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    Joey Votto, RCMP

    Reds fans should enjoy this, especially if they are Canadian. Joey Votto doing an interview in his RCMP outfit. His mount, Nibbles, is not in the picture. "This is the red surge, boys." "After we tack, I'm gonna head to Tim Horton's and get some donuts, eh. And, uh, it's aboot the time...
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    Government Money

    The AMA (American Medical Association) is just spittin' bubbles. So are the doctors at the top of the list. Medicare database reveals top-paid doctors By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR and SERDAR TUMGOREN WASHINGTON (AP) — Medicare paid a tiny group of doctors $3 million or more apiece in 2012. One...
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    Best..Dessert..Ever

    This weekend, 40,000 people are flying to Austin, Texas for an annual technology and entertainment conference called South by Southwest, or SXSW for short. It began in 1987, and has continued to grow in size every year. This year the Music Festival part of it will last from March 11-16 (largest...
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    Journalist's Guide to Firearms Identification

    It's funny... because it's true. :D
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    The House on Wade Avenue

    It's a seemingly normal enough looking house, sitting along Wade Avenue in a typical residential neighborhood in Raleigh, NC. But it's not what it seems. If you look close, you'll see no driveway, no garage, no walkway to the front door. There are no lights, the windows are blacked out, and...
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    Baby It's Cold Outside

    Watch how fast "Baby, it's cold outside," turns into, "Baby, it's not that bad out there," when a guy has commitment issues, in what is sure to become an instant holiday classic. Jimmy Fallon and Cecily Strong in a wonderful performance. Merry Christmas. SNL: Baby It's Cold Outside
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    Ohioans are Rude Potty Mouths

    Congratulations Ohio! You simultaneously made the list of those who Curse the Most (top of the list, actually) and the list of those least likely to say “please” and “thank you.” (Link to larger, more detailed image - http://marchexdotcom.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/cursing.gif) Ohio...
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    From the "You Can't Make It Up Department"

    The full Reuters story here: New York lawsuit seeks 'legal personhood' for chimpanzees | Reuters Here's a more in-depth article from the Boston Globe (Should chimpanzees have legal rights?) that gives a lot more detail into the reasoning (and obsession) of personhood for certain animals, the...
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    This is Just Crazy

    Take a close look at this photo of Morgan Freeman. It's a pretty good photo, except that it's not. It's a finger painting done on an iPad. UK artist Kyle Lambert has created some very impressive digital art using his iPhone and iPad, but this one raises the bar to a whole new level...
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    The Dead Crows

    Researchers for the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority found over 200 dead crows near greater Boston recently, and there was concern that the may have died from Bird Flu or some other disease. A bird pathologist examined the remains of all the crows, and, to everyone's relief...
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    Bella French Studies

    Learn French from Ms. Bella French, an actual French-Canadian from Montreal. I really do like the Internet.
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    What's the Capitol of Canada?

    The best and brightest that Harvard has to offer, ain't got a clue. Except one person. She knew. My favorite answer: Alberta Second favorite answer: Ontario Third favorite answer: Quebec Keep in mind that these are literally the future leaders of America, the judges, Senators, Congressmen...
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    It's the Zimmer Man!

    Georgie, Georgie, Georgie. George Zimmerman was arrested and charged with felony aggravated assault, misdemeanor battery and misdemeanor criminal mischief, Seminole County Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy Dennis Lemma said during a press conference Monday in Sanford, Fla., hours after...
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    It Takes Years of Training

    Ten, twenty years of training to sing like this. But she didn't have that. Not any of it. No formal training whatsoever. And certainly not ten or twenty years of it, because she's only nine years old. She learned to sing this way by watching YouTube videos. And her intonation and phrasing are...
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    And Now Your Moment of Zen

    SHAKE Having a bad day? Just watch this.
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    Whoop! There is is!

    Former A's and Cardinals major league pitcher and current ESPN analyst Mark Mulder posted this video on his Instagram page Thursday afternoon of unarguably the greatest strike-three call in history. I can't stop watching it. The video was sent to Mulder by Bobby Crosby, a former A's teammate of...
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    Obamacare Signup Glitches

    The WSJ reports that six days into the launch of insurance marketplaces created by the new health-care law, the federal government finally acknowledged that design and software problems have kept customers from applying online for coverage. The website is troubled by coding problems and flaws...
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    Espar Heater - 20,000 Hours and Counting

    This past Friday I had my Espar Airtronic D4 heater in for a blower motor replacement at Espar of Michigan. This heater was installed in the fall of 2006 (by none other than Ray Lawrence himself). Over the years I've had a few repairs here and there. I had to replace the fuel pump because I...
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    Speed Kills .... Your Pocketbook

    One thing you constantly hear from insurance companies, police, and the media is that 'speed kills.' Well, it turns out, it doesn't. Many have suspected or know this for a while now, but this video is just brilliant at how it thoroughly debunks the 'speed kills' myth, and shows why the myth...
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    NSA Chief Built Star Trek Command Center

    Where: NSA Information Dominance Center The Prime Directive: "Collect It All" Just when you thought things with the NSA couldn't get any more absurd, as the NSA scandal moves from outrageously appalling to downright laughable, the latest report in the Guardian shows the current NSA chief spent...
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