Interesting Links for 11-1-2011

[andrewducker]

• 9-Year-Old Victim of Arizona Shooting's Funeral to Be Picketed by Westboro Baptist Church. My brain has exploded
  (tags: usa wtf religion)
• Confirmation for a theory I've held for a while - genetics gives you potential, environment dictates how much you fulfil.
  (tags: genetics intelligence)
• 55 Science Fiction/Fantasy Movies in 2011. Also, you have to see what the sequel to Piranha 3D is called...
  (tags: movies scifi cinema fantasy 2011)
• Some beautiful natural ice formations
  (tags: photos ice science)
• A brief history of mankind, from the invention of agriculture to now. The last two hundred years have been awesome.
  (tags: economics history humanity mankind)
• Thousands Of Egyptian Muslims Show Up As Human Shields To Defend Coptic Christians From Terrorism
  (tags: religion egypt islam christianity EpicWin)
• Online Game Teaches Citation Skills
  (tags: games research gaming education literacy citation)
• I'm curious as to why we have massive tarrifs on imported Chinese garlic...
  (tags: garlic eu taxes china)
• Employees to lose right to sue for unfair dismissal unless they've been employed for two years. I do not approve.
  (tags: politics business uk)
• Rare Backstage Star Trek: The Next Generation Pictures
  (tags: startrek photos tng tv)
• How the US caused a WHO investigation into drug harm reduction to be binned, because they didn't like the answers.
  (tags: cocaine health drugs un usa who)
• How AV shifts power from the parties to the voters. A fantastic article that's well worth reading. Oh, for an end to tribalism
  (tags: politics voting uk)

Comments

[poisonduk.livejournal.com]

That's my understanding of their modus operandi too. It's their only form of income.