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Pennsylvania's Attorney General Is Convicted on All Counts

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Pennsylvania's Attorney General Is Convicted on All Counts Kathleen Kane was convicted Monday night of nine charges, including perjury and criminal conspiracy. Kane leaked secret grand jury documents to the media to discredit a political rival and then lied to cover it up.

Pennsylvania's Attorney General Is Convicted on All Counts

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Pennsylvania's Attorney General Is Convicted on All Counts

Serious Academics Are Full of Shit

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Serious Academics Are Full of Shit

Serious Academics Are Full of Shit

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Serious Academics Are Full of Shit These fun-hating, highfalutin’ smarties have fought to maintain an exclusive and exclusionary scholastic environment since the first Ivory Towers were built.

Picture of the day for August 18, 2016

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Fences in the morning in the hamlet Börnste in Kirchspiel, Dülmen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Picture of the day for August 18, 2016

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Picture of the day on August 18, 2016: Fences in the morning in the hamlet Börnste in Kirchspiel, Dülmen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Article of the day for August 18, 2016

The Article of the day for August 18, 2016 is Tjioeng Wanara . Tjioeng Wanara is a 1941 film from the Dutch East Indies (modern-day Indonesia) directed and produced by Jo Eng Sek as the second production by Star Film. Starring R Sukran, Elly Joenara, and AB Djoenaedi, the film depicts the political manipulations in the Sundanese kingdom of Galuh, where a young prince named Tjioeng Wanara must reclaim his throne. The film, which was adapted by Rd Ariffien from the Sundanese legend of the same name, was the first colossal production in the Indies, featuring more than 500 people in supporting roles and as extras. Tjioeng Wanara was released on 18 August 1941. Advertisements emphasised that the scholar Poerbatjaraka had served as the historical adviser and that the film was based on the version of the legend published by Balai Pustaka, the official publisher of the Dutch colonial government. The film premiered to commercial success, but received mixed reviews. Following the film's rel...

Article of the day for August 18, 2016

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Article of the day is Tjioeng Wanara. Check it out: http://ift.tt/1oWeX6W

How Imperfections Could Bring Down The World’s Most Perfect Statue

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How Imperfections Could Bring Down The World’s Most Perfect Statue "My obsession with the flaws, reproductions and potential collapse of Michelangelo’s masterpiece."

Follow The Skatepark Rules, Or This Security Guard Will Steal Your Bike And Show You Up

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Follow The Skatepark Rules, Or This Security Guard Will Steal Your Bike And Show You Up While this Estonian skatepark was holding a skate competition, a troublemaking BMX rider thought it would be okay if he rode the unused ramps. It was not okay, and the most awesome security guard taught him that in the gnarliest fashion. August 17, 2016 at 03:57PM

How Imperfections Could Bring Down The World’s Most Perfect Statue

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How Imperfections Could Bring Down The World’s Most Perfect Statue

hoover: Word of the day for August 18, 2016

hoover , v : (transitive, Britain) To clean (a room, etc.) with a vacuum cleaner, irrespective of brand. (intransitive, Britain) To use a vacuum cleaner, irrespective of brand. (transitive) To suck in or inhale, as if by a vacuum cleaner. William Henry “Boss” Hoover, who founded The Hoover Company with his son Herbert William Hoover, Sr., was born on this day in 1849.

hoover: Word of the day for August 18, 2016

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Word of the day is hoover : (transitive, Britain) To clean (a room, etc.) with a vacuum cleaner, irrespective of brand. (intransitive, Britain) To use a vacuum cleaner, irrespective of brand. (transitive) To suck in or inhale, as if by a vacuum cleaner. William Henry “Boss” Hoover, who founded The Hoover Company with his son Herbert William Hoover, Sr., was born on this day in 1849.

Follow The Skatepark Rules, Or This Security Guard Will Steal Your Bike And Show You Up

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Follow The Skatepark Rules, Or This Security Guard Will Steal Your Bike And Show You Up