@1 False widow spiders on the march! Under orders from global warming. Link
@2 Washington Post’s astonishing database of non-profit shenanigans. The big secret is millions go missing from NGOs: it’s kept quiet to keep the cash flowing. Most amazing side fact: Columbia University makes $4.7 billion a year. Link
@3 Nanny State expands apace. San Francisco—the freest city in America—to tax soda pop. City Supervisor Scott “I’m Not A” Wiener said, “It’s not a nanny state at all; we’re not banning anything.” Government knows better than you what you should eat. Link
@4 Neuroscientists develop equation for predicting future disasters? Or more science by press release? How could a simple 512 x 512 Ising model have “far-reaching” implications? Answer: it cannot. Link
@5 Bad news for environmentalists and other activists. Humanity just had its best year ever. But cheer up. If we’re at the top, the only way to go is down. Link
@6 Sharknadoes to increase due to global warming Link
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“Several of the Catholic Patheos bloggers asked me to comment on some inquiries they’ve been getting from readers claiming that the new edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (the diagnostic book we shrink types use) has been changed to assert that pedophilia is an “orientation.†That is absolutely not true”
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/faithonthecouch/2013/10/does-the-new-dsm-call-pedophilia-an-orientation/
hmi,
Thanks very much.
@6 engenders a sense of deja vu.
JJB