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Man tries to get piece of paper out of his petrol tank. Spends four hours with his hand trapped before firemen free him.

Tom Ricks thinks so:

There is growing belief on the right that President Obama will use him for political cover to slash weapons programs and the defense budget...My bet is that Gates will stay on until about this time next year, and leave when the QDR (Quadrennial Defense Review) is done. By then, I predict, Republicans will be crying, "Bobby, we hardly knew ye."

Nigeria’s anti-drugs agency confiscates 6.5 tonnes of marijuana - from a man who claims he is 114 years old.

Now you have either got to be a completer nut, complete gamer or a true and dedicated Metal Gear Solid Fanboy, but which ever one this person is got to admit the tattoos look ok. A reader over at Kotaku is not the normal fan of Metal Gear Solid (MGS) he is a TRUE fan, the tattoos are Metal Gear Solid 3 inspired. The “Zombie” facepainted Snake on his right hand and Eva on his left.

The funny George Carlin who is a top notch comedian sadly died of a heart failure at the age of 75, he leaves wife Sally Wade and daughter Kelly Carlin McCall. We have a fantastic video below that you will just love; we want to show this in dedication for the swearing funny comedian.

Must warn you the video contains strong language, if you are offended by strong obscene language then we say do not watch it. We love you George Carlin RIP sir and all thoughts are with his family and friends.

Wilkinson attacks cap and trade:

A cap and trade system would introduce a new market fabricated by government to regulate the entire economy of mundane markets. Cap and trade is based on the political invention of scarcity.  But the problem of determining the ideal supply of emission permits is much like the Federal Reserve's problem of determining the ideal quantity of government money. In both cases, bureaucrats must appeal to dubious mathematical models and pronounce on questions that remain the subject of raging scientific controversy. When the Fed produced the wrong answers, it helped inflate the housing bubble, which led to the ruin of our economy. Do we trust the government climate bureaucrats to do better?

Rupert Murdoch, whose media company News Corp owns one of the few U.S. newspapers that makes people pay to read its news on the Web, said more papers will have to start doing the same to survive.

Murdoch, who bought The Wall Street Journal and its parent company Dow Jones & Co in 2007, said online advertising, which most U.S. publishers hope will offset ad revenue declines at their print divisions, will not cover their costs.

“People reading news for free on the Web, that’s got to change,” said Murdoch speaking at The Cable Show, an annual cable television industry event, in Washington, D.C.

Murdoch pointed to the Journal’s main rival in the United States, The New York Times, as an example. The Times has one of the most popular U.S. newspaper websites, but still cannot cover its costs with online ads, he said.

Murdoch’s newspaper empire includes the New York Post, the Times of London and other papers in Britain and Australia, which are available online for free. The Journal had been charging for access for years before News Corp bought it.

His comments come as the Times holds a semi-public debate about whether it should revisit charging readers to get some or all of its news and commentary online. It canceled an earlier experiment, “TimesSelect”, to charge for columnists and similar content because it made more money from ads.

The Journal charges readers for access to its website, which Murdoch said was “not a gold mine, but it’s not bad”. When he first took over the paper, News Corp and Dow Jones executives considered making the site free, but determined it would be better to keep charging for most, but not all, content.

As online ad revenue growth stumbles and in some cases falls, publishers are being forced to rethink whether charging for access is possible, or whether readers would simply stop going to their websites.

Time is running out. Some U.S. publishers like Tribune Co have filed for bankruptcy. Others, including Hearst Corp and EW Scripps Co, have been shutting down big city dailies. Still others are furloughing employees, cutting pay and buying out or laying off thousands of workers.

Even as they cut costs, publishers are looking for ways to get more people to read — and pay for — journalism.

Murdoch also told Cable Show attendees that News Corp is investing with partners in a new portable device to let people read electronic versions of their daily papers.

News Corp is investing in a reading device similar to Amazon.com’s Kindle and Sony Corp’s Reader but with a larger screen for reading newspapers, Murdoch said.

Newspapers like Pearson PLC’s Financial Times and Gannett’s USA Today are working with a Mountain View, California company called Plastic Logic on newspaper-specific reading device expected to launch early next year.

Murdoch did not clarify if it was the same technology and the company did not return calls seeking comment.

Murdoch also addressed concerns among newspaper publishers that search engines like Google Inc and Yahoo Inc help users to find stories by aggregating links to newspapers websites and blogs — but then wrest ad dollars from them that they think should be theirs.

“The question is, should we be allowing Google to steal all our copyright… not steal, but take,” said Murdoch. “Not just them but Yahoo.”

Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt is expected to discuss this topic when he speaks at the Newspaper Association of America’s annual conference in San Diego next week.

Separately, Murdoch said he is still “slightly pessimistic” about the economy and said he does not see things returning to previous levels for another two to three years. The recession, along with hurting newspapers, has contributed to ad revenue declines at News Corp’s U.S. local television business too.

Murdoch also talked about the financial industry’s help in sparking the world economic crisis. While there have been some well publicized excesses by some executives, he said, the U.S. government should go easy on regulation.

“We need to get an SEC that’s awake and maybe a few more regulations but not too many,” he said.

Canyon Lake, Calif., March 26, 2009 ­ Monster Kawasaki Team Green’s Sara Price competed in the Women’s A/Pro at the Oak Hill MX GNC Finals, Decatur, Texas this past weekend and took her first A class championship!

Price got a decent start in moto one and worked her way into an early lead riding smart and smooth to take the win. In moto two she got the holeshot and had battled with Arizona’s Jacqueline Strong. Strong got by Price in the second lap but Price charged to the end to get a 1 -2 for the overall.

“I am happy to be racing again having been on a break since January. The track at Oak Hill was in excellent condition. It feels good to get a Pro class win under my belt and gives me more confidence for the WMA Opener at Glen Helen for my first National Pro race. I look forward to racing fast girls like Strong and Elizabeth Bash again” said Sara Price

Sara Price is sponsored by: Kawasaki Team Green, Monster Energy, Parts Unlimited, Thor MX, Pro Circuit, Maxima, Pro Taper, Dunlop, DVS, Auto Styles and Paint, Panic Rev, Factory Baking, AC Racing, Hinson Racing, Twin Air, Scott USA, QTM, Alpinestars and Asterisk.

I know this is an illness and yes I have put it under the weird category, the reason for this is because the human body takes so much shit when you think about it, so many illnesses, so many diseases, I mean come on where do these weird illnesses come from. Proteus syndrome is a congenital disorder that causes skin overgrowth and atypical bone development, often accompanied by tumours over half the body. Since Dr. Michael Cohen identified it in 1979, [1] only a few more than 200 cases have been confirmed worldwide, with estimates that about 120 people are currently alive with the condition.[2] There may be many more than this, but those individuals correctly diagnosed usually have the most obvious manifestations of Proteus syndrome, leaving them severely disfigured. Proteus syndrome is named after the Greek sea-god Proteus, who could change his shape.

There was a program about the boy with frozen bones which shows nine year-old Jordan who is full of hope and vitality. But Jordan’s body is not ordinary. He was born with a rare genetic condition called Proteus Syndrome, the same condition that afflicted John Merrick, The Elephant Man.

Check out these two disgusting old age pensioners the dirty old buggers, got to admit they are funny OAP’s. Looks like they are enjoying themselves in front of the camera judging by the smiles on their faces. The question is “Are these your grandparents?

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