<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13786298</id><updated>2011-06-07T23:44:24.972-07:00</updated><category term='ATHF'/><category term='intelligent teenagers'/><category term='YouTube'/><category term='Idiots'/><category term='GodHatesFags'/><category term='WBC'/><category term='family guy'/><title type='text'>Rocket Science for Dummies</title><subtitle type='html'>Whee!  What A Predicament!</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default?start-index=101&amp;max-results=100'/><author><name>Dr. Duke Nukem, Ph.D.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17354354143375716249</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://money.cnn.com/2003/06/11/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/dnf.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>193</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13786298.post-5316184146465973545</id><published>2008-06-24T19:46:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-24T19:47:51.098-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Minor Format Update</title><summary type='text'>Nuthin too big.  Reading on black background was really f'ing with my eyes.  Enjoy!  --Ed.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/feeds/5316184146465973545/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13786298&amp;postID=5316184146465973545' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/5316184146465973545'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/5316184146465973545'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/2008/06/minor-format-update.html' title='Minor Format Update'/><author><name>Dr. Duke Nukem, Ph.D.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17354354143375716249</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://money.cnn.com/2003/06/11/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/dnf.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13786298.post-6806063707881865621</id><published>2008-06-23T14:38:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-23T15:02:43.182-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Does Anyone Else Remember This?</title><summary type='text'>No?  Well, that's probably a good thing.  I kinda wish that I didn't remember it either; it makes me angry that I can still sing the chorus.  If you are scratching your head at this point, here's the background: this video was the first single off of Joey Lawrence's first album back in 1993.  Yes, Joey Lawrence from Blossom (whoa!).  A bit of little known trivia: the album was co-produced by </summary><link rel='related' href='http://youtube.com/watch?v=O7FtI3cmZ38' title='Does Anyone Else Remember This?'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/feeds/6806063707881865621/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13786298&amp;postID=6806063707881865621' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/6806063707881865621'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/6806063707881865621'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/2008/06/does-anyone-else-remember-this.html' title='Does Anyone Else Remember This?'/><author><name>Dr. Duke Nukem, Ph.D.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17354354143375716249</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://money.cnn.com/2003/06/11/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/dnf.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13786298.post-26640378947479418</id><published>2008-06-23T12:20:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-23T12:37:14.405-07:00</updated><title type='text'>George Carlin</title><summary type='text'>I'm not going to go on at length here about what we already know about George Carlin.  His wit, wisdom, and insight were unmatched and not soon to be seen again.  I'm not going to get all sappy and say how much we'll all miss him.  Instead, I'd rather just link to some of the more memorable clips, and keep it light, as that's what I like to think George would have done for someone whom he held in</summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/24/arts/24carlin.html?hp' title='George Carlin'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/feeds/26640378947479418/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13786298&amp;postID=26640378947479418' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/26640378947479418'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/26640378947479418'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/2008/06/george-carlin.html' title='George Carlin'/><author><name>Dr. Duke Nukem, Ph.D.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17354354143375716249</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://money.cnn.com/2003/06/11/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/dnf.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13786298.post-8981301362190177403</id><published>2008-06-21T17:49:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-21T18:06:51.443-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Apologies All Around</title><summary type='text'>The name of the site above is "Sorry I Missed Your Party".  However, for the people whose pics are posted on this site, I think they should be apologizing to themselves for posting such fabulous shots on their public Flickr accounts.  Yet another idea that I wish I had thought of.</summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.sorryimissedyourparty.com' title='Apologies All Around'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/feeds/8981301362190177403/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13786298&amp;postID=8981301362190177403' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/8981301362190177403'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/8981301362190177403'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/2008/06/apologies-all-around.html' title='Apologies All Around'/><author><name>Dr. Duke Nukem, Ph.D.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17354354143375716249</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://money.cnn.com/2003/06/11/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/dnf.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13786298.post-223826342491046575</id><published>2008-06-18T10:24:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-18T10:29:57.502-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Save the Bananas!</title><summary type='text'>This NYT Op-Ed gives a good history of the banana trade, as well as the imminent crisis that threatens to wipe yet another species of bananas off the face of the earth.  Where do I send my money?Someday there'll be a cure for pain/That's the day I throw my drugs away/When they find a cure for pain</summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/18/opinion/18koeppel.html?_r=1&amp;ref=opinion&amp;oref=slogin' title='Save the Bananas!'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/feeds/223826342491046575/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13786298&amp;postID=223826342491046575' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/223826342491046575'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/223826342491046575'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/2008/06/save-bananas.html' title='Save the Bananas!'/><author><name>Dr. Duke Nukem, Ph.D.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17354354143375716249</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://money.cnn.com/2003/06/11/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/dnf.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13786298.post-2386050481625233921</id><published>2008-06-18T10:19:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-18T10:24:03.114-07:00</updated><title type='text'>America, 2008</title><summary type='text'>OK.  Let's recap.  The Supreme Court rules in favor of Habeas Corpus for suspected terrorist prisonersGay couples are getting married in CaliforniaA black man is the Presidential candidate for a major political party All this with an ultra-conservative born-again christian president.  I love this country!I like my ramen served hot/on a cold plate</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/feeds/2386050481625233921/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13786298&amp;postID=2386050481625233921' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/2386050481625233921'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/2386050481625233921'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/2008/06/america-2008.html' title='America, 2008'/><author><name>Dr. Duke Nukem, Ph.D.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17354354143375716249</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://money.cnn.com/2003/06/11/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/dnf.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13786298.post-3975856264493498343</id><published>2008-05-08T21:49:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-05-08T21:52:59.214-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Remember When...</title><summary type='text'>A quick note: I've started a new blog (no, I'm not abandoning this one, though the frequency of my posts may indicate otherwise) devoted to cataloging the best of sports videos on the net.  From bloopers to manager meltdowns to gruesome injuries to the truly bizzare, we'll cover it all.  Hopefully I'll be able to provide a new post every day, so check in often.  And tell your friends!  That's </summary><link rel='related' href='http://infamyinsport.blogspot.com' title='Remember When...'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/feeds/3975856264493498343/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13786298&amp;postID=3975856264493498343' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/3975856264493498343'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/3975856264493498343'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/2008/05/remember-when.html' title='Remember When...'/><author><name>Dr. Duke Nukem, Ph.D.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17354354143375716249</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://money.cnn.com/2003/06/11/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/dnf.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13786298.post-3222183523283412734</id><published>2008-04-11T06:29:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-11T06:34:53.721-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Space Travel Patent</title><summary type='text'>This saddens me. A lot. A process of flight, physics essentially, in space is patented by Boeing. I know there are a lot of patents of stupid things in the USPTO, namely all sorts of processes. Computer algorithm patents come to mind in the list of things that shouldn't ever be patented. Such trite things stifle the innovation that brought us space flight.But, such is the state of great </summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.space-travel.com/reports/Boeing_Patent_Shuts_Down_AMC_14_Lunar_Flyby_Salvage_Attempt_999.html' title='Space Travel Patent'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/feeds/3222183523283412734/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13786298&amp;postID=3222183523283412734' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/3222183523283412734'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/3222183523283412734'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/2008/04/space-travel-patent.html' title='Space Travel Patent'/><author><name>A^2</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09696878763270050157</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13786298.post-2808625457981335190</id><published>2008-03-20T22:22:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-03-20T22:25:08.020-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Note to Self...</title><summary type='text'>In the future, do not leave 20+ page requirements analysis documents to the last minute.  If you must do so again, be sure to have the new Gnarls Barkley album plus two hours of Nine Inch Nails instrumentals (or equivalents) on hand to keep sanity in check.Run/Run Away/Run Children/Run for/Your Lives</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/feeds/2808625457981335190/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13786298&amp;postID=2808625457981335190' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/2808625457981335190'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/2808625457981335190'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/2008/03/note-to-self.html' title='Note to Self...'/><author><name>Dr. Duke Nukem, Ph.D.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17354354143375716249</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://money.cnn.com/2003/06/11/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/dnf.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13786298.post-4553950950105000630</id><published>2008-02-20T09:36:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-02-20T09:39:03.848-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Tom Cruise is a Genius</title><summary type='text'>Is what I would say if his original intent was to create foddr for parodies like this one.  Unfortunately I don't think that was his intent, so I guess, for the time being, Tom Cruise is still a Moron with a Capital M.</summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/3f716ffebe' title='Tom Cruise is a Genius'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/feeds/4553950950105000630/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13786298&amp;postID=4553950950105000630' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/4553950950105000630'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/4553950950105000630'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/2008/02/tom-cruise-is-genius.html' title='Tom Cruise is a Genius'/><author><name>Dr. Duke Nukem, Ph.D.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17354354143375716249</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://money.cnn.com/2003/06/11/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/dnf.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13786298.post-3243937614317924384</id><published>2008-02-13T10:11:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-02-13T10:22:22.986-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Election-sanity</title><summary type='text'>Boy, I am getting tired of the never-ending campaign.  A year ago, I remember thinking "This is going to go on forever..."  In hindsight it doesn't seem like it's been dragging on, but I would like to hear something different on the news for a change.  Did someone say 'Elian'?  Or was it 'Jon-Benet'?  Anyways, I'll preface this post by saying that I'm not voting for anyone currently in the race.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/feeds/3243937614317924384/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13786298&amp;postID=3243937614317924384' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/3243937614317924384'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/3243937614317924384'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/2008/02/election-sanity.html' title='Election-sanity'/><author><name>Dr. Duke Nukem, Ph.D.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17354354143375716249</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://money.cnn.com/2003/06/11/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/dnf.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13786298.post-6828744611219741165</id><published>2008-02-13T08:37:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-02-13T08:39:36.256-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Commerciality</title><summary type='text'>Most commercials suck.  Some don't.  This one falls into the latter category, particularly due to the participation of Soprano's alum Tony Sirico a.k.a. Paulie Walnuts.  Hilarious.</summary><link rel='related' href='http://youtube.com/watch?v=w4jIpJSGL3c' title='Commerciality'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/feeds/6828744611219741165/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13786298&amp;postID=6828744611219741165' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/6828744611219741165'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/6828744611219741165'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/2008/02/commerciality.html' title='Commerciality'/><author><name>Dr. Duke Nukem, Ph.D.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17354354143375716249</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://money.cnn.com/2003/06/11/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/dnf.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13786298.post-1242541010605367638</id><published>2007-12-19T13:46:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-12-19T13:47:27.615-08:00</updated><title type='text'>I HAVE RETURNED</title><summary type='text'>You've waited long enough -- now, the wait is almost over.  Duke Nukem Lives!  Long Live The Duke!