I’ve driven past this building scores of times. I had assumed it was abandoned.
Ever see One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest? Did you comfort yourself with the notion that Oregon wouldn’t really allow its state mental hospital to become such a Godforsaken hell hole? Me too. But the truth is, it’s worse than that.
The Oregonian […]
BBC NEWS | UK | Scotland | Tayside and Central | ‘Fake’ cigarettes on the market
Criminal syndicates in China and Eastern Europe are manufacturing counterfeit cigarettes that “contain dangerously high levels of lead and arsenic.”
Why?
It’s kind of a long story - and I’m not going to link to it because the information revealed requires less dissemination, not more - but it boils down to this:
Liberal bloggers discuss Goldstein’s ability to reason his way out of a wet paper bag - to wit, he has none;
A commenter at Goldstein’s site […]
New computer game causes controversy:
Imagine: you are a foot soldier in a paramilitary group whose purpose is to remake America as a Muslim theocracy, and establish its worldly vision of the dominion of Allah over all aspects of life. You are issued high-tech military weaponry, and instructed to engage the infidel on the streets of […]
“We don’t want to confirm or deny the Holocaust” | Salon.com News
Der Spiegel conducted an interview with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Tehran recently (sorry - no date provided). It has been translated into English and appears on Salon.com at the link above.
Of particular interest is this straightforward statement by Der Spiegel during the interview:
The United […]
Why the Pentagon keeps overestimating the Chinese army. By Fred Kaplan
A good, quick overview of Chinese military capabilities by Fred Kaplan on Slate.
Salon.com Books | Going beyond God
This is a great book review/interview on Salon with Karen Armstrong - former nun, former secularist and current student of religion. Of particular interest is her working definition of “god.”
Saudi Arabia has freed three former Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, detainees who have completed their jail sentences in their home country, the state news agency SPA reported.
It said the three were handed over last year by the United States, which operates the prison at its naval base at Guantanamo Bay.
LA Times
So, uh, let me get […]
Viagra’s getting the rap for a rise in STDs among oldsters in Florida.
[D]octors are reporting a sharp rise in sexually transmitted diseases such as herpes and human papillomavirus (HPV) among pensioners at the retirement community and say the growing popularity of Viagra is to blame. “I worked in Miami before coming here and I never […]
The Hindu Milk Miracle Video - Ganesh Drinking Milk - best documented paranormal phenomenon of modern times.
I wonder if the miracle would have worked with soy milk… Man milk?