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Jon Stewart on Fact Checking
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With a lovely, lovely bit at the beginning about what definitely didn't happen last Saturday. -
Science News Digest
Water on the moon. Moon colony, here we come!
Chronic sleep deprivation may contribute to Alzheimer's.
An article on parenting that really annoyed me, by an author I really respect.
A really good article on life choices.
Not quite science, but a good article on Robert Gates and the fixing of the Pentagon.
And a book recommendation list. The ones ( Read more... ) -
Finally, some good news.
30% effective AIDS vaccine.
So wonderful. Far to go, but...so wonderful.
Also, after all of the FooFails on LJ lately (including on my LJ), this authentically made me smile.
Separate topic: as an ex-Fundamentalist Christian, I'm seriously considering doing this, precisely because it still makes measurable parts of my brain quiver in atavistic ( Read more... ) -
I'm not sure which is more terrifying...
...that it's 4chan, or that--behind the typical 4chan obscenity and derision--it's actually good advice.
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Politics.
I had been avoiding it. Post-Obama's-speech, I have enough hope to follow it again.
What a circus. :-)
About damned time. As if we could afford an Executive branch that was answerable only to itself. We had a name for that, 200-odd years ago. We called it "King George". We weren't terribly fond of it then. I'm no more fond of it now.
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And people wonder why American business is failing and dying.
Executive compensation greatly outstrips spending on pension plans.
The systematic looting of the American economy by the oligarchy of high-level business executives and their bought-and-paid-for politicians continues to horrify and astound me. -
On the cooking of goat (and other fine foods).
Last night, I cooked with goat for the first time. Got a big flat of bone-in goat leg chunks, two eggplants, two medium onions, and two cans (ick!) of diced tomatoes. Very regrettable, that last--use fresh tomatoes if you make this yourself ( Read more... )
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