July 11, 2004

Italian mummies

Long ago in the town of Palermo in Sicily some monks got together and decided that they wanted to start praying to one of their own after he had passed to the Great Beyond so they embalmed him. Four hundred years and 8,000 corpses later you can see the Capuchin Catacombs for yourself.
posted by euphorb at 10:57 PM PST - 18 comments

Not your average sex blog

Working Girls Jay, your average john, discusses his experiences with Working Girls -- as in, they work the "oldest profession". Nicole, a Working Girl, shares her experiences. Together, they try to educate people about what it means to be a "Callgirl" and the motivations behind those who are johns and prostitutes.
posted by SpecialK at 5:15 PM PST - 92 comments

Outfoxed

Outfoxed, a documentary detailing Fox News's Republican bias, is being shown at house parties organized by MoveOn next Sunday amidst concerns about its extensive use of Fox News footage. Check out the article in today's NYT Mag section or sign up to host a screening at your house. I haven't seen this yet, but the stuff I've read on it makes me think immediately of this film.
posted by alphanerd at 3:25 PM PST - 44 comments

How long, Catiline, will you continue to abuse our patience?

In 63 B.C., Cicero gave his first speech against Catiline. You can hear the opening paragraph read in Latin, or read a translation into English. Though Cicero was a consul denouncing a rebel, the famous opening sentence is now frequently used by those challenging authority (even if it's just the tyranny of Richard Stallman).
posted by kenko at 12:51 PM PST - 15 comments

The G.W. Talking Sockpuppet

The G.W. Talking Sockpuppet
The Idiot's Guide to Presidentiable Speechwriting For Dummy
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posted by y2karl at 12:49 PM PST - 9 comments

Scary

Transparent grab for power or genuine threat?
posted by Fuka at 10:55 AM PST - 123 comments

Virtual Tours of England

Virtual Tours of England.
posted by hama7 at 8:31 AM PST - 6 comments

Heather Mallick, talk some sense into us.

Who says shopping's a sin for a socialist? On and on it goes, this notion that a political stance wraps everything you are expected to say in a neat brown paper parcel. A nice little meditation on political ideology for your Sunday morning from the Globe and Mail's Heather Mallick.
posted by Quartermass at 7:52 AM PST - 21 comments

ProbabilityXLS

The History of Probability - Excel Version Huge detailed timeline. [via Roll the Bones]
posted by srboisvert at 5:00 AM PST - 2 comments

War on iraq

'The Dots Never Existed' Taken together, the facts in the report show that virtually every major claim President George W. Bush used to justify the invasion of Iraq—from Saddam's growing nuclear program to his close ties with Al Qaeda—was either wrong or exaggerated.
posted by Rastafari at 12:03 AM PST - 63 comments

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