Asian, Caucasian, Black, Hispanic . . . and Melungeon? Posted: 2 years ago by VooDooPeacock
Explore the mysterious origin, checkered history, and internet-fueled resurrection of the genetically distinct American race known as Melungeons.
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2007 Round-The-World Flight Simulator Race Posted: 2 years ago by dfelteau
Flight Simulator geeks are flying around the world in the 2007 Round-The-World Flight Simulator Race. The race pits teams from AVSim, FlightSim and Sim-Outhouse against each other in a race around the world with special rules, conditions and bonuses.
All teams were given the rules 24 hours in advance of the start of the race (10a EST on Friday). The rules include route requirements (such as two airports about 3000m above sea level and two airports below sea level), bonus airports and various rules such as if a plane crashes and which planes could be used in the race.
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"Billie" the turtle wins Costa Rica sea race Posted: 2 years ago by AutumnLotus
A leatherback turtle called Billie won the first Great Turtle Race from Costa Rica to the Galapagos Islands, swimming at a leisurely 5 to 6 kilometres per hour, organisers say.
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UN report: 'Geek' now recognised as a race, Retard now a racist term Posted: 2 years ago by Richye
The UN has entered a new race of people on our earth based on the definition of the word. The new race which is one of the largest on our planet is the new Geek race. As always with races comes racism and the UN have quickly defined racist terms for the new race which include retard, noob and nerd.
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CNN readers respond angrily to 'race or gender' story Posted: 10 months ago by 2manyusernames
Within minutes of posting a story on CNN's homepage called "Gender or race: Black women voters face tough choices in South Carolina," readers reacted quickly and angrily. Many took umbrage at the story's suggestion that black women voters face "a unique, and most unexpected dilemma" about voting their race or their gender.
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Shh! Let's Not Talk About Race Posted: 1 month ago by bernardblack
White people — including children as young as 10 — may avoid talking about race so as not to appear prejudiced, but that approach often backfires as black people tend to view this approach as evidence of prejudice, especially when race is clearly relevant.
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The Kinetic Sculpture Grand Championship Posted: 6 months ago by psycmoe
The original event, the Kinetic Grand Championship in Humboldt County, California, is also called the "Triathlon of the Art World" because art and engineering are combined with physical endurance during a three day cross country race that includes sand, mud, pavement, a bay crossing, a river crossing and major hills.
(A Blog documenting the daily trials of the race, with many, many photographs!)
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The Zoo Race Posted: 1 month ago by pocksucket
What happens if, unhappy with the levels of violence, killing, easy sex and loose morals in video games, you decide to make your own without any of these things.
Hopefully you'd do better than The Zoo Race, but perhaps not. After all, it has won awards.
And not one of them for worst game ever.
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Grizzly mauls girl during mountain bike race Posted: 5 months ago by bevissimo
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A 14-year-old girl riding in a mountain bike race was attacked in the dark of night by a Grizzly bear Sunday and severely injured, but she was able to make a brief 911 call that eventually resulted in her rescue.
Detailed account here
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Russia ahead in race to put man on Mars: scientist Posted: 10 months ago by AutumnLotus
Russia is leading the race to complete a manned mission to Mars and could land a Russian on the Red Planet by 2025, a leading scientist was quoted as saying on Tuesday.
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Human race will 'split into two different species' Posted: 1 year ago by eljay
The human race will one day split into two separate species, an attractive, intelligent ruling elite and an underclass of dim-witted, ugly goblin-like creatures, according to a top scientist.
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Glimpses Into American Jewish History Posted: 2 years ago by 2manyusernames
A monthly series dealing with the early history of American Jewry. Particular emphasis will be placed on those who struggled to maintain their religious observance in an environment that was drastically different from the one prevalent then in other parts of the world.
*follow numbered links at the bottom of page to get to the various parts of this series. Interesting history.*
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American History X Posted: 11 months ago by skate2live
The entire amazing movie can be LEGALLY viewed here. Enjoy!
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We Need a Black Google Posted: 3 months ago by doggylives
Some people are wondering if Google is too white, as in Caucasian, because so many white people use Google that it returns results that alienate the rest of the population
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Scientists in race to build superchook Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
CSIRO scientists in Victoria are aiming to be the first in the world to develop a genetically modified chicken immune to the killer bird flu.
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Hilarious Wheel From a Race Car Posted: 2 years ago by manatee
A wheel falls off a race car and finds a perfect home
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I Am Whitey, and I Apologize Posted: 10 months ago by gammerus
I laughed so hard my chest hurt.
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Race tests delivery service mettle Posted: 2 years ago by AutumnLotus
DHL is the big winner this year in the annual package race staged by students at Georgia Tech to test the mettle of the major delivery services.
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New test can learn your alcohol history Posted: 2 years ago by AutumnLotus
A new test being offered by a British company can determine an individual's history with alcohol during the past months -- or even years.
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Push to achieve tied to suicide in Asian-American women Posted: 2 years ago by slider
Asian-American women ages 15-24 have the highest suicide rate of women in any race or ethnic group in that age group. Suicide is the second-leading cause of death for Asian-American women in that age range.
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Using The "N" Word - "Should Blacks Stop Saying It?" Posted: 5 months ago by Rowangrey
One man's take on the "N-word" as used by whites and blacks. Not what I would consider an iron-clad defense, but certainly brings up some interesting points. Thoughts, Plimates?
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