Brews You Can Use II
Just heard on Fox News: Coors is using beer byproducts to make ethanol, which is
used in car gasoline.
Eric Scheske
Carter on Abortion
It's all over the blogosphere, but in case you missed it:
> Former President Jimmy Carter yesterday condemned all abortions and chastised
his party for its intolerance of candidates and nominees who oppose abortion.
Link [http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20051103-111740-7148r.htm].
NYCondom
When bad conduct isn't discouraged, it's encouraged
[http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/53944.htm]:
> [New York] City Department of Education figures obtained and released yesterday
by an AIDS advocacy group show that 167 of the city's 379 high schools have
ordered 310
The Last Acceptable Form of Discrimination?
> Tyra Banks has gone undercover as a 350-pound woman. Banks wore the fat suit to
experience what it's like to be obese.
> "It seemed like the last form of open discrimination that's OK, and I decided to
put on a 350-pound
The Swearing Catechumen
I guess there's a squabble in Orange County that could turn into a full-blown
political battle that libertarians would love: local health inspectors want to
inspect the kitchen of an 84-year-old woman who sells muffins. She won't let
them in. She explains why,
FEMA Bill
Maybe this is why Blanco didn't call FEMA promptly when Katrina hit
[http://news.yahoo.com/s/usatoday/20051104/ts_usatoday/louisianacantpaykatrinaritabills]
:
> Flood-ravaged Louisiana can't pay the $3.7 billion that the U.S. government says
is its share of hurricane relief, a spokeswoman
Aborters are Abusers
Thank you, Sherlock Flippin' Holmes:
> Women who have abortions are significantly more likely to physically abuse their
children than women who do not have abortions, said a study by a research group
and professors at Bowling Green State University.
Link [http://www.washtimes.com/culture/20051102-110138-9468r.
Google Print
If you haven't tried Google Print [http://print.google.com/print?hl=en] yet, you
should check it out. It's pretty neat. With a free Google account, you can type
in an author and it'll bring up a list of books by that author.
When is a Justice Too Conservative?
I've disagreed with Michael Kinsley ever since I ate 25-cent microwaved burritos
in my Ann Arbor apartment while watching Crossfire. He's a true liberal, but
he's a good writer and I rarely find him disengenuous.
His piece in today's WaPo
[http:
Brews You Can Use
Wow, drinking news has been rather "dry" this week. This is the best I could do.
In case you have a 25-year-old six-pack lying around
[http://www.bidtrendz.com/collectible/archives/2005/11/01/billy-beer-6-pack/]:
> A reader asks what an unopened