February 2011
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January 2011
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Why is America so afraid? →
So racism against Arabs is shutting down the American mind once again. And all my friends must turn to Al Jazeera English to get the soul of the story: that these events are electrifying to Arabs everywhere, a heroic mobilization. And not only to Arabs. When ElBaradei says, I salute the youth for overturning a pharaonic power, lovers of human freedom everywhere must be thrilled. We are...
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5 Products that Will Be Exposed as B.S. in 2011 →
Despite Kombucha’s enormous popularity, there hasn’t been a single human trial published in any medical journal. So all the claims about its superpowers are personal testimonials, and to be fair, so are all the accounts of its horrific side effects. The American Cancer Society published a statement saying, “No human studies have been published in the available scientific...
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Mexican Authorities Seize Homemade... →
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Garden & Gun: The New Sound of the South →
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He’s so cool, he could tell you what kind of tea it is just by tasting it.
– KH
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I like Astronautalis, even though he has a weird name because he’s really...
– P.O.S.
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Are We Too Obsessed With Facebook? →
Yes.
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Sarah Palin's Judgmental Breathing →
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Jon Stewart reacts to the shooting.
For the past couple of years I’ve been working on a novel about—my hometown, I...
– Michael Chabon, author of “Wonder Boys” and ‘The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Klay,” previews his new book, “Telegraph Avenue.”
Read the full article here.
(via theatlantic)
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mass animal deaths worldwide, an interactive map. ... →
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Bobby Big Wheel: The Reading of the Constitution →
bobbybigwheel:
The GOP keeps blathering on about the Constitution. Saying you support the Constitution is like saying you support the NFL rulebook: it doesn’t really matter what it says, it’s how it’s applied on the field. But, as a refresher course, here is my abridged version of the 27 amendments to the…
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