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Pomplamoose cover Lady Gaga-"Telephone"

Amazing, I kinda prefer this version of the song now. added by: Mcellie

Rabbit: One of the Most Sustainable and Environmentally Friendly Meats You Can Eat?

Can we ignore how cute they are for how good they are for the planet? We tend not to want to eat of the “cute and fluffy” variety. added by: Lucretia_Gross

How Chat Roulette Saved the Internet

Yes, there's a lot of controversy swirling around about Chat Roulette. Ben Hoffman explains why it's the best thing that's ever happened to the Internet in this week's infoMania Editorial. infoMania is a half-hour satirical news show that airs on Current TV. The show puts a comedic spin on the 24-hour chaos and information overload brought about by the constant bombardment of the media. Hosted by Conor Knighton and co-starring Brett Erlich, Sarah Haskins, Ben Hoffman, Bryan Safi and Sergio Cilli, the show airs on Thursdays at 10 pm Eastern and Pacific Times and can be found online at http://current.com/infomania/ or on Current TV. And make sure to check out our facebook profile for special features at http://infomaniafacebook.com . added by: Ben_Hoffman

Florida vampire to run for president

Not satisfied with living in Florida, Jonathon “The Impaler” Sharkey wants to move to Washington, D.C. to become the nation's first vampire president. Sharkey, 45, spent Friday on a Greyhound bus with his new fiancee, Audrianna Foster, a 19-year-old girl from Ohio he met online. She too believes she is a vampire, or vampyre. “I haven't dated a girl older than 19 since 2006,” said the Tampa man as his 19-year-old daughter and his 2-year-old grandson met him at the Greyhound station. “It's good to be me.” “The Impaler” claims he's a direct descendent of Vlad II the Impaler, better known as Dracula. He has scheduled a Monday press conference in Tampa to announce his plans to file paperwork to run for President of the United States in 2012. He recently switched his party affiliation from Independent to Republican so he can run with the G.O.P. He ran for Governor of Minnesota in 2006 and also had short-lived bids for U.S. Senate in 2000, U.S. President in 2004, and U.S. President in 2008. http://www.wtsp.com/news/mostpop/story.aspx?storyid=127365&provider=top added by: TravG73

Blinded soldier taught to see with his tongue

Thankfully British soldier Craig Lundberg, 24, who was blinded in Iraq three years ago, doesn't have to lick objects and faces to have an idea of where he should be looking. Thanks to some innovative, ground-breaking technology, Lundberg can 'see', albeit sketchily, via some glasses with a video-camera built in and a clever, electrode-stimulating object that sits on his tongue. Sky News explain how the kit works: “The device consists of a high-tech 'lollipop' that rests on Craig's tongue. It converts images from a video camera, that he wears on a pair of glasses, into signals that stimulate electrodes on the lollipop. The

New Broadband Policy will Revolutionize Communication

Dramatically increasing Internet speeds to 25 times the current average is one of the myriad goals to be unveiled in the National Broadband Plan by the the Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday. The highly anticipated plan will make a series of recommendations to Congress and is aimed at spurring the ever-changing communications industry to bring more and faster online services to Americans as they increasingly turn to the Internet to communicate, pay monthly bills, make travel plans and be entertained by movies and music. For more information http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE62D0ZX20100314 added by: thedirtman

Actor Peter Graves Found Dead at His Home in Pacific Palisades – Updates and Obituaries

March 14, 2010 | 5:08 pm Lanow.graves Actor Peter Graves was found dead Sunday at his home in Pacific Palisades, according to law enforcement sources. Graves, who stared in “Mission: Impossible,” “Airplane!” and Billy Wilder's “Stalag 17”–apparently died of natural causes, the sources said. Graves was 83, according to a biography on the website IMDB.com. In a Times story late last year, Graves said he initially turned down the role for “Airplane!” because he thought it was in poor taste–until actors Robert Stack, Lloyd Bridges and Leslie Nielsen signed on to the cast. “They say you are supposed to stretch as an actor, so let's go stretch it,” he told The Times' Susan King. A full obituary is coming shortly from The Times. –Andrew Blankstein and Cara Mia DiMassa added by: EthicalVegan

Justice’s wife launches ‘tea party’ group

The nonprofit run by Virginia Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, is likely to test notions of political impartiality for the court. Reporting from Washington As Virginia Thomas tells it in her soft-spoken, Midwestern cadence, the story of her involvement in the “tea party” movement is the tale of an average citizen in action. “I am an ordinary citizen from Omaha, Neb., who just may have the chance to preserve liberty along with you and other people like you,” she said at a recent panel discussion with tea party leaders in Washington. Thomas went on to count herself among those energized into action by President Obama's “hard-left agenda.” But Thomas is no ordinary activist. She is the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, and she has launched a tea-party-linked group that could test the traditional notions of political impartiality for the court. In January, Virginia Thomas created Liberty Central Inc., a nonprofit lobbying group whose website will organize activism around a set of conservative “core principles,” she said. (Continued) http://www.latimes.com/news/nation-and-world/la-na-thomas14-2010mar14,0,6505384…. added by: Chique

Food at SXSW

Yesterday Foodspotting hosted gourmet food trucks in front of my hotel. I wish I had an iPhone so I could use their app, because one of my hobbies is taking pictures of food that I have eaten. I'd seen version of these trucks in Los Angeles, but I prefer the Austin ones because they have better puns in their title. The fusion Korean taco tuck is called “TaKorea.” It reminded me of the time that Ben Hoffman took a spin on LA's Korean twittering taco truck, Kogi.

How to Make New Weapons: Viral Video Film School

Instead of looking for Weapons of Mass Destruction, Brett Erlich searches all of YouTube for the best Weapons of Little To No Destruction. Viral Video Film School is a recurring segment on the weekly television show infoMania. In each episode of VVFS, Professor Brett Erlich teaches you valuable skills in the discipline of Viral Video making. So sit down, take notes, and try not to piss him off. For more Brett visit http://current.com/viral-video-film-school-im/ and Current TV. infoMania is a half-hour satirical news show that airs on Current TV. The show puts a comedic spin on the 24-hour chaos and information overload brought about by the constant bombardment of the media. Hosted by Conor Knighton and co-starring Brett Erlich, Sarah Haskins, Ben Hoffman, Bryan Safi and Sergio Cilli, the show airs on Thursdays at 10 pm Eastern and Pacific Times and can be found online at http://current.com/infomania/ or on Current TV. And make sure to check out our facebook profile for special features at http://infomaniafacebook.com . added by: Brett_Erlich