Akkam’s Razor

The IIHS’ full press release is printed in full after the jump and proves that even a slight bump in the parking lot can result in repairs well into the five figures.

Great. Let’s encourage neocons, objectivists, and free market fundamentalists to date and breed.

What if the Beatles did Led Zeppelin’s Stairway to Heaven?

“Really? From serious broadsheet to scandalous tabloid?” I wonder if this plasticity is miraculous or ludicrous. “From Ben Bernanke to Paris Hilton. And could this work, from unreconstructed crypto-Fascist religious right to loony absolutist left?”

tnr.com — Fucking brilliant article on the linguistic perspective of swearingMore…

(Offbeat News)

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