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    The Onion :
    President Urges Calm, Restraint Among Nation’s Ballad Singers

    WASHINGTON, DC— In the wake of the recent national tragedy, President Bush is urging Mariah Carey, Michael Jackson, and other singers to resist the urge to record mawkish, insipid all-star tribute ballads. “To America’s recording artists, I just want to say, please, there has already been enough suffering,” Bush said. “The last thing we need right now is a soaring Barbra Streisand-Brian McKnight duet titled ‘One For All.’” Reports that the FBI had confiscated several notebooks and audio tapes from Diane Warren’s home could not be confirmed as of press time.

    too funny…

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    That’ll show ’em! Burning the flag… I get it. Ripping the flag apart… I get it. Eating the smouldering remnants?! now that’s fucked up.

    Funny as hell… the metafilter community’s reaction to the article above.

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    Support RAWA wow… some really disturbing images and stories on this site. RAWA (Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan) has collected images and stories of atrocities being committed by the Taliban and fundamentalists in Pakistan and Afghanistan. These people are risking everything in the name of freedom, democracy and women’s rights – which, under Taliban rule, are pretty much non-existent. Among the seemingly endless list of activities banned by the Taliban: taking pictures of people and animals, using the internet, educating girls, badmouthing the government. Seeing things like this really helps put your own life into perspective.