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“The Incidental Economist” blogger Austin Frakt posts a few neat health facts from the new book by his co-blogger, Aaron Carroll, a physician and academic. A selection: Air dryers keep your hands cleaner than paper towels. False. They blow bacteria all … Continue reading →

Many of the people who read this blog are also bloggers, so this may one day come in handy. It’s a brief technical aside that most of you can just skip right past, but I wanted to share. I found … Continue reading →

Welcome to the new site, which is a lot like the old site thanks to Nickgb’s skills with the intercontinental internet and such. You may notice the following minor changes on the new blog, however:

I guess he decided to wait to see if the Rapture would save him from having to actually drop out: Over the last year and a half, a large and diverse group of people have suggested to me an idea … Continue reading →

Apparently the Obamas may be as much as 90% invested in treasuries. So a treasury default would– of course– still crash the entire economy, but it would be especially damaging to the First Family. Wonder what Rush Limbaugh thinks about … Continue reading →

Since dedc decided to write about zombies and the CDC, which is clearly my beat, I’m going to return the favor by writing about penises.

The Congressional GOP has made their intent perfectly clear: the debt ceiling is a hostage, and if their demands are not met then they won’t vote for a raise in the ceiling. The country now finds itself in the situation … Continue reading →

I just wanted to thank all of our readers who has given us so much of their time and attention. Around midnight, after just 7 weeks of blogging, we hit 10,000 views. We’ll try to keep up the “quality” of … Continue reading →

So we’re clear: forcible sodomy is not a sex scandal. It is rape. Kind of unfortunate that this is going to indirectly contribute to a Greek default, though.

So, I was over at the Tea Party Patriots page, and checked out their mission statement. Along with a whole lot of criticisms, you can read it after the jump:

It was a tough call, but from the PI’s account of an exciting draw:

I don’t know enough about the tech market of the ’80s, ’90s, and today to accept or reject this Skype-occasioned version of the rise of Microsoft from Barry Ritholtz, but it’s a story worth considering.  The whole thing is worth … Continue reading →