A new Rand Corporation report comprehensively surveys the ways that terrorist groups have been disbanded in the past: "Military force was rarely the primary reason a terrorist group ended." Instead, historic wars on terror have been won with policing and settlements. Rand's conclusion? To defeat Al Qaeda, we need to end the war on terror.

http://www.boingboing.net/2008/07/29/to-destroy-al-qaeda.html

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From the failblog - http://failblog.org/2008/07/03/sign-design-fail/ Google Maps FTW (Thx Qwertz): You can even see the signs on the street view, although someone seems to have run over a part of the signs on the left… no doubt trying to read it.

http://failblog.org/2008/07/03/sign-design-fail/

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Yes, I'm not posting anything on my blog for the time being because certain people are using the content I post to make my life uncomfortable annoying. BUT... you can't be mean about the Yod Hunt! So here it is!

http://yodhunt.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00cdf7eef41a094f00f48cdbc6e70003.html

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http://calliopeno8.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00ccff855d15985d00e398da5b6d0004.html

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And so, it's official now. Vox seems reluctant to provide the threaded comments support, but where's a will, there's a way, and I found the way (but only for users of Firefox and other such browsers, that support GreaseMonkey).

http://hack.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00e398c523ea000200e398c66f0f0003.html

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Post a track from your library that includes the artist/group spelling out (a) word(s). tags: mp3eme spelling bee

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Here is the contest: When you get assigned your person, you must write what your stalkerish dream date with that person would be like. Make it as scary or pathetic, long or short as you want. The winner might be one paragraph for all we know. Make sure to add the entry to the group along with what your number was.

http://stalkers.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00cdf7eef41a094f00e398b5a2830001.html

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Take a picture of something that would be easy to identify otherwise, except for the distance and angle of your picture.Show us something nobody (and I mean NOBODY) knows that you own.Show us your theory as to where Emily's monkey went (it still has NOT showed up, thanks post office!).Show us one place you would definitely NOT let your kids trick or treat.Take a picture somewhere you're not supposed to.

http://yodhunt.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00cdf7eef41a094f00e398b4ffc30004.html

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http://mp3eme.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00cd97849482f9cc00e398b4966a0004.html

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Dolores Umbridge was not having a good day. In fact, she hadn't had a thing to smile about ever since that hack J.K. Rowling had first named a character after her. It wasn't HER fault that little Jo Murray had nearly failed her writing examination while in the sixth form at Wyedean School - why did she have to go and brutally besmirch her good name in those "Harry Potter" novels? Nowadays, she couldn't introduce herself without evoking a snigger from the people around her. She could almost see their brains making the connection between her and the prissy, toad-like woman in those trashy stories. Children in her neighborhood made fun of her behind her back, imitating her walk and precise diction. Just as a flare of disgust at this thought ran through her head once again, an errant gust tugged at the umbrella in Dolores Umbridge's hand, snapping the cheap metal struts and flipping the whole mess of an umbrella inside out. Amidst jeers and catcalls from the children on a nearby football pitch, she increased her stride and continued the walk to her flat, where she could wrestle indignantly with the umbrella in the presence only of the kittens painted on her fine china plates.

http://captionbooth.groups.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c2251d92a98fdb00e398b051b00002.html

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POST A TRACK FROM YOUR COLLECTION THAT REFERENCES GODS, DEVILS, HEAVEN/HELL/PURGATORY BLASPHEMY, etc.... Get to it you heathens! tags: mp3eme heathens

http://daveraleigh1.vox.com/library/post/mp3eme-vox-are-you-there-god-its-me-vox.html

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