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I guess the system works.

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Just in case you were wondering. I know I was.

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The New York Pizza Burger ($12.99), a 9-and-a-half-inch wide burger made with four Whopper patties topped with pepperoni, mozzarella cheese, marinara sauce, and Tuscan pesto sauce. It’ll be available exclusively at the New York City Whopper Bar starting in September to fulfill that longtime desire for a giant burger that sort of tastes like a pizza.

Is. This. A. Great. Country. Or. What?

Steve Sailer reminds us that large differences in phenotype come in small genotype packages.

So, in the big picture, Labrador retrievers and pit bulls don’t actually differ very much genetically. They do differ genetically on a very small number of genes. But some of those few genes that differ are related to biting. Labs tend to retract their teeth and gum whatever they’re handling with their mouths, while pit bulls tend to bite down and, more unusually, not let go while they whip their heads back and forth. So, that tiny, tiny fraction of the dog genome is important when deciding which breed of dog to buy depending on your needs — e.g., pet for your toddlers or guard dog for your crack stash.

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I can think of one: ‘What does the inside of that tank look like?’

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Subhead: Canceling the Democrat Class Warfare Talking Points.

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The biofuel uses the two main by-products from the whisky production process – ”pot ale”, the liquid from the copper stills, and ”draff”, the spent grains, as the basis to produce the butanol that can then be used as fuel.

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These are really slick.

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Great way to hide the door to a safe room. I’ve always wanted one of these.

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But did he ever get any credit? Of course not.

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One of the more embarrassing mysteries of human evolution is that people are host to no fewer than three kinds of louse while most species have just one.

Even bleaker for the human reputation, the pubic louse, which gets its dates and residence-swapping opportunities when its hosts are locked in intimate embrace, does not seem to be a true native of the human body. Its closest relative is the gorilla louse. (Don’t even think about it.)

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Freeberg lays ’em down.

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On the other hand, the linchpin is the one that often shears under pressure. Take whatever action you deem appropriate.

Linchpin is all about doing remarkable work. One way to do that  is by being creative. Left to our own devices, we tend to do things that are well within normal. Looking at things creatively, on the other hand, opens up a world of new possibilities.

Few are more creative than a lazy person avoiding work. A word to the wise….

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Roman charioteers earned far more than even the best-paid footballers and international sports stars of today, according to academic research.

Hey, tenure doesn’t grow on trees, you know.

Darwin Award nominee.

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Freeberg lays it out.

8. He’s not in touch with his “feminine side” and does not wish to be.

17. He will take a bullet for the ones he loves. He knows who they are, and if the time comes, he’ll be there.

22. He does not drive his kids to school. His kids know how to do things, including how to get themselves to school.

24. He knows how to spell things. He knows how to use punctuation. He knows his homophones and homonyms. He has mastered the complexity of “it’s”.

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Just in case you were wondering. I know I was.

Actually, the first step is ‘Don’t get on a plane.’ But you knew that.

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Hey, tenure doesn’t grow on trees, you know.

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A former British army captain is about to finish the longest jungle trek in history after completing a 6,000 mile expedition along the Amazon River.

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Well, if you can’t get Darth Vader….

‘Turn left here.’
‘And if not, what follows?’
‘Bloody constraint….’

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This must be why vegetarians never produce anything aside from smug moralizing.

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“The actions taken by the City of New York represent a blatant disregard for the city’s own procedures, while ignoring the fact that this is a historic and hallowed site that should not be destroyed to build an Islamic mosque,” said Jay Sekulow, Chief Counsel of the ACLJ. “It has been clear from the beginning that the city has engaged in a rush to push this project through – ignoring proper procedure and ignoring a growing number of New Yorkers and Americans who don’t believe this site is the place to build a mosque. We’re poised to file legal action on behalf of our client to challenge this flawed decision and put a stop to this project.”

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How’d they get the picture? You wouldn’t get me to within a mile of half a million wasps.

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This is God telling you not to argue with women wearing high heels.

Just don’t.

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My, what a surprise. Aren’t you surprised? I’m sure surprised.

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This is not an area in which I would be willing to be a first adopter.

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Presumably that means it will kill three times as many birds.

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The laptop signaled the end of the mouse. The iPhone and Android signal the end of the desktop. Swype signals the end of the keyboard. Just to prove the point, I wrote this post on my Android phone using Swype. No mouse or keyboard. The future is here.

We have the technology.

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Don’t say we never have useful stuff here.

I’ll bet you didn’t know that there was an International Guild of Knot Tyers.

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Gotta love Australians.

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I don’t know why, I just like brass and wood more than plastic and chrome.

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The Roman control over Britain stretched even further than first thought, the discovery of a new villa suggests.

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As usual, the Wall Street Journal has the best coverage.

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I certainly hope so.

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Anthropologists had long believed humans migrated to the Americas in a relatively short period from a limited area in northeast Asia across a temporary land corridor that opened across the Bering Strait during an ice age.

But government archaeologist Alejandro Terrazas says the picture has now become more complicated, because the reconstruction more resembles people from southeastern Asian areas like Indonesia.

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Not being run by Democrats is a good first step.

One reason that Texas did so well is that it fully escaped the “housing bubble” that did so much damage in California, Florida, Arizona, Nevada and other states. One key factor was the state’s liberal, market oriented land use policies. This served to help keep the price of land low while profligate lending increased demand. More importantly, still sufficient new housing was built, and affordably. By contrast, places with highly restrictive land use polies (California, Florida and other places, saw prices rise to unprecedented heights, making it impossible for builders to supply sufficient new housing at affordable prices (overall, median house prices have been 3.0 times or less median household incomes where there are liberal land use policies).

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You know you want to.

Jesse Walker at Reason magazine reviews the new biography.

It was the beginning of a big year for Limbaugh, a radio host whose influence had seemed to be waning not long before. Allies and critics alike were soon describing him as the “head of the Republican Party,” not least when the actual head of the Republican National Committee criticized the famous broadcaster only to quickly cave to rank-and-file pressure and apologize for his remarks. Beloved by the true-believing party base, disdained by center-right compromisers, and detested by the left, Limbaugh has towered over every noisy Washington debate of 2009 and 2010.

Limbaugh interacts directly with his audience. He doesn’t just speak but listens, and the callers don’t just listen but argue. Limbaugh is always in charge of the show, and he manipulates his medium like a master. But the intimacy of radio gives him a relationship with his followers that’s considerably different from that enjoyed by ordinary politicians and pundits.

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‘Cave of Marsupial Fossils’ would make a great B-movie title or video game module name.

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Speed the day.