Via Gawker. I almost don’t blame her, seeing as how the roommate is okay and all. And obviously violence isn’t an appropriate response to monopolizing the stereo. I’m not a big Eagles fan, but that woman should remember that it could have been SO much worse. Air Supply, maybe. Have you ever wanted to attack …
Open Threads
Johnny, we’re sorry
No idea if we’ll see a government shutdown or not but this is worth reading: Boehner clearly prefers to avoid a government shutdown. He’s spent months figuring out how to do that, fully aware of the political debacle it would entail. Unfortunately, it’s now clear that the only way he can induce the political isolation …
Open Thread
Do you think the recent shooting in DC will interrupt the process of having sequestration declared as a sacrament of all of the religions endorsed by the Founding Fathers in the Constitution? Discuss that or anything else in this open thread.
Pass the Parbuckle From the Left Hand Side
My brother says it’s a euphemism for a sexual position, and I think it’s either a new designer drug or a dance soon to be made popular by Miley Cyrus. Here’s a thread to discuss “a parbuckle”, “the parbuckle”, “parbuckling” or anything else.
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Sci-Fi Medicine: Containing Multitudes
Carl Zimmer, in the NYTimes, discusses the surprising commonness of genetic chimeras: … [S]cientists are discovering that — to a surprising degree — we contain genetic multitudes. Not long ago, researchers had thought it was rare for the cells in a single healthy person to differ genetically in a significant way. But scientists are finding …
Open Thread: Only in America
Per Dave Weigel, tomorrow’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on stand-your-ground laws (which would have given Rep. Louie Gohmert a chance to question Trayvon Martin’s mother) have been postponed due to the Navy Yard shooting.
MNF Football Open Thread
Rooting for the Stillers, but I’m kind of resolved to a serious ass kicking by the Bengals. If the Steelers win, it will be because of some seriously crazy shit going down. *** Update *** I don’t understand that reversal challenge at all. Don’t get me wrong, there is no doubt that Cincy stripped the …