Assorted links
This is going to be an extremly motley bunch....
Ballot measure to decriminalize prostitution divides liberal San Francisco - from the LA Times, September 15 (yeah, I've been sitting on that one waaaaay too long)
"Today I Wonder How We Ever Pulled It Off" - an account of one of the participants in the protest that led to Davis v. Prince Edward County, Farmville, Virginia
FDA Sets Safety Threshold for Contaminant Melamine - this stuff is fatal if too much is consumed, the setting of a limit higher than NONE is just asking for problems down the line, IMO. You remember those pet food recalls? How about the more recent health problems (including deaths!) in babies in China from contaminated formula? Sheesh!
Chocolate Cake in 5 Minutes - looks good, haven't tried it yet
The Real Great Depression - a historian whose focus is the 19th century believes that the Panic of 1873 more closely parallels the current situation than 1929 does
The Seven Warning Signs of Bogus Science
How Stick Figures Spend Their Time
An Open Letter to the Next Farmer In Chief
Ballot measure to decriminalize prostitution divides liberal San Francisco - from the LA Times, September 15 (yeah, I've been sitting on that one waaaaay too long)
"Today I Wonder How We Ever Pulled It Off" - an account of one of the participants in the protest that led to Davis v. Prince Edward County, Farmville, Virginia
FDA Sets Safety Threshold for Contaminant Melamine - this stuff is fatal if too much is consumed, the setting of a limit higher than NONE is just asking for problems down the line, IMO. You remember those pet food recalls? How about the more recent health problems (including deaths!) in babies in China from contaminated formula? Sheesh!
Chocolate Cake in 5 Minutes - looks good, haven't tried it yet
The Real Great Depression - a historian whose focus is the 19th century believes that the Panic of 1873 more closely parallels the current situation than 1929 does
The Seven Warning Signs of Bogus Science
How Stick Figures Spend Their Time
An Open Letter to the Next Farmer In Chief