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John Oliver on improving Supreme Court coverage

Posted on 2014-10-26 by GaryOctober 26, 2014
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John Oliver and his associates at HBO’s Last Week Tonight have come up with a brilliant way to make coverage of the Supreme Court more watchable: Link: http://youtu.be/fJ9prhPV2PI The raw footage to let you make your own Supreme Court videos … Continue reading →

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Congress is mostly ignoring the antibiotic crisis

Posted on 2014-10-21 by GaryOctober 21, 2014
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Diana Zuckerman has an important blog post on the member’s website of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. As she points out, Congress has taken some action — and is considering more — to promote the development of … Continue reading →

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Sanity on Ebola from Fox News

Posted on 2014-10-15 by GaryOctober 15, 2014
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Shepard Smith on Fox News spends just a few minutes explaining why it makes no sense for people in the United States to panic over their tiny risk of contracting Ebola: Link: http://youtu.be/Z2KBfynW09I As Smith says in the clip above, … Continue reading →

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Jesse Stone news (slightly stale)

Posted on 2014-10-15 by GaryOctober 15, 2014
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My single most popular entry on this blog was a review of the Jesse Stone series of TV movies starring Tom Selleck. I’ve had dozens of comments on it, almost all from people wanting to see more of them. By … Continue reading →

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Menu from Shianghai

Posted on 2014-10-13 by GaryOctober 13, 2014
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XKCD on U.S. legal and public acceptance of mixed-race and same-sex marriage

Posted on 2014-10-08 by GaryOctober 13, 2014
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The XKCD web comic offers not just comic strips but often some quite interesting and informative graphics. Here’s yet another example: The associated title text (what you see if you hover your mouse pointer over the image) reads, “People often … Continue reading →

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John Oliver on civil asset forfeiture

Posted on 2014-10-07 by GaryOctober 6, 2014
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A caution before you watch this: If you have some good reason not to get seriously angry right now — perhaps high blood pressure or you need to get to bed soon — don’t watch this, because it will very … Continue reading →

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Jon Stewart and John Holdren versus the House Pseudoscience Committee

Posted on 2014-10-06 by GaryOctober 6, 2014
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Wow, is this good. I started to watch it the other day and had a connection problem so I only just got around to viewing it. (Thanks to my brother Tom for recommending it, by the way.) In just a … Continue reading →

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David Cameron’s rap song

Posted on 2014-10-04 by GaryJanuary 31, 2015
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British Prime Minister David Cameron performs a Conservative Party rap with the help of some heavy-duty editing by a YouTuber calling himself CassetteBoy. Contains some naughty language (see the lyric below). Probably not safe for work, but that of course … Continue reading →

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BBC Scotland: That woman wasn’t Rudolf Hess

Posted on 2014-10-03 by GaryOctober 1, 2014
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BBC Scotland has multiple amusing technical problems in less than a minute: Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Hess The report mentions Rudolf Hess, the Nazi deputy führer who had become isolated from the rest of the leadership and apparently concocted, with the help of … Continue reading →

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