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• Geek Gear: OHMG!
• Geek Gear: Star Wars, Doctor Who & More ‘Coexist’
• Share Your Thoughts: Are These Videos UFO Proof Or ‘Battle: Los Angeles’ Viral Marketing?
• Oscar Winning Composer John Barry Dies At Age 77
• Watch Now: Jason Segel & Paul Rudd Meet Rush
• Comics Of Doom: Episode 43: January Doom – Parker: The Outfit
• Former Nirvana Members Reunite On Upcoming Foo Fighters Album
• An Oscar Nominations Observation: Did ‘The Social Network’ Doom Itself?

Geek Gear: OHMG! Posted: 01 Feb 2011 04:29 AM PST The t-shirt deal of the day over at RIPT Apparel is called "ohmg!" by artists John Langdon & Roni Lagin. The tee went on sale at RIPT today, Tuesday, February 1, 2011, at midnight CST, and will continue for 24 hours from then, and once it's over, it will not be sold on the site anymore. John Langdon happens to be the artist who created the awesome ambigrams that appeared in Dan Brown's Angels & Demons (which you can also see in the film adaptation) [...]

Geek Gear: Star Wars, Doctor Who & More ‘Coexist’ Posted: 31 Jan 2011 10:26 PM PST The $9 t-shirt deal of the day over at Teefury today is a design called "Coexist" by artist Captain RibMan. The sale at Teefury began at midnight EST (Tuesday, February 1, 2011) and will continue for 24 hours from then, and once it's over, it's gone from the site for good. The design is the ultimate for a sci-fi/fantasy geek, as it combines several popular icons for properties like Doctor Who, Star Wars, The X-Files, Lord Of The Rings into the word "coexist." [...]

Share Your Thoughts: Are These Videos UFO Proof Or ‘Battle: Los Angeles’ Viral Marketing? Posted: 31 Jan 2011 07:52 PM PST With just a quick search, anyone can find hundreds of decent videos claiming to show off proof of extraterrestrial crafts flying, hovering, and disappearing from Earth's own skies. A new video recently hit the web from Jerusalem where two men visiting Mount Zion noticed a strange ball of light in the night sky. The ball then slowly moves downward to hover directly over the Temple Mount, not all that far from the ground at all. Suddenly, a blast of light explodes, and the ball of light shoots up into the sky as if startled. After disappearing into the darkness, it then becomes clear that multiple red lights are floating high above. So do we have some solid proof of alien visitors here, or are those crafty movie marketing teams up to their tricks again? Click on over to the other side to see some videos of this event and share your thoughts in the comments! [...]

Oscar Winning Composer John Barry Dies At Age 77 Posted: 31 Jan 2011 05:30 PM PST Hollywood has lost another great; legendary film composer John Barry has passed away at the age of 77. His family confirmed that Barry died Sunday in New York after suffering a heart attack. Barry crafted many brilliant musical scores over the years, but none perhaps more memorable than his contributions to the world of James Bond. The composer worked on eleven different Bond movies, and there's no denying that the music he brought to the franchise will live on for eternity. Apart from his highly recognized work with James Bond, Barry had many other credits to his name -- over 100 movies, to be more specific. Over the course of his career he was nominated for seven Academy Awards, won five of them for his work on movies like Born Free, The Lion in Winter, Out of Africa, and Dances With Wolves. You can find a musical tribute to the great John Barry by continuing on below. [...]

Watch Now: Jason Segel & Paul Rudd Meet Rush Posted: 31 Jan 2011 01:48 PM PST Funny Or Die has released a new video where Jason Segel and Paul Rudd play their I Love You, Man characters who finally achieve their dream of meeting the rock band Rush. Watch the video here below. If you've seen I Love You, Man, then you know that Peter Klaven (Rudd) and Sydney Fife (Segel) bond over their love of Rush, and in this video, you'll see just how much they love the band [...]

Comics Of Doom: Episode 43: January Doom – Parker: The Outfit Posted: 31 Jan 2011 12:23 PM PST Join us for this episode of Comics of Doom, the official comic book podcast of Geeks of Doom, as we doom Darwyn Cooke's adaptation of Parker: The Outfit. This episode is sponsored by Instocktrades.com and DCBService.com so be sure visit them for great prices on comics and graphic novels. Click HERE to open the podcast player in a new window. Podcast player is here below. Listen now! E-mail us at comicsofdoom [at] gmail.com Follow us on Twitter - @ComicsOfDoom Subscribe to the Podcast: RSS | iTunes | Zune [...]

Former Nirvana Members Reunite On Upcoming Foo Fighters Album Posted: 31 Jan 2011 11:05 AM PST Butch Vig, best known as the producer of Nirvana's Nevermind album and drummer of the band Garbage, recently discussed that he reunited ex-Nirvana members Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic for a track on an upcoming Foo Fighters album. The track is titled "I Should Have Known," and will be featured on the next album from Grohl's band. The new song sees Novoselic contribute both bass guitar and accordion (!!) to the track. Recording for the as-of-yet untitled album was completed at the beginning of this year, and is being held for a release during April. Grohl and Novoselic first worked together in the band Nirvana, led by frontman Kurt Cobain. Their breakthrough album was Nevermind, released in 1991, and produced by Butch Vig. The release of the album would usher in a new attitude, sound, and feel for the hard rock/metal and punk community that would eventually be labeled as the "Grunge" genre by the media. During their career, Nirvana released songs such as "About a Girl," "Smells like Teen Spirit," and "All Apologies." [...]

