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I don’t normally resort to cat videos, but what the hey. It gets better as it goes along. by … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: December 2012
Here’s 24 hours’ worth of (pre-hurricane) transit in New York City compressed into a little over two minutes. There’s a date/time stamp at upper right. Even in New York there’s markedly less activity in the wee hours of the morning, … Continue reading
A friend of mine once insisted that laws against same-sex marriage don’t reduce the rights of gay men and women because they have the exact same right as straight men and women to marry someone of the opposite sex. I … Continue reading
At the Time Magazine website, reporter Michael Grunwald (the author of a book mentioned here Friday) laments bad reporting about the current budget negotiations: It’s really amazing to see political reporters dutifully passing along Republican complaints that President Obama’s opening … Continue reading
A hidden-camera show in Brazil stages an elaborate prank involving a fake elevator: The lights go out, a little girl with a doll enters through a secret panel (which we can see via an infrared camera), and the lights come … Continue reading
There’s a lot of talk of “filibuster reform,” but the Democratic proposal could be more accurately described as restoring the filibuster. The Senate has traditionally permitted unlimited debate and discussion of a bill before the final vote was taken. As … Continue reading
Irish comic Dara O’Briain is one of the funniest people around. Here he take on the subject of young people. (The usual modern comedy warning applies to those who are hypersensitive to naughty language.) by … Continue reading