Archive for: April 2008

April 30, 2008

Is Paris Burning?

Filed under: Uncategorized - 30 Apr 2008

There’s not so much mentioned on this site about the issue of Islam in Europe but I think it is an important one. This is not to say that most, if not all pw regulars don’t know anything of the …

A Postmodern Education

Filed under: Uncategorized - 30 Apr 2008

Sounds like an oxymoron, right?

Check this out: A professor at Dartmouth is suing some of her students who had the bad taste to slam her on the end-of-course evaluations. The noive of some people!
I regret to inform you that …

Baracky’s Me Caca Movement

Filed under: Uncategorized - 30 Apr 2008

…inspired by a comment on, you guessed it, Protein Wisdom.
#47Comment by LiveFromFortLivingRoom on 4/29 @ 2:27 pm #

I think this could be summed up better as Obama’s Macacca moment.
As you recall, the ‘Macaca moment‘ came during …

A Funny Thing About Appeals to Authority.

Filed under: Uncategorized - 30 Apr 2008

Like someone like Dr. Jerry Pournelle, for example, his opinions on some other things might come back to bite you in the ass:
Dawkins uses a simple method of argument: proof by repeated assertion, plus entirely ignoring what …

Open Source Peril

Filed under: Uncategorized - 30 Apr 2008

I downloaded a spell check pogrom by mistake.

It deleted my Jerusalem Post clippings and burned my printer.

April 29, 2008

Brownies

Filed under: Uncategorized - 29 Apr 2008

I think there’s a lesson here, but I can’t quite remember what it is.

April 28, 2008

You have to be trusted

Filed under: Uncategorized - 28 Apr 2008

By the people that you lie to

So that when they turn their back on you

You get the chance to stick the knife in

April 27, 2008

Snappin’ Amanda Bungles the Jungle

Filed under: Uncategorized - 27 Apr 2008

~*~

..saving their nuts for a Sunday

April 24, 2008

So, Who are These People?

Filed under: Uncategorized - 24 Apr 2008

I mean, who participate in drug studies.

Odd quote (without any irony):
In a recent study, 43% of those on rimonabant developed psychiatric problems, compared with 28% of those who took placebo, the AP says.
Almost 30% in the participants in …

Interesting facts about rice

Filed under: Uncategorized - 24 Apr 2008

Right here

The average American eats 25 lbs of rice per year. So, if you’re upset about being limited to buying 200lbs at a time, get checked for a tapeworm.

Plus, this limitation is for imported rice, the US is …

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