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January 7th, 2009
 | 10:27 am
What does Obama owe Congressional Republicans? Not a damn thing.
Bob Barr, who wrote the Defense of Marriage Act, now thinks it should go. That doesn't mean his politics have changed. Don't read the wrong thing into this article; I very much doubt that he's waving a rainbow flag.
Roland Burris, appointed by the corrupt Illinois Gov. Blagojevich, was not seated as the junior Illinois senator yesterday because of that appointment. There are all sorts of technical and legal issues involved, especially considering that Blagojevich is under investigation for attempting to sell the Senate seat that was Obama's.
13,847 recommendations that Bush ignored.
Escaping from the Inaugural. If I had money and somewhere to go, I'd be very tempted.
Sales of hybrid cars were down 42% in December -- no surprise, considering the economy and the declining price of gas. But my guess is that it's mostly the economy. Interesting graph at this link.
In Michigan, is there something like Stonehenge under the lake? And is that a mastodon carved on that rock?
In Britain, not really used to negative numbers in terms of weather. Trafalgar Square fountains are icy. People are eating hot curry pasties. But the temperatures they're dealing with are the everyday ones I grew up with in the winter between Rochester and Buffalo, NY. When I went to college in the Adirondacks, it went to -40 for all of January each year. That's -40 F. (We spent a lot of time walking in steam tunnels, and I lived in long underwear under everything. But that was the 1970s; not all love beads and lace.) Also, there are photos here of the Harbin Ice and Snow Festival in China.
In Nigeria, pumpkins =/= bike helmets.
In Iran, a sexual revolution is taking place, and it may not be what you think.
Will fertilizing the ocean with iron help with global warming?
A new kind of batter improves MacBook Pro battery life by 60%, according to Treehugger.
Minimalist animation.
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