This is really cool ...

... but if the email server outages are anything to go by, I just worry.

in reference to: Google OS: the end of the hard drive? - CNN.com (view on Google Sidewiki)

Wow, is that at one sitting?

Or can I just casually quaff throughout the afternoon?

in reference to: A bottle a day cuts heart disease risk, study says - decanter.com - the route to all good wine (view on Google Sidewiki)

Why Jon Stewart rocks ...

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About time, I say!

A trend that could take off.

in reference to:

"A London restaurant has banned turkey at Christmas because it's 'boring'."
- London restaurant bans turkey - decanter.com - the route to all good wine (view on Google Sidewiki)

Oh that's just disgusting ...

... and creepy:

in reference to:

"Police in Peru say they have broken up a gang that allegedly killed dozens of people and sold fat from the corpses to buyers in Europe who used it to make cosmetics."
- Al Jazeera English - Americas - Peru police hold 'fat gang' killers (view on Google Sidewiki)

I agree with the response ...

... if you're going to take on the trappings of a world power, a major pole in an emerging multi-polar world, at least have the stones to make a bold statement.

in reference to: Al Jazeera English - Europe - 'Low-profile' EU choices criticised (view on Google Sidewiki)

Agreeing with a charming,yet B-list actor is never recommended ...

... but he is accurate and funny in his assessment of the GOP.

in reference to: Steven Weber: Pussies Galore (view on Google Sidewiki)

Oh, great. Now Fox gets busted lying ...

... where were the press watchdogs for the last decade?

in reference to: For 2nd Time in 2 Weeks, Fox Caught Using Misleading Footage -- Sphere News, Opinion and Analysis (view on Google Sidewiki)

And then turn water into wine ...

... OK, that's a little cynical, but ...

in reference to: Rahm Emanuel: Obama Will Cut Deficit (view on Google Sidewiki)

OK, now that is a little creepy ...

You can now identify people using Android OS mobile devices in your Gmail chat window ...

in reference to: Android Creep: Gmail Chat Starts Showing Which Contacts Use Android Phones (view on Google Sidewiki)

What a weird way to pick a president ...

It's like looking for someone who is "just right". The porridge of presidencies ...

in reference to: Al Jazeera English - Europe - Leaders meet to elect EU president (view on Google Sidewiki)

Health care in the U.S. is worst where Republicans poll best.

From Crooks & Liars: "The diagnosis isn't pretty for Republicans committed to denying the health care their constituents need most of all. The 2009 rankings (above) reveal that nine of the top 10 healthiest states voted for Barack Obama in 2008. Conversely, 9 of the 10 cellar dwellers backed John McCain in 2008; four years earlier, the 15 unhealthiest states voted for George W. Bush for President."

in reference to: Red State Reality: Unhealthiest Residents, Worst Health Care | Crooks and Liars (view on Google Sidewiki)

Fear-mongering or speculation?

I wonder: Does anyone ever mitigate these studies with studies on the evolution of plants, animals, ecosystems, what have you, in order to see if there are adaption rates? In other words: Isn't one of evolution's key points the survival of the fittest?

in reference to: Al Jazeera English - Europe - Global temperature 'to rise by 6C' (view on Google Sidewiki)

Oh, COME ON ...

Really? Oh, that's just a statement on the sad state of British pop music.

in reference to: Strokes' debut tops album of the decade poll - CNN.com (view on Google Sidewiki)

Ooooookay.

It's only a dream.

in reference to: BBC NEWS | UK | Wales | South West Wales | Man 'killed wife during a dream' (view on Google Sidewiki)

This child is obviously a socialist ...

... but incredibly well-spoken for a socialist.

in reference to: Arkansas 10-Year-Old Won’t Pledge Allegiance Until Gays Gain Equality | Video Cafe (view on Google Sidewiki)

Is Twitter slowly becoming Facebook?

Video feeds? People search? Lists?

in reference to: Twitter Finally Enables People Search For Third-Party Apps (view on Google Sidewiki)

How to solve a problem like China ...

I just love how well-reasoned Foreign Policy magazine is about these things. Like The Economist, they take a capitalist approach, but without the partisan rancor.

in reference to: Five Things Obama Should Do in China | Foreign Policy (view on Google Sidewiki)

Become Vegan; Save the Planet.

From The Economist: "Earlier in the week the London Times splashed a headline quoting Nick Stern, a scientist, urging people to “Give up meat to save the planet”. The truth, the scientist admitted in the text of the article, is more banal: raising livestock produces greenhouse gases; and a vegetarian diet is better for the climate. Headline writers scoff at such subtleties."

in reference to: Barcelona: The Spanish prisoners | The Economist (view on Google Sidewiki)

It's William Gibson's world ...

... we just live in it.

in reference to: UK hails first cybercrime cooperation with banks - Network World (view on Google Sidewiki)

Prepare for the firestorm

From the UK's Telegraph: "Stephen Scott, director of research at the National Academy for Parenting Practitioners, has said his research shows children from lesbian couples do better in life than the offspring of heterosexual couples."

in reference to: Lesbians make 'better parents', says senior parenting official - Telegraph (view on Google Sidewiki)

Like some kind of Merchant Ivory movie ...

British ambassador's affair in Yemen.

in reference to: Married ambassador to Yemen moves pregnant mistress into official residence - Telegraph (view on Google Sidewiki)

But ... what about the voters at home??!?!

Actually, I kind of like this idea. Again, when did we become a nation of wusses?

in reference to: Al Jazeera English - Americas - Illinois jail eyed for Guantanamo (view on Google Sidewiki)

If prevention is the best medicine ...

... why do people avoid it?

in reference to: Forty Years' War - Medicines to Deter Some Cancers Are Not Taken - Series - NYTimes.com (view on Google Sidewiki)

Do the ends justify the means?

The new way of war -- Predator drones, long-distance missile strikes -- have proven to be deadly effective, but not as accurate as the quaint term "smart bomb" would lead us to believe.

As the numbers of civilian casualties line up in Afghanistan and Pakistan, the U.S. and its allies could be looking at a Pyrrhic victory.
in reference to: War unchecked - washingtonpost.com (view on Google Sidewiki)

Hero Worship

Matthew Dallek's asks some interesting questions of the Republican Far Right and its relationship to its demigod, Ronald Reagan.

in reference to: What Reagan Could Tell the Right - Page 1 - The Daily Beast (view on Google Sidewiki)