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Green Energy
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Republicans and the politics of No
My new column for the FT argues that the Republicans' political recovery is undeserved, and in the long run may even hurt them, because it is rewarding them for having nothing useful to say.The Republicans' main achievement has been to contain their...
From: The Atlantic | By: Clive Crook | Tuesday, February 9, 2010
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In order to leave a comment, you must take sides
Internet, I need you to be my girlfriend right now, the one who invites me over on Friday night to have a glass of wine and talk about how, sometimes... not all the time... but occasionally... and at times frequently... husbands can be complete idiots....
From: Dooce | By: dooce | Monday, February 8, 2010
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On minimalism
Enjoy the simple pleasures.
From: Zen Habits | By: Leo | Monday, February 8, 2010
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Practically Green
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Green Police Audi Commercial
If you missed this commercial because you fell asleep or had to bring up the 3rd glass of water to your young one for the night, here it is: And not suprisingly, it is sparking all sorts of controversy.  The NY Times said, “This misguided spot put...
From: Practically Green | By: Susan Hunt Stevens | Tuesday, February 9, 2010
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Sims 3 hitting consoles, handhelds this Christmas
Some utterly unsurprising news for you now: The Sims 3 will be released on game consoles and handhelds around Christmas 2010. Because EA likes money. The PC version launched last June, shipping a ridiculous 3.7 million units in its opening three months,...
From: The Inquisitr | By: Chris Greenhough | Tuesday, February 9, 2010
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Jurors: Stop Twittering
A federal court policy making body is belatedly entering the internet age by proposing that judges clearly inform jurors they must not electronically discuss cases they are hearing. It’s standard procedure to inform jurors to remain mum and not conduct...
From: Wired | By: David Kravets | Monday, February 8, 2010
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From “Eraserhead” to MMS: David Lynch Goes Mobile
Award-winning director (and three-time Oscar nominee) David Lynch (of Blue Velvet and Twin Peaks fame) and the David Lynch Foundation have teamed up with mobile video marketer Mogreet to bring video MMS messages to Lynch fans.We spoke with Mogreet and...
From: Mashable | By: Christina Warren | Tuesday, February 9, 2010
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Glenn Beck
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Arguing with Idiots: How to Stop Small Minds and Big Government

FUNNY.FRIGHTENING.TRUE.It happens to all of us: You're minding your own business, when some idiot informs you that guns are evil, the Prius will save the planet, or the rich have to finally start paying their fair share of tax...
The Man Who Looked Into Facebook's Soul
Youth social networking researcher dana boyd has observed that many people presume the way they use social networks is the way everyone uses them. "I interviewed gay men who thought Friendster was a gay dating site because all they saw were other gay...
From: Read Write Web | By: Marshall Kirkpatrick | Tuesday, February 9, 2010
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Just How Stupid Are We?
"I never tried to cut her throat," Scott Lee Cohen protested, defending himself against one of several allegations of abuse during his 15 minutes as democratic candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Illinois.  Apparently, not trying to slaughter...
From: The Atlantic | By: Wendy Kaminer | Monday, February 8, 2010
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Palin's Saturday Night Live
It's far past time to stop pretending that Palin is just a joke. Her performance in Nashville was taken seriously by the kind of people who dominate the Republican nominating process.
From: Huffington Post | By: Ed Kilgore | Monday, February 8, 2010
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Condescending Liberals
"[I]n the end the bedrock common sense of the American people will prevail," wrote conservative columnist Charles Krauthammer Friday in the Washington Post. He was crowing over Scott Brown's......
From: The Atlantic | By: Michael Kinsley | Tuesday, February 9, 2010
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The Tebow Ad
It was much tamer than the controversy around it suggested: Basically a rather touching, funny way for Focus on the Family to airbrush its image. And nothing wrong with that. Amy Davidson reflects on it....
From: The Atlantic | By: Andrew Sullivan | Tuesday, February 9, 2010
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Shoe, Meet the Other Foot
When a reader offered up this New York Times editorial, I confess I suspected he might have written it himself--it was so pitch perfectly hilarious.  But no, it's real:June 23, 2005 Social Security Follies Congressional Republicans have begun talking...
From: The Atlantic | By: Megan McArdle | Monday, February 8, 2010
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Help ...
Any politician who fails to fight for a federal student loan program will be hurting themselves politically and punishing college students financially.
From: Huffington Post | By: Richard (RJ) Eskow | Tuesday, February 9, 2010
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The Bittersweet Truth About ...
Can a chocolate a day help keep the doctor away? While I have to answer that with a qualified yes, I can say with certainty that chocolate is a wise investment with Valentine's Day.
From: Huffington Post | By: Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D. | Monday, February 8, 2010
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Haitian Apocalypse and a Bold New ...
