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Harvard Prof Gates and cop who arrested him: Cousins!

Posted by Deuce Geary on July 29th, 2009

Well, kind of. Now that they know they’re related, maybe it will be easier to get together for that beer. From ABC News, not The Onion:
Henry Louis Gates Jr., the black professor at the center of the racial story involving his arrest outside his Harvard University-owned house, has spoken proudly of his Irish roots.
Strangely enough, [...]

Either this guy has balls the size of Pittsburgh, or this is a fake.

Posted by Deuce Geary on June 1st, 2009

I can’t make up my mind. I have several dozen skydives under my belt (gave it up when I got married — it’s not an easy sport to justify to your spouse). So, I’m familiar with the aerodynamics, and I know this is theoretically possible given the right slope . . . but this looks [...]

What really took down U.S. Airways Flight 1549?

Posted by Deuce Geary on January 22nd, 2009

Geese, you say? That’s only half the story. These were no ordinary geese.

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