91 per cent of Indonesia is up before 7 a.m.

Poll

You are going to have a child. For each of these possibilities give a yes or no and why. (Note, for the purposes of this question, these are guarantees.)

1. Your child will be exactly like you, but 10% less happy than you.
2. Your child will be nothing like you, but 1% happier than you.
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Andrew Moroz reports on the stupidity of Russians:

Excerpts of an article from The Australian about the new Russian fascination with Stalin, including quotes from a man in Moscow:

"Look, everyone makes mistakes."

"Stalin wasn't a saint, but he was a great man..."

"A man like Stalin is what Russia needs now."
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“Yesterday upon the stair
I met a man who wasn’t there.
He wasn’t there again today.
I wish that man would go away.”
- Hughes Mearns

Tyler Cowen reports Chinese workers striking for longer hours.

Mummified DJ found inside club wall

Winnipeg disc jockey Eduardo Sanchez, 21, was last seen just before 3 a.m. on Oct. 12, 2002, when he talked to friends near the Village Cabaret.

Police say they likely will never know why Eduardo Sanchez crawled behind a nightclub wall.

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Halle Berry Totally Redeems Herself, reported by the Movie Blog via Reuters.

"They can't take this away from me, it's got my name on it!" she quipped. A raucous crowd cheered her on as she gave a stirring recreation of her Academy Award acceptance speech, including tears. She thanked everyone involved in "Catwoman," a film she said ( Read more... )

Laurence Caromba writes Marxism in Four Steps (quoted for sheer delight)

This is for all those readers who are entering the higher education system this year. Good luck. You are about to experience the wonderful world of binge drinking, student riots and Karl Marx.

If you don't yet know who Karl Marx is, you're about to find ( Read more... )