Links for you. Science:
The Loneliest Plant In The World
Evolution is a Jewish conspiracy
What Is Wrong With Asking Why Black Women Are Less Attractive (very good points about factor analysis)
Other:
The NYT Doesn't Understand Marginal Tax Rates (we've been through this before; anyone whom this affects and who doesn't understand it should pay a stupidity tax)
Metropol Parasol // The World's Largest Wooden Structure
Looting Greece while the Greeks Riot
What's wrong with the media, in one paragraph
A Capitol offence: homelessness in DC
When the Levee Doesn't Break -- What's Wrong With the Media's Weather Coverage
RISE OF THE OBAMABOTS
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