Holy crap! Isn't this absolutely creepy?

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A followup on previous discussion of artificially grown cow. And a followup where it turns out someone is working on it already.

The dissemination of that report has caused some discussion on the 'net. And for some reason there are people who find it creepy that cow tissue can be raised in a lab without any actual bovines being involved in any ( Read more... )

Someone do a treatment for a new sitcom: The Henry and Dick Show.

At least the grumpy opinionated old bastards had plans, which is more than I can say for the current "leadership".

Have you ever cooked ground beef and vegetarian "ground beef" at the same time? Notice anything interesting? That's right... they behave completely different when exposed to a frying pan. Much more so than their taste difference (which there are various ways of masking), it's the difference in cooking behavior that vexes me.

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What with a lack of Pope that we've been having lately, I think it's natural for one's thoughts to turn to the question of divinity. Yes, even yours truly who falls somewhere in the nebulous land between radical atheism and radical agnosticism, with a smidgen of hardcore snake handler, to boot.

God, you see, is a bit like an Administrative ( Read more... )

We have to elect Hillary president in ought-eight. If not for the sake of the nation, then for the sake of one man:
Bill Clinton on flying Air Force One -- as part of the presidential delegation paying respects to the pope -- for the first time since he left office: "I never thought I'd be on this plane again -- I had a good time. They have ( Read more... )

Rejoice Friends!

With the passage of the new bankruptcy bill, we're closer than ever to having the kind of society that we strive for, nay a society that we deserve.

So won't you join me in the next step? Won't you please write to your congressMAN and ask for a law that requires the lower classes to speak in Cockney rhyming slang?

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Were my apartment in Switzerland right now, I would be in deep trouble

I think if I ever find myself in Switzerland for a prolonged period of time, I'll be renting. Or possibly shelling out for a maid.

I propose that in symmetry to the afternoon, the time period between about 9:30am and 12:00pm should be known as the antenoon.