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Friday, August 1
More proof that many environmentalists are brain-dead: Wind farms are bad for the environment because they suck up all the wind and Prairie Chickens.
by
Riley Jones
on Fri 01 Aug 2008 12:13 PM EDT
Windmills have dotted the Kansas countryside for well over a century. But now a bigger, more powerful breed is sprouting up. Steve Trent is concerned. "There's going to be people who make a lot of money off this and the rest of us are going to suffer," Trent says. More>>>
NYT: The Trolls Among Us
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Riley Jones
on Fri 01 Aug 2008 11:25 AM EDT
The Trolls Among Us: Weev (not, of course, his real name) is part of a growing Internet subculture with a fluid morality and a disdain for pretty much everyone else online. The New York Times takes on 4Chan.org: "Measured in terms of depravity, insularity and traffic-driven turnover, the culture of /b/ has little precedent. /b/ reads like the inside of a high-school bathroom stall, or an obscene telephone party line, or a blog with no posts and all comments filled with slang that you are too old to understand." More>>>
'Fitness pill' being developed
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Riley Jones
on Fri 01 Aug 2008 11:04 AM EDT
Scientists are moving closer to developing a pill which could deliver some of the benefits of exercise - even for those who do not move a muscle. The journal Cell reports US researchers now have two possible pills which appear able to build muscle, increase stamina and even burn fat. More>>> |
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