Nothing can prepare you for Port-Au-Prince. Not watching the devastation on CNN for a week. Not viewing a Time magazine photo montage of blue-tinged bodies in rigor mortis. Nothing.
From: Huffington Post | By: Rabbi Shmuley Boteach | Tuesday, February 9, 2010
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In Vitro Fertilization
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Cameron Hooks Up With A-Rod; MJ's Doctor Charged With Manslaughter ...
Cameron Diaz was spotted "grinding on" A-Rod at a pre-Super Bowl party in Miami on Saturday night and a source says they "have been totally hooking up." A partygoer says Cameron was "fun and flirty," but also tipsy, so lets hope she saw the error of...
From: Jezebel | By: Margaret | Tuesday, February 9, 2010
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Single mother to be, the Bible and sperm
I am making plans to become a mother soon. Sperm donation keeps popping into mind but I am a single Christian. Can someone point me in the direction of a good sources of information from a Christian/biblical perspective for or against this. I am fine...
From: Ask Metafilter | By: Anonymous | Monday, February 8, 2010
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Carnival Queen Prompts Debate On Sexualizing Kids • Man ...
• The role of the "queen" of the Rio de Janeiro carnival is usually played by a model or soap star, but this year 7-year-old Julia Lira will be the drum corps queen. Children's services groups are none too happy.As "queen," Lira will wear a revealing,...
From: Jezebel | By: Katy | Monday, February 8, 2010
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Ads for Golden 1 are showing some brass
SPECIAL TO THE BEE Golden 1 Credit Union The Golden 1 Credit Union in Sacramento has been publicly needling its big-bank competitors, raising such unpleasant topics as bailout money and private jets. What started out last fall as a radio campaign to...
From: Sacramento Bee | By: Mark Glover | Tuesday, February 9, 2010
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Ali Chooses Work Over 'Bachelor': Roger Catlin - TV Eye
Can women have it all? Love and a career? Not always. Ali Fedotowsky, 25, the only New Englander in the entire season of "The Bachelor: On the Wings of Love" and one of the final four women vying for the heart of Jake Pavelka, woke up from her bubble...
From: Hartford Courant | Tuesday, February 9, 2010
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The Super Bowl: Double Standards and Fighting Against Choice ...
Super Bowl Sunday is over, but the advertisements live on around the internet. The misogyny certainly rolled; my fav is Dodge Charger's Man's Last Stand, which you can read a great Feministing commentary summing up. But since we've been chattering about...
From: Change.org | By: Alex DiBranco | Tuesday, February 9, 2010
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Ask Metafilter
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So one of those Egg Council creeps got to you too, huh?
Is there actually a link between eating eggs and having high choleterol? I know you're not my doctor, but help me settle a bet with one. I've been regularly eating 3 eggs a day for the past month, and my girlfriend's dad (an endocrinologist) is trying...
From: Ask Metafilter | By: albrecht | Monday, February 8, 2010
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Hey, pescatarians! Need some raw fish ideas!
Hey, pescatarians! Need some raw fish ideas! I'm borderline diabetic, have a constricted esophagus which makes swallowing difficult, and have multiple food allergies including a nasty reaction to cooked fish. That's right, cooked fish. I can go to town...
From: Ask Metafilter | By: mattholomew | Monday, February 8, 2010
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Why does beer make my leg muscles tense up?
Why do my muscles (particularly my leg muscles) get tense and uncomfortable after drinking in the evenings (particularly after drinking beer)? Has anyone else experienced this? And is there anything I can do about it? Often, after I've had a few drinks...
From: Ask Metafilter | By: ixohoxi | Tuesday, February 9, 2010
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Project Runway
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Celebrity Fit Club: Boot Camp Recap - Episode 1 - Fitting ...
Who’s hungry? At last, a new season of everyone’s favorite celebrity weight-loss show/celebrity masochism playground is upon us! This time, it’s particularly special, as pointed out by the camera’s focusing in on the bus seating arrangement on...
From: VH1 | By: Rich Juzwiak | Tuesday, February 9, 2010
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‘Project Runway’ preview: This time, make it work for ...
It’s nerve-wracking enough for the aspiring designers to know that Heidi Klum is judging their designs. Imagine what it must be like on this week’s Project Runway episode as the designers create something she will be wearing on the cover of Marie...
From: Entertainment Weekly | By: Wendy Mitchell | Monday, February 8, 2010
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Heidi Klum’s upcoming maternity line goes for unitard-chic ...
When I watch the judges on Project Runway dis a contestant’s design, I sometimes think to myself, “OK, Heidi or Nina, why don’t you try to design a ball gown out of waste materials and surge protectors yourself?” Well, perhaps Klum heard my protests...
