Rush Limbaugh

The conservative radio host pointed to an Italian study which found that the average male penis was 10 percent smaller than 50 years ago. Researchers cited weight gain around the waist, smoking, stress and environmental pollutants as factors.

But Limbaugh wasn’t buying that explanation.

“I think it’s feminism,” he declared. “If it’s tied to the last 50 years — the average size of [a male's] member is 10 percent smaller than 50 years — it has to be the feminazis, the chickification and everything else.”

-- David Edwards at The Raw Story

Well, it probably is objectively true that penises are not as much fun as they used to be, now that women have a lot more veto power.

Rush Limbaugh

The conservative radio host pointed to an Italian study which found that the average male penis was 10 percent smaller than 50 years ago. Researchers cited weight gain around the waist, smoking, stress and environmental pollutants as factors.

But Limbaugh wasn’t buying that explanation.

“I think it’s feminism,” he declared. “If it’s tied to the last 50 years — the average size of [a male's] member is 10 percent smaller than 50 years — it has to be the feminazis, the chickification and everything else.”

-- David Edwards at The Raw Story

Well, it probably is objectively true that penises are not as much fun as they used to be, now that women have a lot more veto power.

David Brooks's Ayn Rand Moment

I guess we’re all supposed to be talking about how to build the middle class these days and look askance at the top 1 percent. But would you mind if I interrupted this cultural moment to point out that capitalism is an inherently elitist enterprise?

Prosperity is often driven by small enclaves of extraordinary individuals that build new industries and amass large fortunes. These driven, manic individuals are frequently unpleasant to be around. But, if your country is not attracting and nurturing them, you’re cooked.

-- David Brooks at The New York Times

A moment of silence, please, for this Ayn Rand moment! I think Mr. Brooks is feeling a little defensive, since the Republican establishment has really fallen on his head for jumping on the bandwagon that mocked and excoriated Romney for his contempt for the bottom half of America. Brooks is not being crazy, of course, as individuals can and do make a big difference. People really are not all equal when it comes to our intellectual, emotional, physical capacities. I just don't know if we really need to support their God complex.

David Brooks's Ayn Rand Moment

I guess we’re all supposed to be talking about how to build the middle class these days and look askance at the top 1 percent. But would you mind if I interrupted this cultural moment to point out that capitalism is an inherently elitist enterprise?

Prosperity is often driven by small enclaves of extraordinary individuals that build new industries and amass large fortunes. These driven, manic individuals are frequently unpleasant to be around. But, if your country is not attracting and nurturing them, you’re cooked.

-- David Brooks at The New York Times

A moment of silence, please, for this Ayn Rand moment! I think Mr. Brooks is feeling a little defensive, since the Republican establishment has really fallen on his head for jumping on the bandwagon that mocked and excoriated Romney for his contempt for the bottom half of America. Brooks is not being crazy, of course, as individuals can and do make a big difference. People really are not all equal when it comes to our intellectual, emotional, physical capacities. I just don't know if we really need to support their God complex.

The Boca Moment

For those who may have been a bit wigged out by the David Brooks post, we happily have the Paul Krugman corrective. He takes on the big news of Romney's candid, impolitic comments, and lays out the case for how this is an attitude that is now endemic to the Republican Party, and not just toward supposed moochers but to the working class and the poor as a whole. They really don't like us! Okay, this is hardly a revelation, but it has never been exposed so nakedly before.

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The Boca Moment

For those who may have been a bit wigged out by the David Brooks post, we happily have the Paul Krugman corrective. He takes on the big news of Romney's candid, impolitic comments, and lays out the case for how this is an attitude that is now endemic to the Republican Party, and not just toward supposed moochers but to the working class and the poor as a whole. They really don't like us! Okay, this is hardly a revelation, but it has never been exposed so nakedly before.

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A Beautiful Lie

There is a lecture about belief that Teller has given exactly four times. ... The real point of magic, Teller said during those lectures, is "telling a beautiful lie. It lets you see what the world would be like if cause and effect weren't bound by physics." It's the collision between what you know and what you see that provides magic's greatest spark.

-- Chris Jones

A Beautiful Lie

There is a lecture about belief that Teller has given exactly four times. ... The real point of magic, Teller said during those lectures, is "telling a beautiful lie. It lets you see what the world would be like if cause and effect weren't bound by physics." It's the collision between what you know and what you see that provides magic's greatest spark.

-- Chris Jones

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Daily Fun

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