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February 19, 2013
Tuesday's Stack Is Back, Dressed in Black, Silver Buttons Up and Down Her Back
- Danger Dogs of Nepal - Neatorama
- Don't be beguiled by Orwell: using plain and clear language is not always a moral virtue Successful spin does not leave the effect of skilful persuasiveness; it creates the impression of unavoidable common sense.
- "In the case of a word like democracy, not only is there no agreed definition, but the attempt to make one is resisted from all sides." George Orwell, "Politics and the English Language," 1946
- A Hotel That Lets You Sleep Like a Homeless Person - Neatorama
- New History: How Anti-Judaism Is at the Heart of Western Culture – Tablet Magazine
- Cover Story: Mark Ulkrisen's drawings of movie stars : The New Yorker "There’s just this kind of look right now for male movie stars that says: strong chin, high cheek bones, stubble, light colored eyes, and hair that changes every other month.” [Translation: "gay"]
- Tiny Cars, Big Moment: the World’s Largest Microcar Auction
- A Kansas man who donated sperm to a lesbian couple is now being slapped with a request for child support from the state.
- 10 Ways Recycling Hurts the Environment: We’re all a team of individual Captain Planets, kicking pollution to the curb.
- America's Hardest-Working Know-It-All
- Geneticist Says Human Intelligence Is On The Decline - Blur Brain Modern technology has made it possible for the unfit to flourish and pass their deficiencies on to the next generation. While the intelligent practice family planning, the lowest segment of our society believes it a badge of honor to be a baby daddy and father a dozen or more children with five or six different women.
Posted by gerardvanderleun at February 19, 2013 10:04 AM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.
Your Say
Ulkrisen's drawings are mercifully labeled as to who is who, else I'd never guess. I may be out of touch with the new Hollywood crowd but even I know what John Travolta should look like.
Ulkrisen must have other *ahem* talents which make the editors of the New Yorker esteem his work.
Posted by: Joan of Argghh! at February 19, 2013 4:01 AM
Geneticist Says Human Intelligence Is On The Decline
The band Devolution has been saying this for years.
We are being "dumbed" down, with google, computers, smartphones etc we no longer have to memorize or remember how to do anything we can just look it up when we need to. We don't have to repair anything anymore, we just replace.
Posted by: Potsie at February 19, 2013 4:55 AM
Thanks for the links, Gerard.
Posted by: John Farrier at February 19, 2013 8:10 AM