Friday, June 17, 2011

Weblog

Vancouver, B.C. mayor blames post championship game rioting on sore loser, beer-swilling, NHL-loving anarchists or something...
(Jeff Lee, Vancouver Sun) Oh, please. I doubt if there are 100 people in all of Canada that fit that demographic profile. Try again mayor.

American elites and birthrates (Steve Sailor, iSteve blog)
"I've noticed that when I read the obituaries of prominent people in New York Times, I always check the last paragraph to see how many grandchildren they have. The replacement rate would be four, and lots of high-achieving people die without getting to that number."

Why ketamine makes you feel really damn good (multiple authors, Nature)
"What these ketamine experiments reveal is a set of neurochemical pathways in the brain that, when manipulated, can ease depression very quickly." (Annalee Newitz, io9)