random thing that annoys me

How the christian radio station has this slogan set to a jingle that they repeat every 15 minutes or so: “uplifting and kids safe [name of radio station and channel]“
Does anyone except me find that extremely annoyingly superficial? Ok, so apparently this is the line that this Christian radio station thinks best describes this radio [...]

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yay!

this just in:
Court Ruling Keeps Taiwan’s Ma In Presidential Race
random:
First paragraph is obligatory blurb.
The two paragraphs are slightly amusing juxtaposed.
China has seen self-ruled Taiwan as part of its territory since the civil war of 1949, which sent the once dominant KMT fleeing to the island. Beijing has threatened to use force, if necessary, to bring [...]

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Things I really really like right now… 
ochazuke

nagaimo (preferably with ume sauce or mentaiko, but good any other way too)

pickled gobo

kanpyo (can’t find a picture)
…Ok maybe just about any (real) japanese food item…sushi not so much, because it’s so expensive to go to a good sushi restaurant. (Worst sushi experience ever: I happen to look down [...]

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Murder, Once Removed

American Exception
Murder, Once Removed
This is the second in an occasional series of articles that will examine commonplace aspects of the American justice system that are actually unique in the world.
Serving Life for Providing Car to Killers
Early in the morning of March 10, 2003, after a raucous party that lasted into the small hours, a groggy [...]

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I look down at the menu and say to Pockey, “Okay, I know my Cantonese is barely passable and my Mandarin is non-existent, but you have got to tell me what 303 is.”She says “What number?””Sam ling sam”She finds it and starts laughing.It is Stir-fried wikipedia.
I’ve been to this restaurant and it’s pretty good. [...]

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