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"The police chief in Ferguson, Missouri resigned Wednesday after a scathing US Justice Department report into the shooting of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown by one of his officers, US media reported." - rønin

He had no idea up until he read the report. - Back to just Joe

no idea he might be publicly held accountable? - Big Joe Silenced

"A women's tournament went on as planned at the Myakka Pines Golf Club in Englewood, on Florida's west coast, as the gator, estimated at 12 to 13 feet (3.6 to 4 meters) long, reposed in full view of about 100 participants, said Mickie Zada, the club's general manager. "If we stopped playing because of alligators, we'd never have golfers," Zada said." - rønin

#Florida - Brian Johns

Uhhh.... yeah I think I'll pass on this too. "In 2008, Photenhauer released Natural Harvest: A Collection of Semen-Based Recipes. That book landed with a barely audible thud. But two years ago, Photenhauer’s Semenology: The Semen Bartender’s Handbook scored a pretty impressive bull’s eye. Photenhauer was the OMG story of the day on the shock webz (“Getting Wasted on Cum Cocktails,” a story on Vice Canada, shows bros taking mason jars into the bathroom to shoot mixers at a staged house party). He went from being a hero of the fringe bukkake fan zone to being the ballsiest star in the bizarre-foods scene." - rønin

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Although can I still call it my hometown if I left when I was 4? I guess more accurately it's my parents' hometown. And my wife's as well. - rønin

Yep, looking forward to this. "Usually I go right left right left right left, but today I'm going to start left, in honor of how the sun rotates." - rønin

"The reality is that the persistent corruption problems in New Jersey have endured despite decades of criminal prosecutions and tearful public confessions because of a set of circumstances and institutional arrangements unique to the state. Taken together, these factors help ensure that no matter what politicians promise in Trenton, corruption in the Garden State will be hard to expunge." - rønin

Why are <insert state/country name here> politicians so corrupt? - cdogzilla | downgraded

It's a decent list. I think another factor is that regional party bosses are so powerful that politicians who do get elected have to be comfortable working within the patronage system. - John (bird whisperer)

You can export all your posts: https://github.com/claudio... - April Russo (FForever!)

For back-up last 5000 feed / FriendFeed Backup Creator 1.9.2.0 - http://ff.im/14uWgc - Koleksiyoner Ali

I've only had Little Brownie Bakers. Never even seen ABC Bakers cookies before. "When you bite into a Thin Mint, you probably aren't wondering where it comes from. (The Girl Scouts, of course.) But wait, there are two bakers. And they make two very different Thin Mints: One is crunchier, more minty. The other is richer with a smooth chocolate coating. Where you buy determines which ones you get. Orange County gets the crunchier Thin Mints, while Los Angeles gets the smoother ones; Dallas gets Samoas, but Fort Worth gets Caramel deLites. Most of Florida eats Tagalongs, but Orlando gets Peanut Butter Patties. Which cookies are you eating? Your local Girl Scouts decide." - rønin

I made the mistake of getting all my GS cookies in OC last year. UGH! Granted they sell more flavors than LA, but the cookies are truly awful. - Anika

"Norio Kimura lost his wife, father and 7-year-old daughter Yuna in the March 2011 tsunami. Now, he fears he may lose his land, too, as Japan's government wants to build a sprawling radioactive waste storage site in the shadow of the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant. Like many here, Kimura is angry the government is set to park 30 million tons of radioactive debris raked up after the nuclear accident on his former doorstep. Few believe Tokyo's assurances that the site will be cleaned up and shut down after 30 years." - rønin

I like the Scandinavian touch to your name :) (It's now pronounced like " runnin' ") - Eivind

Agree! Endlessly entertaining! - AHnix (Anna Haro)

I grew up in the 80s watching loads of old kung fu films from 60s/70s and 80s on TV, but can't remember what channel or what the names were, I suspect it might of been early C4 days, but I've never seen any of them since on modern TV! :( - Halil

http://www.standunited.org/petitio... ply sign to save - || بهاره ||

The tomatoes are coming out kinda small though since we didn't use any fertilizer/food. Plus I'm surprised pollination even occurred since there are no insects indoors to help that along. - rønin

"The facility run by Mirai uses towering rows of thin soil trays and exact measurements for temperature, humidity, light and darkness, to create 100 times more vegetables per square foot than traditional agriculture methods. The bacteria-free, pesticide-free environment cuts food waste by 30-40 percent compared to lettuce grown outdoors. With such exacting standards crops are not the only thing being saved. Energy and, most importantly, water is being conserved, too. The growing method uses 40% less power and, through recycling in the closed system, 99% less water than outdoor fields. Other advantages include food safety and year-round availability, no matter the climate or weather." - rønin

"Visiting with Mr. C. taught me that my specialty as a hospice volunteer is fulfilling last requests. We, the living, might list our aspirations for the future as a mental “bucket list,” an elaborate, bullet-pointed chronicle of the foreign countries we’ll visit or the magnificent adventures we’ll light out on. We do this because we think we’ll get a timely warning of when to buy the plane ticket, and we assume that our bodies will be strong enough to pursue last adventures. These hopes allow us to push death as far into the future as possible, to bargain with ourselves for more time to check things off the list. But for many of my patients it doesn’t work out that way. By the time I meet them, they know that their days are few. Their prognosis has curtailed the future they’ve imagined and stripped away all but what is most essential. My patients fear dying alone or in pain, and they want me to see them as they see themselves — as people who have had careers and families and rich experiences — and not as a fading patient in a bed. The truth about last requests is that by the time patients have accepted that their lives are ending, the wishes they have are often much simpler than a safari in Africa or a ride in a hot-air balloon." - rønin