</summary><link rel='related' href='http://youtube.com/watch?v=7txp0QTvVPk' title='I HAVE RETURNED'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/feeds/1242541010605367638/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13786298&amp;postID=1242541010605367638' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/1242541010605367638'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/1242541010605367638'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/2007/12/i-have-returned.html' title='I HAVE RETURNED'/><author><name>Dr. Duke Nukem, Ph.D.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17354354143375716249</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://money.cnn.com/2003/06/11/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/dnf.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13786298.post-3630830143398189432</id><published>2007-10-04T05:08:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-10-04T05:26:07.210-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Secret U.S. Endorsement of Severe Interrogations</title><summary type='text'>There are few things that can frustrate me to the point where all I want to do is scream. The current administration's tactics, policies and behaviour, most of all, is just that. The amount of money our government wasted on impeaching Former President Bill Clinton (because he lied to save his marriage, perhaps) astonished me. But now the current government in Washington can't even question a </summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/04/washington/04interrogate.html' title='Secret U.S. Endorsement of Severe Interrogations'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/feeds/3630830143398189432/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13786298&amp;postID=3630830143398189432' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/3630830143398189432'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/3630830143398189432'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/2007/10/secret-us-endorsement-of-severe.html' title='Secret U.S. Endorsement of Severe Interrogations'/><author><name>A^2</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09696878763270050157</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13786298.post-4237839349003188077</id><published>2007-09-25T05:57:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-09-25T07:39:37.002-07:00</updated><title type='text'>At Play in the Shadow of the Moon</title><summary type='text'>It's only tuesday morning, and already it's been a long week.  Lemme give you some background.My project, Dawn, is scheduled to launch this thursday morning at 7:20a EDT (4:20a PDT).  I am working prime shift for the launch event, which begins at approximately L-4 and ends at approximately L+8.  Some quick math will show that this means Our Hero has to be in the office, on console for a very high</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/feeds/4237839349003188077/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13786298&amp;postID=4237839349003188077' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/4237839349003188077'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/4237839349003188077'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/2007/09/at-play-in-shadow-of-moon.html' title='At Play in the Shadow of the Moon'/><author><name>Dr. Duke Nukem, Ph.D.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17354354143375716249</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://money.cnn.com/2003/06/11/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/dnf.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13786298.post-7811881469418511901</id><published>2007-09-23T03:52:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-09-23T03:54:18.543-07:00</updated><title type='text'>UPDATED: See, I TOLD You So</title><summary type='text'>No sooner than I post a story about the 'Leave Britney Alone' moron, than CNN does a piece on him.  I knew it!  Stay cynical, my faithful legions!</summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/TV/09/21/leavebritneyalone.guy.ap/index.html' title='UPDATED: See, I &lt;b&gt;TOLD&lt;/b&gt; You So'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/feeds/7811881469418511901/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13786298&amp;postID=7811881469418511901' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/7811881469418511901'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/7811881469418511901'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/2007/09/updated-see-i-told-you-so.html' title='UPDATED: See, I &lt;b&gt;TOLD&lt;/b&gt; You So'/><author><name>Dr. Duke Nukem, Ph.D.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17354354143375716249</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://money.cnn.com/2003/06/11/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/dnf.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13786298.post-1035209544465929042</id><published>2007-09-23T03:49:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-09-23T03:51:58.264-07:00</updated><title type='text'>I'll Do What I Want!</title><summary type='text'>The inspiration for the "South Park" episode, and a classic in its own right.  drinking fountains are shorter/than they used to be/the swing on the playground don't/even fit/me any more/folklore -- no one's/supposed to believe/in the next grade/write it a hundred times</summary><link rel='related' href='http://youtube.com/watch?v=KRdJ49ItMnc&amp;mode=related&amp;search=' title='I&apos;ll Do What I Want!'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/feeds/1035209544465929042/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13786298&amp;postID=1035209544465929042' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/1035209544465929042'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/1035209544465929042'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/2007/09/ill-do-what-i-want.html' title='I&apos;ll Do What I Want!'/><author><name>Dr. Duke Nukem, Ph.D.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17354354143375716249</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://money.cnn.com/2003/06/11/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/dnf.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13786298.post-3009012037296897199</id><published>2007-09-20T09:04:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-09-20T09:18:08.411-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Leave This Dude Alone!</title><summary type='text'>The link is to the (now infamous) 'Leave Britney Alone' video published by the dude whose name I refuse to print so as to not give him more publicity.  (BTW, this video was posted in response to all the bashing of Brits horrendous 2007 VMA performance.  In any case, this dude is a fucking nutter.  Little do many people know, but prior to this video he published a video where he made out with his </summary><link rel='related' href='http://youtube.com/watch?v=kHmvkRoEowc' title='Leave This Dude Alone!'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/feeds/3009012037296897199/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13786298&amp;postID=3009012037296897199' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/3009012037296897199'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/3009012037296897199'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/2007/09/leave-this-dude-alone.html' title='Leave This Dude Alone!'/><author><name>Dr. Duke Nukem, Ph.D.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17354354143375716249</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://money.cnn.com/2003/06/11/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/dnf.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13786298.post-2704643179502909245</id><published>2007-09-20T08:58:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-09-20T09:04:20.409-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Don't Tase Me Bro!</title><summary type='text'>So, I'm split on this one.  Did the cops overreact?  Yea.  Was this kid a complete moron?  Yep.  I love how, when the cops are holind ghim down, he says "Don't tase me, bro!", and then follows it up with an order: " I said don't tase me bro!", as if that was really going to make the cops back off.  But on to the important thing: in this video, listen closely to what the kids in the background are</summary><link rel='related' href='http://youtube.com/watch?v=nnAGjmnfqik&amp;mode=related&amp;search=' title='Don&apos;t Tase Me Bro!'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/feeds/2704643179502909245/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13786298&amp;postID=2704643179502909245' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/2704643179502909245'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/2704643179502909245'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/2007/09/dont-tase-me-bro.html' title='Don&apos;t Tase Me Bro!'/><author><name>Dr. Duke Nukem, Ph.D.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17354354143375716249</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://money.cnn.com/2003/06/11/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/dnf.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13786298.post-3599577225819454323</id><published>2007-09-20T02:33:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-09-20T02:40:07.850-07:00</updated><title type='text'>ISP's Filtering Your Content</title><summary type='text'>Sure, MPAA demands now, but whose to stop the US Government from imposing some filters through the NSA branch? We're critics of Chinese filtering of the internet. Seems we're not so far off ourselves from doing something similar.Bring on the Google Internet. At least they're willing to fight back, for now.</summary><link rel='related' href='http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070919-mpaa-head-wants-deeper-relationship-read-content-filtering-with-isps.html' title='ISP&apos;s Filtering Your Content'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/feeds/3599577225819454323/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13786298&amp;postID=3599577225819454323' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/3599577225819454323'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/3599577225819454323'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/2007/09/isps-filtering-your-content.html' title='ISP&apos;s Filtering Your Content'/><author><name>A^2</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09696878763270050157</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13786298.post-7326943172265888418</id><published>2007-09-19T23:30:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-09-19T23:33:23.870-07:00</updated><title type='text'>9/11 was funny!</title><summary type='text'>You'll just have to read it yourself.</summary><link rel='related' href='http://gothamist.com/2007/09/19/was_911_funny_o.php' title='9/11 was funny!'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/feeds/7326943172265888418/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13786298&amp;postID=7326943172265888418' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/7326943172265888418'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/7326943172265888418'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/2007/09/911-was-funny.html' title='9/11 was funny!'/><author><name>A^2</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09696878763270050157</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13786298.post-6416198049767694824</id><published>2007-09-19T10:09:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-09-19T10:15:43.829-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Protect and Survive</title><summary type='text'>Stumbled on this last night.  During the height of the Cold War, the British Gov't created a series of print, radio, and TV spots aimed at 'informing' the populace of the what to do in the event of a nuclear attack.  If you thought the stuff  that came out after September 11 was creepy (remember duct tape and plastic sheets?), this is downright sick.  There are a couple videos on the site linked,</summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/films/1964to1979/filmpage_casualties.htm' title='Protect and Survive'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/feeds/6416198049767694824/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13786298&amp;postID=6416198049767694824' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/6416198049767694824'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/6416198049767694824'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/2007/09/protect-and-survive.html' title='Protect and Survive'/><author><name>Dr. Duke Nukem, Ph.D.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17354354143375716249</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://money.cnn.com/2003/06/11/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/dnf.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13786298.post-3553810144965240467</id><published>2007-09-19T09:57:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-09-19T09:59:58.378-07:00</updated><title type='text'>UPDATE: SAGGY PANTS BASTARDS NOW BREAKING THE LAW</title><summary type='text'>Oh yes!  It's not going away.  As Reported by A^2 a short time ago, the ban -- nay, making it ILLEGAL -- is still gaining momentum.  Apparently we have solved Every Single Problem Facing Our Nation Today and can now start working on the 'little' things.Fuckers.</summary><link rel='related' href='http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5i_HegRVoZPm-5Y5nyGssc_iLD_cQ' title='UPDATE: SAGGY PANTS BASTARDS NOW BREAKING THE LAW'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/feeds/3553810144965240467/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13786298&amp;postID=3553810144965240467' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/3553810144965240467'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/3553810144965240467'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/2007/09/update-saggy-pants-bastards-now.html' title='UPDATE: SAGGY PANTS BASTARDS NOW BREAKING THE LAW'/><author><name>Dr. Duke Nukem, Ph.D.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17354354143375716249</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://money.cnn.com/2003/06/11/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/dnf.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13786298.post-2315790556487995965</id><published>2007-09-19T09:55:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-09-19T09:56:50.114-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Talk Like A Pirate Day</title><summary type='text'>Lest you forget, mateys -- It be talk like a pirate day!  Ye Scurvy dogs can walk the plank if ye be not likin' the idea.  Yarr!</summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.talklikeapirate.com/' title='Talk Like A Pirate Day'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/feeds/2315790556487995965/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13786298&amp;postID=2315790556487995965' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/2315790556487995965'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/2315790556487995965'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/2007/09/talk-like-pirate-day.html' title='Talk Like A Pirate Day'/><author><name>Dr. Duke Nukem, Ph.D.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17354354143375716249</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://money.cnn.com/2003/06/11/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/dnf.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13786298.post-7094292186321435527</id><published>2007-09-15T14:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-09-15T14:43:13.293-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Winnie the Pooh Worships Satan</title><summary type='text'>OMG ROFLCOPTER THIS IS COMEDY GOLDSeriously, I've been looking for this for so long.  I saw it oh so many years ago but lost it, and now it is back.  I also ran across this gem, another Pooh mash-up video set to a Rammstein song.  Brilliant -- what else to say?</summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PW2GhoItKkw' title='Winnie the Pooh Worships Satan'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/feeds/7094292186321435527/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13786298&amp;postID=7094292186321435527' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/7094292186321435527'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/7094292186321435527'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/2007/09/winnie-pooh-worships-satan.html' title='Winnie the Pooh Worships Satan'/><author><name>Dr. Duke Nukem, Ph.D.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17354354143375716249</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://money.cnn.com/2003/06/11/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/dnf.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13786298.post-4215159491235916626</id><published>2007-09-15T14:31:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-09-15T14:33:25.384-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Ricky-Oh: The Story of Ricky</title><summary type='text'>I found out about this movie in high school, and set out on a quest to find it.  Of course, it was fantastic.  I ran across these clips while Youtubing today, and had managed to toally forget about this movie until now.  