Words to live by

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Given that harsh reality, Arturo Rubio, a former cop and now Falcone’s training partner, injects a little humor offering some sure-fire tactics of his own: “If there’s a lot of them (cartel gunmen) then run. If there’s only a few, then hide. And if there’s absolutely nobody then charge my valiant comrades, we were born to die.”

via Bodyguards aim to kill in Mexico drug war – CNN.com.

The OK Go Video: Playing With the Speed of Time

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“The fastest we go is 172,800x, compressing 24 hours of real time into a blazing 1/2 second. The slowest is 1/32x speed, stretching a mere 1/2 second of real time into a whopping 16 seconds. This gives us a fastest to slowest ratio of 5.5 million. If you like averages, the average speed up factor of the band dancing is 270x. In total we shot 18 hours of the band dancing and 192 hours of LA skyline timelapse – over a million frames of video – and compressed it all down to 4 minutes and 30 seconds! Oh and don’t forget, it’s one continuous camera shot.”

via The OK Go Video: Playing With the Speed of Time | Discoblog | Discover Magazine.

Suspect’s mom: Son ‘stupid kid,’ not a terrorist – CNN.com

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“Another image — from late in 2008 — shows Almonte at a different rally, holding a poster that says “Death to all Juice” (sic.) It’s not clear whether that rally was organized by the Islamic Thinkers Society.”

The “stupid kid” thing is pretty obvious. I am not sure about the “not a terrorist” part.

via Suspect’s mom: Son ‘stupid kid,’ not a terrorist – CNN.com.

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I want to be clear on this. When I say that if you are under 6’2″ and you sit in the exit row, I hate you, I am not joking.

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But the only reason I hate you so much and won’t shut up about this is because you are horrible horrible exit row stealing people.

Ways our kids try to get out of being in trouble

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In my continuing attempts to turn this exclusively into a link and cute stuff my kid’s say so blog that no one will ever read again…

“Because, I’m just too little to know. I mean, just look at the size of my hands! (holding them up) Pretty tiny!”

-Anna

“But I have liberty, this is America!”

-Reese

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LifeLock CEO’s Identity Stolen 13 Times

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You know that identity theft protection service, LifeLock, who’s CEO is so confident in their service that he publishes his Social Security # in their advertisments?

He has had his identity stolen 13 times!

Lifelock promised in ads that its $10 monthly service would protect consumers from identity theft. The company also offered a $1 million guarantee to compensate customers for losses incurred if they became a victim after signing up for the service. The FTC called the claims bogus and accused LifeLock of operating a scam.

“In truth, the protection they provided left such a large hole … that you could drive that truck through it,” said FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz, referring to a LifeLock TV ad showing a truck painted with Davis’s Social Security number driving around city streets.

Davis’ history as an identity-theft victim would seem to call into question the company’s ability to protect consumers from a similar fate.

via LifeLock CEO’s Identity Stolen 13 Times | Threat Level | Wired.com.