Official Survivor Congratulations! You scored 81%! Whether through ferocity or quickness, you made it out. You made the right choice most of the time, but you probably screwed up somewhere. Nobody’s perfect, at least you’re alive. My test tracked 1 variable How you compared to other people your age and gender : You scored higher […]

Ambiguous: I can’t believe I haven’t heard about this before. There is a substantial buying bloc–namely, school boards in southern states–that follows suit with whatever the state school board of Texas does. These states buy textbooks uniformly, statewide. 1 Most “blue states” buy district to district, so there is no unified bloc per se to […]

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Schiavo Case Almost Led to State Cop v. Local Cop Showdown: According to today’s Miami Herald, Jeb Bush ordered state cops to grab Terri Schiavo at a point during the judicial proceedings at which, due to Florida’s automatic stay law, such a move would arguably have been if not legal at least not in direct […]

Extraordinary Machine: The unreleased Fiona Apple CD is available for download in full. Go now. It is a pretty good cd….

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TomPaine.com – Behind Bush’s Youth Agenda: So we have a reverse twin-headed monster. The president’s Social Security agenda is a substantive plan for a fabricated crisis, while “Helping America’s Youth” is a fabricated plan for a substantive crisis. ——— great leadership shows, as does poor leadership, and misguided leadership, or just plain asinine leadership

Oliphant on Schiavo I think Pat…: Oliphant on Schiavo I think Pat Oliphant gets it pretty close to correct here … – Orac [Respectful Insolence (a.k.a. “Orac Knows”)] I guess it is a wonderful time to be a political cartoonist or to write for The Daily Show. ————– i agree. this is spot on

Key Stools: I’m not sure if I should be surprised that no one has thought of this before, but Great Big Stuff apparently sells “Great Big Computer Key Seats.” In classic black or beige, the plastic chairs “hold your backspace just like your finger rests in a key,” and can be customized with up to […]