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Polanski Support

by 53X11 on October 1, 2009

The fact there are some coming out in Hollywood to say that Roman Polanski should not be extradited or have to face the sentence of rape that he plead to some 30 years ago should be a stinging indictment to the average American (regardless of political stripe / view) just how far out of step [...]

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The Body Bomb

by 53X11 on September 30, 2009

It seems that terrorist have found a new means of bombing. This means involves the bomb being inside the bomber and it may completely defeat normal security means employed throughout the world. It’s first use failed to kill the Saudi prince that it was intended to take out, but the fact that the bomb passed [...]

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Frau Schickelgruber

by 53X11 on September 30, 2009

It seems that the piece of skull long believed to have from Adolf Hitlers skull may actually be from a woman. BBC story heree. The Russians are debating the claim though, based on access records to the piece of skull in question. Telegraph story here.

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Devotion pays off – in all things

by 53X11 on September 29, 2009

First of all, I don’t play guitar. So, don’t start emailing / commenting about which guitar is better, etc. Moving on, Reuters has a very interesting story up about the story of Paul Reed Smith guitars. The piece discusses how PRS guitars are expanding in a bad economy, how their cost does not act as [...]

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Tesla and Fisker Funding Debate

by 53X11 on September 29, 2009

It seems that some of the taxpayer money the US government decided to give out to help car companies went to higher end eco car start up companies (Tesla and Fisker respectively) when other similar bid requests were denied. Some government watch dog groups are wandering if Fisker’s relationship with Al Gore may have helped [...]

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