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Three days ago, I posted on the cyclone that wrecked much of Myanmar, killing thousands while the country’s government twiddled its thumbs.
Today, the UN believes that the death toll could hit 100,000 — about 286 times the Myanmar government’s initial public estimate of 350 deaths. Fearing a loss of control over its people if […]

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The Times of India — incidentally the world’s largest English-language newspaper — reports that India has just test-fired a new nuclear-capable Agni-III missile with 3,500km of range. The missile was specifically designed to hit Chinese cities like Beijing and Shanghai in the event of a conflict. The article calls the missile a “golden […]

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I’d heard the rumours and seen the Seinfeld episode, but I’d never actually seen pictures of Japan’s drawer-style hotel beds. They’re apparently quite comfortable, even if they do look like Easy-Bake Ovens.
From a neat write-up on the aptly-named Cool Things in Random Places:

These hotels are available all over major Japanese cities — especially Tokyo, […]

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British Columbia’s forests are being ravaged by a scourge of tiny pine beetles, which are turning lush green trees into rotting pulp at an alarming rate. The beetles are killing so many trees that the greenhouse gases released by decomposing wood are expected to outweigh all similar gases emitted by BC’s 4.5 million residents […]

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Recipe for disaster:
1 cup raging student hormones
50 gallons of the very cheapest campus beer
sprinkle liberally with concealed handguns
What could possibly go wrong?
Nothing, says this guy. From CNN:

Michael Flitcraft, a 23-year-old sophomore at the University of Cincinnati, has become a leading advocate for college students to carry weapons on campus. He’s an organizer for Students for […]

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