Was attracted to the article by the title. Unfortunately reality wasn't as interesting. =p - rønin

The marine life? The Schwinn bicycle? Something else? - Spidra Webster

Well I was hoping it really was about the marine animal. =) - rønin

apparently it's the slang term for their cell phone signal interceptor tech. - Andrew C (see frenf.it)

"Stock photos have a bad rap. They're campy and cheesy and the butt of plenty of jokes. But what's great about them is they're often the catalyst for promotions or gags—sort of a comedic blank slate. Enter the new Vince Vaughn movie Unfinished Business, which comes out Friday. Twentieth Century Fox has teamed up with iStock by Getty Images to create a set of stock photos featuring Vaugh along with co-stars Tom Wilkinson, Dave Franco and others. The film's synopsis sounds right up Vince's alley: "What began as a routine business trip goes off the rails in every imaginable—and unimaginable—way, including unplanned stops at a massive sex fetish event and a global economic summit." Twelve images are being made available for free download—for editorial use only—over three weeks." - rønin

I love this. - Tamara J. B.

Surprised it's taken so long. "In an effort to gather evidence about three illegal “birth tourism” businesses for wealthy Chinese women, Homeland Security agents Tuesday morning raided 37 locations in Southern California. According to affidavits unsealed Tuesday, the businesses arranged for pregnant women to come to the United States on tourist visas so that their babies would be American citizens, entitled to United States birth certificates and passports. Many Chinese families look ahead to another benefit as well: When the children turn 21, they can apply for their parents to become legal residents of the United States." - rønin

"First, Scheuermann began by controlling a robotic arm and accomplishing tasks such as feeding herself a bar of chocolate and giving high fives and thumbs ups. Then, researchers learned that -- surprisingly -- Scheuermann was able to control both right-hand and left-hand prosthetic arms with just the left motor cortex, which is typically responsible for controlling the right-hand side. After that, Scheuermann decided she was up for a new challenge, according to Prabhakar. - rønin

Also a lil' irritating when the labor to parts cost ratio is 4:1. - rønin

It's true. - Eric @ CS Techcast

Also annoying when everything has to be done in pairs. Can't just fix the one leaky shock/replace one worn tire, gotta do at least two. And realign, realign after everything. - rønin

"Marissa Rosado of Oakland was invited to her friend Holly Langley's birthday party, but it was too last-minute for her to attend. To make up for it, she did what any lunatic with access to the app TaskRabbit would do: post an add for an actor to pretend to be her at the party instead. "I thought, 'What if I send someone in my place?" Rosado tells ABC. "What if I make this person say they're me and they know all my friends and our history? Wouldn't that be hilarious?' They didn't have to look like me, I even said it would be funnier if it were a man." She didn't get a man, but she did get a woman who was a different ethnicity and 15 years older than her, Los Angeles actress DaVette See." - rønin

That whole story is just weird. I mean...their reactions seem so abnormal. - Anika

These are the people taking over my Town. - Starmama

"Today in Japan, bottled wine created especially for cats goes on sale. This is not a joke. Apparently. Pet supplement company B&H Lifes is rolling out "wine exclusively for cats" that is called "Nyan Nyan Nouveau." In Japanese, "nyan nyan" (ニャンニャン) can refer to a cat's meow as well as people screwing. Here, it refers to cats. "Nouveau" appears to evoke Beaujolais Nouveau, which is quite popular in Japan. And no, Nyan Nyan Nouveau doesn't have any alcohol in it—much like Japanese "kid's beer" doesn't contain any actual booze. As noted on Sankei Biz, the drink does contain juice made from Cabernet grapes, Vitamin C as well as catnip for a beverage that supposedly tastes like red wine." - rønin

"Two gorgeous new species of peacock spiders nicknamed "Skeletorus" and"Sparklemuffin" have been discovered in Australia, according to a new report. Peacock spiders are so-named because of their bright colors and their dancelike, courtship rituals." - rønin

I guess it was inevitable. =p "We've all shaken a fitness tracker or two in our lives to beat the system. But now, Pornhub is making a wearable meant for just that—shaking. And beating. It's called the Wankband, and it lets you charge your gadgets by jacking off. It was only a matter of time." - rønin

"Of course, the amount of power it generates is almost definitely not going to be enough to give anything a full charge. But with the right attitude, days to kill, and a lock on your mom's basement door, we're sure you can persevere." - rønin

"Co-created by executive producers Thomas W. Lynch and Nick Cannon, Make It Pop is a half-hour musical comedy series that follows three teenage girls who meet as roommates at an international boarding school and bond over their shared love for K-pop. With the help of a fellow schoolmate, the girls eventually form a K-pop band that gains school-wide recognition as they compete for a spot in the upcoming school musical." - rønin

I've been ignoring this for months. - Anika

I'm skeptical. - rønin

-_- - rønin

Hahaha! That's ridiculous. - Zulema ❧ spicy cocoa tart

Isn't there a feng shui principle not to point sharp things at yourself? (Also a common sense principle, I guess) - Andrew C (see frenf.it)

Chork. _dead_ - Aloof Schipperke

#llamafeed - Marie