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Originally uploaded by CRYPTERIA ~ the magic
chicken's REBELLIOUS
SHOTS.
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"...making adjustments as necessary to make sure the individual valve pressures are within 10psi of each other across any one manifold. So as you can see, dealing with prescription costs in Medicare Part D is not really that complicated at all."

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Originally uploaded by drewdomkus.

"Let's see, I seem to remember something about being underpowered, ridiculous, and not able to get out of my own way. Now that gas is over four dollars a gallon, I guess something with a 1500CC engine in it sounds pretty good right now, huh, laughing boy?"

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Originally uploaded by Ellentriek2008.
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If Johnny Cochran had defended Martha Stewart:

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Originally uploaded by Bryan Peters.

"Hey, Relax! It was a joke! As far as I know, Justices Breyer, Ginsburg, Souter and Stevens are all in perfect health!"

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Originally uploaded by Starla Steward
Photography.

"What's that, my love? Purely symbolic? Why...uh...yes, yes, of course..."

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Originally uploaded by moonfever0.

"The show's about to start, Mr. Limbaugh...Mr. Limbaugh?"

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Originally uploaded by iskandarbaik.

"Don't be ridiculous; of course you can't have too much money. Now, as I was saying -- the bowling alley could go here, the plasma TV over there, and the hot tub in that raised alcove thingy in the front of the room."

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Originally uploaded by opus2008.

What a rip-off! No "That's Amore", no martini glass or film clips with Jerry Lewis -- not even a glossy photo of the Rat Pack, fer Pete's sake!

Friday (Non-) Random Ten

I just discovered the U.C. Santa Barbara Cylinder (recordings) Preservation and Digitization Project.

Daniel W. Quinn, More Work For The Undertaker, 1902
Edward Meeker, I'm A Yiddish Cowboy, 1908
Sophie Tucker, That Loving Rag, 1910
Sousa's Band, Stars And Stripes Forever, 1913
Billy Murray, The Little Ford Rambled Right Along, 1915
Sisty And Seitz's Banjo Orchestra, Auntie Skinner's Chicken Dinner Medley, 1915
Creatore And His Band, American Aviation March, 1918
New York Military Band, Miss Trombone, 1919
Crescent Trio, Pickaninny Blues, 1920
Harry Raderman's Jazz Orchestra, Make That Trombone Laugh, 1920

Bonus:

W. H. Taft, Rights And Progress Of The Negro, 1908

Random Flickr-Blogging: img_0749

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Originally uploaded by bigChill.
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Another former Republican hears about McCain's beer veto.

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Originally uploaded by Scott Adams.

"No, honey, people who drive Hummers don't hate America -- see, there's an American flag on that one -- they just hate other Americans, that's all."

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Originally uploaded by jordanudell805.

"Ah, so that's what that 'Bridge Out' sign means."

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Originally uploaded by Bryan Wu.

Knowing he'd be facing the wrath of all the early adopters that bought $399 iPhones, Steve Jobs donned a clever disguise for his announcement of the $199 model.

Random Flickr-Blogging: img_2790

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Originally uploaded by Nicholas Graf.
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"Individual accomplishments aren't as important as team wins, so we all try to take it one game at a time and give 110% every minute. All the credit goes to the coaching staff; they're the movers and the shakers that know how to twist all the right handles -- and, of course, to the Big Guy Up There, who makes it all possible. Yeah, that guy, the one putting the quarter into the slot..."

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Originally uploaded by MB Event Horizon.

WHOA! Too much information! Too much information!

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Originally uploaded by fargophoto.

"...Tastes better than chicken and lower in fat;
it's the new red meat that's where it's at!
Lower than beef in cholesterol;
it's the new red meat that's best of all!
Gimme a B!...Gimme an I!..."

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Originally uploaded by ahanry360.

"...and what that means is that this flowerbed belongs to me now. You gotta problem with that?"

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Originally uploaded by drierp.

"Yo! Get that melted butter away from me, fool!"