Now, of course, I must see it again.  Anyone else who's interested let me know.</summary><link rel='related' href='http://youtube.com/watch?v=NNL-drqCUf8' title='Ricky-Oh: The Story of Ricky'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/feeds/4215159491235916626/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13786298&amp;postID=4215159491235916626' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/4215159491235916626'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/4215159491235916626'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/2007/09/ricky-oh-story-of-ricky.html' title='Ricky-Oh: The Story of Ricky'/><author><name>Dr. Duke Nukem, Ph.D.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17354354143375716249</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://money.cnn.com/2003/06/11/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/dnf.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13786298.post-2203509927160317687</id><published>2007-09-10T13:24:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-09-10T13:31:05.845-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Requisite September 11 Post</title><summary type='text'>No link to point you to, no somber words to say, just one observation to mark the 6th anniversary: Tomorrow is once again Tuesday September 11.I'll close this post with a quote from an e-mail my Dad sent me a week after the fact:"Here's to an uneventful tuesday"Well said.Sometimes the damage is too great/Or the will is too weak/What should have been our armor/Becomes a sharp and burning sword</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/feeds/2203509927160317687/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13786298&amp;postID=2203509927160317687' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/2203509927160317687'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/2203509927160317687'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/2007/09/requisite-september-11-post.html' title='Requisite September 11 Post'/><author><name>Dr. Duke Nukem, Ph.D.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17354354143375716249</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://money.cnn.com/2003/06/11/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/dnf.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13786298.post-6467143951078321839</id><published>2007-08-30T04:35:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-08-30T04:41:18.895-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Don't Wear That! It's Illegal!</title><summary type='text'>That's right. Your pants saggin' too low? Go straight to jail. Do not pass Go. Do not collect $200.There is something fundamentally wrong with this. This country that stands on free expression! This country, whose FIRST Amendment guarantees this. What are they really trying to stop here? I don't think this has anything to do with indecency. It's got everything with suppression of a minority, </summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/30/fashion/30baggy.html' title='Don&apos;t Wear That! It&apos;s Illegal!'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/feeds/6467143951078321839/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13786298&amp;postID=6467143951078321839' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/6467143951078321839'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/6467143951078321839'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/2007/08/dont-wear-that-its-illegal.html' title='Don&apos;t Wear That! It&apos;s Illegal!'/><author><name>A^2</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09696878763270050157</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13786298.post-7769894123779714427</id><published>2007-08-02T10:36:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2007-08-02T10:42:17.479-07:00</updated><title type='text'>YouTube Round-Up</title><summary type='text'>I've been amassing a ton of YouTube links recently, so here they are for your viewing pleasure:Inappropriate Yoga GuyLaughing Yoga (this may give you nightmares...)Joe Namath Drunk on Monday Night Football (a classic!)Midget Fight on Springer (thanks to Ryan for this one)Read A Book!we suspend our disbelief/and we are/entertained</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/feeds/7769894123779714427/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13786298&amp;postID=7769894123779714427' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/7769894123779714427'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/7769894123779714427'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/2007/08/youtube-round-up.html' title='YouTube Round-Up'/><author><name>Dr. Duke Nukem, Ph.D.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17354354143375716249</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://money.cnn.com/2003/06/11/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/dnf.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13786298.post-3960615762856077621</id><published>2007-08-02T10:35:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2007-08-02T10:36:11.074-07:00</updated><title type='text'>TRON Lives On</title><summary type='text'>This is extremely cool, but hilarious too -- just the kind of post we here at RSFD love!  I just wish I could get the image of that dude in the uni out of my head...</summary><link rel='related' href='http://tronguy.net' title='TRON Lives On'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/feeds/3960615762856077621/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13786298&amp;postID=3960615762856077621' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/3960615762856077621'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/3960615762856077621'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/2007/08/tron-lives-on.html' title='TRON Lives On'/><author><name>Dr. Duke Nukem, Ph.D.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17354354143375716249</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://money.cnn.com/2003/06/11/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/dnf.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13786298.post-8022449259691209217</id><published>2007-07-31T03:01:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-07-31T03:05:12.978-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Iran 'biggest threat to Mid-East'</title><summary type='text'>That's what Condie said. She's right you know. She's right because the US has already taken care of Afghanistan and Iraq, sort of. So now Iran is left. And when Bush manages to eeck this out in his final year and a half in office, what is the next threat. Because that will be the next 'biggest threat.' Little has the administration realized that the US is the biggest threat to the US. Perhaps not</summary><link rel='related' href='http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/6923430.stm' title='Iran &apos;biggest threat to Mid-East&apos;'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/feeds/8022449259691209217/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13786298&amp;postID=8022449259691209217' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/8022449259691209217'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/8022449259691209217'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/2007/07/iran-biggest-threat-to-mid-east.html' title='Iran &apos;biggest threat to Mid-East&apos;'/><author><name>A^2</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09696878763270050157</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13786298.post-4715948139841829515</id><published>2007-07-24T17:04:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-07-24T17:12:44.168-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Abort the Insanity</title><summary type='text'>The link is to the latest episode of NOW.  It talks about a controversial new tactic that some groups are using to try and re-instate a ban on abortion: arguing that abortion is inextricably linked to psychiatric disorders in women who undergo the procedure, and therefore fundamentally dangerous and in need of cessation.  The proof of why this argument is completely bogus is left as an exercise </summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.pbs.org/now/shows/329/index.html' title='Abort the Insanity'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/feeds/4715948139841829515/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13786298&amp;postID=4715948139841829515' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/4715948139841829515'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/4715948139841829515'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/2007/07/abort-insanity.html' title='Abort the Insanity'/><author><name>Dr. Duke Nukem, Ph.D.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17354354143375716249</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://money.cnn.com/2003/06/11/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/dnf.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13786298.post-3233901114608540591</id><published>2007-07-23T17:53:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-07-23T18:04:28.156-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Sicko Redux</title><summary type='text'>I think this is a pretty good editorial take on Moore's latest offering.  I completely agree with the author's idea of documenting real first-hand experiences, as I find this quite useful in seeing through the spin.  who trades his culture for dollars/the fool or the scholar/griot, poet, or white collared </summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/07/22/TRGBSR3DLA11.DTL' title='&lt;i&gt;Sicko&lt;/i&gt; Redux'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/feeds/3233901114608540591/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13786298&amp;postID=3233901114608540591' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/3233901114608540591'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/3233901114608540591'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/2007/07/sicko-redux.html' title='&lt;i&gt;Sicko&lt;/i&gt; Redux'/><author><name>Dr. Duke Nukem, Ph.D.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17354354143375716249</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://money.cnn.com/2003/06/11/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/dnf.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13786298.post-755668305313198636</id><published>2007-07-23T17:44:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-07-23T17:50:24.674-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Pepsi == Death</title><summary type='text'>Might?  Might?  What red-blooded American would believe that soda would cause long-term health problems?  I bet that next they're going to tell us that red meat and cigarettes are bad for your health, too.  Oh, wait...What the fuck.  I mean really -- how many people do you know drink soda on a daily basis and don't look like Jabba the Hut?  I know one, and he's got other problems too (hi Noel!)</summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-soda24jul24,0,3841323.story?coll=la-home-center' title='Pepsi == Death'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/feeds/755668305313198636/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13786298&amp;postID=755668305313198636' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/755668305313198636'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/755668305313198636'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/2007/07/pepsi-death.html' title='Pepsi == Death'/><author><name>Dr. Duke Nukem, Ph.D.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17354354143375716249</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://money.cnn.com/2003/06/11/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/dnf.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13786298.post-1871555745982525081</id><published>2007-06-27T09:37:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2007-06-27T09:40:14.279-07:00</updated><title type='text'>JibJab</title><summary type='text'>New JibJab video posted!  Woo-Hoo!  This one is funny, but I actually think that the previous video (which I did not see when it first came out) is funnier.  Give 'em both a whirl!C'mon girl/I love you like a fat kid love cake/You know my style/I'll do anything to make you smile</summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.jibjab.com/originals/star_spangled' title='JibJab'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/feeds/1871555745982525081/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13786298&amp;postID=1871555745982525081' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/1871555745982525081'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/1871555745982525081'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/2007/06/jibjab.html' title='JibJab'/><author><name>Dr. Duke Nukem, Ph.D.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17354354143375716249</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://money.cnn.com/2003/06/11/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/dnf.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13786298.post-5073612150581770761</id><published>2007-06-25T15:08:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-06-25T15:11:15.314-07:00</updated><title type='text'>US student loses free speech case</title><summary type='text'>You're allowed to say whatever you want...so long as it's not against the law...um...WTF?! This is boggling to the mind. Isn't it the right of the First Amendment to say what you wish, to rebel against an unjust law, to provoke the mind by bending the rules with words? How is one supposed to throw down an law that can be seen as archaic or non-applicable if one can't speak that which is illegal?</summary><link rel='related' href='http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6238672.stm' title='US student loses free speech case'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/feeds/5073612150581770761/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13786298&amp;postID=5073612150581770761' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/5073612150581770761'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/5073612150581770761'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/2007/06/us-student-loses-free-speech-case.html' title='US student loses free speech case'/><author><name>A^2</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09696878763270050157</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13786298.post-3775643401018680424</id><published>2007-06-24T11:34:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-06-24T12:20:37.502-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Sunday Morning Round-Up</title><summary type='text'>Just some interesting pieces to share as a result of my sunday morning surfing over a large cup of Blue Thunder (relax, it's coffee you morons).  Frank Rich has a thought-provoking piece, as usual, in the NYT today.  Unfortunately it's in the paid section.  Fortunately, Dr. Duke has a paid account and has posted said piece on his website.  Thanks doc!Iran is cracking down on 'Anti-Islamic' </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/feeds/3775643401018680424/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13786298&amp;postID=3775643401018680424' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/3775643401018680424'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/3775643401018680424'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/2007/06/sunday-morning-round-up.html' title='Sunday Morning Round-Up'/><author><name>Dr. Duke Nukem, Ph.D.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17354354143375716249</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://money.cnn.com/2003/06/11/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/dnf.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13786298.post-915021636802528401</id><published>2007-06-23T12:51:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-06-23T13:05:58.983-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Dawn of a New Day</title><summary type='text'>Well, it should be no secret of what industry I work in.  For those that don't know, this is my project.  Yesterday, we were given the green light for launch on July 7.  I have mixed emotions about this; let me explain.I love what I do, but sometimes I hate my job.  There is something very satisfying about doing a job that you know will contribute to what I call the Greater Good -- expanding our </summary><link rel='related' href='http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/' title='Dawn of a New Day'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/feeds/915021636802528401/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13786298&amp;postID=915021636802528401' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/915021636802528401'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/915021636802528401'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/2007/06/dawn-of-new-day.html' title='Dawn of a New Day'/><author><name>Dr. Duke Nukem, Ph.D.