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Germans were Against War with Iraq

international

When German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder declared “Nein zum Irak-Krieg” (“No to war in Iraq“), pro-war Americans and Brits were appalled by Deutschland’s cowardice. I see it differently. If you compared war to alcohol, Germans are like your recently sobered uncle who suffered from alcoholism for decades. Now imagine if your family was ridiculing him for [...]

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Proper Etiquette of Toothpicking Cheese Cubes 101

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I played basketball today and realized I was extremely hungry. I dipped into Gourmet Garage to buy something to eat. I didn’t know what I wanted, so I roamed aimlessly around until I found something. Luckily, The cheese department had five platters of cheese cubes with a cup of toothpicks. Famished, I plucked out a [...]

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M*A*S*H is a valid mathematical statement

mathematics

M mass (m) A acceleration (a) S displacement/distance (s) H height (h) If Newton’s Second Law states: Force equals mass times acceleration (F=ma), then m × a = Force Displacement and height are lengths. If you multiply two lengths together, you would create a surface area. s × h = Surface Area So, (m × [...]

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Bush’s Wall against Mexico is 89 Years Too Late

history

Zimmerman Telegraph Interception in WWI A forgotten fact about WWI is the interception of the Zimmerman Telegraph. Germany wanted to divert the US away from the war overseas. So their Foreign Secretary Arthur Zimmerman instructed the German ambassador Heinrich von Eckardt via a telegram to convince Mexico to attack the United States. It was VERY [...]

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Keeping Up with The Joneses

technology

SALES CLERK Would you like to see the new iPod® nano? ME No, thanks. I just bought a portable CD player last week. SALES CLERK What? Where? Used? It had to be at a pawn shop. ME Nope. Brand new. It’s awesome. Has a built in pager, takes Polaroid® pictures, and came with a VHS [...]

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