As a general rule, I try to avoid linking to sci-fi author Orson Scott Card's essays. There's nothing quite so depressing as finding out that an author whose work you admired as a kid turned out to be a frothing homophobe. However, his most recent rant in the Mormon Times seems to be attracting quite a bit of horrified attention, mostly from ( Read more... )

The House Judiciary Committee has released its witness list for Friday's hearing on Congressman Kucinich's impeachment resolution.

Surgeonsblog Sampler

As Doctors Cater to Looks, Skin Patients Wait

Wal Mart is Evil so I took off my clothes No pictures, sfw

Records say Chinese gymnasts may be underage. Additional photo here. China has also ( Read more... )

Every once in a while, people restore your faith in humanity

Gestational Diabetes -- an In-Service Primer and the Gestational Diabetes Cookbook

The Baby Name Wizard's NameVoyager. Also: Nymbler

"Something Positive" on how to deal with noisy neighbors (language NSFW)

The 40 Worst Rob Liefeld Drawings (via onceupon) The comments that accompany them are ( Read more... )

Pat Conroy, author of The Lords of Discipline
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yendi points out a link to a free album on iTunes from Tunecore. 34 songs, from mostly unknowns, but also Steve Vai, Public Enemy and Harry and the Potters.

20 Alt-Rock Songs from CO-ED Magazine

Forbes: The World's Priciest Restaurants

Crown Prince Sultan of Saudi Arabia says that a "final solution" must be reached wrt the Israeli Peace Process. ( Read more... )

A construction worker discovers a black satchel full of personal papers from a well-known Fife vegetable farmer during World War II. The rare find spotlights Japanese Americans’ life in American internment camps.

Molly Ivins' final book, Bill of Wrongs: The Executive Branch's Assault on America's Fundamental Rights
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Blueprint Magazine: 100 Reasons to Get Rid of It


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The new bus ads for Live Free or Die Hard say "YIPPIE KI YAY MO" in huge white letters on a black background -- the words are cut off, as if the banner wasn't large enough. Underneath, in tiny letters: "John 6:27". :D

They came to power promising to revamp Congressional ethics rules, and are now facing a revolt from their own members. ( Read more... )

Non Politics
A new documentary about Jehovah's Witnesses airs this evening on PBS: "They are moral conservatives who stay out of politics and the Culture War, but they won a record number of court cases expanding freedom for everyone. They refuse blood transfusions on religious grounds, but they embrace the science behind bloodless surgery. In ( Read more... )

Diabetes Drug Linked to Heart Deaths

NY Times Magazine profile on former VP Al Gore. This is a picture of Gore's home office. I'm sure every bit of that is recycled paper, right Al? :)

Electricity Crisis Hobbles an India Eager to Ascend

McDonalds offerings around the world

Brits are less uptight than Americans.... "Since the British military ( Read more... )