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Nerds: America’s Greatest National Security Threat

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQpD9LolO-k

Meet Alex Jones, renown radio host and knuckle-dragger laureate of Texas. Fluent in hyperbole and equipped with a working knowledge of demagogic gobbledygook, his latest theory is that nerds, not a nuclear Iran or paralyzing amounts of poverty, are the greatest threat to the United States’ wellbeing. Enjoy, if you can.

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Don’t Want To Pay Your Bills? Use “Debt-B-Gone!”

OK, so comparing government bill payment to household bill payment isn’t really fair, but that flawed comparison was originally the austerity-wielding GOP’s bag.

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How We Failed Aaron Swartz

Killing himself a little over a week ago following imprisonment for “hacking” into academic documents and trying to make them available for all, American law enforcement clearly needs to realign its priorities.

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Watch Nicolas Sarkozy Get Pied In The Face

Would love to add “Custard Assassin” to my CV.

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Ai Weiwei On The Great Firewall Of China

Renown for his installation art and uncanny ability to piss off Chinese authorities, artist Ai Weiwei offers a counterintuitive opinion (at least to people who have ever taken a look at YouTube comments) on the civility of the internet.

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