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Why Memes Are Stupid: The Short Version
In 1976, in his The Selfish Gene, a book which revealed that most of us are slaves to our genes, biologist Richard Dawkins "discovered" the meme which, in one definition,…
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City Of Free Love To Ban Circumcision
An enraged citizen's group in San Francisco has submitted legislation that, if passed, would ban abortion---no, wait. I have that wrong. They would ban circumcision. In a fit of Enlightenment…
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“Bring Who Did It To Justice” and Other News Words I Hate
Faisal Shahzad, a Pakistani-American, who, preliminary reports indicate, is not a member of the Tea Party, has been arrested in connection with the Times Square bombing. Officials think that either…
