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http://qz.com/162690/why-china-cant-take-over-the-world/

Noah Smith is an interesting blogger and economist to follow. http://noahpinionblog.blogspot.com/2014/01/quartz-article-is-china-going-to-be-1.html

He is a recovered follower of iSteve, but also closely connected in the blogosphere to Paul Krugman and Brad Delong,...

Hey Fitz...you reading this???


Homosexual behavior is strictly forbidden under Islam, with penalties in some Middle Eastern countries ranging from imprisonment to death. But according to one Muslim cleric who cited a sheik’s fatwa, jihadis who want to smuggle explosives in their rectums can — and should — accept being “sodomized” to...

Rodman the Perfect Representative for Obama Diplomacy

By Doug Patton January 10, 2014 6:55 am

As Michelle Obama treated herself to an additional week in paradise as a 50th birthday present at taxpayer expense, her husband returned from their...

He'll never get the chance to be someone's cellmate!

Boy, 4, found dead in Manhattan bathtub 'was burned and beaten by transgender babysitter for weeks after he was left by his dad'

Myles Dobson was...