Day: January 22, 2016

Edward Feser: Possibly the Worst New Atheist Book Yet – First Things IFRL-TLC-Scenery-GAPD-rijks.the-threatened-swan-interpreted-later-as-an-allegory-on-johan-de-witt

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Edward Feser: Possibly the Worst New Atheist Book Yet – First Things

CK MacLeod January 22, 2016

Biologist Jerry Coyne has managed to write what might be the worst book yet published in the...

Washington Post: Why a looming storm makes us think we can eat all the junk food we want IFRL-NaPP-Space-rawpixel-id-428228

Washington Post: Why a looming storm makes us think we can eat all the junk food we want

Will Truman January 22, 2016

Thursday night, a day before the storm was due to pound us with blizzard conditions, American University...
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How To Drive In The Snow, In A Regular-Ass Car, Without Freaking Out IFRL-Mindiv-alex-jones-1246-unsplash

How To Drive In The Snow, In A Regular-Ass Car, Without Freaking Out

Will Truman January 22, 2016

Which brings me to the first thing you need to know in order to drive the hell...

@CathyYoung63: “Re Alt-Right…” IFRL-TLC-Scenery-GAPD-tate.vesuvius-in-eruption-with-a-view-over-the-islands-in-the-bay-of-naples-100

@CathyYoung63: “Re Alt-Right…”

CK MacLeod January 22, 2016

(CK: Double Content Warning: Linked Post Contains Highly Controversial Views AND (See "Updates" Note) Misuses the Word...

Linky Friday #150: Burning Fuel 7590813608_4e2602e6ec_b_oil-field-fire

Linky Friday #150: Burning Fuel

Will Truman January 22, 2016

This Week: Sports, Food, Resources, Government, Cities, and Technology!

Flint Water Crisis: The Not-So-Usual Suspects IFRL-Mindiv-lucas-mordzin-1061221-unsplash

Flint Water Crisis: The Not-So-Usual Suspects

Dennis Sanders January 22, 2016

This is a huge public health disaster. And we Americans like our big, bad disasters in black...

Bitter Empire: The Presidential Candidates Ranked By Their Usefulness In A Bar Fight IFRL-TLC-Scenery-holger-link-762904-unsplash

Bitter Empire: The Presidential Candidates Ranked By Their Usefulness In A Bar Fight

Will Truman January 22, 2016

4. Chris Christie Again, Christie is not going to be one of the best physical fighters you’ve...

Dark Matter in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025Far as I can tell, most press conferences are not open to the general public. That seems to be what…
David TC in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025I have to say, while I am not a Free Speech Abolutist, I am very confused. I didn't know you could a…
David TC in reply to pillsy on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025I think it's worth reminding people that the Republicans are setting precedent after precedent that…
Saul Degraw on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/20251. Van Hollen managed to meet with Garcia in a hotel. Bukele and/ Trump are frightened. 2. David Bro…
Dark Matter in reply to InMD on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025It's in NY, against an unpopular victim, with an attractive killer whose motivation was presumably s…
Dark Matter in reply to Saul Degraw on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025Very true. It's newsworthy only because it's rare. These sorts of "respect" killings (assuming that'…
Jaybird in reply to Slade the Leveller on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025Nothing to be done, I guess.
Slade the Leveller on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025It’s kind of hard to believe there’s anything worth bombing still in Gaza, but I guess when you run…
Jaybird in reply to Michael Cain on From Marginal Revolution: o3 and AGI, is April 16th AGI day?Not to nitpick, but that excludes more than 5% of humans.
Jaybird in reply to pillsy on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025They have already taken away the salad bars from Applebee's. They have taken away the Ponderosas.