Is Brown the New Black?
2nd March 2008
Steve Sailer takes a look at blacks and latinos in modern American politics.
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Archive for March, 2008
Smaller Classes Help Smarter Kids More
2nd March 2008
Of course, we’ve got the technology to do individualized instruction, so why have “classes” at all?
Ask the bureacrats in the schools why they’re using a process model that hasn’t been updated since the textbook was invented in the 16th century.
Go ahead, ask.
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“Raise Awareness” and feel good about yourself.
1st March 2008
Didn’t know there were so many slacker-dork ribbons out there. And now they’re making them into wristbands. Makes me long for the days of moving machinery.
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Leadfoot: Sometimes going green hurts more than it helps.
1st March 2008
Once again, political fashion gets smacked upside the head by the Law of Unintended Consequences.
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Abbas Proud of Past Terrorism, Won’t Rule Out Future Terrorism
1st March 2008
Guess how many millions of dollars the U.S. government is giving this guy every year.
Go ahead, guess.
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MSI ECOlution motherboard transforms chip heat into fan power
1st March 2008
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The Remarkable Pneumatic People-Mover
1st March 2008
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Sintex’s biogas digester ingests crap, emits energy
1st March 2008
Just think — Washington could power the continent. Brussels could do the same for Europe.
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Robot taxidermy provokes thoughts, awwws
1st March 2008
Pretty silly — but what else is there to do when your robot dog dies?
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MIT’s RoboScooter: high on scooter, short on robo
1st March 2008
Wouldn’t mind having one of these.
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Ships ahoy.
1st March 2008
Everything you wanted to know about spaceships — and a lot that you didn’t.
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Hip-Protector Maker Sues Harvard Doc Over JAMA Study
1st March 2008
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Gene for ‘Woolly Hair’ May Spur Hair Remedies
1st March 2008
And of course that’s important. Right?
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Israel Preparing to End Hamas Rule?
1st March 2008
And about time, too.
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If You’re A Wanted Fugitive In The US And You Blog, Maybe Don’t Mention Plans To Travel To A US Territory
1st March 2008
Just a suggestion.
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Yet Another Author Discovers Giving Away Ebooks Increases Sales
1st March 2008
You’d think that people would learn that the market has changed. No matter how counter-intuitive it may seem, all of the empirical data support the notion that giving away books and music leads to higher sales, not lower. But people will ignore facts that contradict what they “know” to be true.
Come to think of it, that explains the Democrat party.
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Throw Out the Maps in 2008
1st March 2008
Well, maybe.
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