Just to follow up on Charli's post: if for some reason, you're not one of the millions who have already seen "An Engineer's Guide to Cats," please rectify that now.And the sequel:
Just to follow up on Charli's post: if for some reason, you're not one of the millions who have already seen "An Engineer's Guide to Cats," please rectify that now.And the sequel:
I have to say that the latest news is not encouraging. Forced labor in South Ossetia? The Georgians claiming, among other accusations that Abkhazians have seized 13 villages and a hydroelectric...
Via Matthew Yglesias and a quick google search I learn that the right-wing blogsphere is all in a tizzy over the fact that the Decemberists played at Obama's Portland speech. This apparently matters...
The recently leaked photographs of Liberal Fascisms table of contents have provided some of my favorite bloggers with an excuse for another round of snark at Jonah Goldberg's expense. John Cole...
Via scatterplot, an on-line mathematics journal for rejected papers. Joke? They say not. And the idea, even if Swiftian, makes a great deal of sense. Maybe the time is ripe in Political Science? Given the vagaries of peer review, and the black hole of bottom-tier journals, I think so.
If you're the type that roots for the cats.And just keep reading through the first dozen or so comments. Takes me back to usenet days of old.
I swear I'm not making this up.According to the Jamestown Foundation's excellent Eurasia Daily Monitor, the Russian Department of Defense's 12th Directorate, which is responsible for Russia's nuclear weapons, has been assigned a patron saint by the Russian Orthodox Church: St. Seraphim of Sarov.St. Seraphim seems an appropriate choice for several reasons. First, he was a favorite saint of the last tsar, Nicholas II; his association with one of the primary continuing symbols of Russian claims to great power status is eminently sensible in climate in which the tsarist past and ideology of...
How awesome is this?
First up, expanding the blog collective. A big welcome to our new contributor, Maia Gemmill. Maia is a recent SAIS graduate in Russia-Eurasia studies with a concentration in Economics. We also co-authored "Children's Crusade: The Religious Politics of Harry Potter" in Harry Potter and International Relations. She's already, as you can tell, breathing new life into the Duck.Second, our blog rating is in:Apparently we use the phrase "bomb" a lot on our front page. Go figure.Just remember that this particular MPAA-rating spoof is a clever (or not) advertisement for a dating service.(via Rebecca...
Everything you ever wanted to know about the World Bank.If only they'd done this skit before classes ended.
Via John Holbo.Image from https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v602/bensanaz/All-Star%2024/AllStarComics24-01.jpg.
Is it the James-Bond resume? The oh-so-sexy firm hand of quasi-autocratic leadership? The way his soul shines through his eyes? Vlad's allure will forever remain a mystery to me.President Vladimir Putin may be in the newspapers every day and on the television every evening, but for some that is just not enough. Portraits of the president are not uncommon in homes and offices alike."He is our president, and I like having him in our office," said Svetlana Osuva, an accountant in Moscow. "I think he is quite handsome," she added. The portrait at her work is a photo of a stern-faced Putin...