tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60456312009-02-21T02:46:21.465-05:00New Fruitings DailyCAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03786059558813431641noreply@blogger.comBlogger394125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6045631.post-1099542789677771542004-11-03T23:17:00.000-05:002004-11-03T23:38:55.603-05:00

It looks like 'moral issues' and 'family values' votes were the difference. That's especially frustrating considering this: Via Boston Globe, hat tip Philocrites: The state with the lowest divorce rate in the nation is Massachusetts. At latest count it had a divorce rate of 2.4 per 1,000 population, while the rate for Texas was 4.1. But don't take the US government's word for it. Take a look

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We've been trying to solve this template problem. I've e-mailed Blogger numerous times, they really haven't been as helpful as I would have expected, but we're still planning to be posting again soon.

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I feel very guilty for ignoring the genocide in Sudan. I know it's happening, but I've put off posting because I'm too busy, or I've got something else to post about, or whatever. That's unacceptable. So here's my effort to make amends by offering a round-up of links about the crisis in Sudan. If you want to learn about what's happening in Danfur this is the post for you.

Andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08936597261033036910noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6045631.post-1090860393893589932004-07-26T11:45:00.000-05:002004-08-09T21:08:29.200-05:00

Albert Einstein may have been a genius, but he was not clever enough to avoid the classic honey pot, in his case a glamorous Soviet secret agent named Maria Konnenkova. Konnenkova dated Einstein in the 1940s in order to gain information on the top-secret Manhattan Project, the U.S. effort to develop the first nuclear bomb.

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We're trying a new template, it appears that Blogger is not supporting the old template, I guess we were ready for a change anyway. I'll add the sidebar content if we decide to keep this look. Let us know what you think.

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It appears that Lance has done it again. Awesome. Lance Armstrong conquered the L'Alpe d'Huez, the Tour de France, and very likely history Wednesday with a furious assault that earned him another impressive stage victory on cycling's most legendary climb. ...Armstrong's time of 39 minutes 41 seconds put him 61 seconds ahead of Ulrich for the day and 3:48 beyond Basso's reach in the overall

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Via Knightrider: Geobacter, a class of bacteria, is tiny and yet so talented that it can turn deadly uranium waste into harmless muck, generate electricity from rust and garbage, and even run a toy car. ...Geobacter acts like a tiny deliveryman, shuttling electrons from atoms in a harmless organic substance, such as vinegar, to a species of highly radioactive uranium known as Uranium-6.

CAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03786059558813431641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6045631.post-1090327445544848422004-07-20T07:44:00.000-05:002004-07-20T07:44:05.543-05:00

Dean's impact is proving to be enduring, at least through November. E.J. Dionne lays it out in today's WaPo.

CAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03786059558813431641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6045631.post-1090288555900213992004-07-19T20:53:00.000-05:002004-08-09T21:11:30.913-05:00

After almost 30 years of arguing that a black hole swallows up everything that falls into it, astrophysicist Stephen Hawking backpedaled Thursday. In doing so, he lost one of the most famous bets in recent scientific history.  The world-famous author of a "Brief History of Time" said he and other scientists had gotten it wrong —the galactic traps may in fact allow information to escape. "I've

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After more than two decades of living in near obscurity, the former world chess champion Bobby Fischer has been apprehended by Japanese immigration authorities for allegedly trying to leave the country without a valid passport. A United States Embassy official in Tokyo confirmed that Mr. Fischer was detained at Narita airport today. Japanese news reports said Mr. Fischer could be deported to the

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The fence is only one-quarter built, and yet it has already resulted in an astonishing reduction in suicide attacks into Israel. In the last four months, two Israelis have died in suicide attacks, compared with 166 killed in the same time frame at the height of the terror.      But what are 164 dead Jews to this court? Israel finally finds a way to stop terrorism, and 14 eminences sitting in

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The Libertarian Party nominates a candidate without knowing his views or knowing about his brushes with the law.  via Oxblog.

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R. James Woosley seems to get it, he recently spoke about the need to reduce Middle East oil dependence. Via Policy Watch. The subject of energy and oil dependence should be at the top of the U.S. national security agenda. There are several reasons for concern. First, the world demand for oil is growing rapidly. ...Second, many of the world's oil fields have reached their halfway exploitation

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Via MetaFilter.

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An entertaining music video. Enjoy. UPDATE: While we're on a music video meme, check out this one from a slightly different genre. Kikkoman! Fight!

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The Hybrid Revolution continues. Honda is releasing a hybrid Accord this fall, and similar to the Lexus, the hybrid version will have more power than the regular V6, and still get better gas milage. Hybrids are going main stream. Via EERE News:American Honda released the first images of its 2005 Accord V6 Hybrid on June 28th, and although it may not look much different, the new vehicle packs a

CAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03786059558813431641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6045631.post-1089117754611334192004-07-06T07:40:00.000-05:002004-07-06T07:42:34.616-05:00

I like it.

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It's interesting to read about the history of Unitarianism from a distinctly non-Unitarian perspective, via Christianity Today Magazine: Post-1776, Congregationalism suffered the social, political and economic aftereffects of the war. Political frenzy supplanted religious fervor as New Englanders contributed more of their time and money to secular causes. In addition, the free spirit of the era

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A Drudge inside source is saying it's likely. Official Washington and the entire press corps will be rocked when Hillary Rodham Clinton is picked as Kerry's VP and a massive love fest will begin! So predicts a top D.C. insider, who spoke to the DRUDGE REPORT on condition he not be named. "All the signs point in her direction," said the insider, one of the most influential and well-placed in

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I've never even heard of this stuff. They should add it to Red Bull. Anyone out there with any first hand accounts? Via NYT: Modafinil, a small white pill that revs up the central nervous system without the jitteriness of caffeine or the addiction and euphoria of amphetamines. Since 1998, modafinil, made by Cephalon and sold under the brand name Provigil, has quietly altered the lives of

CAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03786059558813431641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6045631.post-1088402411938966542004-06-28T00:51:00.000-05:002004-06-28T01:00:11.940-05:00

Hat tip Slashdot. The test is here.

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Thomas Friedman is on leave. This is my last column for three months. I'm taking a sabbatical to finish a book about geopolitics, called "The World Is Flat." It is not easy to take a timeout right now. But I want to step back and construct a better framework for myself to explain what's going on out there. Here's a few of the headlines I'd like to read while I'm gone.

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That link is from Drudge, but WorldNetDaily is also covering the story. Varasteh believes the frog larve entered the woman's body where it grew to adult size. Others, according to the BBC's translation of the Etemaad article, speculate that she unknowingly picked up the larve while swimming in dirty water. But not all Iranian physicians are accepting this explanation. Etemaad notes that some

Andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08936597261033036910noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6045631.post-1088397896686978532004-06-27T23:38:00.000-05:002004-06-27T23:44:56.686-05:00

Greg Djerejian and Instapundit have more links about this story. The FT has now learnt that three European intelligence services were aware of possible illicit trade in uranium from Niger between 1999 and 2001. Human intelligence gathered in Italy and Africa more than three years before the Iraq war had shown Niger officials referring to possible illicit uranium deals with at least five countries

Andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08936597261033036910noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6045631.post-1088397505133062352004-06-27T23:30:00.000-05:002004-06-28T00:00:35.510-05:00

Matt Yglesias and Instapundit point to Bigwig's case for Kerry. Pretty solid. Update: In case you needed more reasons to vote for Kerry Kevin Drum lays out why Bush is down right embarrassing. It's unbelievable. We have a president who apparently feels uncomfortable doing an interview with a foreign journalist unless he knows beforehand what she's going to ask, and then behaves childishly when

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