Tuesday, June 11, 2013

Tuesday evening roundup


No easy answers amid continuing, pointless bloodshed in Syria.

All the world needs is armed conflict over the Nile.

More compelling arguments to put the surveillance "scandals" in perspective.

Bruni on the mystery of persistent sexism. On that note, see these talk radio gems. And one woman's brilliant solution for responding to unsolicited crotch shots: send them on to the dude's mom.

There's  now a way to literally dip your balls in gold.


Metro has gotten so bad that there are calls for--wait for it--accountability.

Pigs are smart and they get bored.

I'm all for dietary ecumenicism but I can't miss an opportunity to point out that paleo is bullshit.

Here's a brilliant take-down of locavorism as an environmental effort. There are certainly reasons for eating locally, but food miles are not them. There is no substantiated way in which eating animals is better for the environment than eating plants, not even distantly grown ones.

Really, Rodale? Et tu? What kind of idiocy is "overindulging in potatoes may be a no-no if you're trying to lose weight"? I mean, that's a true statement, but it has nothing to do with potatoes; it's the overindulging part that will get you in trouble, by definition. So lay off the potatoes, bitches.

Wasting food wastes water.

It's better to eat food than take vitamins.


Prudence got a guy to reconsider is his upcoming marriage. See also this second letter (though the first is interesting, too) for what we've been talking about with regard to haughty scientist-atheists.

Does the world still need wedding registries?

Get over yourself, New York; you're no longer the theater capital of the country as you imply here. There's more to aspire to than Broadway.

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