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The faith of the statists never dies - Businessweek

If we just have the perfect system then things will be fine. But they never are, are they?

Modern Life Is A Fraud - Lewrockwell.com (David Galland)

"What if the modern version of society is really nothing more than a sleight of hand designed to fool the masses into becoming little more than government mules, allowed their simple pleasures in exchange for providing the muscle and the money needed to feed the beast?"

The trans-human age is nearly upon us - Slashdot.org/

A new set of vat grown rat lungs have been successfully transplanted

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End the BP oil spill with the (non-nuclear) Mother-of-All-Bombs? - Wired
Might as well try it. Should have tried this six weeks ago. MOAB
Porn websites dripping with malware and other nasty surprises - BBC (via Slashdot.org)
Plastic anti-bodies fight off antigens in the body just like the real thing - Popular Science
The post-human age awaits us all...
How to scare off mountain lions - Outdoors (The Gear Guy blog)
Hmm...how about shouting, or using a whistle, or a fog horn, pepper spray, or even a .44 Magnum? Doubt it. Unlike bear you'll never see or hear the big cat till she's right on top of you.

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A very interesting vlog on trans-humanism and the human future. - Bloggingheads.tv

Mike Treder & Massimo Pigiucci discuss.

Women like men who rock climb - Outside online

And men like women who do yoga and cook. Guitar Hero playing Cheetos eaters did not make the cut for the top ten. Go figure?

Isn't It Time To Euthanize Harry Reid's Wife? - Reihl World View (Dan Reihl)
"I'm not sure I quite understand this, given that cost is so important as a burden to taxpayers when it comes to health care. If Democrats want so badly to abort babies because of it, why are we bothering with someone who has a broken neck and back at 69? It sounds to me like she's pretty well used up and has probably been living off the taxpayers for plenty of years to begin with. Aren't we at least going to get a vote on it?"

Man Versus Afghanistan - The Atlantic (Robert D. Kaplan)

General McChrystal explains it all. Or tries to.

Why do people hate bankers? - SF Chronicle

Let me count the ways.