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Currently on the Biography Channel: Search for the Abominable Snowman.
Uh, so who wrote the biography of the abominable snowman?

Showing right now on the (cough, cough) History Channel: Last Days on Earth. Scientists explain seven of the deadliest threats to humanity: black holes, artificial intelligence, supervolcanoes, asteroid strikes, nuclear war, disease and climate change.
Huddle under your beds! The sky is falling! It’s the end of civilization as we know it!

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Brussels Journal:
Belgium is going to vote a bill which forbids humans from having sex with animals. Recently a Belgian man who had sexual intercourse with his bitch was acquitted […]

It’s one thing when somebody spouts edubabble. It’s another thing entirely when you’re a deluged with a narcissistic, endless gushing stream of fact-free, agenda-driven drivel masquerading as education:
Imagine designing a university that really helps the student learn. What do we need to consider in order to build such a vision? Three areas of focus immediately […]

The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review nails it again:
Democrats oppose President Bush’s health care plan to increase the number of insured Americans; it’s too private and encourages the exercise of freedom.
That, and opposition. Had Bush proposed Hillarcare, the Democrats would have opposed it.

The dextrosphere is full of speculation and debate regarding GOP race in 08 (the Bitch Girls have been slamming Romney, Born Again Redneck looks at the candidates — and those are only the examples I’ve seen this morning; there are too many to document).
But everybody is missing the boat — and I’m going to focus […]

Allahpundit hits the nail square on the head: State of the Union: The biggest non-event of the year.

From the Bureau of Labor Statistics:

Table A. States with unemployment rates significantly different from that of the U.S., December 2006, seasonally adjusted

State
Dec-06

United States
4.5

Hawaii
2

Utah
2.6

Montana
2.9

Virginia
2.9

Wyoming
3

Nebraska
3.1

Idaho
3.2

North Dakota
3.2

South Dakota
3.2

Florida
3.3

Delaware
3.4

Iowa
3.5

New Hampshire
3.5

Vermont
3.8

Maryland
3.9

New York
4

Massachusetts
5.3

Oregon
5.4

Ohio
5.6

District of Columbia
6.3

South Carolina
6.6

Alaska
6.7

Michigan
7.1

Mississippi
7.5

Table B. States with statistically significant unemployment rate changes from December 2005 to December 2006, seasonally adjusted

State
Dec-05
Dec-06

Change

Louisiana
6.4
4.3
-2.1

Illinois
5.5
4.1
-1.4

Utah
4
2.6
-1.4

Kentucky
6.5
5.2
-1.3

Mississippi
8.8
7.5
-1.3

Delaware
4.6
3.4
-1.2

New Mexico
5
3.8
-1.2

Iowa
4.5
3.5
-1

Montana
3.9
2.9
-1

New York
5
4
-1

Colorado
4.8
4
-0.8

Georgia
5.3
4.6
-0.7

Hawaii
2.7
2
-0.7

Indiana
5.5
4.8
-0.7

Nebraska
3.8
3.1
-0.7

South Dakota
3.9
3.2
-0.7

Tennessee
5.4
4.7
-0.7

Texas
5.2
4.5
-0.7

Arizona
4.7
4.1
-0.6

South Carolina
7.2
6.6
-0.6

Kansas
4.9
4.5
-0.4

Virginia
3.3
2.9
-0.4

California
5.1
4.8
-0.3

Arkansas
4.7
5.1
0.4

Massachusetts
4.8
5.3
0.5

Nevada
3.8
4.4
0.6

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