Month: July 2009
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Art critics with better brains? Yes, it is scientifically possible!
From a friend who asked “Who’s paying for THIS?”, I just learned about a study which trained pigeons to be art critics: Pigeons, it seems, can discriminate between art techniques and can even judge their quality. According to scientists, given the incentive of food, racing pigeons can be trained to study the colour, pattern and…
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Pot Goes Legit
I remember when the micro-computer trade shows started. A few years after the first ones we had an industry. I think hemp/marijuana will follow a similar track. This video was put out by the same folks who put out the It Gave Me Hope video. If you want to grow your own hope this book…
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Thank you for ignoring my heresy
A post linked by Glenn Reynolds yesterday (about Barry Goldwater’s revenge) reminded me of an excellent observation which bears rerepeating: “I became a conservative by being around liberals, and I became a libertarian by being around conservatives.” That was Greg Gutfeld, in a hilarious ReasonTV interview. My experience was somewhat different. I became a libertarian…
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Your candidate’s adultery is worse than mine!
Speaking of adultery (which almost everyone agrees is bad) I’m wondering whose adultery is worse — Mark Sanford’s or Newt Gingrich’s. I realize that I’m not the only one asking, but the question was just sort of thrown in my face earlier as I read yet another strong online moral condemnation of the eminently condemnable…
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Whose favorite villains are to blame for the latest horror?
When I wrote about the Mark Sanford sex scandal, I had no idea that it might be considered even remotely related to gay marriage. Well, apparently it is — at least to some people. Rod Dreher explains: The argument goes like this: 1. Mark Sanford is a social conservative who advocated against same-sex marriage rights.…
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Hating Sarah Palin is so gay!
As regular readers know, I love Sarah Palin. (So does co-blogger M. Simon). What I don’t love, though, is this attempt by Stacy McCain to link hatred of Sarah Palin to homosexuality (which McCain sees as synonymous with Andrew Sullivan’s view of motherhood and vaginas). Because the man is an influential conservative as well as…
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That Should Work
H/T R. Dave via e-mail who sent me to Gateway Pundit to get the whole picture. Cross Posted at Power and Control