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Jul 09

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Punchlines To The 100 Most Offensive Jokes of All-Time : COED Magazine – Everybody knows a good joke or two. But often times, the joke is so raunchy, so outlandishly offensive, that most people aren’t willing to admit the sick humor made them laugh. But we realized that with the most offensive jokes, all you need to hear is the punch line to get a good chuckle. So here we’ve compiled the 100 best punch lines from the most offensive jokes of all-time. So now, only half of you is going to hell! (That’s how it works, right?)

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Jul 09

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Unemployment: Great Depression vs Great Recession « Visualizing Economics – I created this infographic to compare the unemployment rate over the last 18 months to the Great Depression.
The psychology of overconfidence : The New Yorker – Cohen and Gooch ascribe the disaster at Gallipoli to a failure to adapt—a failure to take into account how reality did not conform to their expectations. And behind that failure to adapt was a deeply psychological problem: the British simply couldn’t wrap their heads around the fact that they might have to adapt. “Let me bring my lads face to face with Turks in the open field,” Hamilton wrote in his diary before the attack. “We must beat them every time because British volunteer soldiers are superior individuals to Anatolians, Syrians or Arabs and are animated with a superior ideal and an equal joy in battle.”

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Dec 08

Map: Show Me the TARP Money – ProPublica – Each marker represents the headquarters of a financial institution that expects or has already received money from the Treasury Department under the TARP (Troubled Asset Relief Program). The size of each marker represents the amount of bailout money given to each institution. Click on the markers to see the institution’s name and amount it’s receiving.

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Nov 08

Cartype : Carbon Motors – Carbon Motors Corporation is a new American automaker that is developing and will manufacture, distribute, and service the Carbon E7, the world's first purpose-built law enforcement patrol vehicle.
Voter turnout didn’t set record: Democrats’ passion wasn’t matched by GOP – Turnout in last week's election increased from four years ago but fell far short of some forecasts largely because many Republican voters either stayed home or left blank the presidential section of their ballots.
In states won by President-elect Barack Obama, turnout was more than five percentage points higher than in states won by Republican John McCain, according to a Globe analysis of data compiled by a pair of researchers who study voting patterns in US elections.