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Turtles are immortal. Seriously.
With its miserly metabolism and tranquil temperament, its capacity to forgo food and drink for months at a time, its redwood burl of a body shield, so well engineered it can withstand the impact of a stampeding wildebeest, the turtle is one of the longest-lived creatures Earth has known.
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Dr. Christopher J. Raxworthy, […]

Courtesy of Extreme Mortman (see the complete list there).
Three of my favorites:
10) Prince George’s County, MD, County Executive Jack Johnson: “I always fly business class or first class. I think the people of Prince George’s County expect me to. I don’t think they expect me to be riding in a seat with four across and […]

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The Argentine thinker/philosopher/commentator Alejandro Rozitchner has a new book out, Pensar para hacer. You can read the prologue here (in Spanish).
If it is even half as good as Ideas Falsas then it will be an excellent read. Unfortunately, I may have to wait until I’m in Argentina to pick it up (I don’t […]

Wow!

This photo, from the NPR web site, is hilarious.
From the caption: “Opponents of former Gen. Augusto Pinochet celebrate after hearing the news of his death in Santiago, Chile, Dec. 10, 2006.”
Irony is completely lost on many from the far left.
UPDATE: Newsbusters notes interesting differences in the coverage of Pinochet and Deng Xiaoping.

in Chile, as much as one-third of the population stood with Pinochet to the end. Fernando Alessandri, whose family has a long political lineage in Chile, says that the Pinochet he remembers from his youth was not the evil figure portrayed by Pinochet opponents.
“He lived a block and a half away from where we lived, […]

In what was likely her final legislative act in Congress, outgoing Georgia Rep. Cynthia McKinney introduced a bill Friday to impeach President Bush.
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Congresswoman, you will be missed here at all-encompassingly.
And, my favorite Cynthia McKinney post of all time (courtesy of Ace) from back when the good congresswoman had that little dust-up with the Capitol Police:
I […]

This is classic. A very unique free kick by Ronaldinho against Werder Bremen.
 

break out the bubbly!
i have, on two occasions now, overheard the campus tour guides at the university of kentucky telling visitors that the law school is “in the top 25 in the country.”
whenever i hear this, i look up from my casebook with this face:

in early 2005, when i applied, UK was ranked […]

I blame the ozone hole.

this post was originally written last summer and never published. now is as good a time as any, i suppose, for it to see the light of day — travis
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we have been told, repeatedly, by certain groups that the secularist, saddam hussein, and the strict religionist, osama bin […]

considering i paid $28 just for season one last year, this is a great deal: get all three seasons of arrested development for under $34 (and shipping through amazon is, of course, free).
if you are not familiar with AD, one of the greatest television shows ever created, i suggest buying first […]

since the dingy people are offended at being constantly associated with harry reid, i’ve bestowed upon him a new title. it is a bit tongue-in-cheek, given his history:
dingy racist harry reid part II ::: immigration
dingy harry reid and the english language
reid and feinstein: chuck schumer a radical right-winger
who’s laundering money, harry?
read a nice summary […]