Frontiers in Zoology(PDF) – We measured the direction of the body axis in 70 dogs of 37 breeds during defecation (1,893 observations) and urination (5,582 observations) over a two-year period.
h/t POK
Knickers, Knotted
“What Justice Nadon’s appointment says about the Supreme Court’s future”
Amen
Not A Muslim
NOOoonononono… Obama’s deputies release leftist who collaborated with Twin Towers jihadis
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Born with an oversized head, one leg three inches shorter than the other, and a father who would later shun him for being homosexual, Little Richard was nonetheless able to successfully Bama Lama Bama Loo.
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Bin Laden is Dead And Ambassador Stevens Is Dead
Al Qaeda seizes partial control of 2 cities in western Iraq
Over the past several days, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham, al Qaeda’s affiliate in Iraq, has taken control of large sections of two western Iraqi cities that were once bastions for the terror group.
ISIS fighters entered the cities of Fallujah and Ramadi, the provincial capital of Anbar, after the Iraqi military withdrew from them following clashes with tribes over a political standoff that resulted in the arrest of a Sunni member of parliament.
What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
Drones that “think” for themselves;
Drones that can choose to deviate from a set mission and hunt in ‘swarms’ could be patrolling skies within the next 25 years, according to a new roadmap.
Unmanned aircraft carrying stronger chemical weapons could also be on the horizon, the U.S. Department of Defence (DoD) revealed in its Unmanned Systems Integrated Roadmap.
While the document sets out plans for unmanned maritime, land and air vehicles, there is a lot of focus on the future capability of controversial drones, which, if the plans come to fruition, could deviate from mission commands set by humans if they spot a better target.
h/t peterj
Pleasing Your Enemies Does Not Turn Them Into Friends
A lesson that Conservative Party bright bulbs have yet to learn.
The Sound Of Settled Science
71 new papers reported in 2013 demonstrating the Sun controls climate, not man-made CO2
Hate speech gestures
How to say “abortion” in American Sign Language.
Hopefully Ellen Shaffer doesn’t see it.
Quoth The Penguin, “Never more”.
O, Sweet Saint Of San Andreas
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Tonight Old Leather Lungs, Frankie Laine, belts out the stirring, über-manly anthem from Blazing Saddles.
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Honey, I Finished The Internet
Conservative Talk Radio’s Legacy Problem
aka, “Thanks for all the help Kate.”
Your Moral And Intellectual Superiors
This really needs to be read out loud with using a Thurston Howell III accent. http://t.co/kEzrpWDDKS
— Eric Larson (@larsoneric50) January 2, 2014
Those Moderate Muslims!
Islamic authorities in Malaysia on Thursday seized 321 Bibles from a Christian group because they used the word Allah to refer to God, signaling growing intolerance that may inflame ethnic and religious tension in the Southeast Asian country.
ACME Exploding Safe Purchased By Accident
Tragic victim of circumstance: “Palestinian Foreign Minister Riad Malki also said no foul play was suspected.”
Y2Kyoto: Released From The Icy Grip of Irony
Rescue of trapped climate-change researchers finally succeeds. But no word as to why there were there;
… the word “climate” appears once in [the CNN] web report, although not as an explanation. It doesn’t appear at all in the CBS report. The Associated Press report similarly avoids this key data point. Scott Johnson called this expedition the “ship of fools,” and perhaps that can be applied to these reports on the denouement, too.
Update: Aurora Australis will now start heading towards open water. The ship is currently travelling at a quarter knot in heavy ice towards open water. Webcam here.
How’s That Hopey Changey Thing Working Out For Ya?
“I refused to let Detroit go bankrupt”: Fiat to buy full control of Chrysler
h/t peterj