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Newsweek imagines a President Al Gore
Newsweek asks What if Al Gore had won the 2000 election? It provides an alternative oral history with quotes from several journalists as they imagine the Earthly paradise that would…
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Pajamas Media: Merry Christmas. Now Stick ’em up!
Today's---depressing---post is over at Pajamas Media. I had originally guessed the vote would not be all Democrats and Independents against all Republicans. I had supposed Reid was going to play…
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Health care: Dems to vote to increase taxes and debt ceiling simultaneously
Some ill-informed persons out there actually had the temerity to accuse Democrats as the "tax and spend" party. A stereotype! Whatever could have given them that idea? Perhaps this: Democrats…
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Gotta fear them crazy GIs
An AP article claims "Militia movement resurfaces across U.S." (link here; though this story differs from the one I read in the San Jose Mercury News). How did they come…
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Stinky Tofu
It's time for a science experiment! In a large plastic bag, collect the following: the solid bits from the kitty litter, or the equivalent output from Fido, a week's worth…
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Podcast Lecture #3: Understanding Statistics and Probability
[podcast]https://www.wmbriggs.com/audio/wmbriggs_com_lecture_0003.mp3[/podcast] Today's lecture: Review Logic: If our premises are that we have a six-sided die that we'll toss, and that only one side will show on that toss, and that…
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Can You Read My Mind?
Ghosts, ESP, telekinesis, astrology, and other assorted oddities are back in view. One of the "SyFy" channel's most popular series is a show about hunting apparitions. The movie Men Who…
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One reason leftists think conservatives are idiots
Sit down and consider these questions carefully: wouldn't you like to make money at home? with no effort? with no experience? with no investment!? Sure! We all would! Call WMBriggs.com…