U.S. Refuses to Join Landmine Ban Posted: 3 days ago by Chamale
Washington (CNN) -- The United States won't join its NATO allies and many other countries in formally banning landmines, State Department spokesman Ian Kelly said during his midday briefing Tuesday.
Russia and China also have not joined the 156 nations that have endorsed the ban, he said.
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Life is Hard for Man Named Harry Potter Posted: 3 weeks ago by Chamale
Potter told the Daily Mail that, at first, he thought it was cool to have the same name as the whimsical wizard, but now it's just really annoying. As he told the paper, "After 12 years of it I couldn't count the amount of times I've heard 'You're a wizard, Harry.' It does wear a bit thin after a while. And I've heard all the puns about my wand."
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Balloon Boy - The Video Game Posted: 1 month ago by Chamale
Play this game to see how much taxpayer money you can waste while flying in a balloon.

Pretty impressive development time, considering how recent the balloon boy incident is.
Comments: 5 Score: [-] 469 [+].

Sending A Message to the Year 12,009 Posted: 2 months ago by Chamale
Sending this message was important to us. We considered ourselves to be a powerful culture.

This place is not a place of honor…no highly esteemed deed is commemorated here… nothing valued is here.

What is here is dangerous and repulsive to us. This message is a warning about danger.
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British Citizens can become Big Brother Posted: 2 months ago by Chamale
Participants in this new online game can monitor any of Britain's 4 million CCTV cameras and notify the government of any activity they deem suspicious. Players compete to catch the most criminals and intrude on as much privacy as possible.
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London CCTVs Catch 1 Criminal per 1,000 Surveillance Cameras Posted: 3 months ago by Chamale
Only one crime was solved by each 1,000 CCTV cameras in London last year, a report into the city's surveillance network has claimed.
The internal police report found the million-plus cameras in London rarely help catch criminals.
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Neighbor Calls SWAT Team on Two Guys Playing PS3 Posted: 11 months ago by Chamale
Thinking it was the sound of actual gunfire, a concerned neighbor in an apartment in Copenhagen calls the police to sort it all out. Now this isn't your regular patrol man lazily knocking on the door clutching a doughnut on one hand - they sent the SWAT team who called the guys out on the street with a megaphone.
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Terror Experts: Next 9/11 Could Fall On Different Date Posted: 11 months ago by Chamale
WASHINGTON—In an alarming development with wide-reaching implications for America's safety, Department of Homeland Security head Michael Chertoff and CIA Director Michael Hayden issued a joint report Monday warning that the next 9/11 could in fact occur on a different date.
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Desert Bus for Hope: Getting Bored for Charity Posted: 12 months ago by Chamale
Desert Bus, a game on Sega CD, was literally programmed as a practical joke on those who played it. Now, members of a Canadian comedy group are playing through the game, and will continue playing until they stop getting donations. They have raised nearly $50,000 for a sick children's charity, and donations can still be sent in. The site includes a live stream of their "games room" as they play.
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New Domino Toppling World Record (With video) Posted: 1 year ago by Chamale
A new world record for the number of dominoes toppled in one go was set in the Netherlands when according to event organizers, 4,345,027 dominoes fell during a two-hour TV show
Comments: 2 Score: [-] 103 [+].

McCain gets Barackrolled Posted: 1 year ago by Chamale
Rickrolling: Playing the music video for Rick Astley's "Never gonna give you up", generally to embarass the listener
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Woman Stabs Herself In The Foot During Good Luck Ritual Posted: 1 year ago by Chamale
LEBANON, Ind. — A woman accidentally stabbed herself in the foot with a 3-foot-long sword while performing a Wiccan good luck ritual at a central Indiana cemetery.
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Sad End For Bear With Jar On Its Head Posted: 1 year ago by Chamale
US wildlife officials who tried to capture a bear that had a jar stuck on its head, have shot the animal after it wandered into a busy Minnesota town
Comments: 2 Score: [-] 157 [+].

***BASEBALL SPOILER ALERT*** American League Wins All-Star game Posted: 1 year ago by Chamale
In the longest All-Star Game in history, Michael Young's sacrifice fly delivered the final blow, allowing the AL to defeat the NL in 15 innings, 4-3. In the 79th Major League Baseball All-Star Game, it was a memorable finish to perhaps the final national event held on the storied Bronx stage.
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"Black Hole" becomes a racist term Posted: 1 year ago by Chamale
Commissioner Kenneth Mayfield, who is white, said it seemed that central collections "has become a black hole" because paperwork reportedly has become lost in the office.
That prompted Judge Thomas Jones, who is black, to demand an apology from Mayfield for his racially insensitive analogy.
Comments: 34 Score: [-] 662 [+].

Baby Smashers Posted: 2 years ago by Chamale
Here, you can read the truth about Baby Smashers, which are available to the public all over the nation under the guise of "Baby Changing Stations". BabySmasher.com exists to provide the public with a means of spreading the truth about Baby Smashers - educating more people about the true use of these devices.
Comments: 0 Score: [-] 106 [+].