From: Entertainment Weekly | By: Archana Ram | Monday, February 8, 2010
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(VIDEO) Parental Notification in Illinois: Forcing Young ...
While Illinois has a mandatory parental involvement law on the books, it has long been enjoined. I have seen firsthand the harms that forced parental involvement impose on young women.
From: RH Reality Check | By: Sally Burgess | Tuesday, February 9, 2010
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White House Celebrates Culture of Irresponsibility and ...
Happy Abortion Day, from the White House: Today we recognize the 37th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade, which affirms every woman’s fundamental constitutional right to choose whether to have an abortion, as well as each American’s...
From: Verum Serum | By: Morgen | Monday, February 8, 2010
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AstraZeneca Says FDA Approves Crestor Indication
AstraZeneca Says FDA Approves Crestor Indication
From: Fox News | By: Sarah Turner | Tuesday, February 9, 2010
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Reason
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Recently at Reason.tv: Former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson's ...
Former Republican Gov. Gary Johnson was the top elected official in New Mexico from 1994 through 2002. He took office after beating a primary opponent backed by the Republican party and won election twice in a state that has two-to-one Democratic advantage...
From: Reason | By: Reason Magazine | Monday, February 8, 2010
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How Many More Are Innocent?
America's 250th DNA exoneration raises questions about how often we send the wrong person to prison.
From: Reason | By: Radley Balko | Monday, February 8, 2010
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Tea Partiers vs. Ron Paul
Dave Weigel notes primary challenges to Ron Paul from Tea Party movement Republicans, whose fervent populist anti-government rhetoric seemed clearly in the beginning at least derived from the sort of energy Ron Paul revved up in his 2008 presidential...
From: Reason | By: Brian Doherty | Monday, February 8, 2010
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LA Times Money Makeover: Michelle and Mike Nicholson
The LA Times money makeover: Moorpark couple want to break cycle of financial mismanagement profiles Michelle (38) and Mike (33) Nicholson who have $21,000 in credit card debt, little savings, and still reeling financially from a short sale on their...
From: Boston Gal's Open Wallet | By: Jane | Tuesday, February 9, 2010
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JUST MARRY HIM?
Lori Gottlieb is raising a furore among women with her new book "Marry Him: The Case for Settling for Mr Good Enough". But her original article in the Atlantic provoked some sympathy from Adelle Waldman, whose response is republished here ... Special...
From: More Intelligent Life | By: Adelle Waldman | Monday, February 8, 2010
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Wanted A Boy, Having A Girl - How to welcome Jill when ...
W e just found out we're having a girl. I have been trying to be rational about it, but I can't help feeling disappointed and also a little worried. My whole life I've been much more comfortable with guys. I don't even have that many female friends....
From: Babble | By: Ceridwen Morris | Monday, February 8, 2010
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Boing Boing
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Mt. Semantics
Mount Everest may be the tallest mountain on Earth, but that's only if you're measuring from sea level. Thanks to the curvature of the planet, Mount Chimborazo in Ecuador is the highest if you're measuring from the center of the Earth. In fact, by this...
From: Boing Boing | By: Maggie Koerth-Baker | Tuesday, February 9, 2010
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Iceland's paper of record bans linking
Morgunblaðið, Iceland's oldest newspaper and most-visited website (now co-edited by the former prime minister and head of the central bank) has just announced an anti "deep linking" policy saying that Icelanders aren't allowed to link to individual...
From: Boing Boing | By: Cory Doctorow | Tuesday, February 9, 2010
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Hipster puppies
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From: Boing Boing | By: Xeni Jardin | Tuesday, February 9, 2010
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Unfathomable Even to Brilliant, Kind, and Open Minds: The ...
Today, Psychology Today highlighted a quote from Jen Kim's recent post, "To be or not to be (in love): That is the question." The quote, referring to Valentine's Day and all the "survival guides" published to mark the day, was this: "Do we really get...
From: Psychology Today | By: Bella DePaulo, Ph.D. | Monday, February 8, 2010
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Weekly Travel Scorecard [02.07.10]
As print newspapers fight to stay alive, travel sections lose pages and steadily increase service journalism while operating under more scrutiny than ever. In support of our paper/e-ink colleagues, here’s the Sunday print travel news that’s fit to...
From: The Faster Times | By: Amy Westervelt | Monday, February 8, 2010
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Mailbag: Super Bowl predictions and more
Filed while flying across the Idaho-Washington border on the way back from Super Bowl XLIV ... Mike from Lake Charles, La., writes: Hey Mike, I was wondering which QB you "trust more" now? To make that statement (and your Super Bowl pick) based on that...
From: ESPN | By: Mike Sando | Tuesday, February 9, 2010
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