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This is a nail-biter of a story from Salon about medical malpractice. I’d post an excerpt, but I don’t want to give away the dramatic ending.

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For Gods sake enough with circumcision

Circumcision should be routinely considered as a way to reduce the risk of sexually transmitted infections, argue US experts. They spoke out after research found circumcision significantly cut the risk of infection with herpes and the cancer-causing human papillomavirus. Circumcision is known to sharply reduce the risk of HIV infection. But the study, featured in [...]

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Tom Waits: You can never hold back Spring

Boy, I wish it were true in Seattle.

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Headlines for the day

It’s pretty obvious that America has some serious problems. None of which have to do with gay marriage or abortion or name your own wedge issue. Alabama, Los Angeles. These daily massacres are starting to become commonplace.

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Danton the cat

On Monday we brought Danton home for the Seattle Animal Shelter clinic where he was neutered. Since then he’s had an amazing recovery. On day one and two he primarily hid under the bed, but by day three he was coming out to be pet. On day 4 he found our bedroom upstairs to visit. [...]

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Fresh Raspberry Cream Tart

As I’ve said before, I love the removable-bottom tart pan. You get such good results without a lot of fuss. I’m definitely more of a tart person than a cake person. The tart has a orange zest crust with jam baked onto it. Then it’s topped with a marscapone filling and raspberries.

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Madoff investors want fabricated money

The agency liquidating Bernard Madoff’s brokerage says the $2.6 billion it has on hand is enough to satisfy all legitimate claims by victims of the money manager’s $65 billion Ponzi scheme. This is good news, right? I was flabbergasted by the following: Some Madoff investors are up in arms about SIPC’s decision, announced by Picard [...]

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You know, America is a funny place

Take this headline and corresponding pictures. I know this elephant. I’ve passed by it driving many a time and it is absolutely the most vile thing I’ve ever seen. For many years there was a little dirt mountain of bird crap that you could see on the inside of its belly. A little hill of [...]

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Headline of the day

Via Huffingtonpost.

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Buying lingerie in Saudi Arabia

Clearly not as easy as it sounds. Highlights include: Before her wedding last year, Huda Batterjee went abroad to buy her bridal lingerie — she just couldn’t bear the humiliation of discussing her most intimate apparel with a man. She had little choice: there are almost no saleswomen in Saudi Arabia. Now a group of [...]

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Clinton admits US blame on drugs

This is pretty impressive stuff from our Secretary of State. I can’t help but wonder if the right-wing establishment is going to criticize her for admitting American culpability as they do with any reasonable discussion on what reasons terrorists have for harming America. In their world view, America’s enemies have no motivation because America is [...]

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Spandau Ballet: It’s True

And apparently it’s true that they are reuniting.

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What the Republicans do that the Democrats don’t

If we were to do the Pepsi challenge and decide one party is “better” than another, I think we’d have trouble – obviously aside to particular issues that interest an individual. It’s often difficult to differentiate the two since both parties are political machines often beholden to special interests. There’s nothing that makes a Republican [...]

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Internet Country Code Map

I happened to spy this map in the lobby of a building recently. This map is saying so much at the same time that it’s really quite brilliant. See a bigger version at Strangemaps.

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The Implied Observer gets a cat

Not the cat in the video. Our cat is still too shy to be videotaped, but he is of a similar breed. We picked up “Danton” from the Seattle Animal Shelter yesterday. He’d had a rough day being first neutered and then waking up in a strange place. Right now we’re trying to give him [...]

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Pride and Prejudice Comic Book

This is not to be missed.

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Pink Elephants

More on the BBC.

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The many talents of Eric Bana

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You learn the most amazing things via bumper sticker

Like Carhenge for instance in Alliance Nebraska.

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A truly fascinating peek into the Madoff’s office

How does such a large Ponzi scheme work without attracting attention? For insight into the inner workings of a highly functional yet dysfunctional office, this article is an amazing read detailing the Bernard Madoff scandal. I’ve worked in an office with an eccentric CEO, and I know Jake has too. What if all the weirdnesses [...]

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Jean Gabin in La Bandera

I have to say I’m really enjoying watching Jean Gabin movies. Thus far, we haven’t seen a bad film. Sure there are some we like more than others but they’re all pretty good. The exception might be Golgotha which we found out was dubbed and promptly ejected it. Here he is in La Bandera. You [...]

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Star Trek Fragrances

Hoping to profit from the May 8 release of J.J. Abrams’ new Star Trek film, chronicling the beginnings of Captain James T. Kirk and the USS Enterprise, Maryland-based Genki Wear will release three Star Trek-themed scents on April 24. John McGonigle, president of Genki, said the two men’s colognes and one women’s perfume will retail [...]

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More designer couture hijabs

Months ago, I linked to Alixianne’s photostream for a post about designer hijabs. I took another visit to Alixianne’s photostream, and I must tell you it’s an impressive collection. Here are some favorites. Do check the full collection out on Flickr. 1. Louis Vitton hijab 2. Grace Kelly in a hijab. 3. Calvin Klein. 4. [...]

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Headline of the day

For Project Runway fans.

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Want to read an angry post on the travesty of Guantanamo Bay?

Oh, it will make you angry. There are several dimensions to the debate over the U.S. prison facilities at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba that the media have largely missed and, thus, of which the American people are almost completely unaware. For that matter, few within the government who were not directly involved are aware either. The [...]

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