Washington Post: Hampton Roads lawyer David McCormick to seek 2012 GOP Senate nominationSome random guy is running for the Republican nomination for Webb's seat. In his announcement, he compared himself to George Washington. New York Times: The Threatening Scent of Fertile WomenMen in stable, long-term relationships rank women as less attractive when they're ovulating than …
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Links for February 21st
New York Times: As Republicans See a Mandate on Budget Cuts, Others See Risk"Public surveys suggest that most voters do not share the Republicans’ fervor for the deep cuts adopted by the House, or for drastically slashing the power of public-sector unions." I imagine that the electoral see-saw is going to continue in 2012, with …
No need for those eight glasses of water.
A medical myth that drives me nuts (as I’ve mentioned) is the claim that drinking X glasses of water each day is good for you. NPR’s Morning Edition debunked that claim this morning, demonstrating that there’s no benefit to doing so. It doesn’t help “flush your body of toxins,” improve your skin, help you lose …
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Global warming’s got nothing to do with the sun.
Yet another study has shown that there’s no correlation between levels of solar activity and global climate change. Global climate change deniers have largely realized that their position is akin to denying gravity, and have largely moved along to asserting that the problem is solar flares. The trouble, of course, is that the facts just …
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Space Shuttle porn.
Oodles of photos of the shuttle being prepped for launch. I want to see how the liquid fuel tanks are recovered.