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They make great pets.
Clone dog mistress denies she is ’sex in chains’ McKinney | The Register
… For those whose knowledge of news stretches back no further than the launch of Eudora, Joyce McKinney was the former Miss Wyoming who was accused in 1977 of stalking Kirk Anderson, young Mormon Missionary, all the way from Utah to Ewell [...] -
Anyone for tofu?
To say that I am not a big fan of Kristof would be putting it mildly, but this column, especially the paragraphs about geese that immediately follow these, ought to give any carnivore serious pause:
A Farm Boy Reflects on Animal Rights - Op-Ed - NYTimes.com
… Our cattle, sheep, chickens and goats certainly had individual [...] -
Brilliant
Every so often the Onion hits one clear out of the park:
Al Gore Places Infant Son In Rocket To Escape Dying Planet | The Onion
EARTH—Former vice president Al Gore—who for the past three decades has unsuccessfully attempted to warn humanity of the coming destruction of our planet, only to be mocked and derided by [...] -
i can has vote?
Pew News IQ
Short quiz — I got a 91 (one wrong answer, about the current Dow Jones level). -
Three years ago this week.
Issue of August 8, 2005
So one afternoon in mid-July … I’m struggling to get an enormous air-conditioner into the west window of the living room. It’s 95 degrees with a heat index of 105 and there are nasty storms coming on the radar, but so far there’s only spotty rain and very distant [...] -
Signs the Apocalypse has already happened.
Chess boxers slug it out | NEWS.com.au
A RUSSIAN man has been crowned world champion in the novelty sport of chess boxing, a game that requires equal skill at moving pawns and throwing punches.
Mathematics student Nikolai Sazhin, 19, competing under the name “The President” knocked out a 37-year-old German policeman Frank Stoldt, who served as a [...]