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Tortured Logic: Scalia Says Torture Is Not Unconstitutional Because It Is Not Punishment
I saw Scalia on 60 Minutes, and his conclusion that torture was not punishment struck me as ridiculous. "Torture logic" is right. Perhaps the founders used the wrong term in declaring our right against "cruel and unusual punishment". Better to say, "cruel and unusual treatment". But then Scalia would declare waterboarding was not "unusual."
Gordon Ramsey explains how to make the perfect scrambled eggs
War is a Racket
By former General. Well worth reading.
Iran dumps U.S. dollar for oil trades - CNN.com
"Iran, OPEC's second-largest producer, has stopped conducting oil transactions in U.S. dollars...Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran's President, has called the dollar a 'worthless piece of paper'...Iran has dramatically reduced dependence on the dollar over the past year in the face of increasing U.S. pressure on its financial system and the fall in the value of the American currency."
Americans unload prized belongings to make ends meet - Yahoo! News
"This is not about downsizing. It's about needing gas money."
BBC NEWS | Health | The man who re-grew a finger
Fascinating. Need to learn more about this.
Why do corporations have more rights than people?
Understanding the Global Rice Crisis
ESPN - Central Washington offers the ultimate act of sportsmanship - College Sports
The story takes a while to develop, but it's worth reading. Touching bit of sportsmanship.
NY Times reporter details pharmaceutical company marketing methods - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
"Next time you hear a story about how a major medical journal is reporting a treatment breakthrough, you might stop and think for a moment about what lies behind the report...Was the research done independently, and if not, was it paid for by a drug company?...And if the results are favourable about a particular drug, can you be sure that other less favourable results have not been censored or suppressed?"
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bike maintenance class
Reason Magazine - Hit & Run > "If God has designed organisms, he has a lot to account for," says biologist.
Very interesting article about how evolution is not incompatible with religious beliefs.
Rockefeller & Rothschild Connection - Rothschild & Rockefeller FED Flow Chart
God expects spiritual fruit, not religious nuts
Thorne Research, Inc. - The Original Specialists in Pure Encapsulation
Douglas Labs
Good Calories Bad Calories - Gary Taubes - Bookmarks
An Online Notebook | Wanderings
There's Been An Explosion Of Attention On Gary Taubes, 'Good Calories, Bad Calories'
Borzoi Reader | Catalog | Good Calories, Bad Calories by Gary Taubes
In this interview (probably by email), Taubes does a great job summarizing the major findings of his book Good Calories, Bad Calories, which can be condensed into one statement: Carbohydrates are driving insulin which is driving fat. Taubes goes on, "We do not secrete insulin in response to the fat we eat. What else do you need to know? One reason my book is relatively lengthy is because I spend a lot of time explaining why something so simple could be ignored for so long."
Why Fat People Always Feel Hungry
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World's Tiniest Animals [23 PICS] - animals - pictures - eyje.com
PoliticalCartoons.com Cartoon
Top Ten - Top 10 Hunter S. Thompson Quotes - Top 10 - Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - Great Shark Hunt - Rolling Stone - Gonzo Papers - Generation of Swine
"In a nation ruled by swine, all pigs are upwardly mobile—and the rest of us are fucked until we can put our acts together: not necessarily to win, but mainly to keep from losing completely. We owe that to ourselves and our crippled self-image as something better than a nation of panicked sheep."
~Hunter S. Thompson - The Great Shark Hunt, 1979
Recession is a time of great opportunity
That Zune Tattoo Guy's Got Nothing On This
Brilliant spiderman tattoo.
YouTube - Portland drivers in the snow
Incomprehensibly bad driving in the snow and ice. What were these people thinking!!!

Revealed: The amazing pictures of Britain in colour for the very first time | the Daily Mail
Liliputing: Comprehensive list of low-cost ultraportables
YouTube - 3-on-3 with Barack Obama
I thought this was cool to see: Obama playing basketball in 3-on-3 game. He likes to pass, and is good at it.

Man vs. Girls Gone Wild - CollegeHumor video
Man vs. Girls Gone Wild - "Bear Grylls teaches you how to survive an onslaught of boobies on Mardi Gras."

This parody is so spot-on! Brilliant!
State moves to ban fake testicles on vehicles | Reuters
Okay...I bookmarked it because of the headline.
Test your reaction time
How Many Condoms at Once?
All I can say is...Why?
YouTube - Darwins Comet Orchid
About 150 years ago, Darwin was examining an orchid from Madagascar that possessed a long, deep canal, at the bottom of which lay sweet nectar. No insect known at the time had a probiscus long enough to reach the nectar. But Darwin predicted such an organism, likely a moth, would ultimately be found. Darwin was ridiculed for his prediction. 150 years later, this video is Darwin's vindication.

