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Tuesday, September 8, 2009 11:00 AM

Is this the smoking gun?

I don't understand the import of these as showing clearly the intention of these guys. I hope this isn't all the cops had...

Wednesday, September 9, 2009 08:29 AM

Hard to say what's going on, Andrew,

although I understand this is basically a fluff piece, stil it's kinda interesting fluff. But the abstract says almost nothing about their population, their sample, and how the data was gathered.

(you can tell I'm an epidemiologist - "How many epidemiologists does it take to change a light bulb? 47 - one to change the bulb and 46 to criticize the methods")

Friday, September 18, 2009 11:16 AM

That tail portrait of the Inuit man

dates from the Wien Air Alaska days. Why is it just now drawing oppobrium; because of the lei, perhaps? Strange.

Friday, December 4, 2009 07:35 AM

Frankly, Alex, I don't give a damn

and stories like this leading in Salon are a leading reason I stopped paying my subscription. This woman is sort of a political Paris Hilton - famous because she's famous. Will you print all the scandals about Tiger Woods next?

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