An Oscar Nominations Observation: Did ‘The Social Network’ Doom Itself? Posted: 31 Jan 2011 08:22 AM PST The Social Network over the past couple months has been unabashedly accepting every award and congratulatory remark that has been sent its way. It seemed the film was determined to be held in eminence amongst other films that are in awards contention this year. Since the film opened in early October it has been on an irrepressible ascent, exceeding every other film in critical acclaim (according to the online site Metacritic it scored an impressive 95). Satisfaction endured on the film's behalf all the way up until this past Tuesday morning, where David Fincher's Facebook film tallied a total of 8 Oscar nominations. You may say such a particular outing is absolutely superb. But taking into consideration the mentality of students attending Harvard University (like those in The Social Network), 8 is somewhat of a disappointment when you can have many more. Such students anticipate nothing but the best. Given the multitude of accolades The Social Network received, a measly 8 nominations simply cannot be adequately embraced. [...]

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Steelers Win! Steelers Win!

Done and done. I'm not saying you bet the mortgage here, but BET THE MORTGAGE. The ostrich has spoken! Do you need anything more? Methinks no. Bang. Pay attention!

It Sucks When You're Late For Work

And while we're at it, here's a lovely little road in Croatia....

B.J. Raji Is Blowing Up In Green Bay!

Florida Ruling Requires Government to Stop Implementing Obamacare

From Cato at Liberty

As I continue digesting Judge Vinson’s ruling, I notice two key things beyond the facts that the “individual mandate is unconstitutional”:
1. In performing his severability analysis — determining which parts of the overall legislation survive — the judge threw out all of Obamacare:

In sum, notwithstanding the fact that many of the provisions in the Act can stand independently without the individual mandate (as a technical and practical matter), it is reasonably “evident,” as I have discussed above, that the individual mandate was an essential and indispensable part of the health reform efforts, and that Congress did not believe other parts of the Act could (or it would want them to) survive independently.

I must conclude that the individual mandate and the remaining provisions are all inextricably bound together in purpose and must stand or fall as a single unit. The individual mandate cannot be severed. This conclusion is reached with full appreciation for the “normal rule” that reviewing courts should ordinarily refrain from invalidating more than the unconstitutional part of a statute, but non-severability is required based on the unique facts of this case and the particular aspects of the Act. This is not a situation that is likely to be repeated.

2. In discussing whether to issue an injunction – a judicial command to do or refrain from doing something — the judge determined that his declaratory judgment in this context was the same as an injunction. That is, a federal court saying that a piece of legislation is unconstitutional is effectively the same as a decision mandating the government to act:

Declaratory judgment is, in a context such as this where federal officers are defendants, the practical equivalent of specific relief such as an injunction . . . since it must be presumed that federal officers will adhere to the law as declared by the court. [Quoting a D.C. Circuit opinion written by none other than then-Judge Antonin Scalia]

In short, if I read the opinion (plus this final judgment) correctly — quite apart from both the lofty philosophical principles I applaud Judge Vinson for adopting and the nitty-gritty technical details of his individual mandate analysis — Obamacare is dead in its tracks.

Now, Judge Vinson himself or the Eleventh Circuit (or even the Supreme Court) may issue an emergency stay of this or any other part of the ruling, but as of right now, the federal government must stop implementing Obamacare.

NB: The New York Times and Washington Post report that Judge Vinson has already stayed his own ruling pending appeal, but this is an incorrect reading of the opinion, for the reasons stated above. Moreover, the court’s docket, which is now closed for the day, contains no such stay — nor has plaintiffs’ counsel received notice of one.

Balls The Size Of Churchbells

Daily Star
Game Show Is Kick In The Balls
A BIZARRE game show based on kicking a monk in the balls, has become a reality TV sensation. Cross legged male members of the audience watched in shock as various members of the panel were invited to boot the monk between the legs - who simply bowed and smiled after each blow. The art of steel ball kungfu is divided into hard balls Kungfu - and soft balls Kungfu. Shaolin monk Yong Hsueh said: "Steel crotch Kongfu is an ancient art, with roots stretching back to ancient China. It’s a practice to strengthen and protect the male genital organs so there is less chance they are injured or incapacitated in battle." The monk said hard crotch Kongfu could only be learned by a student that started in childhood - pushing their balls into their body where they could not be hurt, so that no matter how hard he is kicked his balls are protected. But those who start learning too late can only learn soft balls Kungfu, which is reportedly also good for improving the man's sex life. According to the Austrian Times, the programme shown on CCTV, China Central Television, invited the best of the best in the country to show off their talents.


Hell no!  This is one crazy monk.  Mark my words, one of these days there's gonna be a mishap.  Like he forgets to tuck one of his nuts up into his body.  Then what do have?  A screaming, crying, one-balled Shaolin monk, that's what.  And that's something none of us want to see.  Stop kickin' the monk!  Pay attention!

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