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17354354143375716249</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://money.cnn.com/2003/06/11/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/dnf.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13786298.post-8515941427937662079</id><published>2007-06-23T12:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-06-24T11:26:18.581-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Multiple Personality Disorder Afflicts USG</title><summary type='text'>Boy, as the days of this pitiful administration wear on, and as the excuses fade away, the reasoning given to some of these blatant abuses get even more amusing.  To wit: the VP says that he does not have to comply with an order that the executive branch submit to full oversight by a commission that ensures sanity of classified information because he is -- get this -- not part of the executive </summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/22/AR2007062201809.html' title='Multiple Personality Disorder Afflicts USG'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/feeds/8515941427937662079/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13786298&amp;postID=8515941427937662079' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/8515941427937662079'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/8515941427937662079'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/2007/06/multiple-personality-disorder-afflicts.html' title='Multiple Personality Disorder Afflicts USG'/><author><name>Dr. Duke Nukem, Ph.D.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17354354143375716249</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://money.cnn.com/2003/06/11/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/dnf.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13786298.post-3434904023066324863</id><published>2007-06-23T12:35:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-06-23T12:39:33.211-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Two Feet Shorter</title><summary type='text'>Again, this is one of those stories that I don't really have much to say about.  I mean, I'm a man of numbers, probabilities and all, but damn, this makes me think twice about my next visit to a theme park.</summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/06/22/national/main2965711.shtml?source=mostpop_story' title='Two Feet Shorter'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/feeds/3434904023066324863/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13786298&amp;postID=3434904023066324863' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/3434904023066324863'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/3434904023066324863'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/2007/06/two-feet-shorter.html' title='Two Feet Shorter'/><author><name>Dr. Duke Nukem, Ph.D.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17354354143375716249</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://money.cnn.com/2003/06/11/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/dnf.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13786298.post-6046439202760552719</id><published>2007-06-14T08:59:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-06-14T09:02:38.082-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Can You Spell Autistic?</title><summary type='text'>Not only does this kid need some serious remedial lessons in socializing, but this anchor really needs to chooses better interviews.  What a bomb.  Hilarious for us though!</summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.ifilm.com/video/2862093' title='Can You Spell Autistic?'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/feeds/6046439202760552719/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13786298&amp;postID=6046439202760552719' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/6046439202760552719'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/6046439202760552719'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/2007/06/can-you-spell-autistic.html' title='Can You Spell Autistic?'/><author><name>Dr. Duke Nukem, Ph.D.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17354354143375716249</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://money.cnn.com/2003/06/11/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/dnf.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13786298.post-4743314235558837348</id><published>2007-06-01T21:27:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-06-01T21:32:26.962-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The Proof...</title><summary type='text'>...that we've all been waiting for but didn't really need.  So this seals it -- he really is either insane or mentally retarded.  Great -- we, collectively as a nation -- gave the world's most powerful retard a sympathy fuck by electing him.  Shame on you America!  Playing with his emotions like that.  we've got everything/we've got everything/we've got everything down to a science/so i guess we </summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.crooksandliars.com/2007/05/31/bush-thumping-his-chest-i-am-the-president/' title='The Proof...'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/feeds/4743314235558837348/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13786298&amp;postID=4743314235558837348' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/4743314235558837348'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/4743314235558837348'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/2007/06/proof.html' title='The Proof...'/><author><name>Dr. Duke Nukem, Ph.D.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17354354143375716249</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://money.cnn.com/2003/06/11/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/dnf.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13786298.post-8177576942084585339</id><published>2007-05-29T16:25:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-05-30T02:22:13.322-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The Round-Up</title><summary type='text'>Whew!  I have been neglecting this little slice'o heaven on the internets.  My apologies to all my adoring fans.  So, here's a brief summary of what's been interesting me or really getting my goat recently.  Sorry if this reads like one of those stupid Larry King lists.Another one bites the dust  News Flash: Lindsay's a dumb shit!  Well, fuck 'em all I say.  Just being exposed for the scum that </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/feeds/8177576942084585339/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13786298&amp;postID=8177576942084585339' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/8177576942084585339'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/8177576942084585339'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/2007/05/round-up.html' title='The Round-Up'/><author><name>Dr. Duke Nukem, Ph.D.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17354354143375716249</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://money.cnn.com/2003/06/11/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/dnf.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13786298.post-4421144485670744722</id><published>2007-02-06T08:53:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-02-06T08:56:11.433-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Another Festivus Miracle!</title><summary type='text'>Well, I will now be sleeping sound knowing that Ted Haggard has been pronounced "Completely Heterosexual".  If only he could be pronouncd Completely Fucking Insane and locked away where he cannot harm another human being.</summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-Haggard-Sex-Allegations.html?hp&amp;ex=1170824400&amp;en=e85aa315c9092d7e&amp;ei=5094&amp;partner=homepage' title='Another Festivus Miracle!'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/feeds/4421144485670744722/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13786298&amp;postID=4421144485670744722' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/4421144485670744722'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/4421144485670744722'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/2007/02/another-festivus-miracle.html' title='Another Festivus Miracle!'/><author><name>Dr. Duke Nukem, Ph.D.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17354354143375716249</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://money.cnn.com/2003/06/11/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/dnf.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13786298.post-1585990627838275418</id><published>2007-02-01T11:15:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-02-01T11:24:33.523-08:00</updated><title type='text'>How Stupid are We?</title><summary type='text'>The title of this post doesn't apply to the morons who actually drank the hand sanitizer.  The title refers to the last line of the story: "They suggested that makers of the hand gels change the labeling."WTF?  So, let me get this straight.  Because a few idiots drink hand sanitizer to get drunk (which, btw, thins the gene pool and makes everything a little bit better for the rest of us), we </summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/01/31/hand.gels.reut/index.html' title='How Stupid are We?'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/feeds/1585990627838275418/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13786298&amp;postID=1585990627838275418' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/1585990627838275418'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/1585990627838275418'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/2007/02/how-stupid-are-we.html' title='How Stupid are We?'/><author><name>Dr. Duke Nukem, Ph.D.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17354354143375716249</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://money.cnn.com/2003/06/11/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/dnf.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13786298.post-280786302361530806</id><published>2007-02-01T10:53:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-02-01T10:56:05.946-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Surprise?</title><summary type='text'>Who didn't see this one coming?  And while I was a bit stunned at M$ proposed fix, given their past behavior, should I not have expected this?  Oh well -- looks like I won't be upgrading to Vista anytime soon.  Oh wait -- I don't run Windows anyways.  Phew!</summary><link rel='related' href='http://blogs.zdnet.com/Ou/?p=416' title='Surprise?'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/feeds/280786302361530806/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13786298&amp;postID=280786302361530806' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/280786302361530806'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/280786302361530806'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/2007/02/surprise.html' title='Surprise?'/><author><name>Dr. Duke Nukem, Ph.D.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17354354143375716249</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://money.cnn.com/2003/06/11/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/dnf.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13786298.post-3139152939107955559</id><published>2007-01-31T16:34:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-01-31T16:39:02.991-08:00</updated><title type='text'>The Next American Idol(s)</title><summary type='text'>OMG, ROTFL, this possibly the worst shit I've heard this year so far.  They are only slightly less cool than the Icy Hot Stuntaz.  What's better, I think these guys are actually trying to take themselves a bit seriously.</summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.isound.com/fresh_cotton' title='The Next American Idol(s)'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/feeds/3139152939107955559/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13786298&amp;postID=3139152939107955559' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/3139152939107955559'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/3139152939107955559'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/2007/01/next-american-idols.html' title='The Next American Idol(s)'/><author><name>Dr. Duke Nukem, Ph.D.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17354354143375716249</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://money.cnn.com/2003/06/11/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/dnf.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13786298.post-5566568482120657028</id><published>2007-01-31T15:14:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-01-31T15:42:47.776-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Another One Bites the Dust?</title><summary type='text'>Well, fuck.  First it was the greased-up naked deaf guy fracas that will most likely lead to the demise of FG.  And NOW, the great ATHF (also mentioned in a previous post) is at the heart of the nation's latest Terrorist Threat to Blow Us All Sky High.  What's next, Moral Orel?  (Oh wait, it probably will be).Which leads me to the question: what the fuck am I supposed to watch on TV?  And at what</summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-013107devices,0,2870048.story?coll=la-home-headlines' title='Another One Bites the Dust?'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/feeds/5566568482120657028/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13786298&amp;postID=5566568482120657028' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/5566568482120657028'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/5566568482120657028'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/2007/01/another-one-bites-dust.html' title='Another One Bites the Dust?'/><author><name>Dr. Duke Nukem, Ph.D.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17354354143375716249</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://money.cnn.com/2003/06/11/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/dnf.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13786298.post-117018403509848597</id><published>2007-01-30T11:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-01-30T17:51:49.793-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='YouTube'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ATHF'/><title type='text'>The Cursing Black Preacher</title><summary type='text'>OMG, this is the funniest shit evar.  I really like the video titled "More of the Cursing Black Preacher".  Best lines:  "Cut that Bitch Off!" and "I must be a fuckin nincom-fuckin-poop!".   Holy shit, they should make a movie out of this guy. BTW, some more YouTube fun: trailer for the ATHF movie (that's Aqua Teen Hunger Force for the uninitiated) is posted here.  I can't wait for March 23.  A </summary><link rel='related' href='http://youtube.com/results?search_query=cursing+black+preacher&amp;search=Search' title='The Cursing Black Preacher'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/feeds/117018403509848597/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13786298&amp;postID=117018403509848597' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/117018403509848597'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/117018403509848597'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/2007/01/cursing-black-preacher.html' title='The Cursing Black Preacher'/><author><name>Dr. Duke Nukem, Ph.D.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17354354143375716249</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://money.cnn.com/2003/06/11/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/dnf.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13786298.post-117017891988690728</id><published>2007-01-30T09:40:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-01-30T18:08:37.695-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='intelligent teenagers'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='family guy'/><title type='text'>Greased-UP Naked Deaf Guy!</title><summary type='text'>I guarantee this was inspired by Family Guy......which sucks because now it'll get the blame and be cancelled in the public interest.  We'll miss you Family Guy!</summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/01/30/naked.guy.ap/index.html' title='Greased-UP Naked Deaf Guy!'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/feeds/117017891988690728/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13786298&amp;postID=117017891988690728' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/117017891988690728'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/117017891988690728'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/2007/01/greased-up-naked-deaf-guy.html' title='Greased-UP Naked Deaf Guy!'/><author><name>Dr. Duke Nukem, Ph.D.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17354354143375716249</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://money.cnn.com/2003/06/11/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/dnf.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13786298.post-117017835707478244</id><published>2007-01-30T09:31:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-01-31T19:24:38.590-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='WBC'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='GodHatesFags'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Idiots'/><title type='text'>God Hates Fags</title><summary type='text'>And apparently, if you're a fag, god hates you too.Oh boy.  