen 8.00 Uhr in ihrem Garten am Froschberg ihre Wäsche aufhängen, als plötzlich der ausgewachsene Feldhase vor ihr stand.

Das Tier biss der 74-Jährigen in den Fuß, woraufhin die Pensionistin zu Boden fiel und sich anschließend im Haus versteckte. Der 78-jährige Ehemann der Frau versuchte danach den Hasen aus dem Garten zu verscheuchen, doch ohne Erfolg. [mehr...]

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April 16, 2007   No Comments

Kurt Vonnegut dies at 84

Kurt Vonnegut, Novelist Who Caught the Imagination of His Age, Is Dead at 84 - New York Times
Kurt Vonnegut, whose dark comic talent and urgent moral vision in novels like “Slaughterhouse-Five,” “Cat’s Cradle” and “God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater” caught the temper of his times and the imagination of a generation, died last night in Manhattan. He was 84 and had homes in Manhattan and in Sagaponack on Long Island. [more...]

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April 12, 2007   No Comments

The next Bull

Red Bull (Consumerist / http://www.flickr.com/photos/consumerist/)“Authentic Austrian Energy” - ORF.at
Frank Stronach will nun Dietrich Mateschitz Konkurrenz machen: Er brachte in Nordamerika den Energy-Drink “Frank’s” auf den Markt. Im Marketingkonzept wird ganz auf Österreich gesetzt: Strickbestrapste Dirndlträgerinnen mit Hobbys wie “den ganzen Abend lang Akkordeon spielen” versichern auf der Website den Kunden: “Keeps you yodeling all night long!” Versprochen wird “Authentic Austrian Energy” [mehr...]
Photo: Consumerist

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April 4, 2007   No Comments