Barnacle Bill, Bimbo & Betty Boop - 1930 Posted: 2 years ago by suebe
"Who's there knocking at my door? Who's there knocking at my door? Who's there knocking at my door?"
"It's Barnacle Bill, the sailor"
This is an early version of the Betty Boop character.
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The $2 Bill Posted: 2 years ago by doggylives
A guy stops off at his local Taco Bell after work and decides to pay with a $2 bill instead of a $50 to make things easier for the cashier.
Hilarity and Asshatery ensue.
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Bimbo's Initiation - Wanna be a member ? Posted: 3 years ago by fatfreddyfreak
Wanna be a member ? Betty Boop seals the deal in this occult themed classic cartoon from 1931.
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Senate won't bother reading health care bill Posted: 5 months ago by 2manyusernames
They may skim it, but Harry Reid refuses to allow a week to pass so that all the public can review the bill - much as they did with the stimulus bill. All this despite the promise Obama of a 5-day wait before any bill was signed into law.
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The rare early works of Bill Watterson Posted: 2 years ago by titojuante
Here's a collection of rare early Bill "Calvin and Hobbes" Watterson's toons from The Kenyon Collegian, his college paper from Kenyon, Ohio. They're a little edgier than the Calvin and Hobbes strips (but not as funny)
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Betty Boop - Minnie the Moocher Posted: 2 years ago by suebe
For your Saturday morning viewing pleasure, Betty Boop cartoon featuring Cab Calloway's "Minnie the Moocher" tune. Hi de hi de ho!
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Rare, Life-Sized Betty Boop Statue Stolen Posted: 2 years ago by dollyllama
A unique, life-sized statue of Betty Boop worth thousands of dollars was stolen from a popular Central Florida village.
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Bill would give president emergency control of Internet Posted: 3 months ago by Bornbad
The new version of the bill would allow the president to "declare a cybersecurity emergency" relating to "non-governmental" computer networks and do what's necessary to respond to the threat.
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It's the wind, Betty Posted: 2 years ago by pocksucket
Doesn't sound so good in English. Really, it's called C'est le vent, Betty and it's from Betty Blue. Which is really called 37°2 Le Matin. It's by Gabriel Yared. He is really called Gabriel Yared.
Betty Blue. Blue.
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New Bill Could Make You a "Terrorist" Posted: 2 years ago by tvirus
"The end of Free Speech in America has arrived at our doorstep. It's a new law called the Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act, and it is worded in a clever way that could allow the U.S. government to arrest and incarcerate any individual who speaks out against the Bush Administration, the war on Iraq, the Department of Homeland Security or any government agency (including the FDA). The law has already passed the House on a traitorous vote of 405 to 6, and it is now being considered in the Senate where a vote is imminent."
This blog summarizes the bill and links to the full text.
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Hot secret behind toucan's bill Posted: 4 months ago by Bingo
For centuries, scientists have puzzled over why the toucan's bill is so remarkably large - but now one team thinks it might have an answer.
Infrared footage shows how a toucan uses its bill to regulate its temperature to stay cool.
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Russell Crowe to play Bill Hicks? Posted: 1 year ago by pocksucket
In a recent interview Russell Crowe let slip that he is involved in a Bill Hicks biopic.
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Ten Thousand Cents Posted: 2 years ago by 2manyusernames
Ten Thousand Cents" is a digital artwork that creates a representation of a $100 bill. Thousands of individuals working in isolation from one another painted a tiny part of the bill without knowledge of the overall task. Workers were paid one cent each via Amazon's Mechanical Turk distributed labor tool. Site also has a video with all 10,000 parts being drawn simultaneously.
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Fla. woman chooses to go to jail over $7.45 bill Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
A woman decided to go to jail rather than pay her bill at a Fort Pierce Waffle House restaurant. The total she went to jail over: $7.45.
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Verizon Willing To Let Man Die Unless Cops Pay $20 Of His Overdue Bill Posted: 6 months ago by bingo
The cops got a call that the man was rampaging around his house and breaking windows. When they arrived, the man had fled, taking bottles of pills with him. The sheriff contacted Verizon to ask them to turn the man's cellphone service on so they could track his signal, but the operator said the missing man's bill had to be paid first...
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Bill O' Reilly to quit radio Posted: 12 months ago by bernardblack
[sarcasm]I know this will make many of you cry[/sarcasm] but Bill O'Reilly has announced that he will step down from his very successful syndicated radio show.
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Pelosi Breaks Pledge to Put Final Health Care Bill Online for 72 Hours Before Vote Posted: 4 weeks ago by shuallyo
Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office tells THE WEEKLY STANDARD that the speaker will not allow the final language of the health care to be posted online for 72 hours before bringing the bill to a vote on the House floor, despite her September 24 statement that she was "absolutely" committed to doing so.
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A Colorful $5 Bill Is Coming Your Way Posted: 2 years ago by AutumnLotus
Coming soon to a cash register near you: a new $5 bill sporting some touches of color for the first time.
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Woman's one cent bill paid in full Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
An outstanding utility bill could have caused an elderly blind woman her property. But, thanks to some kind citizens, her debt has been settled. Update on this post.
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Mesa boy, 7, gets bill in bike-van crash Posted: 2 years ago by muppet
Jessica Brovitch was relieved when her 7-year-old son was only scraped and bruised after a van collided with his bicycle on Nov. 9. But she was shocked when the child later received a bill for $650.
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Bill Gates Sets His Sights On Controlling the Weather Posted: 5 months ago by kakana
Truly this is the age of Greenfinger: Billionaire Bill Gates has patented the idea to halt hurricanes by decreasing the surface temperature of the ocean.
Comments: 3 Score: [-] 302 [+].