Drivers around these parts are used to keeping an eye for deer on the run from hunters,… 3

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Drivers around these parts are used to keeping an eye for deer on the run from hunters, but apparently pilots need to watch out as well.

US Customs Jet Destroyed By A DeerUS Customs Jet Destroyed By A Deer
A Cessna business jet owned by United States Customs and Border Protection was destroyed when it hit a deer while landing in South Carolina.A Cessna business jet owned by United States Customs and Bor…


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If I used an iOS device I wouldn't even consider using iCloud 1

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I use a MacBook pro and I've used Android phones for 3 years. Frankly apple is utterly clueless about anything online and doesn't really seem to care. I've never lost data with google, famous last words of course. However even if I mess up something myself Google keeps backups that I can restore. My Mac data gets synced with Google too and I also have local backups

Apple needs to learn how the Internet works before iCloud evaporates
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+The Onion strikes again! 1

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+The Onion strikes again!

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Wait, so you're saying Kim Jong Un isn't the 'Sexiest Man Alive'?

The online version of China's official commie rag, the People's Daily fell fell for an Onion story that said North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un is the "Sexiest Man Alive." 

They ran today a — wait for it! — 55-page photo spread as part of its coverage of Un being named "The Onion's Sexiest Man Alive for 2012."

They even quoted +The Onion: "With his devastatingly handsome, round face, his boyish charm, and his strong, sturdy frame, this Pyongyang-bred heartthrob is every woman's dream come true."

http://www.theatlanticwire.com/entertainment/2012/11/onion-convinces-actual-chinese-communists-kim-jong-un-actually-sexiest-man-alive/59339/

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Condors and vultures may not be pretty, but they sure are majestic

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Condors and vultures may not be pretty, but they sure are majestic

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California condors.

I took these pictures of some giant California condors at Big Sur on Father's Day. 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Condor

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Sur

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In the aggressive hands of the C&D editors, the #2013FordFusion  didn't… 2

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In the aggressive hands of the C&D editors, the #2013FordFusion  didn't hit the EPA fuel economy label numbers but it easily beat every other midsize sedan out there.

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2013 Ford Fusion Hybrid Tested: Detroit makes a hybrid with real-car refinement and sultry style.

Read the review: http://cardrive.co/6032pZAu
See photos: http://cardrive.co/6033pZAR

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Engine power has come a long way in the past 112 years 3

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Last week +Ford Motor Company announced that the tiny 1.0-liter EcoBoost three cylinder engine that we first saw in the 2010 Start concept http://www.autoblog.com/2010/04/23/beijing-2010-ford-start-concept/ in Beijing is coming to America. The first US market car to get the 1.0-liter is the 2014 Fiesta. 

With 123 horsepower/liter, the 1.0 has come a long way from the 999 racer of 1901.

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Is it a euphemism if it exactly describes what happened 1

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I love George Carlin's rant against the use of euphemisms in language.  We need to stop putting soft words on hard events. However, reading +Elon Musk's description of the failure of one of the 9 engines on the Falcon 9 rocket that recently completed a re-supply mission to the International Space Station has me thinking.

He referred to the event as a rapid unscheduled disassembly which is exactly what happened.  

Perhaps if he had amended that to rapid unscheduled and disorderly disassembly I'd be less troubled by the turn of phrase.

Or maybe I've just spent too much time working with PR people and I've become somewhat inoculated to language that I hate. Thoughts?

Falcon 9 RUD? Untitled Document
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Quickly throwing their losing candidate under the bus, core Republicans demonstrate…

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Quickly throwing their losing candidate under the bus, core Republicans demonstrate that their real problem is a complete lack of respect for everyone.

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Wham, Bam, Thank You, Mitt
TPM Reader JT has a few thoughts on Mitt getting the old heave-ho Honestly, I find this a bit disturbing. I mean, two weeks ago all these people were defending everything Romney said. He lost the elec…

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I wish I could get my pay tripled for being incompetent. 1

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I wish I could get my pay tripled for being incompetent.

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The story of how greedy managers killed the company that made Twinkies.

Poor management, not union intransigence, killed Hostess
Let’s get a few things clear. Hostess didn’t fail for any of the reasons you’ve been fed. It didn’t fail because Americans demanded more healthful food than its Twinkies and Ho-Hos snack cakes. It did…

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