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blah blah blah |
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Olbermann |
Finally some
courageous reporting on the Katrina fiasco |
|
where
do your tax dollars go? |
Ever wonder
exactly how your tax dollars are spent? Military
spending and interest on our ridiculous deficit
sure do jump out at you. |
|
cost of war |
This is just
unbelievable. |
|
Downing Street Memo |
This was incredibly
underreported. as was this |
| Let's
end the two party duopoly |
Our present
system rewards short-term thinking & partisan politics. One
problem is that our electoral system is outdated. There are better
options. |
| the
urban archipelago |
Kerry
won the cities. old post 2004 election comfort |
| axis
of logic |
a very
rigorous analysis
of exactly why Bush's rhetoric just doesn't make any sense. |
|
global issues |
This is a great,
great site with clear explanations of global issues and how most
are inter-related. |
|
There's a strong
negative corrolation between Bush support and IQ |
Although this
data seems to have turned out to be a hoax,
there actually is some corrolation
- it's just not as obvious as in the original report. |
|
There's
a strong negative corrolation between religion and IQ |
It's very possible
that the causality is via other factors not considered, such as
socio-economic conditions, cultural history, or physical environment.
But it's an interesting corrolation anyway. |
|
Who wrote
the bible? |
It's pretty
clear that there were multiple authors and that the text was translated
and edited several times. This process inevitably led to
contradictions and quite appropriately, most Christians selectively
ignore
many of the teachings (whether they admit to it or not.) |
|
Dealing with
mortality for skeptics |
"As they
say in my country, the only thing that separates us from the animals
are mindless superstition and pointless ritual."
--Latka Gravas |
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What should I do with my
life? |
"If you
don't like The Inevitable Cocktail-Party Question "so what
do you do?", maybe it's partly because you don't like your
answer." |
|
Should
we be concerned about global warming? |
Yes.
Yes.
Yes.
|
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Bikes
not SUVs! |
The fuel
economy of the average new passenger vehicle has actually gone
down since 1988 thanks to the stagnation of CAFE standards and the
popularity of SUVs. (how ridiculous
is that?) |
|
25%
of U.S. View Chinese Americans Negatively, Poll Says |
This really
shouldn't surprise of anyone. For more stuff like this everyday
check out Angry
Asian Man |
|
Ban trans fats |
From all reports,
trans fats are just about the worst possible thing you can put into
your body - and food manufacturers aren't required to put it on
the list of ingredients. |
|
mothers
against circumcision
|
In the future,
we're going to look back on circumcision the same way we look at
foot binding in China. |
|
arguments for gay
marriage |
Similarly,
we're going to look back at the resistance to gay marriage the same
way we look back at the resistance to interracial marriage. |
|
Why is marijuana
illegal? |
Gateway drug?
Hemp is actually an incredibly useful crop with a very interesting
history in the US. |
|
Yes, it
always does rain on the weekends. |
It's statistically
proveable (for the northeast US). And it's probably due to the eastward
drift of pollution from the midwest. |
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|
find |
 |
This site is
the best index of free stuff and services on the net that I know
of. |
|
download.com |
Whenever anyone
hears an obscure song on my ipod and asks me where I found it, the
answer is usually from this site (all free & legal!) |
|
fingertips |
...or from
here |
|
mp3 jackpot |
...or here |
|
ipod agent |
One ipod and
two computers? This is the solution. |
|
metacritic |
Save time. This
site compiles
reviews for music, film, books etc |
|
craigslist |
I got some
great furniture through craigslist. Best
of is always an entertaining read. |
|
I get a referral
fee on everything you buy if you click through here. So far I've
earned, uh, about 7 smackeroos |
|
pricegrabber |
This site is
really good for finding the lowest prices (and I get nothing from
them) |
|
consumerreview |
get opinions/reviews
of anything you're looking for before you buy |
|
epinions |
probably better
than the above |
| nehp |
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and a career. (It's still a great article)