The House of Substance

Whilst cackling with my workmates over this, I found a long thread devoted to a very important question. Sample excerpted below: It's...

Jonah: That’s right, the Koch brothers are pro-free-market simply because they’re unsatisfied with their billions. It couldn’t possibly be b...

The bedsprings of freedom squeak ever onwards: A judge in Ontario has overturned key Canadian anti-prostitution laws, finding they force sex...

A comment by Ben Hyde on a post at Crooked Timber: Let’s train a pile of pennies to behave. Good pennies come up heads. Flip the pennies te...

Make money off the accusation, make money off the retraction. It's the American Way. More than 20 years ago, Meredith Maran falsely acc...

Equal representation before the not-law in Pakistan: Commenting on corruption in the country, the minister said that only politicians should...

Power issues: On a blustery Labour Day weekend this year, the wind turbines sprinkled across Ontario’s landscape set a record. That Saturday...

A book: In 1879, more than a year into the European tour that led to “A Tramp Abroad” and miserable from too much hotel cooking, a “cranky, ...

Here is another non-surprise regarding Sheriff Paul Babeu's crack team: Two nationally known forensic pathologists are questioning a s...

I enjoy Gnoetry Daily. Tue September 21 16:58:23 2010 The physician who lives in the soil made the corn stalks puny. As dirt.

What's with the nonstop lists of shit? It's like Right Wing News but less funny.

Arizona sheriff Paul Babeu raises the alarm: In a phone interview, Babeu told TPM that when he spoke about the cartels controlling parts of...

The BBC explores military vehicles: Jonathan Beale describes the advantages of the Ocelot vehicle, which will replace the controversial Snat...

Stephen Colbert will testify before congress in character. Daniel Foster thinks it's bizarre. Mark Krikorian is dumberfounded. Jon...

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