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• Oh god someone religious has something weird on a plane TERRORIST:
  
  A passenger was alarmed by the phylacteries, religious items which observant Jews strap around their arms and heads as part of morning prayers, on the flight from New York's La Guardia airport heading to Louisville ( Read more... )

Hmmm, today is Wednesday which means *flips to schedule he doesn't use* politics, but I already did one yesterday, and I missed Monday, so... *baloney detector dings for the fifteenth time today* Oh yeah, science blog time! Or did it accidentally microwave a chicken again.Scicurious (who is seriously awesome) over at Neurotopia (a seriously awesome ( Read more... )

to the... camera crew:

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Seriously though, this is really cool. I wish I could see more of the footage, maybe it'll bubble up from the intertubes eventually.

Thanks Phil

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On January 12th, Masoud Ali Mohammadi, a scientist and university professor in Iran, was killed when a bomb in a motorcycle exploded near his car while on his way to work. The government of Iran, still drinking deep from the well of conspiracy against them from the fraudulent election, has blamed Israel and the US for it. Their thinking is that ( Read more... )

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Many countries have pledged aid and money to Haiti in the aftermath of their devastating earthquake last week, including several Middle Eastern countries, even those their own economic and political issues. Planes operated by the UAE are flying the injured into the Domican Republic for treatment, a mobile hospital roves the streets from Turkey ( Read more... )

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As I sit here stuffing my craw with delicious and tender bird meat, I'm also stuffing my mental craw by reading my main blogs and caching up on a few that I don't (though really should) read regularly. (That means you Orac, you're a full-course, intellectual meal every day. I've learned a few things about how pharmaceutical companies can be ( Read more... )

Take an hour and learn about the wonderful reality and history of cosmology as told by the incredibly awesome Lawrence Krauss:

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