Rev. Jeremiah Wright - Bill Moyers Journal | PBS
After listening to Moyer's report and Jeremiah Wright's words, I have enormous respect for the man, Jeremiah Wright, and for the work he has accomplished at Trinity Church. He's an remarkable man. A man whose church is a living embodiment of his values, leadership, and example. God Bless Jeremiah Wright.
The Book of Creation
Human brain appears 'hard-wired' for hierarchy (4/26/2008)
Top Ten (10) Things NOT to Do If You Are Arrested | Karemar
YouTube - Drum Duet - Phil Collins and Chester Thompson drums AWESOME!
Phil Collins retires! Bummer....Here's a very cool vid of a drummers' duet.

Dog Diary vs. Cat Diary
Brilliant!
Condoms - Sharenator.com
Amazon.com: Charles Wallace "Char...'s review of Good Calories, Bad Calories
Does Exercise Really Make Us Thinner? -- New York Magazine
Why most of us believe that exercise makes us thinner--and why we're wrong.
Food effects on Insulin levels
Not sure where these charts came from, so reader beware. Interesting if accurate. Might be from Protein Power of Michael Eades.
Letter On Corpulence by William Banting -
UC Berkeley Webcasts | Video and Podcasts: The Quality of Calories: What Makes Us Fat and Why Nobody Seems to Care
Interview with Gary Taubes (part 1) | Scientific Blogging
SonnyRadio.com :: Your House
Beauty--or is that property value--is in the eye of the beholder...
YouTube - The curse of faith
I wait with anticipation for Pat Condell's video commentary on issues of religion and faith. Always thought provoking--or just provoking--Condell pulls no punches in his criticism of religion, and in this entry, on religious faith (as distinct from spiritual faith?). NSFW due to language...and points of view that the religious might find blasphemous. Listen if you dare.

Menstrual blood - a valuable source of multipotential stem cells? (4/25/2008)
Uh...no comment.
Why I love working with family people - (37signals)
AMEN!
Gamucci, the e-cigarette
Okay, so this comes after virtual sex?
Fisherman Meets Harvard MBA - Who Finds More Meaning in Life?
AlterNet: My Parents Managed to Raise Two Kids on One Salary. That's Impossible Today -- What Happened?
"Here we have the other answer to Bob's "What happened?" While economists blissfully celebrate the price declines of cool shiny new stuff with keyboards and remote controls, some of those clunky old things that kind of get us through life, the stuff for which we write checks each month-mortgages, health insurance premiums, child care, the kids' college-saving account (if we're lucky) -- have been costing a lot more, and, even for many upper-income families, their prices have been rising more quickly than incomes. Don't get me wrong: It's great to be able to buy an awesome computer or sound system for pocket change. They're very entertaining after an exhausting day of being squeezed by everything else."
Slides for Google-Hi5 OpenSocial presentation at Graphing Social Patterns West 2008
5 principles for Web 2.0 success - Jyri Engeström, Jaiku on social networking sites and social objects, London Geek Dinner 12 June 2007 - A Consuming Experience
Jaiku | Your Conversation
Concrete examples don't help students learn math, study finds
"It is very difficult to extract mathematical principles from story problems...Story problems could be an incredible instrument for testing what was learned. But they are bad instruments for teaching."
Honest College Ad - CollegeHumor video
This site is absolutely hilarious!
Big Fat Lies with Gary Taubes, 02/06/08 Stevens Institute of Technology
Brilliant lecture by Gary Taubes, who wrote Good Calories, Bad Calories.

