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by: Natasha Chart

Sat Mar 01, 2008 at 23:00

- Republicans: If they're so capable of original thought, why do they keep turning out plagiarists? (h/t skippy)

- Scientists have found the gene that regulates water loss in plants.

- Since the country is now operating under a 'beatings will continue until morale improves' mentality, and since something's only torture when it causes death or organ failure, some dimwits got the idea that it'd be fun to waterboard their employees in pursuit of greater productivity. (h/t skippy)

- Speaking of torture, that reminds me of my second favorite short story ever (and it's very short, indeed, so go read it): An Oracle for NP

- The week in Iraq and Afghanistan.

- If we want to keep our climate mostly as is, we'll need "near zero emissions" in the short term, and to progress towards negative emissions by the end of the century.

- On the deputizing of corporations and those deputies being licensed to kill, or what an ACLU director refers to as a "'business class' in law enforcement".

- Corn ethanol remains an unbelievably bad idea.

- What Human Rights Watch left out of its coup coverage of Venezuela and Haiti.

- Farms may be exempted from emissions rules. This is significant as agricultural practices release, depending on whom you ask, 20-40% of excess greenhouse gas emissions, and sometimes large concentrations of deadly ammonia and gaseous sulfur compounds.

- "Shark-Fu blasts press for use of blast in blast filled post titled Blasted"

- Pakistan has had it with the Bush administration's interference in their region.

- The very lazy press.

- Always nice to know that people think women should have some control over our bodies. Erm, thanks, I think.

- BP looks ready to auction off its solar and wind businesses, after which, they'll presumably just have to call themselves P.

- "The (Uppity) One"

- A book salon and comment chat with Lou Dubose on Bill of Wrongs, which he co-authored with the late, great, and greatly missed, Molly Ivins.

Now, you. What're you reading and writing lately?