I admit that I am a Cadel Evans fan and was hoping he would repeat. He prevailed last year in a very strong field and while he doesn’t show the explosive accelerations that many of the other favorites have shown, …
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Poll tax for liberals
Mitt’s real insult to the NAACP
Deriding “Obamacare” was bad, but Romney’s support for voter suppression laws disrespects the group’s entire legacy
http://www.salon.com/2012/07/12/mitts_real_insult_to_the_naacp/
Man, am I getting liberal in my old age! I used to be firmly in the camp …
Even dwarf planets have moons!
NASA’s Hubble telescope finds Pluto’s fifth moon
http://lightyears.blogs.cnn.com/2012/07/11/nasas-hubble-telescope-finds-plutos-fifth-moon/?hpt=hp_t2
This is quite interesting to me, but upon some reflection I suppose it was inevitable. Just like Jupiter and Saturn have collected extensive moon systems because the are so large, it makes …
Portion size
Food In Smaller Pieces May Help Control Weight
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/247693.php
This is a really interesting study to me. Just like the power of the placebo, humans actually have a tremendous ability to convince themselves of things (why I think our …
There are some great writers at Cracked!
4 Reasons Hollywood Sucks (And It’s All Our Fault)
http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-reasons-hollywood-sucks-and-its-all-our-fault/
There are some great writers at Cracked, the above got me into fits of laughter I had to painfully suppress because I am at work. The whole article is amusing, …
Lack-o rules of engagement
Rules of American justice
An American banker is shocked to encounter accountability for his acts in Britain because the U.S. provides none
http://www.salon.com/2012/07/09/rules_of_american_justice/
This is apropos my earlier post, so I figured a bit of repetition might help (though I …
Epigenetics and global warming
Climate adaptation may be a family affair
Newborn reef fish can cope with changed water conditions if their parents have already adjusted
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/341931/title/Climate_adaptation_may_be_a_family_affair
That this effect has been observed experimentally isn’t shocking or even unexpected to me. If life were …
Space makes for longer life, if you are a worm
Space trek may help worms live long
Nematodes that orbited Earth had reduced signs of aging
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/342084/title/Space_trek_may_help_worms_live_long
Probably not applicable to humans in any way, but interesting to me so I figured I would encourage my reader(s) to check it …
How about that heat?
A wee bit of a follow-up for my earlier post on the storm. Maybe I have got soft from all this computer work, but I recall working in upper 80’s and even low 90’s before (though I think I …
Still no outrage!
I have mentioned the LIBOR fixing scandal before. However, it is amazing to me that it is virtually unheard of on news (paper, magazine or TV) and even much of the blogosphere (who the heck invented that silly term?). …