§ Politics
The following passages are excerpted from Paul Wolfowitz’s application for the Presidency of the World Bank. Cover Letter As an aggressive, neo-conservative, results-first decision maker, I really know how to liquidate the human capital at my disposal. I’ve shown a lifelong interest in destabilizing third-world nations for the advancement of American holdings and prestige. In fact, without my attack-dog stance... more
§ Weird
It seems that there is a simple and effective way to trump the efforts of any protest: Light yourself on fire. According to the CBC, that’s exactly what happened in Ottawa when “A man doused himself with gasoline and set himself on fire during a standoff with police outside the Ontario legislature, overshadowing a nearby protest by hundreds of farmers.... more
§ Science
The Ig Nobel Awards are a distinctly English celebration of the year’s most improbable research “that first makes people LAUGH, then makes them THINK.” Just about everything within the Annals of Improbable Research is pure science-geek heaven, but as the Guardian notes, this year’s paper on Duck Necrophilia is particularly stupefying: Ducks behave pretty badly, it seems. It is not... more
§ Politics
You have no doubt been revolted by someone’s pungent cooking at some point in your life? As a result you may empathize with West Vancouver Council’s recent ruling that restaurants which produce unfavorable odours will be fined by the community. The CBC reports that the bylaw is in reaction to the Arian restaurant’s smelly cuisine, which may now force the... more