: 12 cartoon characters your taxes paid for

These are cartoon characters created by government agencies.

Apart from Captain Cleanwater (above) these aren't actually too bad with the "Inventor Trading Cards" being quite an ambitious project!

12 cartoon characters your taxes paid for (http://money.msn.com/now/12-cartoon-characters-your-taxes-paid-for#scpshrjmd)

Children’s Books That Have Been Banned - Including Where's Waldo!

Who'd have thought it?  There was actually a topless woman in one of those Waldo pictures!  That should give the little boys more incentive!

15 Classic Children's Books That Have Been Banned In America
http://www.buzzfeed.com/spenceralthouse/classic-childrens-books-that-have-been-banned-in-america

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Apple links part of Tim Cook’s compensation directly to stock performance - Shock, Horror!

Surely the only remarkable thing about Tim Cook's bonus being related to the price of stock is that it wasn't the case in the first place!

Apple links part of Tim Cook's compensation directly to stock performance
http://gigaom.com/2013/06/21/apple-links-part-of-tim-cooks-compensation-directly-to-stock-performance/

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14 Must Poop Places

Most of these are really quite clever, although I think the urine controlled video game may prove messy!

14 Places You Have To Poop At Before You Die
http://www.buzzfeed.com/spenceralthouse/places-you-have-to-poop-at-before-you-die

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'Anti-Pervert Stockings'

These are so wrong in so many ways:

The thing is, one of the consequences may be that they may actually attract perverts...

These Hairy 'Anti-Pervert Stockings' Are Big in China
http://gawker.com/these-hairy-anti-pervert-stockings-are-big-in-china-514083632

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Article: 'Happy Birthday' lawsuit demands Warner Music pay back millions in royalties

Whilst I think that the composer of a song should be fairly compensated for their work (else we'd never have any songs!) it does seem that Happy Birthday To You has been around forever and should be in the public domain.

'Happy Birthday' lawsuit demands Warner Music pay back millions in royalties
http://www.theverge.com/2013/6/14/4429412/happy-birthday-lawsuit-demands-warner-music-pay-back-royalites

Professor Discovers New Human Body Part

This is pretty cool. A new body part!

Well, it's always been there we just didn't know it.  

Professor Discovers New Human Body Part
http://mashable.com/2013/06/13/professor-discovers-new-human-body-part/?utm_cid=Mash-Product-RSS-Pheedo-All-Partial

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French court orders Apple to pay $6.5M copyright tax on iPads, country mulls future cultural levies

It seems like it's getting harder and harder to justify operating in France for lots of companies but particularly American and/or tech companies.

I hope it doesn't come to companies ony toting or deprioritizing France.  Hat would be a shame.

French court orders Apple to pay $6.5M copyright tax on iPads, country mulls future cultural levies
http://paidcontent.org/2013/06/03/french-court-orders-apple-to-pay-6-5-million-copyright-tax-on-ipads-country-mulls-future-cultural-levies/

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