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Forward Planning

So While King Bush the Second maintains there is no such thing as global warming, the US Navy is busy doing its job and thinking about how to deal with a world where the...

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Tough Job

So the Afghan Tourism Minister was killed by an angry mob. Initial reports said it was pilgrims fed up waiting in line at the airport, but now it appears to be a vendetta going...

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Patriot Friday

So Lorien told me when she opened her Crackerjacks box that she found an American Eagle temp tattoo as a prize. Which gave me an idea… Maybe in these difficult times when we all...

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Like Fish In A Barrell

One of the soldiers had clearly had enough and aimed his gun at them. He can’t shoot, we thought; they’re unarmed and they’re only boys. But he did. He took aim and fired directly...

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Technophilia

Today’s word: Technophilia. One of the most persistent memes in technophilic eschatology is the Singularity, a transformative moment when humans and technology fuse to become something other, and unknowable. Vernor Vinge thinks this is...

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Neigh Means Neigh!

Remember: Neigh Means Neigh!… So this homeless guy tried to have sex with a horse. Not having any of it, the filly kicked him in the face. This other guy, however, was uninjured. Except...

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Convergent Evolution

I’ve been looking and Palestinian society is a lot more complex than I’d imagined. Abdul Jawad Saleh has done a lot of good work here. He often points out that the only rational Palestinian...