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Originally uploaded by bitmapr.
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"No, we don't have an airport in Spideyville -- home of the world's only pair of grain elevators painted to look exactly like the World Trade Center towers -- why do you ask?"

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Originally uploaded by Clément Guillaume.

Members of the press as they are marched at gunpoint to yet another Hillary Clinton rally.

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Originally uploaded by narrativeMAN.

John McCain released the results of his medical exams in order to defuse any criticisms based on his age, but it backfired when this close-up of his left earlobe and the carbon-dating results were leaked to the press.

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At the risk of exposing myself as not being able to resist a cheap gag, a slap at the accordion, or a recycled joke, here goes...

Originally uploaded by oberlep27.
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"Regrets...I've had a few...but then again...too few to mention...although I think I mighta mixed up the blue and the red pills again, if ya knowwhaddamean...thank you...thank you very much..."

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Originally uploaded by danwashburn.com.

Wow -- nice buns!

(Oh, come on -- like you weren't thinking it yourself.)

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Originally uploaded by Patcave.

Althea and Mavis realized a lifelong dream when they were inducted into the secret and exclusive Whiplash & Corset Society.

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Originally uploaded by Robotkid.

The Green Party, having chosen its presidential candidate, examines its prospects for November success.

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Originally uploaded by Donny Russ.

"Your attention please...please remain calm...the terrorists will be making their way through the train, but they have assured us that as long as they don't find anyone with excessive tattoos or a ridiculous hat, nobody will be harmed."

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Originally uploaded by Joey & David.

"Gas prices -- what gas prices? I haven't been to a gas station in three years."

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Originally uploaded by ais3n.

In situations like these, I always play the "He who smelt it, dealt it" card.

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Originally uploaded by The Pageman.

He turned to look at the stage, and instantly regretted hiding the cocaine in the microphone.

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Originally uploaded by farow.

"There he is, officer...the very idea -- and with small children watching, too!"

(One of an ongoing series)

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Originally uploaded by Yakpimp.

"Aaaagh...when you said it was time to drain the lizard, I thought..."

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Originally uploaded by Stephen Burtch.
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"Hey, man, great wedding -- but aren't you supposed to wait nine months before you pass out the cigars? Ha, ha...What's that?...Well, six months, then."

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Originally uploaded by kustomrydes.

"Well, no, I'm not really part of the car show; I called AAA back in '62, and I'm still waiting for a tow truck."

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Originally uploaded by JaMmCat.

"For the crime of playing accordion in public, I sentence you to wear a garish costume and pretend to play accordion in every street festival in the country."

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Originally uploaded by Cameron_Talley.

"Hey, let's run away together."

Originally uploaded by xavi_242.

"I can't; my parents are watching me every minute."

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Originally uploaded by fabcom.
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We're winning in Iraq. The economy is fine. Voluntary restrictions on greenhouse gas emissions will solve the global climate change problem. John McCain is an independent, straight-shooting campaign-finance reformer. You can have the bridge pictured here for your very own for $29.95, but only if you call in the next ten minutes...

Random Flickr-Blogging: img_2081

Originally uploaded by tysonwilliams.com.
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Half a bottle of tequila and three choruses of "Don't the Girls All Get Prettier At Closing Time" later, he had an epiphany...

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Originally uploaded by VitaminSteve.

NEW YORK (AFP) — Construction workers used jackhammers to dig up a Boston Red Sox jersey that a prankster fan had tried to hide in the concrete foundation of the new New York Yankees Stadium site.

It took the workers about five hours Sunday to locate the No. 34 Red Sox jersey which came to light after an anonymous tipster called the New York Yankees head office.

Now, if they could only remember where they left Don Zimmer...

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Originally uploaded by Zallia.

With no opposition from Senate Democrats, President Bush's new gender-equity czar received a swift confirmation.

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Originally uploaded by rockfshr.

Poor Chet. One minute, he's having a civil conversation with his wife about Bosnia, Hillary, and "factcheck.org". Next thing he knows, he's camping in the back yard.