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Emu Peck of the Week: FUH2

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The Emu Peck of the Week is a new weekly feature on TMR that will point you to something on “teh intrawebs” that especially stands out, and/or pleases the Giant Flying Beaver That Rules the Universe.

In the first ever installment of the Emu POTW, I’d like to bring your attention to an amazing little website called FUH2.

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Daily Show Dances on NYT’s Grave

It’s really amazing that a Comedy Central spoof news show has amassed so much clout that they can now openly mock New York Times executives in the New York Times’ own house.

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c
End Times
thedailyshow.com
Daily Show
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Political Humor Newt Gingrich Unedited Interview

Project Natal: The Wii Killer

Last night, Jimmy Fallon and his Brat Pack tried out a prototype version of Project Natal, Xbox 360s answer to Wii controllers…

Trent Reznor: Quitting Twitting?

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Brit news source TechCrunch is reporting that Trent Reznor is completely fed-up with his fanboy community on Twitter.

In his own words:

I will be tuning out of the social networking sites because at the end of the day it’s now doing more harm than good in the bigger picture and the experiment seems to have yielded a result. Idiots rule.”

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Let’s Define Free, Shall We?

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So, it’s that time of year…time to watch some people do some Shakespeare in some Park.

That’s right…today marks the first day of The Public Theater’s Shakespeare in the Park’s Twelfth Night.  They are ALL about bringing that famous bard to the people…for FREE!!!  Golly Gee, how nice of them!

I’m SO super excited, this being my favorite play and…OH MY GOD…Anne Hathaway!!!  Alright, get out your paper and pen: here are the two simple options for getting free tickets.

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Obama Budget Whiffs on Needle Exchange

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To the chagrin of progressives everywhere, the Obama budget was released last month without any alteration to the 20-year old ban on funding needle-exchange programs.

According to White House Spin Meister Ben LaBolt:

“We have not removed the ban in our budget proposal because we want to work with Congress and the American public to build support for this change.”

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Can’t touch this.

Words cannot describe how awesome this is.

Dig Dug: Rise of the Pookas

They can never make enough video game-themed movies for my taste (that is, if you disregard Resident Evil, Tomb Raider, and Street Fighter).

This one, by Black20, however, achieves instant classic status.

Speaking of Mashups…

I’m in a trailer-y mood, having spent the better part of the weekend on Smith & Zod. Here’s an amazing MacGuyver/Star Wars union that I missed the first time around…

Smith & Zod

And now, the world premiere of a new Mep trailer…

Everyone needs to be loved, even evil alien superbeings and cyber constructs. The following short is a tale of a love so powerful, it crossed movie trilogies, genders, and even parallel universes to come true.

This is the tale of Smith & Zod.

Feel free to  Digg this video.