Praise Jesus!UPDATE: I wanted to link to this before, but forgot.  If you haven't heard of GodHatesFags.com, boy are you in for a treat!  This is the front site for the Westboro Baptist Church and Shirley Phelps; you'll recognize these fine citizens as the ones who picket the funerals of dead US soldiers and victims of other tragedies </summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.eveningservice.com/Video' title='God Hates Fags'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/feeds/117017835707478244/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13786298&amp;postID=117017835707478244' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/117017835707478244'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/117017835707478244'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/2007/01/god-hates-fags.html' title='God Hates Fags'/><author><name>Dr. Duke Nukem, Ph.D.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17354354143375716249</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://money.cnn.com/2003/06/11/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/dnf.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13786298.post-116914177512201038</id><published>2007-01-18T09:32:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-01-18T13:00:33.420-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Your Dems Hard at Work AND Where Have I Been?</title><summary type='text'>Sorry folks for the long break -- I'm becoming jaded.  But this story brought me out of hibernation.  We vote these fuckers into office and what do they do?  Propose a non-binding resolution against the plan to increase troop levels and then applaud the equipping of passenger jets with lasers.  Hmm, seems to me that this isn't what most people wanted.  And again, apologies for the break.  Look </summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/01/16/airline.anti.missile.ap/index.html' title='Your Dems Hard at Work AND Where Have I Been?'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/feeds/116914177512201038/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13786298&amp;postID=116914177512201038' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/116914177512201038'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/116914177512201038'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/2007/01/your-dems-hard-at-work-and-where-have.html' title='Your Dems Hard at Work AND Where Have I Been?'/><author><name>Dr. Duke Nukem, Ph.D.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17354354143375716249</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://money.cnn.com/2003/06/11/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/dnf.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13786298.post-116272134017769975</id><published>2006-11-05T02:04:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-11-05T02:09:00.190-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Do You Ever?</title><summary type='text'>If you're like me, you get those 'moments' sometimes.  Moments that sneak up on you, for no reason?  And that, for some unknown reason, are continuously reenforced?  Yea, I'm having one of those right now.  A Black Star song in my iTunes library reminded me of a dark NYC night, so I found the webcam linked above.  A subsequent song in my library, playing now, remnided me of a random summer day in</summary><link rel='related' href='http://sceenz.com/' title='Do You Ever?'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/feeds/116272134017769975/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13786298&amp;postID=116272134017769975' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/116272134017769975'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/116272134017769975'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/2006/11/do-you-ever.html' title='Do You Ever?'/><author><name>Dr. Duke Nukem, Ph.D.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17354354143375716249</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://money.cnn.com/2003/06/11/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/dnf.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13786298.post-116128786199794780</id><published>2006-10-19T12:55:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-10-19T12:57:42.023-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Welcome to Hell on Earth</title><summary type='text'>Godamnit.  If this doesn't make you fucking mad, nothing will.  As far as I am concerned, it is the duty of every voting age citizen to get out and FIGHT THESE FUCKERS.  Vote for anyone, I don't give a shit who, as long as they will get these psychos out of office.  We need to silence the bullshit and stop the FUD.  Let's make it happen.</summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/19/opinion/19thu1.html?em&amp;ex=1161403200&amp;en=e775cfe4f5b8924e&amp;ei=5087%0A' title='Welcome to Hell on Earth'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/feeds/116128786199794780/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13786298&amp;postID=116128786199794780' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/116128786199794780'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/116128786199794780'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/2006/10/welcome-to-hell-on-earth.html' title='Welcome to Hell on Earth'/><author><name>Dr. Duke Nukem, Ph.D.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17354354143375716249</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://money.cnn.com/2003/06/11/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/dnf.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13786298.post-115953278103146944</id><published>2006-09-29T05:21:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-09-29T05:26:21.046-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Morals or Work?</title><summary type='text'>12 Democrats voted for the bill that passed yesterday. 32 against. There are a total of 17 Democratic Senators up for re-election in just over a month and a good number of that 12 are up for re-election. So, why should they be re-elected? Speaking out against the President all these years and now all of a sudden they agree with him? They don't deserve to be re-elected.</summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/29/us/politics/29assess.html' title='Morals or Work?'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/feeds/115953278103146944/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13786298&amp;postID=115953278103146944' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/115953278103146944'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/115953278103146944'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/2006/09/morals-or-work.html' title='Morals or Work?'/><author><name>A^2</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09696878763270050157</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13786298.post-115947329524166848</id><published>2006-09-28T12:34:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-09-28T12:54:55.410-07:00</updated><title type='text'>SEFORA</title><summary type='text'>No, I didn't spell it wrong, and it's not the cosmetics store.  It's Scientists and Engineers FOR America, a new 527 started by a group of prominent scientists and engineers (who'd a thunk it?) to remove scientific bias from the current political landscape.  Read about SEFORA in the NYTimes, then sign up, and fight the good fight!</summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.sefora.org' title='SEFORA'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/feeds/115947329524166848/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13786298&amp;postID=115947329524166848' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/115947329524166848'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/115947329524166848'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/2006/09/sefora.html' title='SEFORA'/><author><name>Dr. Duke Nukem, Ph.D.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17354354143375716249</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://money.cnn.com/2003/06/11/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/dnf.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13786298.post-115835454740022891</id><published>2006-09-15T14:07:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-09-15T14:09:07.416-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Bury the Hatchet</title><summary type='text'>I've had my issues with Bruce Schneier in the past, but I think he's dead on with this post.  If only more people were able to grasp this logic, particularly those in positions to right some of these wrongs...You would see if/only/you hadn't taken things/out of/my hands</summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.schneier.com/crypto-gram-0609.html' title='Bury the Hatchet'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/feeds/115835454740022891/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13786298&amp;postID=115835454740022891' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/115835454740022891'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/115835454740022891'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/2006/09/bury-hatchet.html' title='Bury the Hatchet'/><author><name>Dr. Duke Nukem, Ph.D.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17354354143375716249</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://money.cnn.com/2003/06/11/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/dnf.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13786298.post-115809339321411146</id><published>2006-09-12T13:25:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-09-12T13:36:33.233-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Chew on That!</title><summary type='text'>A great quote the Mr. Rollins pointed me to:"In the last analysis, terrorism is an idea generated by capitalism to justify better defense measures to safeguard capitalism."The link is not the full article, just some snippets -- the full article is not yet online.  If anyone has a copy and can scan and send it, please do.It was you Dad!  I learned it by watching you!</summary><link rel='related' href='http://prairieweather.typepad.com/the_scribe/2006/08/81006_making_a_.html' title='Chew on That!'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/feeds/115809339321411146/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13786298&amp;postID=115809339321411146' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/115809339321411146'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/115809339321411146'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/2006/09/chew-on-that.html' title='Chew on That!'/><author><name>Dr. Duke Nukem, Ph.D.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17354354143375716249</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://money.cnn.com/2003/06/11/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/dnf.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13786298.post-115807896642889037</id><published>2006-09-12T09:34:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-09-12T09:36:06.456-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Saddam in the Hall</title><summary type='text'>Read the article, and the title will make sense.  Mark McKinney should be rolling over this one.  KITH is now part of the lexicon of global politics!I like small people...they make me feel big</summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/09/12/saddam.trial.ap/index.html' title='Saddam in the Hall'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/feeds/115807896642889037/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13786298&amp;postID=115807896642889037' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/115807896642889037'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/115807896642889037'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/2006/09/saddam-in-hall.html' title='Saddam in the Hall'/><author><name>Dr. Duke Nukem, Ph.D.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17354354143375716249</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://money.cnn.com/2003/06/11/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/dnf.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13786298.post-115799367498847344</id><published>2006-09-11T09:15:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-09-11T21:07:03.146-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Five Years In The Making</title><summary type='text'>I'll be happy when today is over, but that's only partly because reliving all of this is making me sick.  The other part is: I just want to be able to watch television again without having to navigate through 900 channels, all showing September 11-related programming.  It's fucking pitiful -- the worst tragedy that you and I will ever know in our lifetimes has been turned into a goddamned </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/feeds/115799367498847344/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13786298&amp;postID=115799367498847344' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/115799367498847344'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/115799367498847344'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/2006/09/five-years-in-making.html' title='Five Years In The Making'/><author><name>Dr. Duke Nukem, Ph.D.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17354354143375716249</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://money.cnn.com/2003/06/11/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/dnf.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13786298.post-115786775370225632</id><published>2006-09-09T22:24:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-09-09T22:55:53.746-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Confusion or Is it just Me?</title><summary type='text'>I don't know.  Sometimes I wish I could move to a deserted island.  Perhaps it's the wine, but I don't think so, since sobriety doesn't change my feelings.  Why do people say things that just don't make sense, then proceed to give no explanation for the remark and then expect us all ot fall in line?  Are we, as a whole, that fucking stupid?  Take, for instance, the following examples: Speaking </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/feeds/115786775370225632/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13786298&amp;postID=115786775370225632' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/115786775370225632'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/115786775370225632'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/2006/09/confusion-or-is-it-just-me.html' title='Confusion or Is it just Me?'/><author><name>Dr. Duke Nukem, Ph.D.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17354354143375716249</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://money.cnn.com/2003/06/11/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/dnf.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13786298.post-115687802417795012</id><published>2006-08-29T11:54:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-08-29T12:00:24.200-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Happy Anniversary</title><summary type='text'>Few things make me really angry.  Sure, small things get me steamed at times, but it passes quick.  This, however, is pitiful.  It makes me angry, sad, frustrated, confused.  How could we let this happen? There are so many questions.  How could we let this happen in the first place?  OK, fine -- it happened.  How can we let this situation continue to stifle, simmer, remain painfully unchanged?  </summary><link rel='related' href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Katrina' title='Happy Anniversary'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/feeds/115687802417795012/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13786298&amp;postID=115687802417795012' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/115687802417795012'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/115687802417795012'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/2006/08/happy-anniversary.html' title='Happy Anniversary'/><author><name>Dr. Duke Nukem, Ph.D.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17354354143375716249</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://money.cnn.com/2003/06/11/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/dnf.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13786298.post-115679267117928139</id><published>2006-08-28T12:13:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-08-28T12:17:51.196-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Does Hell Exist?</title><summary type='text'>I tend to think that heaven and hell don't really exist, rather they are just motivations -- tools, if you will -- used by the power hungry clergy to control their sheep-like subjects.  However, in this case, I sure hope that hell does exist, and that it's really nasty, so that this stupid, ignorant, self-aggrandizing bitch gets to spend eternity roasting there.  