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Orwellian Parsing Fun Posted at Inspector Lohmann Jul 2, 18:20 GMT I was inspired when I read the following passage , a brilliant example of how to parse obfuscatory official language: In a recent interview with the BBC on June 19, former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, the foreign policy icon and ultimate insider, exposed Washington’s deep involvement in the Iranian affair. Dr. Kissinger said, “If it turns out that it is not possible for a government to emerge in [...] Discovery pinpoints new connection between cancer cells, stem cells Posted at KurzweilAI.net Accelerating Intelligence News Jul 2, 13:28 GMT Telomerase, best known for enabling unlimited cell division of stem cells and cancer cells, has a surprising additional role in the expression of genes in an important stem cell regulatory pathway, say researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine. The unexpected finding may lead to new anticancer therapies and a greater understanding of how adult and embryonic stem cells divide and specialize. (Source: http://www.physorg.com/news165674795.html) Also posted: Sea level rise: It's worse than we thought Robot rescue "rat" feels its way through rubble Open-Source Data Glove The Major Fun Awards Posted at Bernie DeKoven, funsmith Jul 2, 11:10 GMT The Major Fun Award identifies games that are: [pic] easy to learn (5-15 minutes), played in under an hour, fun enough to play over and [...] Link-dump #3 Posted at Posthuman Blues Jul 2, 06:27 GMT Also posted: UFOs and the pursuit of happiness Moore-phology Climate ‘Study’ By Economist At EPA Is Right’s New Cause Celebre Posted at Renegade Futurist Jul 1, 22:01 GMT Conservatives are jumping up and down over a report by an EPA analyst expressing skepticism about climate change, which, they claim, was suppressed by agency brass because it didn’t conform to Obama administration orthodoxy on global warming. The story has sparked explosive claims, on Fox News and other right-wing outlets, that the EPA censored scientific [...] Related posts: Yet another great Vonnegut passage: Posted at No Touch Monkey! Jul 1, 20:10 GMT From God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater (1965), in which Kurt Vonnegut writes about the Death of the American Dream. Dear Cousin, or whoever you may be -- Congratulations on your great good fortune. Have fun. It may increase your perspective to know what sorts of manipulators and custodians your unbelievable wealth has had up to now. Like so many great American fortunes, the Rosewater pile was accumulated in the beginning by a humorless, [...] Botox Parties, Michael Jackson, and the Disillusioned Transhumanist Posted at Renegade Futurist Jul 1, 16:14 GMT Yet when I asked a lot of “average” people — people who weren’t part of my circle — what they would do with the kind of self-transformative power that may perhaps be ours to wield, I was increasingly appalled. The jocks I talked to wanted to be bigger and stronger so they could beat [...] Related posts:Michael Jackson: Man of Tomorrow