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a bunch of links brett found

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    Some See Big Problem in Wisconsin Drinking (www.nytimes.com)

    Among other things, minors in Wisconsin can drink in bars as long as their accompanied by a guardian who consents.

    by brett 3 days ago
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  • 2.
    Obama's designated a--hole (www.salon.com)

    Apparently Ari Gold is based on Rahm Emanuel's little brother.

    Thanks Garry

    by brett 8 days ago
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    Spam gets 1 response per 12,500,000 emails (www.techradar.com)

    But spammers still make money.

    by brett 9 days ago
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    Blue vs Red States: Federal Spending Per Dollar of Federal Taxes (farm4.static.flickr.com)
    by brett 19 days ago
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    A Rise in Kidney Stones Is Seen in U.S. Children (www.nytimes.com)

    Insane.

    by brett 22 days ago
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  • 6.
    Transcript: Charles Barkley tells Brown 'racism is a cancer' (www.cnn.com)

    He also says he's running for governor of Alabama in 2014.

    by brett 22 days ago
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  • 7.
    The Curious Cook - What’s Hot, What’s Not, in Pots and Pans (www.nytimes.com)

    I didn't know McGee wrote for the Times.

    by brett 1 month ago
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    Projected Electoral Votes Based on Polls (electoral-vote.com)
    by brett 1 month ago
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    Pocketful of Dough - Tips on Tipping (www.gourmet.com)
    by brett 1 month ago
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  • 10.
    Train crushes railway sex couple (news.bbc.co.uk)

    Really? On the train tracks? I smell a darwin award.

    by brett 1 month ago
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    Wind turbines make bat lungs explode (environment.newscientist.com)

    I wonder if the bats are still alive after the explosion.

    by brett 1 month ago
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  • 12.
    Look Who's Irrational Now (online.wsj.com)

    Apparently evangelical christians are less likely to hold certain superstitions. The tone and conclusions are a bit suspect but some of the mentioned studies sound pretty interesting.

    by brett 1 month ago
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    The Strangest Factor Yet for Rising Obesity? (freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com)

    "Is it possible that the availability of good plumbing has contributed to our national weight gain?"

    by brett 2 months ago
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    Scientist use Tetris to study how dreams reinforce learning (www.sciam.com)

    I can still see the pieces when I close my eyes.

    by brett 2 months ago
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    The diet that really works (women.timesonline.co.uk)

    I always thought that the Atkins diet was total insanity, but the low/no carbs part keeps popping up.

    by brett 3 months ago
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    In 1973, said Hedegaard, “we got 99 percent of our energy from the Middle East. Today it is zero.” (www.nytimes.com)

    Denmark is putting the US to shame.

    by brett 3 months ago
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    They Used to Say Whale Oil Was Indispensable, Too (www.nytimes.com)
    by brett 3 months ago
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  • 18.
    Traffic jams are not, by and large, caused by flaws in road design but by flaws in human nature (www.nytimes.com)

    Book Review - 'Traffic,' by Tom Vanderbilt

    by brett 3 months ago
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  • 19.
    MagCloud (magcloud.com)

    Cool service. Give them a pdf and they'll sell it as a magazine for you.

    by brett 3 months ago
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  • 20.
    Malwebolence - The World of Web Trolling (www.nytimes.com)

    I'm a little scared to put any editorial on this one.

    by brett 3 months ago
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  • 21.
    The Secret Curse of Expert Archers (www.nytimes.com)

    The bow and arrow yips. Scary.

    by brett 3 months ago
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  • 22.
    California judge rules early cell phone termination fees illegal (tech.yahoo.com)

    Wow. That's awesome.

    by brett 3 months ago
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  • 23.
    Radiation-loving fungi (www.cosmosmagazine.com)

    "Deep in the radioactive bowels of the smashed Chernobyl reactor, a strange new lifeform is blooming."

    by brett 3 months ago
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  • 24.
    Digital Domain - First It Was Song Downloads. Now It’s Organic Chemistry. (www.nytimes.com)

    Apparently the pirating of college textbooks is on the rise.

    by brett 3 months ago
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  • 25.
    The Illogic of Farm Subsidies, and Other Agricultural Truths (freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com)

    Long Q & A with agricultural economist Daniel Sumner. Interesting.

    by brett 3 months ago
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