…One Less Scene

What a trooper:

Lizard players:

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A bloody siege on a police training facility today by Pakistani militants. Here’s a good article in the Guardian.

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The head of China’s Central Bank wants a new world currency. I think that news is not-so-good. Since they own most of our dollars, can’t they pretty much do what they want?
Also on Al-Jazeera English: Many people were killed today on the island of Mindanao after major fighting between the Philippine muslim separatists, MILF, and Philippine [...]

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Lizards are the new LOL Cats:
“I’M IN THE BUSH, HIDIN FROM THE LADEEZ”
“I’M CHILLIN BY THE POOL, I HAS A SKIN PROBLUM”

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  Ahh, resort culture. In Aruba, just like anywhere else with beautiful beaches and a depressed local/thriving tourism economy,  the locals are treated like second-class citizens by the tourists, and the tourists are treated like walking credit cards by the locals. I wonder if “hospitality” has always looked like this. 
And I’m reading about the [...]

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   The Great War for Civilisation: The Conquest of the Middle East by Robert Fisk, Random House Inc., 2005, 1136 pages  
Who is this guy Fisk? I remember hearing his name years ago; not because I came across one of his articles, but because he was often mentioned as one journalist that opposed invading [...]

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Moon, Jordan, and Forest at Lake Tahoe, photo by unknown Brazilian tourist
  Skiing is about paying a bunch of money to stand in line with a horde of obnoxious, suburban wankers, and it’s totally worth it.
 
Seth Holton and I hiked out to this little chute at Crystal Mountain near King’s Throne several times. Seth makes [...]

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The capital hillbillies didn’t let these upcoming somber anniversaries get in the way of a good dance party over the weekend; here are some photos of a basement birthday party at something-and-Alder, in which everyone wore stick-on Bindis and danced like Shiva. People were just kind of milling around in this dank little basement, playing [...]

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First, a friendly cop pulled me over for making an illegal u-turn, but didn’t give me a ticket. Then, I saw these beautiful pieces up on a wall on Market street, obviously with the property owner’s full permission. Only in the 253.  

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