At least this is my current favorite animal trick. You know, there are innumerable good dog tricks. There are lots of cat tricks. But there aren't many fish tricks. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ewPCADX4eA[/youtube]
There is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened. Douglas Adams (1952…
Congratulations to these kids. They're absolutely justified. The military has no right to coerce high school students into taking tests that make it easier to recruit the students. The test the kids resisted, the ASVAB is a covert recruiting tool. If kids want to go to Iraq, let them go to…
That is the conclusion of this article by Lakshmi Chaudhry, published by In These Times: But where “lad lit” authors disguise the dumbing-down of adult masculinity with witty prose, advertising executives are less subtle. Commercials for cell phones, fast food, beer and deodorants offer up an infantilized version of masculinity…
Bush supporters, including some Republican presidential candidates, have been boasting lately that Bush's troop surge in Iraq last year is "working." However, for several reasons, this claim is highly dubious. First, there never were any clear goals stated for the surge, nor was any timetable ever given, so there actually is no…