Your god is dead/And no one cares</summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/08/28/senate.harris.ap/index.html' title='Does Hell Exist?'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/feeds/115679267117928139/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13786298&amp;postID=115679267117928139' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/115679267117928139'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/115679267117928139'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/2006/08/does-hell-exist.html' title='Does Hell Exist?'/><author><name>Dr. Duke Nukem, Ph.D.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17354354143375716249</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://money.cnn.com/2003/06/11/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/dnf.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13786298.post-115648034837123280</id><published>2006-08-24T21:31:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-08-24T21:32:28.386-07:00</updated><title type='text'>I Like This...</title><summary type='text'>I know it's all hocus pocus, but hey -- that's why they call it magic, right?  Enjoy.</summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJiu96hRv_c' title='I Like This...'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/feeds/115648034837123280/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13786298&amp;postID=115648034837123280' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/115648034837123280'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/115648034837123280'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/2006/08/i-like-this.html' title='I Like This...'/><author><name>Dr. Duke Nukem, Ph.D.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17354354143375716249</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://money.cnn.com/2003/06/11/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/dnf.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13786298.post-115628486755547087</id><published>2006-08-22T15:10:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-08-22T15:14:27.556-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Worship the Chicken!</title><summary type='text'>For all you Robot Chicken fans out there, all the episodes are posted on YouTube.  If your firewall at work blocks the above YouTube link, they are also posted over at Google Video.Enjoy, you sick bastards.Party at Ground Zero/Every Movie Star and You/and the world will turn/to Flowing Pink Vapor Stew</summary><link rel='related' href='http://youtube.com/results?search_query=robot+chicken&amp;search=Search' title='Worship the Chicken!'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/feeds/115628486755547087/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13786298&amp;postID=115628486755547087' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/115628486755547087'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/115628486755547087'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/2006/08/worship-chicken.html' title='Worship the Chicken!'/><author><name>Dr. Duke Nukem, Ph.D.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17354354143375716249</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://money.cnn.com/2003/06/11/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/dnf.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13786298.post-115628462654312709</id><published>2006-08-22T15:04:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-08-22T15:10:26.560-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Huh!</title><summary type='text'>Well, now isn't this interesting? Again, a small view of my twisted thought process.  After reading this article, Duke thinks:"Hmm...Monsiuer bin Laden has most likely been holed up in some cave for the past few years, which means he probably hasn't seen any episodes of 'Being Bobby Brown'.  However, if he had, would it change his opinion of Whitney or her Islamic-ness?  And if he had seen the </summary><link rel='related' href='http://thetrack.bostonherald.com/moreTrack/view.bg?articleid=153865' title='Huh!'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/feeds/115628462654312709/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13786298&amp;postID=115628462654312709' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/115628462654312709'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/115628462654312709'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/2006/08/huh.html' title='Huh!'/><author><name>Dr. Duke Nukem, Ph.D.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17354354143375716249</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://money.cnn.com/2003/06/11/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/dnf.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13786298.post-115593953392345842</id><published>2006-08-18T14:26:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-08-18T15:18:53.996-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Look Out Below!</title><summary type='text'>This is why I fuckin' love the Greeks.  We should all take an example and try to be more like them.  Screw sympathy!  Pity is for suckers&amp;crybabies&amp;the countries that love them.  As for us?  I think we all know what the answer to that is.Mahalo friends.</summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/08/18/greece.plunge/index.html' title='Look Out Below!'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/feeds/115593953392345842/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13786298&amp;postID=115593953392345842' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/115593953392345842'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/115593953392345842'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/2006/08/look-out-below.html' title='Look Out Below!'/><author><name>Dr. Duke Nukem, Ph.D.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17354354143375716249</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://money.cnn.com/2003/06/11/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/dnf.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13786298.post-115569842388462671</id><published>2006-08-15T20:17:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-08-15T20:20:23.903-07:00</updated><title type='text'>HIT ME ONE MORE TIME -- PLEASE</title><summary type='text'>It's been awhile since the last post.  Sorry 'bout that.  To make up for it, check out this video.One note, however: the title of the video got it wrong -- she's not stoned, she's just THAT FUCKING STUPID.  Just proves what I have said all along.</summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LB84A3zcmVo' title='HIT ME ONE MORE TIME -- PLEASE'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/feeds/115569842388462671/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13786298&amp;postID=115569842388462671' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/115569842388462671'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/115569842388462671'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/2006/08/hit-me-one-more-time-please.html' title='HIT ME ONE MORE TIME -- PLEASE'/><author><name>Dr. Duke Nukem, Ph.D.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17354354143375716249</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://money.cnn.com/2003/06/11/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/dnf.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13786298.post-115240727080147241</id><published>2006-07-08T18:06:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-07-08T18:08:14.846-07:00</updated><title type='text'>It's Official</title><summary type='text'>I'm going to hell.  I'm pretty sure that it's wrong to find this funny.  I really am a terrible individual.</summary><link rel='related' href='http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2505562613673847107&amp;q=grape+stomp' title='It&apos;s Official'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/feeds/115240727080147241/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13786298&amp;postID=115240727080147241' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/115240727080147241'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/115240727080147241'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/2006/07/its-official.html' title='It&apos;s Official'/><author><name>Dr. Duke Nukem, Ph.D.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17354354143375716249</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://money.cnn.com/2003/06/11/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/dnf.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13786298.post-115240714331666732</id><published>2006-07-08T17:58:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-07-08T18:05:43.330-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The Downside of Free Speech</title><summary type='text'>The great thing about our country is that people like this can say whatever they want.  The shitty thing about our country is that we have to listen to self-righteous numb cunts like Ann Coulter every so often.  I was a bit intrigued when I heard that AC was going to be on Leno with The Almighty Carlin.  I knew Jay would give her a pass, but I was a bit disappointed that Boy George didn;t really </summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.google.com/search?q=%22ann%20coulter%22%20%22jay%20leno%22%20video&amp;sourceid=mozilla2&amp;ie=utf-8&amp;oe=utf-8' title='The Downside of Free Speech'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/feeds/115240714331666732/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13786298&amp;postID=115240714331666732' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/115240714331666732'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/115240714331666732'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/2006/07/downside-of-free-speech.html' title='The Downside of Free Speech'/><author><name>Dr. Duke Nukem, Ph.D.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17354354143375716249</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://money.cnn.com/2003/06/11/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/dnf.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13786298.post-115167987650973981</id><published>2006-06-30T07:52:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-08-18T15:20:54.480-07:00</updated><title type='text'>szdlfnadfujkfhsdnQ!?#$)!</title><summary type='text'>Can I tell you how FUCKING MAD this makes me?  First of all, the bill was introduced by a democrat (mental note: add this to list of reasons I no longer affiliate with the democratic party).  Secondly, everyone acts as if all of a sudden this shit started happening, when in reality it's been going on for a long ass time -- the mainstream is only paying attention to it since MySpaz and FaceShot </summary><link rel='related' href='http://news.com.com/Congress+targets+social-networking+sites/2100-1028-6089574.html?part=dht&amp;tag=nl.e433' title='szdlfnadfujkfhsdnQ!?#$)!'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/feeds/115167987650973981/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13786298&amp;postID=115167987650973981' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/115167987650973981'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/115167987650973981'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/2006/06/szdlfnadfujkfhsdnq.html' title='szdlfnadfujkfhsdnQ!?#$)!'/><author><name>Dr. Duke Nukem, Ph.D.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17354354143375716249</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://money.cnn.com/2003/06/11/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/dnf.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13786298.post-115163641532582156</id><published>2006-06-29T19:55:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-06-29T20:00:15.346-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Oh Snap!</title><summary type='text'>Leave it to our legislative branch to take their jobs seriously.  Whether it's debating the relative merits of freedom fries, a 9 billion mile long white picket fence, or laying the smack down on one of the oldest, most respected houses of journalism in the country -- nay the WORLD! -- our elected public officials give 110% every day.  Methinks it's Recall time, bitches.</summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/30/washington/30cong.html?hp&amp;ex=1151640000&amp;en=eae707fe4e160a14&amp;ei=5094&amp;partner=homepage' title='Oh Snap!'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/feeds/115163641532582156/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13786298&amp;postID=115163641532582156' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/115163641532582156'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/115163641532582156'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/2006/06/oh-snap.html' title='Oh Snap!'/><author><name>Dr. Duke Nukem, Ph.D.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17354354143375716249</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://money.cnn.com/2003/06/11/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/dnf.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13786298.post-115162378226143980</id><published>2006-06-29T15:22:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-06-29T16:29:42.360-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Fox News: Bastion of Ethics</title><summary type='text'>Go suck a dick huh?  All of a sudden, FNC wants to get all High'n'Mighty on us.  How about the do us all a fucking favor and do the same before the upcoming elections in this country?What if al-Qaeda/Blew up the levees/Would New Orleans have been/Safer that way?</summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-et-fox29jun29,0,3743905.story?track=mostviewed-homepage' title='Fox News: Bastion of Ethics'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/feeds/115162378226143980/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13786298&amp;postID=115162378226143980' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/115162378226143980'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/115162378226143980'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/2006/06/fox-news-bastion-of-ethics.html' title='Fox News: Bastion of Ethics'/><author><name>Dr. Duke Nukem, Ph.D.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17354354143375716249</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://money.cnn.com/2003/06/11/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/dnf.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13786298.post-115152343892921959</id><published>2006-06-28T11:58:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-06-28T12:37:19.126-07:00</updated><title type='text'>NEWS FLASH!</title><summary type='text'>My take on this headline?  "Fat, Old, Poorly-Dressed White Man Promotes Bigotry and Religious Intolerance"This intolerant drivel motivates me.  I want to make a tee-shirt.  On the shirt is a picture of Jesus, sporting day-old stubble and dressed to the nines in Banana threads; he is surrounded by the Fab Five (from Queer Eye for the Straight Guy).  Arcing over the picture is a large rainbow; </summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/06/28/dobson.gaymarriage/index.html' title='NEWS FLASH!'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/feeds/115152343892921959/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13786298&amp;postID=115152343892921959' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/115152343892921959'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/115152343892921959'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/2006/06/news-flash.html' title='NEWS FLASH!'/><author><name>Dr. Duke Nukem, Ph.D.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17354354143375716249</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://money.cnn.com/2003/06/11/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/dnf.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13786298.post-115149851419039303</id><published>2006-06-28T05:34:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-06-28T05:41:54.206-07:00</updated><title type='text'>NY Times Commits Treason</title><summary type='text'>If you are to believe what Bunning, R-Kentuky, says, then the title of this story is true. If you are, what seems like the minority, then you think the Govenment is full of shit (regarding this issue anyway).Here is what I think. Various 'acts' have been passed and have used 'Terrorism' as leverage. It's used to the point where if you don't vote for said act, you will be deemed unpatriotic. You </summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060628/NEWS0104/606280533' title='NY Times Commits Treason'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/feeds/115149851419039303/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13786298&amp;postID=115149851419039303' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/115149851419039303'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/115149851419039303'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/2006/06/ny-times-commits-treason.html' title='NY Times Commits Treason'/><author><name>A^2</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09696878763270050157</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13786298.post-115145475291002924</id><published>2006-06-27T17:30:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-06-27T17:32:32.926-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Our Friend Dubai?