Source: CNN.com
I have not returned, nor do I think about returning again, until the people of the United States liberate that nation,” said Chavez, saying that Americans are “oppressed” by their government and U.S. media.
Rise up, people. Hugo will not come to the US until we throw off our oppressors. Chavez made this [...]
Posted on April 29th, 2005 by pwyll
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Source: The Register
US defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld yesterday asked Congress to agree $8.5m of funding for research into a ground-penetrating nuclear weapon which would address what Rumsfeld considers the growing problem of potential enemies burying vital installations deep underground. … Rumsfeld was at pains to point out that Pentagon wants the cash purely for [...]
Posted on April 28th, 2005 by pwyll
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In response to proposed laws aimed at (indirectly) curbing obesity, Scrivener.net suggests let’s just tax fat people and be done with it.
So if you don’t want fat people, tax fat people. More precisely, tax the fat on their bodies. Don’t tax fat everywhere you see it but on their bodies, if you [...]
Posted on April 26th, 2005 by pwyll
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In a story dated April 20 2005, Associated Press write Amy Lorentzen quotes Dr. Sue Savage-Rumbaugh:
“If you want to find a human-like creature that exists in a completely natural state … that creature is the bonobo,” said Savage-Rumbaugh, an experimental psychologist who is one of the world’s leading ape-language researchers.
If I wanted to find [...]
Posted on April 25th, 2005 by pwyll
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Amazon’s machinery for book reviews has given new life to the minor art of the tongue-in-cheek book review. Henry Raddick is the maestro of this form. Here is his review of “Fungi and Biotechnology: Recent Advances”, by H. C. Dude.
Totally awesome, May 29, 2001
This is a well-written and well researched book on fungi and biotechnology. [...]
Posted on April 25th, 2005 by pwyll
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The food of the gods is finally available to mere mortals. The secret longing of your heart, sugar-free chocolate-dipped pork rinds.
If your taste runs more towards ice cream, perhaps a trip to Japan is in order. There you can enjoy flavors unavailable in the US, such as raw horse flesh, goat, whale, [...]
Posted on April 24th, 2005 by pwyll
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