They call them horrific torture devices, but I can think of several people who would deserve a few hours on at least one.

Pens out, please.

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Forbes' list of Hard Drinking Cities. Presented here is what boils down to America's Drunkest Cities, including it's drunkest city, Austin. These cities are borderline alcoholic cities, but are also some of the biggest party cities. For more info on the top alcohol drinking cities here's a link to the Forbes article - http://www.forbes.com/2008/08/07/alcohol-drinking-cities-forbeslife-drink08-cx_de_avb_0807hard.html

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Ever wanted to slap a politician? Get in line - you have to wait for the world's politicians to finish slapping - and frankly beating the living crap out of - each other first. I present to you the best examples of actual physical assaults between politicians from all around the world. Even a wish from a Miss America contestant wouldn't bring these people together (though a measely $10K from a lobbyist probably would).

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Worst cities & most dangerous cities in America, per capita. Murders listed by city. At this rate, murder is rapidly becoming a common occurrence in America's most dangerous cities, making it one of the fastest growing types of violent crime in some parts of the country.

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Universal healthcare is a big buzzword as congress debates Obama's healthcare plan. This list of the Top 50 Healthcare Systems Around The World comes courtest of the World Healthcare Organization, and is ranked from countries with the best national healthcare to countries with the worst healthcare plans. Some of these countries practice universal healthcare and some don't.

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Although I haven't been to all of these places, I've seen enough pictures to know that I probably don't want to visit, let alone live there.

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These countries have some sort of Universal Healthcare system,

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C'mon, sing it with me: "Aaaaaaaalabama, Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado...Connecticut." For real, am I the only person who remembers the State Song from 6th grade? What about "Fifty Nifty United States"?

Whatevs. Should you decide to go prancing through any of these backyards, kindly remember that somewhere in the dark recesses of a vinyl and linoleum strewn police station, an 80 yr old volunteer peace officer is poring over a yellowing copy of their Civil/Penal/Vehicle/Municipal code book and lovingly fingering their gold-plated honorary badge.

And with the unemployment rate hitting 10%, I say we bring back some of these jobs.

(I demand kudos for doing 50 items in alphabetical order...it's a pain in the ass)

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List of life expectancy by countries. The longevity of life in different countries in the world is found on this list and can be sorted by any column. List of life expectancy of countries is ordered by rank and can be copied or reordered to make your very own list of human longevity in countries.

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As of August 7th, 2009, these ten amazing individuals are still giving the Grim Reaper the finger and laughing with mirth.

Either that, or Grimmy's somewhere in the tropics, having a beer and predicting death dates on the beach. "I'll be seeing you in 10 years..20 years...oh wow, 80 years...aaaaand I've got an appointment with you tomor - oh, crap, can't you let me finish my beer? *sigh*."

Let's have a round (or 100) for the age-defying relics of past, present and future decades.

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We know the world's screwed. Just How screwed, and in what ways specifically?

"The world is a result of our thoughts and ideas. Therefore in order to Change it, we must first change the way we Think."-Albert Einstein

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