PCRM >> Good Medicine Magazine >> Health vs. Pork: Congress Debates the Farm Bill >> Autumn 2007

Nice graphical argument for ending the current ag-subsidy programs.

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Oh, the irony

A 45-year-old woman, charged with ending a domestic dispute by killing her 26-year-old husband of five days, is a registered lobbyist for a group fighting domestic violence.

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Daniel Kahneman: The riddle of experience vs. memory


This is a great talk. Kahneman’s vacation thought experiment is particularly interesting.

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Dogs catching treats at 1000fps

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LBJ orders pants

Take a few minutes out of your day and spend it with this audio tape of Lyndon Baines Johnson, our 36th President, while he orders a few pairs of trousers from the Haggar company in Dallas.

This is precisely what the internet was invented for.

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Richard Feynman explains magnets, sort of

This is one of those down-the-rabbit-hole explanations like the ones that make Feynman’s books so interesting to read.

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North Korea fact of the day

Here are the two most shattering facts about North Korea. First, when viewed by satellite photography at night, it is an area of unrelieved darkness. Barely a scintilla of light is visible even in the capital city. (See this famous photograph.) Second, a North Korean is on average six inches shorter than a South Korean. You may care to imagine how much surplus value has been wrung out of such a slave, and for how long, in order to feed and sustain the militarized crime family that completely owns both the country and its people.

North Korea continues to be both fascinating and horrifying.

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Quote of the day

Not everything needs a 15-megapixel lens stuck on the back, like a little glass anus.

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Unhappy Hipsters

Still recovering from broken trust, neither wanted to be the first to try the eggs.
(Dwell, November 2009)

Still recovering from broken trust, neither wanted to be the first to try the eggs.

My new favorite blog.

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Space Suit Designer

A new entry on the list of coolest jobs ever.

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