Summer camps get more and more nerdy

Posted on September 29, 2008
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Think computer camp is geeky?  How about debate camp?

According to the McCain campaign, that’s where Sarah Palin is headed.

Debate Camp is nestled in one of presumably several rustic McCain homes in Arizona by a creek on what was once a Cocopa American Indian village. In fact, Debate Camp was called Cocopa Arguing Camp until they were sued by surviving tribes people in 1989.

Once she unpacks and meets her cabin mates, Gov. Palin will practice the arts of:

As she left the bus station, Palin’s parents were somewhat weepy, but hoped the experience would be as character-building as their own sleepaway camping trips in their youth.

“She’ll probably be having so much fun that she’ll forget to write us,” Ma Heath said, wiping at her bloodshot eyes.

Pa Heath placed his large bear-like arm around her shoulder and led her away to the family sedan parked nearby.

Written by Rick Snee

The numbers game

Posted on September 29, 2008
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In an astounding discovery that has made everyone at this blog make us wonder what exactly we have been doing with our lives, a group of mathmeticians at UCLA are going to be awarded $100,000 for discovering a number. That’s right, a number. We all know numbers right? Everyone remembers those things that Ernie told us today’s Sesame Street was brought to us by.

Well now UCLA has discovered a new 13 million-digit prime number. That’s right folks, simply by running a prime number program on your latest edition of Windows, you too can be the next one eligible for $100,000 simply by finding a number … God bless America.

Written by Bryan Schools

Shagging a sheep does not make someone a sex offender

Posted on September 29, 2008
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But, man oh man, is it still ever just wrong. And outside of West Virginia no less? Unheard of.

A court ruled this week that a man who sodomized a sheep will not have to register as a sex offender because the sheep cannot be considered a victim of sexual assault under Michigan law. We hope that after the injured livestock gets back on her feet she organizes a protest—or at least buys the dude a box of inflatable sheep sex dolls, or maybe just becomes an anti-bestiality activist.

The guys can only hope that the man was using some truly brutal interrogation techniques on such an obvious war-time opponent. After all, love cannot bloom on the battlefield.

Written by Chris "Chugs" Taylor

The McBournie Minute: Equality and equal treatment are not the same

Posted on September 29, 2008
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The other day I heard a commercial on the radio during my morning commute for voteforahange.com, an Obama campaign voter registration and information site. It was basically just a bunch people naming why they were registering to vote (aside from the fact that like Livestrong bracelets in 2004, it’s the in thing now). One of them toward the end of the commercial was a young woman saying “Because I can’t stand living in a world where I make less than a man.”

That statement, and the driver cutting me off, caused me to yell at my dashboard. You see, men make more for a reason, actually, several reasons, and while this statement attacked the unjust practices of the world, let’s focus on just the U.S. Read more

Written by Bryan McBournie


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