Well, again...that bit of appreciation from Newsvine/MSNBC is in for the month. AB of Seattle report, according to Google Analytics, for the month of September 2009, on which current earnings are based: Unique Visitors: 16,249 Total Pageviews: 22,110
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If you follow the debate around the energy/climate bills working through Congress you will notice that the drill-baby-drill opponents of this legislation are now making two claims.
Amazon.com has just released a free program for your PC that enables you to view Kindle Books on your computer. The current version is compatible with IE-7, Vista, and Windows 7. The 'Whispernet' link is also included. It takes up about five megabytes of space on your computer.
Before he departed China, Barack Obama gave an interview to the Southern Weekend newspaper, one of China's few outspoken and crusading titles.
I feel clammy and hemmed in. "And you won't tell Mum we had this conversation?" I say. "I promise," says Joel. "Mum will never know." There's a silence. "I can't tell you," I say. "Tell me," says Joel. "I can't," I say.
Certain primates, including humans, engage in oral sex. The practice has been documented in bonobos as well. But now researchers have documented fellatio in bats, marking the first time oral sex has been seen in an animal other than a primate.
Jacob Sullum over at Reason Magazine has a new article up that rehashes most of the same worn out talking points that place the blame for mass shootings like those at Virginia Tech and Fort Hood at the feet of weapons bans and gun control advocates.
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All of the pictures in this article are drawn from NASA's infamous 'G.R.I.N.' files ('Great Images In NASA'). Shades of Mark Twain!
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With the Federal Reserve under more intense attack than at any time in decades, Ben S. Bernanke, the professorial chairman of the central bank, was schooled last month in how to handle the increased political demands of his job.
It is said that societies that do not know history are doomed to repeat it. In some sense then it is fitting that today, November the 9th, will pass in relative obscurity for most Americans.
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