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Eric Scheske

Eric Scheske

Bigotry in Brooklyn

We missed this last week: > Timothy Shortell, who was recently elected as the chairman of the sociology department [at Brooklyn College], wrote in an online posting that "religious adherents" are "an ugly, violent lot" and "in the name of their faith these moral retards

Kournikova to be Exiled?

As long as we're talking about Russia, we figured this might be appropriate: > Russians who marry foreigners could be exiled and stripped of their citizenship under a bill being drafted by a group of members of parliament, a deputy said Sunday. > One of the bill'

Russia Now

Wow, excellent book review/essay at The Claremont Institute today about James Billington's Russia in Search of Itself. Unless you're already terribly well-versed with respect to Russia's history and current situation, it's worth the eight minutes it'll take to

More Time for Eating!

Modern science has improved the modern vomitorium: eat and eat, purge and purge (through exercise). > Six minutes of intense exercise a week does as much good as six hours, according to a study. > People could cut their workouts from two hours a day, three times a week, to

Monkey Consumers

An economist has undertaken studies with monkeys. It appears that primates are capable of behaving like economic animals and responding to incentives. Link [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/05/magazine/05FREAK.html?pagewanted=1]. Excerpt that describes one of the studies: > Two monkeys faced each other in adjoining

Odd Consumer News

With six kids going in and out all day, including Max "I like to stand with the screen door open" Scheske, we might get one of these: an electrified tennis racket-type swatter. Just $4.99. Link [http://www.buzzzapper.com/handheld-bug-zapper-370.html]. > The

Eatin' and Drinkin' Fast at Applebee's

Tennessee resident Michael Oliver is accused of pulling a fire alarm at Applebee's, after being refused a drink. Link [http://www.wrcbtv.com/news/news.cfm?DID=14118]. "Eatin' good in the neighborhood" is Applebee's slogan, but it might as well be "

Transsexuals Against Terror

This isn't exactly the type of person we want in charge of national security: > Last fall, the Congressional Research Service offered Dave, 48, a job as a research analyst on terrorism, then rescinded the offer when Dave disclosed he was in the process of making the medical

Lighten Up on XXX Net

The new .xxx net domain is producing fear of censorship. What kind of censorship? The kind that forces obscenity to declare itself as obscene. The xxx net domain is supposed to be voluntary, but some fear that sites will eventually be forced to go there. Link [http://news.bbc.co.

Death of David Garrick

Here's that passage we mentioned (link [https://thedailyeudemon.com/1251/]): > David Garrick['s] widow has been in mourning, but the period is over. This evening was the first time since her husband's death . . . that Mrs. Garrick has had a select party of her husband&