</title><summary type='text'>Any country that arrests our most fabulous R&amp;B producer is no friend of mine, and certainly not to be trusted with our port security nonetheless.Don't go chasin' waterfalls/Please stick to the rivers/and the lakes/that you're used to</summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/27/dubai.austin/index.html' title='Our Friend Dubai?'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/feeds/115145475291002924/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13786298&amp;postID=115145475291002924' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/115145475291002924'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/115145475291002924'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/2006/06/our-friend-dubai.html' title='Our Friend Dubai?'/><author><name>Dr. Duke Nukem, Ph.D.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17354354143375716249</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://money.cnn.com/2003/06/11/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/dnf.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13786298.post-115098470236396298</id><published>2006-06-22T06:47:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-06-22T06:58:22.390-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Apocalypse Soon</title><summary type='text'>This should serve as a warning to all of you who think that religion is just some harmless crap for a few million lost souls to take solace in.  These crazy fucks actually believe that it is their job to bring about the apocalypse in order to hasten the second coming.  And if I believe their devotion (or stupidity, depending on how you look at it) they'll stop at nothing to do it.  The bad part </summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/la-me-endtimes22jun22,0,1974441.story?page=2&amp;track=mostemailedlink' title='Apocalypse Soon'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/feeds/115098470236396298/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13786298&amp;postID=115098470236396298' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/115098470236396298'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/115098470236396298'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/2006/06/apocalypse-soon.html' title='Apocalypse Soon'/><author><name>Dr. Duke Nukem, Ph.D.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17354354143375716249</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://money.cnn.com/2003/06/11/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/dnf.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13786298.post-114988958080605012</id><published>2006-06-09T14:44:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-06-09T14:46:20.820-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Flying?  No ID?  No problem!</title><summary type='text'>This is fantastic.  I really am tempted to trying this out, but maybe not for my upcoming business-related trip.  Best quote: "My identity has nothing to do with the real risk".  My friends, truer words have not been spoken. What's my motherfuckin' name?</summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,71115-0.html?tw=rss.index' title='Flying?  No ID?  No problem!'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/feeds/114988958080605012/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13786298&amp;postID=114988958080605012' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/114988958080605012'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/114988958080605012'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/2006/06/flying-no-id-no-problem.html' title='Flying?  No ID?  No problem!'/><author><name>Dr. Duke Nukem, Ph.D.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17354354143375716249</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://money.cnn.com/2003/06/11/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/dnf.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13786298.post-114910301335089639</id><published>2006-05-31T12:15:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-05-31T12:16:53.363-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Those Crazy Malaysians!</title><summary type='text'>Hmmm...can anyone provide me with some sort of social or cultural context to understand why cutting off one's own penis is a successful retort to accusations of infidelity?  Maybe the dude just wanted to be a lady.  Perhaps it really is just that simple.</summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.boston.com/news/odd/articles/2006/05/30/man_severs_penis_to_prove_faithfulness/' title='Those Crazy Malaysians!'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/feeds/114910301335089639/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13786298&amp;postID=114910301335089639' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/114910301335089639'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/114910301335089639'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/2006/05/those-crazy-malaysians.html' title='Those Crazy Malaysians!'/><author><name>Dr. Duke Nukem, Ph.D.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17354354143375716249</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://money.cnn.com/2003/06/11/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/dnf.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13786298.post-114805667450670284</id><published>2006-05-19T09:36:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-05-19T09:37:54.520-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Hello Xenophobia!</title><summary type='text'>First the dumb immigration shit (which, btw, is getting even more ridiculous.  The senate passed a bill on the mega-fence earlier this week, then outdid themselves by passing an 'English-Only' amendement yesterday.  I need to continue my search for a new party), and now this.  God I hope the Beeb got this one wrong.</summary><link rel='related' href='http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4997288.stm' title='Hello Xenophobia!'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/feeds/114805667450670284/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13786298&amp;postID=114805667450670284' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/114805667450670284'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/114805667450670284'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/2006/05/hello-xenophobia.html' title='Hello Xenophobia!'/><author><name>Dr. Duke Nukem, Ph.D.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17354354143375716249</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://money.cnn.com/2003/06/11/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/dnf.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13786298.post-114790899505790160</id><published>2006-05-17T16:35:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-05-17T16:36:35.070-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Anyone Remember This?</title><summary type='text'>I guess it's all this WTC talk that made me remember it.</summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.snopes.com/rumors/cool.htm' title='Anyone Remember This?'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/feeds/114790899505790160/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13786298&amp;postID=114790899505790160' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/114790899505790160'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/114790899505790160'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/2006/05/anyone-remember-this.html' title='Anyone Remember This?'/><author><name>Dr. Duke Nukem, Ph.D.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17354354143375716249</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://money.cnn.com/2003/06/11/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/dnf.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13786298.post-114788341934901151</id><published>2006-05-17T09:24:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-05-17T09:30:19.366-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Brain Food and Eye Candy</title><summary type='text'>Two links for y'all.  The first item of note is that the trailer for Oliver Stone's September 11th flick Ground Zero America: World Trade Center was released today and can be seen here.  Unfortunately my Quicktime setup is on the fritz right now, so I can't comment on it yet.  The second item is a bit longer but of more substance.  It is the video of last weekend's edition of NOW with David </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/feeds/114788341934901151/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13786298&amp;postID=114788341934901151' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/114788341934901151'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/114788341934901151'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/2006/05/brain-food-and-eye-candy.html' title='Brain Food and Eye Candy'/><author><name>Dr. Duke Nukem, Ph.D.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17354354143375716249</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://money.cnn.com/2003/06/11/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/dnf.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13786298.post-114778353901591277</id><published>2006-05-16T05:22:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-05-16T05:46:51.116-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Baseball and Immigration</title><summary type='text'>MLB owns...well, everything! I find this entire article preposterous. The fact that MLB is trying to say that they own numbers produced by the players? What kind of nonsense is this. Is there even merit to this case? MLB, as much as I love baseball, has got very little going for it. The World Series has seen a steady decline since it's first broadcast. Fantasy Baseball is what's keepin em alive, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/feeds/114778353901591277/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13786298&amp;postID=114778353901591277' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/114778353901591277'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/114778353901591277'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/2006/05/baseball-and-immigration.html' title='Baseball and Immigration'/><author><name>A^2</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09696878763270050157</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13786298.post-114749764137212570</id><published>2006-05-12T21:42:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-05-12T22:21:10.690-07:00</updated><title type='text'>My Bad...Not Exactly</title><summary type='text'>Alright.  Let me first apologize for this post, as I hate to use this space to editorialize -- wait, what the fuck am I talking about?  I always editorialize here.  Let me clarify.  I don't typically like to use this space to editorialize about my own life, but I will break that trend for once.  As of today, I am no longer an auto accident virgin.  On my way home from work, I was clipped by some </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/feeds/114749764137212570/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13786298&amp;postID=114749764137212570' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/114749764137212570'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/114749764137212570'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/2006/05/my-badnot-exactly.html' title='My Bad...Not Exactly'/><author><name>Dr. Duke Nukem, Ph.D.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17354354143375716249</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://money.cnn.com/2003/06/11/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/dnf.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13786298.post-114737502653437568</id><published>2006-05-11T12:08:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-05-11T21:44:13.156-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Things that Make You Go Hmmm....</title><summary type='text'>Let's see...Poor foreign policy? Yup.Shortsighted fiscal policy? You bet.Reckless disregard for human life? Yes and double yes.Human rights violations? Check.Civil Rights violations? Damn straight.This leaves me with only one question:  what's next -- Anal rape?  Jesus christ!WARNING: That last link is ABSOLUTELY NSFW.  Do not, under any circumstances, open that last link at work.In fact, don't </summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/11/washington/11cnd-phone.html?hp&amp;ex=1147406400&amp;en=9ebc2132b83f0bfd&amp;ei=5094&amp;partner=homepage' title='Things that Make You Go Hmmm....'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/feeds/114737502653437568/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13786298&amp;postID=114737502653437568' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/114737502653437568'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/114737502653437568'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/2006/05/things-that-make-you-go-hmmm.html' title='Things that Make You Go Hmmm....'/><author><name>Dr. Duke Nukem, Ph.D.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17354354143375716249</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://money.cnn.com/2003/06/11/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/dnf.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13786298.post-114711064659292128</id><published>2006-05-08T10:49:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-05-08T10:50:46.606-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Whatever Happened To...</title><summary type='text'>...the immigration debate?  Certainly seems to have jumped the shark, if you will.Guess it wasn't so important after all.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/feeds/114711064659292128/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13786298&amp;postID=114711064659292128' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/114711064659292128'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/114711064659292128'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/2006/05/whatever-happened-to.html' title='Whatever Happened To...'/><author><name>Dr. Duke Nukem, Ph.D.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17354354143375716249</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://money.cnn.com/2003/06/11/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/dnf.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13786298.post-114665913333838238</id><published>2006-05-03T05:17:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-05-03T05:30:03.283-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Entropia Universe</title><summary type='text'>First read the article. I discovered this yesterday while looking for the NYTimes review bashing IE (if you've never used or seen any other browser, then you'll love the new IE). First article in the Tech section was about an MMO, Project Entropia or Entropia Universe.So I read this article, it's quite nuts. Implications are very fascinating. It's an MMO in the sense, that you log on, you do </summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/02/arts/02entr.html' title='Entropia Universe'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/feeds/114665913333838238/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13786298&amp;postID=114665913333838238' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/114665913333838238'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/114665913333838238'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/2006/05/entropia-universe.html' title='Entropia Universe'/><author><name>A^2</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09696878763270050157</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13786298.post-114625269305766756</id><published>2006-04-28T12:18:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-04-28T12:31:33.073-07:00</updated><title type='text'>QoTD: Will You See United 93 ?</title><summary type='text'>OK, so read the review first.  Then continue reading this post....Short pause to read review...Good.  So let's start with the basics.  Paul Greengrass is a very talented director.  Bloody Sunday is possibly one of the better movies I've seen, and I thoroughly enjoyed The Bourne Supremacy.  And no, I categorically do not think it is too soon for a movie about September 11.  But I am not going to </summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/28/movies/28unit.html' title='QoTD: Will You See &lt;i&gt;United 93&lt;/i&gt; ?'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/feeds/114625269305766756/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13786298&amp;postID=114625269305766756' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/114625269305766756'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/114625269305766756'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/2006/04/qotd-will-you-see-united-93.html' title='QoTD: Will You See &lt;i&gt;United 93&lt;/i&gt; ?'