Afflictor: Thinking the GOP defeat means no one can protect us from Obamacare death panels.
Drop trou, Fatty. I’m here for your appendix.
But I already had it removed.
I’ve got my orders.
Can I get drunk before the operation?
Why not? I’m going to.
- Old Print Articles: Lizards grow in girl’s stomach (1910) + Locals in Albany drink animal blood (1881) + Wealthy Russian breeds beautiful people (1904).
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- 141 questions Thomas Edison asked job applicants.
- Ray Kurzweil believes medicine will soon be transformed.
- Singularity University’s Peter Diamandis did an Ask Me Anything.
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- Bill Watterson predicts the comic strip’s future cultural impact.
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- Apple’s new VP will be of help with wearables.
- Google is a search giant with a slippery moral code.
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- NYT tech writer David Pogue likes toys, doesn’t worry about privacy.
- Science gets metaphysical at a desert installation in New Mexico.
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- Vietnam’s General Vo Nguyen Giap outwitted France and America.
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