Thank you, Ira Dey VIII, for signing up for The Daily Me. Our search engine has combed the Internet for up to the minute news items that fit the profile you have so painstakingly filled out for us. Then, we weighted the probability that you would be interested in these articles against forms which showed what people with tastes similar to yours have liked reading in the past. Then, we saw this amazing video on the Internet about a huge lizard that slowly worked its way out of a small wine bottle. How did it get into the bottle? Who knows? Who cares? Doers anybody care what happened to Sonny Bono before he met Cher? We never met anybody who did. Does anybody care what happened before Luke Skywalker first encountered Obi Wan Kenobi? No. Does anybody care what happened before we invaded Iraq? We don't think so. Just watching the lizard get itself out of the bottle was incredible enough. We were thinking, "This is what the Internet was made for!" Then, somebody mentioned that riots were happening across the Middle East. But...but...lizard. Bottle. Wriggling. Okay. Middle East rioting. We're on it.
<mutter>Some people have strange priorities...</mutter>
Enjoy,Time To Take The Training Wheels Off Our Diplomacy?
Protests in Tunisia have caused dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali to flee the country. Massive protests across Egypt have put the Mubarek government in jeopardy. Anti-government demonstrations have also taken place in Algeria, Jordan and Yemen. This puts the United States in a difficult position: does it continue to follow its self-interest and side with dictators who have been its allies in the past, or does it follow its avowed beliefs and side with the people who demand democratic control over their fates?
Meanwhile, Canada has been in a dispute with the United Arab Emirates over landing rights at Pearson International Airport. This puts our government in a difficult position: does it swallow some pride and actually negotiate a settlement, or does it continue to pick an unnecessary fight with an otherwise willing business partner?
Oh, yeah, we're world class, alright.
SOURCE: Toronto Startle
[http://www.thestartle.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestartle/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=
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And, We Mean That Sincerely
Comedian Charlie Callas has died at the age of 83. Mrrrrm mrrrrrm geet geet nhah nhah nhah!
SOURCE: Obits 'R Us
[http://www.king.ids.net/~bdlm/obits_r_us.html]
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Gloating Is Such Sweet Sorrow
Ha! Ha ha ha ha ha! Keith Olbermann is history! Gone! Bye bye! Don't let the door hit your ego on the way out of the studio! Now that the Pinhead in Chief over at MSNBC is gone, I can get down to some serious punditry...SOURCE: The O'Meilly Factor
[http://www.foxynews.com/story/0,2733,91837,00.html]
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MacKay And Cheese
Defence Minister Peter MacKay, speaking with Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, stated, "California and British Columbia have a shared border, a strong relationship."
When it heard that, Washington State immediately piped up, "Okay, look, I know DC gets all of the attention, but what am I, chopped liver? Ooh, ick, I don't even like chopped liver! That's how incensed I am that I was overlooked!"
Oregon Eeyorally added: "Oh, never mind me. Just act like I don't exist. Everybody does. Sure, you can have my lumber. I won't put up a fuss. You got your own lumber? That's okay, too, I guess. If you want me - which nobody ever does - you know where to find me - except, it seems, that you don't."
When MacKay was told that there are actually about 950 kilometres between California and BC's borders, he replied, "Well, that's just the opinion of those of you who live in the geography-based world. When Conservatives speak, we make our own geography."
SOURCE: The Irrational
[http://www.mc.ca/stories/2011/01/27/mackaynotokay110127]
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Save The Bits And The Bytes Will Take Care Of Themselves
People are worri($0.01)ed that a metere($0.02)d Internet will ($0.03)make it more exp($0.04)ensive for them ($0.05)to access their ($0.06)email, listen to($0.07) music, play gam($0.08)es or download m($0.09)ovies. There is ($0.10)no need to worry($0.11). Really, don't ($0.12)give it a second($0.13) thought. For mo($0.14)st people, this ($0.15)will simply not ($0.16)be the case. Not($0.17) at all. Nope. N($0.18)ot gonna happen.($0.19)
The truth is t($0.20)hat most people ($0.21)do not use the b($0.22)andwidth they cu($0.23)rrently pay for.($0.24) Nowhere near it($0.25), in fact. Nope.($0.26) Not even close.($0.27) If you are one ($0.28)of those people,($0.29) you will actual($0.30)ly save money wi($0.31)th a metered sys($0.32)tem. That's righ($0.33)t. For the same ($0.34)amount of Intern($0.35)et access, you w($0.36)ill get more mon($0.37)ey in your pocke($0.38)t. Or, your bank($0.39) account. Or, yo($0.40)ur mattress. You($0.41) know, wherever ($0.42)you keep your mo($0.43)ney. And, if you($0.44)'re one of those($0.45) people who down($0.46)loads a lot with($0.47) an unlimited pl($0.48)an, well, you wi($0.49)ll probably pay ($0.50)more, but, let's($0.51) be honest, what($0.52) exactly are you($0.53) downloading tha($0.54)t takes up so mu($0.55)ch bandwidth, an($0.56)yway? You're up ($0.57)to something, ar($0.58)en't you? Up to ($0.59)something no goo($0.60)d, quite possibl($0.61)y illegal. Yeah,($0.62) you know what w($0.63)e're talking abo($0.64)ut. Stop it! Sto($0.65)p it right now!May($1.04)be you had to be($1.05) there. Yeah, yo($1.06)u definitely had($1.07) to be there. An($1.08)d, maybe it wasn($1.09)'t really releva($1.10)nt. Sorry about ($1.11)that.
So, to re($1.12)cap: a metered I($1.13)nternet will ben($1.14)efit everybody. ($1.15)And, when I say ($1.16)everybody, I mea($1.17)n everybody who ($1.18)has legitimate b($1.19)usiness on the I($1.20)nternet. So, don($1.21)'t worry. Be hap($1.22)py. ($1.23)
SOURCE: Geekly News & World Report
[http://www.geeklynews.com/geeklynews/issue/110129/geeklynews/01fabucinda.htm]
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