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Leaked: Homer To Vote For Obama
Offbeat  (tags: americans, elections, obama, mccain, funny, humor )

Gwen
- 8 days ago - wjno.com
In an episode of 'The Simpsons' slated to run November 2, Homer Simpson will vote for Barack Obama. As Homer tries to vote for Obama, a machine changes the vote to McCain and proceeds to kill him.
So You Want to Boycott Israel?
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Offbeat  (tags: Israel, Jews, boycott )

Marc
- 22 days ago - youtube.com
With all the Israel bashing going on, I would like to raise the attention to some positive sides of Israel. It's pretty funny, even if you do not like Israel.
Underground Wonders of the World: Lost Caverns and Buried Cities
Offbeat  (tags: photos, wonders of the world, underground wonders, lost caverns, buried cities, history, travel, underground, urban, unusual )

Marion
- 8 days ago - weburbanist.com
The world is full of wonders, from abandoned towns and deserted settlements to underwater cities and underground architecture. Humans burrow into the Earth out of anything from necessity to superstition, driven by coincidence or coerced by circumstance.
Art Really Is for Dummies!
Offbeat  (tags: Art? Culture? Bizarre )

Ben
- 11 days ago - entertainment.timesonline.co.uk
A Mannequin on the loo and broken crockery... The pickled animals, elephant dung and stained bed of previous years may seem like a hard act to follow, but the Tate is once again courting controversy with the 2008 Turner Prize.
Try It: 'Take a Child Outside Week'
Offbeat  (tags: take a child outside week, nature, hike, explore, play, have fun )

Kathy
- 17 days ago - poconorecord.com
When I used to do nature programs in elementary schools, the most common question I received from the eager upturned faces was: "Is it real?" (What? You thought I brought fake nature?)
A Moody Gardens Penguin's-Eye View of Ike
Offbeat  (tags: penguins view, hurricane, IKE )

Kathy
- 16 days ago - chron.com
The majority of the Aquarium Pyramid's 10,000 marine animals survived, largely because the staff provided life support with oxygen tanks and air rocks until power was regained first with emergency generators and then stabilized with the property's own
The Dragonfly With A Smile On Her Face
Offbeat  (tags: animals, insects, funny, interesting, unusual, odd )

Tom
- 19 days ago - telegraph.co.uk
It may look like a computer-generated cartoon character, but this smiling dragonfly is the real deal. It has been identified by the British Dragonfly Society as a female Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea. They are "inquisitive" creatures not easily scared.
Medical Pot Smokers Can Light Up at Festival
Offbeat  (tags: AlternativeMed, AlternativeMed, health, interesting, medicine, news, prevention, research, society, americans, GoodNews, health, rights )

Summer
- 15 days ago - foxnews.com
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. -- Medical pot users got a high-five from the Santa Cruz City Council. The city's smoking ban is being lifted temporarily so medical pot patients can light up at a weekend marijuana festival.
Paul McCartney Kicks Off Tel Aviv Concert Amid Terror Threats
Offbeat  (tags: israel, entertainment, interesting, terrorist threats, performance )

Summer
- 15 days ago - foxnews.com
JERUSALEM -- Paul McCartney kicked off his concert in Tel Aviv on Thursday with the Beatles' familiar "Hello, Goodbye." But while the performance delighted about 40,000 cheering fans, the ex-Beatle was reportedly surrounded by a 5,000-strong security...
UK Experts Say Stonehenge Was Place of Healing
Offbeat  (tags: humans, interesting, society )

Gwen
- 17 days ago - news.yahoo.com
LONDON - The first excavation of Stonehenge in more than 40 years has uncovered evidence that the stone circle drew ailing pilgrims from around Europe for what they believed to be its healing properties, archaeologists said Monday
 
 
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