November, 2011

If you say so…

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Fenton the Labrador chasing Gallimimus in Jurassic Park, Isla Nublar.

The Lion King stampede mashup in 3…2…

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Accurate.

Pleated-Jeans

If History Was Written By The Losers – [Cracked]

5 Captain Planet Episodes That Went Horribly Wrong – [Gamma Squad]

‘Super Committee’ Fails To Reach Agreement – [CNN]

President Barack Obama and congressional leaders traded blame Monday for the failure of the congressional “super committee” to forge a deficit reduction deal, but they also called for Congress to work out an agreement before painful automatic budget cuts take place in 2013.

Earlier, the co-chairs of the bipartisan special joint committee said in a statement that “after months of hard work and intense deliberations, we have come to the conclusion today that it will not be possible to make any bipartisan agreement available to the public before the committee’s deadline.”

Related: What Now? (Infographic)

Poll: Fox News Viewers Less Informed Than Those Who Read No News – [TPM]

The poll — which asked New Jerseyans where they find news and information about current events — found that Sunday morning news shows are the most informative, while Fox News actually leads people to be less informed than those who consume no news at all.

The poll focused partly on popular uprisings in Egypt and Syria. Asked whether the people of Egypt successfully topped Hosni Mubarak’s regime, 49 percent of Fox News viewers answered “yes” — the lowest on the scale — while 68 percent of NPR listeners answered in the affirmative, the highest on the scale.

National Geographic Photo Contest 2011 (Photos) – [The Big Picture]

Deadly New Clashes in Egypt’s Tahrir Square (Photos) – [In Focus]

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Another great freestyle skateboarding clip from Brett Novak.

Bragic | Previously: Kilian Martin: A Skate Illustration

A video from the crew behind the “bat signal” that was displayed on The Verizon Building on November 17th as Occupy protesters crossed over the Brooklyn Bridge.

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How an Aziz Ansari tweet led to one of the craziest tales GQ correspondent Brett Martin will ever tell.

Jet lag is a funny thing. It plays tricks on the mind. For instance, right now I could swear that I’m crammed into a tiny karaoke room on an upper floor of a building somewhere in Tokyo. The narrow table is covered end to end with empty bottles of Asahi beer and Zima, jugs of whiskey and vodka, buckets of ice, huge clear-plastic bags of luridly colored Japanese candy. There are about ten of us in here, packed thigh to thigh on the U-shaped banquette, under a ceiling of peeling geometrically patterned wallpaper that seems to strobe in the fluorescent light. That’s not including the trio of waitresses in tiny fur-trimmed Mrs. Santa Claus dresses, peering in curiously from the door. All this is more or less plausible. The strange part is what we’re all staring at, to all appearances a surrealist pop-culture mash-up, bizarre even by the standards of a country known for bizarreness: the comedian and actor Aziz Ansari (of Parks and Recreation), the musician James Murphy (of LCD Soundsystem), and the chef David Chang (of Momofuku), in suits, arm in arm, belting out A-Ha’s “Take On Me.”

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Seriously, Old Spice…shut up and take my money.

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The only mattress that doesn’t transfer energy, so you can do anything you want inches away from your partner without disturbing them.

Anything.

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Lily the Jack Russell terrier hits the trail with her owner at Trailside Bike Park in Park City, Utah.

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