Saturday, January 14, 2006

Alito and Roe vs. Wade

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As a resident commie socialist pinko democrat, I feel compelled to say something about Alito and Roe vs. Wade. First, I like the comments th...

Bated or baited breath?

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Questions & Answers: Bated breath . What a fun site. I may never come across it again, but I do love finding these chance things.

Is it ethical to download music I own?

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Allofmp3.com is a Russian site that provides mp3 encoded music. The copyright holders get nothing for this music. The musicians get nothing....

Comments on Capitalism: Gilded Age III

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Obsidian Wings writes about health care in the new China , and someone comments: ... Capitalism is a system for finding local minima. It opt...

Gilded Age II

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Joseph Nocera writes in NYT Business (TimesSelect) : ... from 2000 to 2003 the total compensation of the five best-paid officers of all publ...

The Gilded Age

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Where can you park a 200 million dollar toy? The New Megayachts: Too Much of a Good Thing? - New York Times ... From Miami to St. Thomas, ne...
Thursday, January 12, 2006

Breeding the long-lived dog: Step One

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I have long hoped breeders would focus on breeding a dog with a long, healthy, lifespan. Modern veterinary care has added 2-3 years to the c...
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On taking companies public

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I thought this rule of thumb was quite interesting. (HIStalk is read religiously in my industry. That's a sort of blog influence that do...
Wednesday, January 11, 2006

Working class wages in Britain - 1300 to 1840

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From Brad DeLong: Brad DeLong's Semi-Daily Journal: The Condition of the Working Class in Britain, 1300- Data built by Greg Clark on rea...

Sick child with very painful legs - think meningitis

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A sick child presents. Do they need: 1. a lumbar puncture? 2. blood cultures and observation? 3. blood cultures and IM antibiotics, f/u 24 h...
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Orcinus channels a right wing lust for lynching

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Orcinus has collected a nice set of right wing lynch and murder fantasies . It's a good reference to keep at hand should one ever run in...
Tuesday, January 10, 2006

Google Earth is still staggering

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My wife and I are in our mid 40s. At dinner the other night we were trying to imagine what the world might look like in 20 years, taking the...

Mirror neurons and their alternative uses

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When we watch a person doing something, we create an internal simulation of their actions using the same cortical structures required for th...
Sunday, January 08, 2006

Dean is back: PZ Myers tells the tale

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I miss Howard Dean. Maybe I'll hear more from him. PPZ Myers (Pharyngula) quotes a Dean interview with Blitzer: Dean: "There are no...

DeLay: using foster children to launder bribes

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Molly Ivins wonders which charities Republicans are dumping their radioactive Abramoff funds into: WorkingForChange-Proud to be an American ...