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Jet-propelled calamari: Rare photos of squid species that can leap through the air to dodge predators
Science, Blinding
QCut
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Global Housing Boom
Matthew Hoh's Afghanistan: An Insider Talks
Why is Obama leaving the grass roots on the sidelines?
The Unorthodox Solution: Embracing Pluralism and Reason in Israeli Society
Yglesias vs. Yglesias: Hamster Cage Match
Extreme Inequality Helped Cause Both the Great Depression and the Current Economic Crisis
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Most of you know I'm not very into politics...but I do have two political weblogs in my RSS which pound it hard, Matt Yglesias on the "Left" and Daniel Larison on the "Right."1 I humbly request that Robert Wrig
In the movie Quiz Show, which is about the quiz show scandals of the 1950s (and a wonderful period piece), there is a scene at the end of the movie which has always stuck with me.
I'm no great fan of DailyKos founder Markos Moulitsas Zúniga, but I'm on his side over his calling his book about movement conservatives "American Taliban." According to progressives such as Matt Yglesias, this title is
Let no one say I won't call out liberals when they're idiots about evolution. From the archives:
Re: flying squid:
I've seen faker pictures in my time, but it's been awhile. Surely this is a joke, and not just a mistake?
No, it's not a fake. Google 'flying squid' .
Fundies is fundies, no matter what religion they are.
Fundamentalist Christians have more in common with the Wahhabists, probably, than their more moderate or liberal coreligionists (who, don't get me wrong, I still think are crazy. Religion in general is ridiculous). And ultra-orthodox Jews have more in common with the ilk of Jerry Falwell than reform Jews.
You'd think the Hasids and the Wahhabs would be friends.