An interesting tweet just now by Stephen Fry (If you don’t know who Stephen Fry is, I feel sorry for you) Know this, Republicans.Even the most right wing British politician wouldn’t think of dismantling our health service. I think this is an interesting point. Why? Because it means the Democrats are going about this entire healthcare thing all wrong. There… Read more »
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/stewart_mandel/08/12/notre-dame/index.html#
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0809/26029.html
I didn’t end up watching the Perseid meteor shower last night — I don’t need any extra sleep deprivation when I’ve got a 1-month-old at home, thank you very much — but SpaceWeather.com says “anecdotal evidence is mounting” that the predicted “uptick” in meteor rates early this morning, around 0800 UT (2:00 AM MDT), did indeed happen. If so, those… Read more »
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCPAT2+shtml/121442.shtml
I know I know, I babble on about this a lot… Still, I thought this article was really quite interesting. Specifically this point: During the same period, the Dutch have reduced their fatalities from 3200 to 800. If we calculate out the rate per 1000 people, the Dutch fatality rate is 40% of the American rate. This is remarkable, particularly… Read more »
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/11/AR2009081100988.html?hpid=topnews
http://www.salon.com/opinion/paglia/2009/08/12/town_halls/
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/preview09/news/story?page=roadtobcs/0901
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/bowlprojection?season=2009&week=0
