--It's not the obesity, it's the diabetes [1]! Researchers have found that being overweight in itself isn't what does you in--it's that obesity tends to bring on diabetes, and the diabetes does you in.
--I'm so glad the Taliban have been driven from Afghanistan. Oh wait [2].
--Over at Get Rich Slowly, JD dissects your average unsolicited loan offer [3]; how's 35% annual interest rate sound to you? Take his advice, folks: Get on the opt-out list [4]--and throw offers like this right into the shredder.
--Read about the Tripoli Six [5] and take action. Letters to the editor, phone calls, blogging, whatever you can do. It's almost too late to save these innocent people.
--It's Banned Book Week. Piss some jerk off, read a book you're not supposed to [6]. via [7]
--Sure, you've heard of using your car to cook stuff [8], but how about your dishwasher [9]? via [10]
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