Lying? The Face Betrays Deceiver's True Emotions, But In Unexpected Ways
You Walk Wrong
Nutrition facts, calories in food, labels, nutritional information and analysis - NutritionData.com
Five Rules for Mastering Leptin
Binstock on Software: Perfecting OO's Small Classes and Short Methods
Super Memory
Is religion a threat to rationality and science? | eG weekly | EducationGuardian.co.uk
Yes...and no.
BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Dull jobs really do numb the mind
"Boring jobs turn our mind to autopilot, say scientists - and it means we can seriously mess up some simple tasks. Monotonous duties switch our brain to "rest mode", whether we like it or not, the researchers report in Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences. They found mistakes can be predicted up to 30 seconds before we make them, by patterns in our brain activity."
World's most dangerous bird
"I know, it looks like something that came out of an ostrich-impregnated turkey, but it's actually very dangerous."
groovy mother :: The book that is indirectly responsible for me getting my new job
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Britannica Online Encyclopedia
SPACE.com -- NASA Broadcasts Earth Views in High Definition
Resentment Over Darwin Evolves Into a Documentary - New York Times
"One of the sleaziest documentaries to arrive in a very long time, Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed is a conspiracy-theory rant masquerading as investigative inquiry."
Scientists Find Blueberries Reverse Age Related Memory Deficits
"Phytochemical-rich foods, such as blueberries, are not only healthy food choices, they may actually be able to reverse age-related memory problems. That's the conclusion of a study by a research team from the University of Reading and the Peninsula Medical School in England."
Ben Stein Gets Expelled - Commentary
RC Sproul interviews Ben Stein about the movie Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed
Good interview with Stein explaining why he participated in the film. I disagree with about everything he and the interviewer say about Darwinism and morality, but very interesting to hear his thoughts in this supportive forum.

YouTube - Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed (Super Trailer)
This trailer raises an excellent point, if true: that scientists (or others) who promote in any way that there is an intelligent being that created the universe are persecuted by peers and others. I've been much bothered by the arrogance of atheists and fundamentalists alike (see post on Bill Maher). But I agree with Stein that if such believers feel persecuted, someone needs to come to their defense. They have as much right to share their opinions as anyone. And I have a right to disagree. But I don't have a right to persecute or shame them, though I'm afraid I may be guilty of a rant against their ideas on more than one occasion.

YouTube - Sexpelled: No Intercourse Allowed (Expelled parody)
I really don't know what Ben Stein is hoping to accomplish with this documentary Expelled! No Intelligence Allowed...I'd like to see it, but to argue against Darwinism seems silly at this point...unless you don't really understand what Darwinism is. Perhaps that's the explanation.

Report: NYC Freedom Tower plans found in trash - Yahoo! News
NEW YORK - A homeless man has come forward with two sets of confidential ground zero blueprints that he says were dumped in a Lower Manhattan trash can. The man brought the Freedom Tower plans to the New York Post, which says the 150-page schematic is marked: "Secure Document - Confidential."
EurasiaNet Civil Society - Turkey: Discovery of 12,000-year-old Temple Complex Could Alter Theory of Human Development
Himalayan Snow Leopard on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
VIjay Pandey gorgeous shot of a Himalayan Snow Leopard!
Fat Resistance Diet - by Leo Galland - Review
REI: Cycling Expert Advice
How to Fix a Flat Tire - Really good little video on how to fix a flat bike tire.
Snack Recipes
YouTube - Why do people laugh at creationists? (part 22)
Ben Stein has a new movie out that I think supports creationism.

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YouTube - Bosnia and Back Again, starring Sen. Hillary Clinton-TRAILER

World-first discovery could help treat life-threatening tumors
"WA researchers investigating how blood vessel growth keeps cancers alive have made a world-first discovery that could boost the chances of successfully treating life-threatening tumours.

Western Australian Institute for Medical Research (WAIMR) Associate Professor Ruth Ganss and her team have found that a gene called RGS5 can reverse angiogenesis -- the growth of blood vessels inside the tumour.

The discovery is published in the most recent edition of Nature, one of the world's most prestigious scientific journals."
Rosedale Diet - High Fat, Moderate Protein, Minimal Carb Eating Plan
Pope 'led cover-up of child abuse by priests'| News | This is London
"The Pope played a leading role in a systematic cover-up of child sex abuse by Roman Catholic priests, according to a shocking documentary to be screened by the BBC tonight.

In 2001, while he was a cardinal, he issued a secret Vatican edict to Catholic bishops all over the world, instructing them to put the Church's interests ahead of child safety.

The document recommended that rather than reporting sexual abuse to the relevant legal authorities, bishops should encourage the victim, witnesses and perpetrator not to talk about it. And, to keep victims quiet, it threatened that if they repeat the allegations they would be excommunicated."

