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Remember the great and glorious battles of the culture war, back when America had no problems whatsoever (2001-present) and was able to focus on the issues that mattered: gays and conflating the commericial with the religious significance of major holidays? Remember the mighty battles?
On the November 28 broadcast of his nationally syndicated radio show, [...]

I was flipping through a fashion magazine some months ago as I waited for Walmart to install new tires on my boyfriend’s car (please, I know. I’ve been having more success recently in getting him to spend his money elsewhere. It helps alot that their clothes are for crap.) and there was a [...]

Everybody’s favorite coffee underdog made a bold move to capture a new demographic: they quoted Wesley Smith from the Discovery Institute on one of their cups.

For the record, that quote reads:
The morality of the 21st century will depend on how we respond to this simple but profound question: Does every human life have equal moral [...]

Like anyone with right-leaning views, economic conservatives feign logical consistency but can’t seem to stop shooting themselves in the foot when presented with new information.
Let’s review the standard fiscal conservative story:
Competition brings out the best in business owners. Corporations have no incentive to overcharge customers because, if they do, those customers will buy from [...]

19 October, 1835
Dearest diary,
Our giant tortoise discovery was most exhilerating, and I awoke to dawn’s light certain once again there could be no greater excitement than encountering those peaceable lumbering gents as we had on our first day.
Today, though, as we trekked SSE on one of the smaller islands, my sense of awe [...]

A few days ago, Jessica at Feministing posted the latest in advanced menu technology — the sex-based pricing model:

This could be the tip of the iceberg. Now that society has deemed it okay to charge people different prices based on their genitals, who knows what we’ll be paying for items soon…
Tampons

Women’s price: $7.99/box
Men’s price: [...]

One free trip to jail, that is:
Days after two Arab-American men from Dearborn were charged in Ohio with terrorism for buying numerous cell phones, three Palestinian men were arrested in Michigan’s Thumb area with about 1,000 such phones, authorities said.
Pardon me for being skeptical, but this was hardly the effort of a months-long sting investigation. [...]

An excellent question:
Can technology create a non-hijackable plane?
By 2008, European researchers aim to bring that vision closer to reality through an ambitious security program to combat on-board threats in an industry left reeling this week by a security scare that raised the specter of September 11.
Along with extensive pilot ID verification, automatic collision avoidance, better [...]

Good news, everyone! The American economy has a new heavy:
Absent from the U.S. for so long that some thought they were a myth, bedbugs are back. Entomologists and pest control professionals are reporting a dramatic increase in infestations throughout the country, and no one knows exactly why.
“It’s no secret that bedbugs are making a [...]

Poputonian’s been on a roll over at digby’s lately, and today he links to the Aspen Daily News print of Ken Lay’s obit. Let’s just say Weird Al couldn’t have parodied his life any better.
Ken spent 64 years on earth doing God’s work helping others with great compassion. We know that Ruth and Omer [...]