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Where There’s Smoke…
...there's fire. My computer evinced smoke this fine morning. You may infer the rest. Topic for open discussion: Advantages Of Backing Up Your Computer. Update New machine due Wednesday; posts…
Posted inCulture Statistics
Food Deserts: Millions Of Californians Starving Themselves Into Obesity
The blubber is flowing in California. So says that State's venerable University, Los Angeles division. It's an epidemic! Both excessive fatness "increased significantly in just six years". This isn't the…
Posted inCulture Philosophy
There’s More Than One Way To Skin A Dead Companion Animal
There are enough details in the New York Observer report that we can piece together what happened. The scene: the monthly meeting of the New York Skeptics at a Kips…
Posted inPhilosophy Statistics
“I Can See The Future!”
The future begins tomorrow. This being so, it doesn't seem especially difficult to say what will happen in that uncertain land. Weathermen, and their noble sisters the weatherwomen, daily dispatch…
Posted inPhilosophy Statistics
Do Americans Still Dislike Atheists?
The answer is: Americans hate atheists just as much as they hate theists. Residents of these grand United States had always disliked prigs of any stripe and are not shy…
Posted inBook review Culture
College Graduates Are Academically Adrift
Repost I meant for this to run two days, but events overtook. Therefore, I'm restoring it to the top for the remainder of the day. Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on…
Posted inCulture
Osama Bin Laden Dead: Time To Quit Afghanistan
Update below The man whose mind was a slave to evil and who planned the attacks of 9/11, the man who spent the last decade of his pathetic life cowering…
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The Non-Candidacy Of Donald Trump
2020 Update Thanks for DAV for reminding me of this. This post below shows how far you can go wrong, how idiotic you can be, when you, like I, follow…