WTF!
India Resource Center
"Over 1500 villagers marched to the Coca-Cola company's bottling plant in Mehdiganj in Varanasi in India yesterday demanding that the bottling plant shut down immediately. Breaking a police barrier that attempted to keep the protesters 300 meters from the bottling plant, the villagers held a rally at the plant's gate accusing the company of creating severe water shortages in the area and polluting the water and land. The march and rally against Coca-Cola in Mehdiganj in the latest in a series of protests against the company in India where communities have accused Coca-Cola bottling plants for exacerbating the water crises through heavy extraction of water from the groundwater resource and polluting the groundwater and soil."
Fogonazos: Swimming with polar bears
"There's a place in the world where children can swim among polar bears."
BBC News | In pictures | Visions of Science
"Image of a peppercorn and a grain of salt taken by David McCarthy is the overall winner (and close-up category winner) in this year's Visions of Science Photographic Awards. The competition is sponsored by Novartis and The Daily Telegraph. (©David McCarthy)"
In Searching for New Job, Gonzales Sees No Takers - New York Times
"Alberto R. Gonzales, like many others recently unemployed, has discovered how difficult it can be to find a new job. Mr. Gonzales, the former attorney general, who was forced to resign last year, has been unable to interest law firms in adding his name to their roster, Washington lawyers and his associates said in recent interviews."
Healthcare system unprepared for aging boomers, study finds - Los Angeles Times
"The American medical system is woefully unprepared for the flood of aging baby boomers, according to a sweeping federal study released Monday, which predicted crisis-level shortages in healthcare workers and serious gaps in training."
John Kanzius - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Invented radiowave machine to treat (destroy) cancer cells with heat. The waves heat up metals, so if the cancer cells (tumor or cells) can be injected or "infected" with metal (e.g., nanoprobes), the machine can generate waves that will heat up the metal and kill the surrounding cancer cells.
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The Purpose of Life
UDO ERASMUS OFFICIAL WEBSITE > The Truth About Fats! > Omega, Flaxseed, EFAs - Essential Fatty Acids, Fats That Heal Fats That Kill; World-Renowned Authority on Fats and Human Nutrition
Dr. Weil Endorses Gary Taubes' Good Calories, Bad Calories
Andrew Weil praises Taubes' Good Calories, Bad Calories book.

Zone diet help out tour de France team
Team Chipotle slipstream will be adding lots of fish oil to their diets...zone eating, too?
Ending the Food Fight
The Top 10 Antioxidant Foods
frontline: diet wars: interview: walter willett, m.d. | PBS
An hour about obesity in America with guest host Dr. Mehmet Oz - Charlie Rose
Very interesting debate between Taube, Ornish, and AHA.
Salary Calculator - CBsalary.com
Back Issues for The Cholesterol Times
ABC News: The Last Lecture: A Love Story for Your Life
RandyPauschInformation
Cool: Fridge Without Using Electricity! - Share The Wealth
Myth: "One High-Saturated Fat Meal Can Be Bad"
Subendothelial accumulation of unesterified choles...[Atherosclerosis. 1985] - PubMed Result
This preliminary report describes the simplest and possibly earliest lipid-containing lesions induced in aortas of rabbits fed a cholesterol-containing diet. Subendothelial accumulation of unesterified cholesterol, detected with filipin dye, appears to precede morphologic changes in endothelium and accumulation of subendothelial lipid-containing "foam" cells. The origin of subendothelial unesterified cholesterol remains to be determined.
Coronary plaque erosion without rupture into a lip...[Circulation. 1996] - PubMed Result
Cholesterol Myth - Evidence Refuting Cholesterol Causes Heart Disease
How to Protect Yourself from the Perfect Poison? Prescription Drug Risks
Why the Low Fat Diet is Stupid and Potentially Dangerous Anthony Colpo
Anthony Colpo - Why the Low-Fat Diet is Stupid and Potentially Dangerous
Creekside Inn Hotel, Cambria, California
Statin Dangers - Control Cholesterol
CRESTOR SIDE EFFECTS MAKE MORE HEALDLINES
Health Buzz: Hands-Only CPR and Other Health News - US News and World Report
Up-to-now, researchers thought the most effective technique of cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) involved alternating between rapid chest compressions and mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. Now, the American Heart Association declares CPR is equally effective using rapid chest compression ALONE.
Starvation Prior to Chemotherapy May Raise Its Effectiveness
"Starvation prior to chemotherapy could make it more effective, shielding healthy cells as it destroys the malignant cells, research suggests....Although the new method was applied only in animal research, it is encouraging news for humans too."
Best Nature Photo Award Winners - Articles
16 Things I Wish They Had Taught Me in School at Personal Development with The Positivity Blog
Excellent!
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www.cyberthing.net :: You are watching Bullet Footage
BBC NEWS | Health | Daily caffeine 'protects brain'
"A vital barrier between the brain and the main blood supply of rabbits fed a fat-rich diet was protected in those given a caffeine supplement. UK experts said it was the "best evidence yet" of coffee's benefits. Caffeine is a safe and readily available drug and its ability to stabilise the blood brain barrier means it could have an important part to play in therapies against neurological disorders.The "blood brain barrier" is a filter which protects the central nervous system from potentially harmful chemicals carried around in the rest of the bloodstream.Other studies have shown that high levels of cholesterol in the blood can make this barrier "leaky"."
Mail a brick to junk mailers using paid postage - Creative tips with dealing with spammers and bulk mailers
How background people ruin your photos | Wintrest.com
NSFW...but funny!
HFCS is not 'natural', says FDA
High-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) is made using synthetic fixing agents. "Consequently," said FDA's Geraldine June, "we would object to the use of the term 'natural' on a product containing HFCS."
Dark Roasted Blend: Japanese Creative Barcodes
Creative use of bar codes.
WHY HILLARY WON'T QUIT at DickMorris.com
Because if she quits now, she'll owe $8 million to campaign vendors plus $5 million to herself via loan. She needs to raise money to payoff vendors and her loan to herself. VERY interesting.
In 'Bush's Law,' Secret Surveillance Efforts Revealed : NPR
Lichtblau's new book, Bush's Law: The Remaking of American Justice, details how the administration used the "war on terror" to push for controversial surveillance programs.

