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Is Your Cat Dangerous to Your Health?
How Your Cat Is Making You Crazy – Magazine – The Atlantic It’s almost impossible to hear about Flegr’s research without wondering whether you’re infected—especially if, like me, you’re a…
Ten Worst American Cities for Murder – from the Star-Telegram
I have criminal justice students and they tend to believe that the cities like Los Angeles or New York are the leaders in murder. Their television induced wisdom is a…
Are Lion Burgers in Poor Taste?
I laughed when I first heard this. Why the fuss, I thought, calling a fancy burger, a lion burger is hardly crime. Then I read the article. The burgers are…
Another Whistleblower Firing – Should you sacrifice your career over people’s right to vote?
There is a strange little story today out of the state of Wisconsin. Wisconsin has created a requirement that voters present a picture ID before they can vote. This is designed to…
Kyle Willis Dies Because He Couldn’t Afford His Meds
This is from ABC news - A 24-year-old Cincinnati father died from a tooth infection this week because he couldn’t afford his medication, offering a sobering reminder of the importance…
South Dakota Schools Are Having to Go to Four Day Weeks
South Dakota schools cut costs with 4-day week is the headline from the Associated Press. The four-school week is an increasingly visible example of the impact of state budget problems…
A Victory for Home Owners in Massachusetts!
This is important. The banks are creatures of the law. They are only private business in a sense. Their accounts are protected by law and they have been given fast…
Sane ideas from Tufts psychiatry prof: Linking effective leadership and mental illness (via Minding the Workplace)
This is different. Very different. Mental illness as an advantage? I guess. The article is persuasive. Are mental problems really an adaption to difficulties. If the strategy is successful, maybe…
Wall Street plunges after S&P downgrade (via Reuters)
Stocks plunged on Monday, with the S&P down more than 6 percent for its largest drop in nearly three years on rising fears of a recession exacerbated by the United…
Did Newsweek choose Michele Bachmann cover photo to make her ‘look crazy’? (via Yahoo! News)
A month after editor-in-chief Tina Brown Photoshopped the late Princess Diana walking alongside Kate Middleton onto the cover of Newsweek, sparking outrage among fans, Brown is drawing the ire of…
Borowitz Report
- Greece No Longer a Nation; Announces Plan to Become Social NetworkATHENS (The Borowitz Report) – After struggling for months with an intractable financial crisis, Greece announced today that it would cease to exist as a sovereign nation and would instead reboot itself as a social network. The new entity, FetaBook, is expected to raise much-needed billions in an upcoming IPO. The social network formerly known as Greece [... […]
- A Letter from Mark ZuckerbergMENLO PARK, CA (The Borowitz Report) – On the eve of Facebook’s IPO, Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg published the following letter to potential investors: Dear Potential Investor: For years, you’ve wasted your time on Facebook. Now here’s your chance to waste your money on it, too. Tomorrow is Facebook’s IPO, and I know what some of you […]
- Hoping for Knockout Punch, CIA Sends JP Morgan Execs to Infiltrate Al-QaedaWASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report) – In a covert mission designed to destroy what remains of al-Qaeda, the CIA has been infiltrating the terror network with executives from JP Morgan Chase, the banking giant. The mission, which the intelligence agency had hoped to keep secret, came to light this week when al-Qaeda dismissed two of its top […]
- Read Andy Borowitz’s New Bestseller with This Free AppYou don’t have to own a Kindle to read Andy Borowitz’s #1 bestseller, An Unexpected Twist. Now you can read it on any device by downloading this free app here. Then download Andy’s book here. The critics rave: “Andy Borowitz is the funniest human on Twitter, and that’s not mean praise… This funny book has a sneaky emotional […]