/><author><name>Dr. Duke Nukem, Ph.D.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17354354143375716249</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://money.cnn.com/2003/06/11/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/dnf.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13786298.post-114588622185197985</id><published>2006-04-24T05:55:00.004-07:00</published><updated>2006-04-24T06:43:41.876-07:00</updated><title type='text'>More from Capitol Hill</title><summary type='text'>Your voted peers have returned from their off-shore oil-boat cruises and are back to work. Working hard to protect America against home-owners from recording movies, I mean against terrorism. A new copyright act, I mean anti-terrorism act is going to be proposed. It really irks me that they are proposing something more restrictive than the DMCA, but covering it up as if it is needed to fight </summary><link rel='related' href='http://news.com.com/Congress+readies+new+digital+copyright+bill/2100-1028_3-6064016.html?tag=nefd.top' title='More from Capitol Hill'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/feeds/114588622185197985/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13786298&amp;postID=114588622185197985' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/114588622185197985'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/114588622185197985'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/2006/04/more-from-capitol-hill_114588622185197985.html' title='More from Capitol Hill'/><author><name>A^2</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09696878763270050157</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13786298.post-114468743423828716</id><published>2006-04-10T09:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-04-10T09:43:54.256-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Good Show!</title><summary type='text'>Wow...My jaw dropped when I heard this.  The following are Bob Scheiffer's closing comments from this past Sunday's Face The Nation.  Very well put, if I do say so myself.Well, here we go again, another legislative deal, this time it was the immigration bill that hascollapsed. But as senators ran for the door on another two-week vacation, they promised to try towork something out when they got </summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.cbsnews.com/htdocs/pdf/face_040906.pdf' title='Good Show!'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/feeds/114468743423828716/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13786298&amp;postID=114468743423828716' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/114468743423828716'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/114468743423828716'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/2006/04/good-show.html' title='Good Show!'/><author><name>Dr. Duke Nukem, Ph.D.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17354354143375716249</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://money.cnn.com/2003/06/11/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/dnf.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13786298.post-114442595260363487</id><published>2006-04-07T09:03:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-04-07T09:05:53.976-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Bullshit!</title><summary type='text'>Note to self: after committing a heinous crime, cook up some bizzare story involving religion.  Be acquitted several weeks later by reason of insanity.  WTF?  Is this legal proof that religion causes insanity, and that religious zealots are, in fact, insane?  FUCK YEA!</summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/04/07/severed.arms.ap/index.html' title='Bullshit!'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/feeds/114442595260363487/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13786298&amp;postID=114442595260363487' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/114442595260363487'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/114442595260363487'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/2006/04/bullshit.html' title='Bullshit!'/><author><name>Dr. Duke Nukem, Ph.D.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17354354143375716249</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://money.cnn.com/2003/06/11/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/dnf.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13786298.post-114434262311277532</id><published>2006-04-06T09:29:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-04-06T09:57:03.173-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Scapegoat</title><summary type='text'>There are lots of things I don't agree with.  Most of all, I really try to be rational in the face of highly charged, emotional issues.  Why do I seem to be the only one who even gives a damn about trying?  This whole trial is a fucking sham.  Remove yourself from the horror and magnitude of what happened and think about it.  I know it's hard -- I was there folks -- but continuing down the blind </summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-Moussaoui.html?hp&amp;ex=1144382400&amp;en=22918c170b9b14a9&amp;ei=5094&amp;partner=homepage' title='Scapegoat'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/feeds/114434262311277532/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13786298&amp;postID=114434262311277532' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/114434262311277532'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/114434262311277532'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/2006/04/scapegoat.html' title='Scapegoat'/><author><name>Dr. Duke Nukem, Ph.D.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17354354143375716249</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://money.cnn.com/2003/06/11/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/dnf.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13786298.post-114416726086784247</id><published>2006-04-04T08:59:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-04-04T09:14:20.886-07:00</updated><title type='text'>An Open Letter to Tom "The Hammer" DeLay</title><summary type='text'>Dear 'Hammer',I was saddened to hear that you were dropping your bid for re-election.  In a public statement, you mentioned that the decision was motivated by a "refus[al] to allow liberal Democrats an opportunity to steal this seat with a negative personal campaign".  Interestingly enough, you make no mention of the total embarassment of having your ass handed to you by your enraged constituents</summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/04/04/delay.election/index.html' title='An Open Letter to Tom &quot;The Hammer&quot; DeLay'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/feeds/114416726086784247/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13786298&amp;postID=114416726086784247' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/114416726086784247'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/114416726086784247'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/2006/04/open-letter-to-tom-hammer-delay.html' title='An Open Letter to Tom &quot;The Hammer&quot; DeLay'/><author><name>Dr. Duke Nukem, Ph.D.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17354354143375716249</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://money.cnn.com/2003/06/11/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/dnf.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13786298.post-114306608498431946</id><published>2006-03-22T14:20:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-03-22T14:25:52.096-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Ambassador to Armenia Loses Job For saying "GENOCIDE" and "Armenia" In The Same Sentence</title><summary type='text'>I am sick of this BULLSHIT! the definition of GENOCIDE is: the intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group. So how can the US be such a hypocrite? easy... ignore reality and when turkey turns out to be like the taliban/al queada, blame the liberal media...</summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-ed-armenia22mar22,0,7968175.story?coll=la-home-commentary' title='Ambassador to Armenia Loses Job For saying &quot;GENOCIDE&quot; and &quot;Armenia&quot; In The Same Sentence'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/feeds/114306608498431946/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13786298&amp;postID=114306608498431946' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/114306608498431946'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/114306608498431946'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/2006/03/ambassador-to-armenia-loses-job-for.html' title='Ambassador to Armenia Loses Job For saying &quot;GENOCIDE&quot; and &quot;Armenia&quot; In The Same Sentence'/><author><name>noonay</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15542190504206412867</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://www.themoderatevoice.com/files/joe-joe-Clinton,_Hillary-small.1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13786298.post-114306598608362102</id><published>2006-03-22T14:16:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-03-22T14:19:46.086-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Global Warming My Ass - says the white house</title><summary type='text'>Number 11 of 14 defining characteristics of FACISM!- Disdain for Intellectuals and the Arts - Fascist nations tend to promote and tolerate open hostility to higher education, and academia. It is not uncommon for professors and other academics to be censored or even arrested. Free expression in the arts and letters is openly attacked. Here for all other characteristics -&gt; http://www.rense.com/</summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/03/17/60minutes/main1415985_page3.shtml' title='Global Warming My Ass - says the white house'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/feeds/114306598608362102/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13786298&amp;postID=114306598608362102' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/114306598608362102'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/114306598608362102'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/2006/03/global-warming-my-ass-says-white-house.html' title='Global Warming My Ass - says the white house'/><author><name>noonay</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15542190504206412867</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://www.themoderatevoice.com/files/joe-joe-Clinton,_Hillary-small.1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13786298.post-114304961235151935</id><published>2006-03-22T09:46:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-03-22T09:46:52.370-08:00</updated><title type='text'>A Sticky Situation</title><summary type='text'>As I always say, stupid shit happens to stupid people.  Nothing more to be said.</summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/03/21/mud.death.ap/index.html' title='A Sticky Situation'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/feeds/114304961235151935/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13786298&amp;postID=114304961235151935' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/114304961235151935'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/114304961235151935'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/2006/03/sticky-situation.html' title='A Sticky Situation'/><author><name>Dr. Duke Nukem, Ph.D.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17354354143375716249</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://money.cnn.com/2003/06/11/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/dnf.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13786298.post-114236140579432202</id><published>2006-03-14T10:30:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-03-14T10:36:45.813-08:00</updated><title type='text'>You Don't Say!</title><summary type='text'>A follow up to a story we posted last month.  And now, a quiz:What's more likely to cause death -- a usually benign condition or a 20 minute beating at the hands of several large overweight testosterone freaks with funny hats?  Fucking fry 'em all, let god sort 'em out.  I hope wherever that poor kid is now, he gets his chance for venganza.</summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/14/AR2006031400405.html' title='You Don&apos;t Say!'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/feeds/114236140579432202/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13786298&amp;postID=114236140579432202' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/114236140579432202'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/114236140579432202'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/2006/03/you-dont-say.html' title='You Don&apos;t Say!'/><author><name>Dr. Duke Nukem, Ph.D.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17354354143375716249</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://money.cnn.com/2003/06/11/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/dnf.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13786298.post-114228137736260812</id><published>2006-03-13T12:21:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-03-13T12:22:57.376-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Character Is Defined As:</title><summary type='text'>Anyone?  "...how a man acts when no one is watching".  This Op-Ed makes a good point: do good religous folk possess more character than the godless, or less?  Do they act righteous because they feel it is right, or because they fear that they are being watched?</summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/17/opinion/17kurzweiljoy.html?ex=1287201600&amp;en=29351015130c0ebf&amp;ei=5090&amp;partner=rssuserland&amp;emc=rss' title='Character Is Defined As:'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/feeds/114228137736260812/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13786298&amp;postID=114228137736260812' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/114228137736260812'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/114228137736260812'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/2006/03/character-is-defined-as.html' title='Character Is Defined As:'/><author><name>Dr. Duke Nukem, Ph.D.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17354354143375716249</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://money.cnn.com/2003/06/11/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/dnf.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13786298.post-114227631907254234</id><published>2006-03-13T10:55:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-03-13T10:58:39.086-08:00</updated><title type='text'>What If...</title><summary type='text'>The link above is to a 60 Minutes story from this past weekend about current research into the origins of sexual orientation (definitely worth a read -- some bizzare findings).  So here's an interesting mind-bender for all you:If it is proven that sexual orientation is a genetically-determined characteristic, and pre-natal tests could reveal a fetus' sexual preference, would bible-thumping </summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/03/09/60minutes/main1385230.shtml' title='What If...'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/feeds/114227631907254234/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13786298&amp;postID=114227631907254234' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/114227631907254234'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/114227631907254234'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/2006/03/what-if.html' title='What If...'/><author><name>Dr. Duke Nukem, Ph.D.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17354354143375716249</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://money.cnn.com/2003/06/11/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/dnf.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13786298.post-114201204050266668</id><published>2006-03-10T09:31:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-03-10T09:34:00.560-08:00</updated><title type='text'>It was only a Matter of Time...</title><summary type='text'>...and now, it's only a matter of time until thisBTW, I think Aaron McGruder should sue the pants off these people.</summary><link rel='related' href='http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2362369' title='It was only a Matter of Time...'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/feeds/114201204050266668/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13786298&amp;postID=114201204050266668' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/114201204050266668'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13786298/posts/default/114201204050266668'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thefourthcircle.blogspot.com/2006/03/it-was-only-matter-of-time.html' title='It was only a Matter of Time...'/><author><name>Dr. Duke Nukem, Ph.D.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17354354143375716249</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://money.cnn.com/2003/06/11/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/dnf.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
