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Could you imagine if Iran was killing American University professors. I would imagine that wouldn’t go over well. Of course, this dude wasn’t blown up by the US government.

I suspect many of the men in Guantánamo have similar stories to tell.

The Guantánamo Bay prison, which Obama still hasn’t shut down despite talking about doing so, turns 10 years old. Lakhdar Boumediene spent 7 years there. He was tortured and unjustly imprisoned by the American government.

My friend Dylan has put out another album of piano improvisations.

The best part about this site is that it currently only works in IE 10 (and FireFox 8). Oh snap?!

Imagine what you could do with $1.2 billion.

I always enjoy a good read about fonts.

It’s pretty incredible what pregnancy does to a women’s body.

I assume that most of America’s current failings are due to apparently shitty public schools. If you don’t educate your children they grow up thinking the world is 6000 years old and electing Michelle Bachmann to public office.

The original is a bizarre amazing film. The reboot, not so much.

A pretty amazing post on MetaFilter about the soundtrack to Oh Brother, Where Art Thou.

SPD exceeded the curve in terms of egregious violations of civil rights and liberties, prompting the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate the agency, and ultimately to conclude that SPD violates the law in about one out of every five times its officers decide to use force.

If you see the police in Seattle, start walking the other way. Damn.

I remember watching a documentary about knife violence in Glasgow: it was all kinds of ridiculous.

Part of the Great Showdowns, Holiday edition.

The fact is, Christmas lights on a home are a signifier that the occupant is a Christian.

How is that even remotely true? Having Christmas forced on you can be annoying, but this rant seems to be coming from a place of serious-ass rage.

Senator Amy Koch, who campaigned this year to put a constitutional amendment on next year’s ballot to define marriage as the union between a man and a woman. has admitted that she had “a relationship with a Senate staffer” who is not her husband. She has stepped down as Majority Leader of the Minnesota Senate, announced she will not seek re-election, and issued an apology. In response, the gay and lesbian community of Minnesota has issued their own apology, for “ruining the institution of marriage and causing her to stray from her husband”

This is classic.

Spoilers: No.

A story of how one company could flounder so badly.