Lichtblau is a Washington correspondent for The New York Times. In 2006, he won a Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of domestic spying.
Daisies can Lower Triglycerides | Wired Science from Wired.com
Breeding the Oil Bug | Popular Science
Doctors support universal health care: survey | Health | Reuters
YouTube - Music and Life - Alan Watts

face demo
way cool.
YouTube - I'm F@cking Obama
hehehehe ;)

Tooth Regeneration May Replace Drill-and-Fill
[ The Financial Ninja ]: World Recession and the Perfect Short Squeeze
Very interesting argument for what happened with the stock market on April 1, 2008.
[ The Financial Ninja ]: Really Scary Fed Charts: March
Coming in 2009
Minas Tirith!
Best Free Documentaries
The Meritocracy Party - A Confederacy of Dunces
Jonathan Swift declared, "When a true genius appears in the world you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him."
What Every American Should Know About the Middle East
Seems like a good primer on the definitions and distinctions between Islam/Muslim, Shia/Shuni, Arab/Muslim.
IBM temporarily barred from seeking U.S. government contracts - International Herald Tribune
How can the stock price climb as this is announced? Very weird.
NAD Tells Wal-Mart to Stop Savings Claim - Advertising Age - News
"Wal-Mart, in an Advertising Age story on the claim in November, acknowledged that people don't need to shop at the retailer [Wal-Mart] to realize the savings. The $2,500 figure came from 2005 and 2007 studies by the economics consulting firm Global Insight that found the very presence of Wal-Mart in a geographic market accounted for the savings, as competitors also cut prices in response to arrival of the discount retailer's stores."
Market Rises Sharply On April Fool's Joke | MadConomist.com
Hehehe...
Fogonazos: Scott and Shackleton's abandoned huts in Antarctica
Very cool...
USA 2008: The Great Depression - Americas, World - The Independent
"Food stamps are the symbol of poverty in the US. In the era of the credit crunch, a record 28 million Americans are now relying on them to survive -- a sure sign the world's richest country faces economic crisis.."
YouTube - Super Pii Pii Brothers
The end of penis envy!!

IGN Video: Legend of Zelda Movie Trailer Movie - Legend of Zelda Movie Trailer Debut (HD)
Borat - DrownWatch from dionisus
Disgusting...but funny.
Why eating just one sausage a day raises your cancer risk by 20 per cent | the Daily Mail
"Eating 1.8oz (50g) of processed meat a day - the equivalent of one sausage or three rashers of bacon - raises the likelihood of the cancer by a fifth, research shows."
Beware of the Mobile Phone! It Can Kill You Faster than Smoking
"Dr. Khurana reviewed more than 100 previous studies on the effects of mobile handsets and concluded people should avoid using cell phones whenever possible and called on governments and industry to take immediate steps to reduce radiation exposure through the devices"....WOW! Is this for real?
Appendix Removed Through Vagina
I hate to think what the comparable operation would be for a male.
`Killing Fields' survivor Dith Pran dies - Yahoo! News
I remember being so moved by the film. Heard that the actor who played Pran died in L.A. from gunfire...Can't remember if it was a robbery or gang cross-fire. Ironic in either case.
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