Evel is gone from the world Robert Craig “Evel” Knievel, Jr. (October 17, 1938 – November 30, 2007) was a motorcycle daredevil who has been a household name since the late 1960s, and arguably the most iconic motorbike stuntman of all time. Evel Knievel’s highly publicized motorcycle jumps, including his attempt to jump over the …

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Not your average beadwork. Natasha St. Michael creates organic-inspired structures from beads. Lots and lots of beads. I mean, wow, that’s a lotta beads.

Funny Cracked article about nine “badass” parts of the Bible.  (When did Sylvester P. Smythe’s humor magazine start using such naughty words?)   We’ve all been there. You’re walking along, minding your own business, when a gang of cocky, young bastards start hurling abuse at you. Most of us would just keep walking, or maybe, …

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“Officer, I don’t know why you’re doing what you’re doing.” Refusing to sign a speeding citation in Vernal, Utah? That’s a tasing. Requesting an investigation of the incident? That sounds like a job for YouTube. And if you sit through the entire thing, you can hear the officer creatively describe the encounter to a fellow …

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A mouse resistant to cancer, even highly-aggressive types, has been created by researchers at the University of Kentucky. The breakthrough stems from a discovery by UK College of Medicine professor of radiation medicine Vivek Rangnekar and a team of researchers who found a tumor-suppressor gene called “Par-4″ in the prostate.   The researchers discovered that the …

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A British government minister has promised to “consider” a redesign of the Union Jack Apparently, the Welsh aren’t happy because their country isn’t represented in the current design. So they want to put a dragon on it. Yep, a dragon.

Is it just me, or are a lot of people getting zapped by tazers lately with very adverse effects? I’ve read a ton/seen a ton in the news, and its getting rather disturbing. A buddy of mine tazer’d me once as a test (I was a willing subject) and I was fine… Now its starting …

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Here’s a video of the distraught non-Engish speaking man from Poland who died from being tasered at the Vancouver Airport. He can be seen throwing a chair and trying break other things. When security arrives, he calms down and doesn’t appear to be acting in a threatening manner. It’s hard to tell though, because the …

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From the BBC: The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) in England is investigating an incident involving police who tasered a man in a coma because he was unresponsive. Mr Gaubert said he was on his way to meet friends when he suffered a hypoglycaemic fit on the bus which left him slumped on his seat …

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In this youtube clip, Daily Show writer Jason Rothman delivers an hilarious monologue about the Writers’ Guild strike against the studios, who claim that they can’t compensate writers for digital media because no one knows how much this stuff is worth. The clip delivers a Daily Show-style montage of coverage from the $1 billion+ Viacom …

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