Rantings of a New Yorker

If you can't handle swearing, get off the internet. People suck, including me, and these are my rantings.

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“Offensive Ideas” – Campaign for Free Expression PSA #1

Video by Adam Isaak.

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Glenn Beck Fans

Normally, I like to do the ranting myself, but, while perusing reddit this morning, I came across this gem of a comment. Side story about Glen Beck fans. I was at a book store last night just browsing when I heard a guy tell his girlfriend that he was looking for a book called “Common [...]

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Irena Sendler, a true inspiration

During WWII, Irena was given permission to work in the Warsaw Ghetto, as a plumbing/sewer specialist. She had an ulterior motive. Being German, Irena knew what the Nazi plan was for Jews. Irena smuggled out infants in the bottom of a tool box she carried in the back of her truck. She used a burlap [...]

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British Library Publishes Online Archive of 19th-century Newspapers

The British Library has published its archive of Victorian Era newspapers online.  While pricey, a 24-hour pass costs £6.99, allowing you to view up to 100 articles, or a seven-day pass with 200 article views for £9.99 , there is also an option for free articles as well.  In total, there are over two million [...]

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Stop Worrying About Your Kids

Kids are just as safe as they were in the 1970s, but we have created such a culture of fear that most parents can’t even comprehend sending their kid across the street without help, yet alone all the way across town. A prime example is Lenore Skenazy, who let her kid ride the subway in [...]

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Why It’s Expensive to be Poor

The Washington Post explains why it’s so expensive to be poor. The poorer you are, the more things cost. More in money, time, hassle, exhaustion, menace. This is a fact of life that reality television and magazines don’t often explain. “The poor pay more for a gallon of milk; they pay more on a capital [...]

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Bottled Water is Better: Water in a Box

You know you saw it coming.  Water in a box.  It’s supposed to be better for the earth.

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Awwwww

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Sidewalk Interview goes bad… real bad

This video is definitely NSFW and should only be viewed by those over 18, but it’s the funniest thing I’ve seen today.

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Old Jews Telling Jokes

Old Jews Telling Jokes has a new joke every Tuesday and Thursday.  Some of them are quite funny.

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